The Daily Bruin

The university is seeking to fill the position of director of academic computing, vacated with the passing of our colleague, Russ DeVore. This position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to ask for a copy of the job description.

To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter and resume to Human Resources no later than Friday, Jan. 21, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Welcome back to the new semester! Come and join us today (Friday) at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium for First Friday Worship: A time of creative prayer and worship, as we practice shaking off the dust that has settled on our lives. We look forward to worshiping with you!

The university will close Monday, Jan. 17, to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. There will be no day or evening classes or chapel at the Newberg campus, and the Portland Center, Salem Center and Boise Center will be closed. Libraries at all campuses will be closed as well.

Friday, Jan. 14, is the last day to sign up for the MLK Serve Day happening on Monday, Jan. 17. Join seven other universities in serving the city of Portland. All volunteers will meet at 7 a.m. on Monday and return to campus the same day no later than 5 p.m.

To sign up, please visit this link.

The Bruin Bookstore will be open on Monday, Jan. 17 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). All textbook purchases or returns will be handled in the store, located in the Student Union Building, due to the library being closed. Bookstore hours next week are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Monday-Thursday
6-7:30 a.m.
*10:30 a.m.- 1:40 p.m.
*2:30-3:30 p.m.
**3:30-5 p.m.
5-11 p.m.

Friday
6 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Saturday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday
1-7 p.m.

*Unsupervised
**Varsity athletics priority

Note: The Fitness Center is a classroom and should be viewed as such. Please do not ask to work out during class times.

It is time to think about nominating a colleague for the first Employee of the Month award for 2011. If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of this honor, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

The deadline for nominations is Thursday, Jan. 20. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted. This award and a $100 gift card to The Allison will be presented at our community meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 26.

Monday-Thursday
6-7:30 a.m.
*10:30 a.m.- 12:40 p.m.
*1:30-3:30 p.m.
**3:30-5 p.m.
5-11 p.m.
Fridays: 6 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Expanded weekend hours: Saturday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-7 p.m.

*Unsupervised
**Varsity athletics priority

Friday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 15, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Please note that games are two hours earlier on Saturday to accommodate Whitman travel plans.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruins’ website at gfubruins.com.

Looking for some quality classical music? Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) can help. His CD, “Encounters with Beethoven – The Live Recording Project,” is available in the music office on the Newberg campus and on his website.

George Fox University will host the Oregon Symphony in its 24th appearance in Bauman Auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox board member Ken Austin and his wife, Joan, founders of A-dec.

The Austins have provided the university with a limited number of tickets for its employees. These tickets are separate from those to be issued by the Newberg Area Chamber of Commerce to the general public.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis starting Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 9 a.m. at the first-floor Information Center in Stevens Center. Phone reservations will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.

On Tuesday, Jan. 18, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per employee) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find that you are not able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

For ticket information please contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2099.

Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian-American scholar and social entrepreneur, will present a free lecture, “Insisting on Life: Martyrdom and Fair Trade in Palestine,” on campus Wednesday, Jan. 19. A guest of the university’s Center for Peace and Justice, Abufarha will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Abufarha is the founder of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and Canaan Fair Trade, which is bringing Palestinian olive oil and other traditional foods to mainstream American and European markets, while also improving economic conditions for more than 1,700 farmers in the West Bank. Canaan Fair Trade today is the largest exporter of certified fair trade and organic Palestinian olive oil to America and Europe.

Abufarha is the author of The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance. The book, described as “required reading” by the American Journal of Sociology, explains how geographic separation of Palestinians and mimetic actions to Israeli state repression will continue to be a source of violence until Palestinians can experience actual rootedness in their land and start to explore alternative exchanges between themselves and Israelis.

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice has collaborated with the Friends of William Stafford to bring several notable poets, including the current and former poet laureates of Oregon, a documentary film maker, and our very own Ed Higgins to the Newberg campus Thursday, Jan. 13, to honor the life and work of this beloved Oregon poet who strove to promote peace and justice through his creativity.

Thursday’s events are free and open to the public. There is no registration required. The day begins with a screening of Haydn Reiss’s new documentary on Stafford, Every War has Two Losers, featuring a discussion with Reiss himself afterward. The event closes at the Coffee Cottage with a musical performance by Bill Joliff and Seth Martin.

Event details and itinerary can be found at this link.

Snow and icy conditions are in the forecast for this week. We caution you to walk carefully on icy sidewalks and to avoid walking beneath trees whose branches may fall due to snow.

In case of a weather-related campus closure, we want to make sure you have the information you need.

Weather Closure Policy

On rare occasions, classes may need to be canceled and offices closed due to adverse weather conditions or for other emergency reasons.

The provost decides if conditions warrant canceling classes or closing offices for the Newberg campus and the Portland and Salem centers. (Closure decisions in Boise and Redmond are made by local administrators.)

Major considerations are road conditions, ice, utility service disruption, and how long the severe weather or emergency is likely to last. Decisions on day classes are announced by 6:15 a.m., if possible. Most decisions on evening classes are posted by 2:15 p.m..

In no circumstances should employees or students put themselves in danger in an attempt to get to campus.

To find out if a closure decision has been made when bad weather occurs:

* Listen to local radio and television stations
* Call Newsline, the university’s recorded announcements, at 503-554-3868
* Call the George Fox switchboard at 503-538-8383
* Check television and newspaper Web sites:

o kgw.com
o koin.com
o kptv.com
o katu.com
o columbian.com
o oregonlive.com
o flashalert.net

Please submit off-campus study applications to the Center for Global Studies by this Friday, Jan. 14. This is for students wishing to study off-campus in fall 2011 and spring 2012.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, Jan. 14.

The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123” (please save for future reference). Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may now submit and view your name tag requests at this link online.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Friday, Jan. 21.

Come serve with us in the city! The second annual MLK Day of Service, in collaboration with seven other universities, is set for Monday, Jan. 17.

Only 70 spots are left. Any George Fox employee and student may join, but you must sign up online in order to attend. We will meet at 7 a.m. on Monday and return to campus the same day no later than 5 p.m.

For accommodations information and questions, contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Student Programs) at syonemura@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318.

You may want to consider using our flexible Responseware application, Poll Everywhere for your classes this semester. On the surface, Poll Everywhere is a simple text message or web voting application that works well for live audiences (your class). This is a Clicker system without the need for Clickers. People vote by sending text messages or via the web with a WiFi device to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Find out more at www.polleverywhere.com
Greg Smith or Gloria Doherty would be glad to send you an invitation to use Poll Everywhere.

It is university policy to reimburse employee travel at the allowable IRS rate which fluctuates from time to time.  The IRS rate is increasing to $.51/mile from $.50/mile effective January 1, 2011.  All mileage reimbursements are to be charged to account 52004.  Any mileage reimbursements for 2010 will be paid at the $.50 rate.  This change is also reflected in the online Trip Calculator which helps you determine whether renting or driving your own car is the best choice.

Effective Jan. 1, 2011, the EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT form found in Common Forms has been updated.  Employees are encouraged to download the updated forms and read the instructions rather than continue to use older versions downloaded in the past.

Other changes include:
•       A widened field for account and cost center coding
•       Page 2 option with totals linked to page 1
•       Trip Calculator has been updated