The Daily Bruin

If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of being named June Employee of the Month, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg citing the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other relevant information about the person.

The deadline for nominations is Monday, June 20. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient, and the winner will receive a certificate and a $100 gift card at our next community meeting (date has not yet been set).

Please take a few minutes to honor a colleague with your nomination if someone comes to mind as deserving of this honor. Receiving this honor would be a nice ending to the fiscal year for a deserving person.

No Oregon taxes were withheld on our May 31 payroll on the earnings of about 80 percent of our employees. HR and IT are working with Oracle/PeopleSoft to determine the cause of this problem, but it is not yet known. We do know that Oregon provided updated tax tables to employers and vendors of payroll systems in early May, so we believe it may be related to these new tables.

HR will send an e-mail to employees once more is understood, but in the meantime employees are encouraged to check their pay statements to see if Oregon taxes were withheld. If there was no Oregon withholding, it is advisable to check your April 30 pay statement to see how much was withheld to determine how much greater your net pay is than it would be if Oregon taxes had been withheld correctly.

The current plan is to double up on Oregon withholding on the June 30 pay day for those affected. This means the amount “extra” employees received on May 31 will be offset by their pay being “short” the same amount on June 30. Bottom line: We recommend that you set aside/don’t spend any extra you received this month to ensure that your monthly income in June will be what it normally would be had this issue not arisen.

You can access your pay statement online through mygfu.georgefox.edu. Just click on Self Service, then Payroll and Compensation, then View Paycheck. This will display a list of all pay checks since October 2010, and you can click on the check date for each of the statements you wish to view and compare.

Please join us for George Fox’s University’s annual golf tournament benefiting student scholarships and the Bruin Athletic Association. The event is scheduled at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha on Thursday, July 14. The cost is $200 per player.

Registration includes greens fees, a golf cart, a $50 gift certificate to the Nike Mobile Golf Shop, a boxed lunch, dinner, a gift package, and a drawing entry. (Tickets for guests joining us for the awards dinner only are available for $25 each.)

George Fox employees are able to play for FREE when they fill a foursome with three additional players.

Contact Evangeline Pattison at epattison@georgefox.edu or ext. 2121 for more information or to register your foursome. Visit golf.georgefox.edu for tournament details.

Space is limited and spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Don’t forget to join us today (Wednesday) in celebrating Sheri Philips and all she has meant to George Fox over the past 14 years. We are hosting a farewell reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center.

Sheri is leaving George Fox to pursue her dream of running a business that develops, coaches and mentors women on their personal, professional and spiritual journeys.

Wheeler Access Clarification: As a reminder, Wheeler Sports Center’s upstairs will be unaffected by the downstairs floor refinishing taking place between May 31 through June 17. The Fitness Center (weight room) will be open regular hours (6-8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-8 p.m.), and the gym will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

If you need to change clothes, you will need to enter the locker rooms through the back doors on the canyon side, change your clothes, go back outside, walk around the BUILDING and enter the gym from the doors on the Fulton Street side of the gym OR THE FITNESS CENTER FROM THE MAIN UPSTAIRS DOORS. The racquetball courts will be closed May 31 through June 17 (three weeks).

Questions? E-mail Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Wheeler Access Clarification: Wheeler Sports Center’s upstairs will be unaffected by the downstairs floor refinishing. The Fitness Center (weight room) will be open regular hours (6-8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-8 p.m.), and the gym will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Plant Services will be refinishing the wood floors of the Wheeler lobby downstairs from May 31 through June 17.

If you need to change clothes, you will need to enter the locker rooms through the back doors on the canyon side, change your clothes, go back outside, walk around the gym and enter the gym from the doors on the Fulton Street side of the gym. The racquetball courts will be closed May 31 through June 17 (three weeks).

Questions? E-mail Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Student supervisors: Payday is Wednesday, June 15. So please submit your students’ May time sheets to HR right away — by Friday, June 3, by 3 p.m.

Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to total them, sign them and be sure the students did as well. Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets. We will notify them if a signature is needed.

Federal Work Study regulations require that students delivering their own time sheets must have them placed, by you, in a sealed envelope.

Thanks very much.

– HR

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 30, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and at the Portland and Salem centers also will be closed.

Plant Services will be refinishing the wood floors of the Wheeler lobby downstairs from May 31 through June 17. The hours Wheeler will be open on weekdays only are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will not be open weekends.

Please enter through the back doors on Fulton Street or directly into the locker rooms. The front doors will be open, but access through the lower lobby will not be permitted.

Thank you for your cooperation throughout this operation. Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

– Plant Services

Newberg employees, if you have not filled out the Serve Day employee survey, please fill it out now. We need more team leaders, drivers and response from you. Please fill out the short survey by clicking on this link. Thank you for your help!

Questions? E-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Please join us in celebrating Sheri Philips and all she has meant to George Fox over the past 14 years. Sheri’s contributions to the success of George Fox University have been invaluable and will be missed greatly!

We are hosting a farewell reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. Sheri is leaving George Fox to pursue her dream of running a business that develops, coaches and mentors women on their personal, professional and spiritual journeys.

The campus community is invited to an event in support of George Fox alumnus Andrew Stave and former employee Kim (Cliffe) Stave, missionaries to Lithuania Christian College. The gathering is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, at North Valley Friends Church, 4020 N. College St.

The evening will include:

• Homemade traditional Lithuanian food
• Traditional Lithuanian music
• Traditional Lithuanian costumes
• Information on the Staves’ ministry at LCC International University
• An opportunity to meet and hear from a LCC student, Iryna
• Learn where in the world LCC students come from
• Take home some Lithuanian handicrafts from a silent auction

Cost is $5 per person, and a love offering will also be taken. R.S.V.P. to Kim Stave at kstave@lcc.lt so we know how much food to make.

Questions? Contact Adina Briggs-McConaughey at amcconau@georgefox.edu.

If you were able to attend the CFO candidate open sessions or have taken the time to watch their presentations via itunes and would like to provide feedback, please send your comments to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, May 31.

Your comments will be shared with the CFO Search Committee.

Thank you!

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The School of Business invites students and employees to a free speaker series event featuring Norman Bodek, CEO of PCS Press. He will present “The Human Side of LEAN/The Harada Method” from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 3, in Room 155 at the Portland Center.

For the past 20 years, Bodek has worked tirelessly to bring the best of Japanese management theory to America. He is credited with discovering and publishing the works of Dr. Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno, the inventors of the Toyota Production System. His knowledge has been gleaned from taking more than 70 trips to Japan and visiting 250 plants.

Following is a synopsis of his presentation:

“The key ingredient currently missing in many businesses is consideration of the employee. The Harada Method, which is the second pillar of Lean, focuses on the employee. What if we told the employee that we were interested in their personal progression? What if we simply planted a foundation for personal growth, whether intellectual or physical, or a creative combination of the two? Would this new, more-focused, better-skilled employee be an asset? Of course!”

Join us for a discussion on the role of individuals in industry. Among the questions we will discuss:

• How do we humanize industry?
• How we can create a more focused and better skilled employee?
• How does employee respect and trust affect quality and outcomes?

R.S.V.P. at this link. Questions? Contact Amber Russell at arussell@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget next week’s all-employee meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Over the past 13 years, Elizabeth Holme has done a phenomenal job in keeping the costs down and maintaining the same prices for printing and copying. However, effective May 16, Print Services has increased its cost of photocopying and printing.

The new price for black and white copies and prints on 8.5 x 11 and 8.5 x 14 is 5 cents for front sides and 3 cents for back sides. The price will double for 11 x 17 and larger.

Color copy and printing on 8.5 x 11 and 8.5 x 14 will be 25 cents per side. For 11 x 17 and larger the price will be 50 cents per side.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give us a call at ext. 2550 and 2551.

We’re pleased to announce that, starting this week, the Villa Cafe will be open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to great beverages and freshly baked goodies, we’ll be featuring homemade soups and a daily luncheon special.

Also, if you work at VAC or plan on being there this summer during the noon hour, we’d appreciate it if you’d take a few moments to complete this survey to assist us in serving you better.

Thanks for your support.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

Back by popular demand is our Expo Special during lunch at the Bruin Den every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. You can check out our weekly lunch specials at this website. You can find them under the “Cafes” tab, from which you can click “Bruin Den” and “Weekly Menu.”

For those of you who haven’t yet discovered iGFU, the university’s new mobile app for smartphones and iPads, it now also includes the daily Bruin Den lunch special. You can access iGFU at igfu.georgefox.edu and tap “Today’s meals at The Bon.”

Check it out and let us know what you think!

– Denny Lawrence
Bon Appetit