The Daily Bruin

The holidays are here! Note the following due dates for check requests and invoices received in the Finance Office during the holiday season and the respective “check ready” date.

Thanksgiving holiday
Check requests received Nov. 15 – 20 will be ready on Nov. 22.
Check requests received Nov. 21 – 22 will be ready on Dec. 1.

Christmas holiday
Check requests received Dec. 18 – 20 will be ready Dec. 22.
Check requests received Dec. 21 – 22 will be ready Jan. 5.

New Year’s holiday
Check requests received Dec. 28 – 29 will be ready January 5.

Note: There will be no schedule change to payments processed through Concur. Payments will be processed as usual.

Take this survey to help out some students with a project for class. In taking this survey you would be entered in a drawing to win a Starbucks or Cabela’s gift card!

This questionnaire is designed to help gain a better understanding of what styles of packaging will aid in selling and expanding NuWorld products. By continuing with this survey, you indicate your willingness to participate and that you are at least 18 years of age.

Questions? Contact Abby MacGregor (amacgregor14@georgefox.edu).

Over the last year, the university has moved to a new Cisco phone system. Please refer to this documentation for operating your new phone. The guide includes instruction on voicemail, transferring, call forwarding and conference calling.

Some general highlights:

• You now need to dial “8” to get an outside line.
• Long-distance codes are no longer needed except for international dialing.
• Voicemail is now sent to your email as an audio recording.
• Fax machines are still in transition and will continue to require “9” for an outside line and a long-distance code. As machines are converted over, a sign will be placed on the machine with instructions.

Please email questions to servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call us at 503-554-2569.

Come by on Friday, Nov. 10 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. in Roberts 204 to get a massage performed by a Doctor of Physical Therapy student and receive stress management advice. Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students for $10 and faculty for $15. Pre-register here.

Questions? Contact April Nichols (anichols16@georgefox.edu).

Do you have Achilles tendon pain? If so, perhaps you would qualify to participate in an Achilles tendinopathy research study conducted by the Physical Therapy Department. Last year’s participants reported significant improvements with pain and function. Participants who complete the 10-week program will receive monetary compensation.

Email Bryan at bcriswell16@georgefox.edu for more details.

Employee Empowerment orientation for all new employees
Beginning in November, newly hired employees will attend a new hire orientation with the director of employee relations.  When an offer is accepted by a new hire, Employee Empowerment will schedule that employee for the next available orientation within three days of his or her start date. During orientation, employees will complete their new hire employment documents and receive an overview about being an employee at George Fox. Benefits-eligible employees will stay and receive a full benefits orientation as well. To ensure a new employee has a great first impression, other items that supervisors and coworkers will want to prepare for would include providing a new employee training plan, preparing a welcoming work space and scheduling a campus tour.

Changes to hiring process
In order provide better service to our employees and to ensure that we comply with federal and state employment laws, Employee Empowerment is implementing a new and improved hiring process. Work related agreements must be entered into by utilizing the Approval to Recruit process. If hiring managers desire to enter into a work-related agreement with any person (including current employees) without utilizing the Approval to Recruit process, they must first contact Employee Empowerment for guidance and pre-approval to hire. Check requests will no longer be accepted as hiring documentation.  Thank you for your commitment to this critical matter.

We are here to help, so please contact Employee Empowerment with any hiring related questions.

George Fox University’s School of Physical Therapy will be offering its second annual Health Screening Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 30, between 3 and 6 p.m. in the Roberts Center. Blood pressure, ECG measures, vital signs, flexibility and strength will be assessed, among other tests.

Participants should expect 20 to 25 minutes to complete the session. To sign up, click on this link. Questions can be addressed to Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu).

Thank you to all faculty and administrators who have entered and finalized Spring semester textbook adoptions. We are near finalizing all current adoptions and will soon send out a missing adoptions report to your department. If you have not finalized your Spring 2018 course materials adoption, please do so this weekend. Thank you, and go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu).

Thank you to all faculty and administrators who have entered and finalized Spring semester textbook adoptions. We are near finalizing all current adoptions and will soon send out a missing adoptions report to your department. If you have not finalized your Spring 2018 course materials adoption, please do so this weekend. Thank you, and go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu).

Thank you to all faculty and administrators who have entered and finalized Spring semester textbook adoptions. We are near finalizing all current adoptions and will soon send out a missing adoptions report to your department. If you have not finalized your Spring 2018 course materials adoption, please do so this weekend. Thank you, and go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu).

We need your help! Do you hate when your shoes and socks get soaked from the rain?

Participate in this survey to help marketing students gather research to fix this problem of wet shoes and socks!

Contact Jamie O’Brien (jobrien15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

All employees who wish to participate in tuition remission for 2018-19 must apply for this benefit between Oct. 26 and Friday, Nov. 3. Even if you have completed an application for a current student, or completed a form earlier in the month, you must re-complete the new Google Form Open Enrollment for 2018-19 Academic Year George Fox Tuition Remission.

If you have additional questions or need assistance with the Tuition Remission form, please contact Darby Thiessen in Employee Empowerment at 503-554-2188 or dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

The School of Physical Therapy is excited to host a special presentation by Associate Professor Andrew Meszaros, PT, PhD, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Canyon Commons 101 & 102.

Dr. Meszaros will present the topic “Motor Control Update for the Orthopaedically Minded,” which will provide a succinct modern update of select broad concepts in motor control. Topics will include: effects of motivational influences and autonomy on motor learning; senses of effort and force; movement as a self-organizing and emergent property; “good” versus “bad” variability in movement; antifragility; multifractality; the role of reflexes in voluntary movement; and a survey of misconceptions in sensory processing and therapeutic exercise.

Light refreshments will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m., and the presentation will start at 6 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free event. For more information about this and other upcoming School of Physical Therapy events, please visit our webpage. Direct any questions to Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.

Over the last year, the university has moved to a new Cisco phone system. Please refer to this documentation for operating your new phone. The guide includes instruction on voicemail, transferring, call forwarding and conference calling.

Some general highlights:

• You now need to dial “8” to get an outside line.
• Long-distance codes are no longer needed except for international dialing.
• Voicemail is now sent to your email as an audio recording.
• Fax machines are still in transition and will continue to require “9” for an outside line and a long-distance code. As machines are converted over, a sign will be placed on the machine with instructions.

Please email questions to servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call us at 503-554-2569.

If you’re on the Newberg campus, please take note of the fact the financial aid office entrance has moved! Financial aid drop-ins and appointments will now need to check in at the undergraduate admissions front desk, located on the second floor of the Stevens Center.

Contact Jordan Nelson (jnelson@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

In the fall of 2016, we moved into Canyon Commons and would like your feedback as we evaluate future building projects! George Fox University and the architects for Canyon Commons (Hacker Architects) are requesting that you complete this 15-minute post-occupancy survey.

By participating, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of two $100 Amazon gift cards. Please enter your name and email at the end of the survey if you wish to participate.

We greatly value your comment and feedback, so thanks for taking the time to complete the survey!

Canyon Commons Survey

The deadline to complete this survey is Friday, Nov. 17. If you have questions, please email studentlife@georgefox.edu.

Come hear about Team Drives, a new feature of Google Drive and a great tool for accessing and storing files that are shared among a group, such as a department or committee. They are quick and easy to create.

Learn when and why you would want to use them at a special staff lunch today (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101. Please RSVP to Peg Hutton at phutton@georgefox.edu.

Are you physically active? Not so much? We want your opinion!

Take 30 seconds to share your thoughts about the future of clothing essentials for both the athletically and not-so athletically inclined.

New Apparel Technologies Survey

Thanks for your feedback!
– Jessi Mau (jmau16@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The university’s director of planned giving, Gene Christian, will present a workshop, “Your Complete Estate Planning Tool Kit … The Five Documents Every George Fox Employee Should Have in Place,” on Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Portland Center (Room 155A). The event will include a complimentary lunch of soup and salad.

The workshop will reveal data about the rising popularity of estate planning and focus on specific tools and techniques current and retired George Fox employees need to consider as they develop a tax-efficient, and loving, estate distribution plan for the people and places they care about.

If you plan to attend, RSVP to Karlyn Fleming by today (Monday, Oct. 30) at kfleming@georgefox.edu.