Today (Wednesday, Nov. 11) is Veterans Day. There will be no outgoing U.S. Mail today. UPS will work as normal.
If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Do you need direction in making a connection? Are you having trouble with your recollection?
In looking for a colleague and making your selection, would you rather not do a complete website inspection? Just click right here to make your selection. The link will take you to the “golden collection” (aka, the Employee Extension & Box List).
Updates are made every two weeks to this collection! So check in often for further direction.
Did you check it out and find an imperfection? Contact Barbi Doran (bdoran@georgefox.edu) to make a correction.
Attention all who rent university vehicles: If you are not going to be using the van/vehicle you reserved, please notify the plant services office immediately. We keep a waiting list and there may be others who could be accommodated if you cancel.
Thank you,
Plant Services
Midyear commencement is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m.! The academic affairs office is looking for a few good volunteers to usher at the event. Those of you who choose to accept this assignment should arrive by 9:30 a.m. for a training session from 9:30 to 10 a.m.
Please contact Laurie Fair at ext. 2140 or via email at lfair@georgefox.edu. Thank you, in advance, for your help!
In support of our creation care values, human resources will issue 2015 year-end W-2 forms online in “Self Service” for all employees, including student employees. If you do not want HR to print and deliver your W-2, the law requires that you give your consent.
If you consented in the past, you do not need to do so again. You can verify your consent status or give consent for the first time by following the steps below. It only takes about 30 seconds, so I encourage you to take care of it as soon as possible – perhaps right now? Here’s how:
If not …
You’ll receive a confirmation email of your decision shortly after completing this process. And just to be clear, you will only have to do this once – not every year.
Thanks very much. Let me know if you have any questions.
Katie Sol
Human Resources
ksol@georgefox.edu
We at the Bruin Store have loved serving you this semester! Have you come to see us yet? If so, we would really appreciate it if you took a few minutes to complete a survey about your experience in our store.
Click on this link and let us know how we can better serve you and the George Fox community!
Are you interested in graduate-level studies? Are you considering working in a helping profession? If so, a Master of Social Work degree might be an option for you! Please join us from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Hoover 103 to learn more about this graduate degree program and all of the professional and educational opportunities that come with it.
Questions? Contact Tabatha Kogle at tkogle12@georgefox.edu.
Faculty, be sure to tell your students about this opportunity.
Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
Do you enjoy helping people? Have you considered a career as a school counselor, school psychologist, clinical mental health counselor, or couple and family systems counselor? Interested in trauma counseling or play therapy?
If so, then join an upcoming Graduate School of Counseling information meeting to learn about masters-level counseling programs offered at George Fox. Your bachelor’s degree does not need to be in psychology to apply.
An info meeting is scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, in Room 155A at the Portland Center. Register online at this link or learn more about our programs at counseling.georgefox.edu.
Contact Joel Moore at jmoore@georgefox.edu or 503-554-6166 if you have questions or wish to schedule a one-on-one appointment.
Midyear commencement is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m.! The academic affairs office is looking for a few good volunteers to usher at the event. Those of you who choose to accept this assignment should arrive by 9:30 a.m. for a training session from 9:30 to 10 a.m.
Please contact Laurie Fair at ext. 2140 or via email at lfair@georgefox.edu. Thank you, in advance, for your help!
Are you interested in graduate-level studies? Are you considering working in a helping profession? If so, a Master of Social Work degree might be an option for you! Please join us from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Hoover 103 to learn more about this graduate degree program and all of the professional and educational opportunities that come with it.
Questions? Contact Tabatha Kogle at tkogle12@georgefox.edu.
Faculty, be sure to tell your students about this opportunity.
Please join us tonight (Thursday) for a William Penn Honors Program lecture featuring Wilfred M. McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and director of the Center for the History of Liberty. He will present a talk titled “Why Religious Liberty Matters†at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
McClay’s book, The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America, won the Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history.
More about McClay is available on this page.
Questions? Please contact Jane Sweet at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.
All benefit-eligible employees can bring a guest for free to our final home football game of the year on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. against Willamette University by picking up a complimentary ticket in the Bruin Store. All university employees will continue to be admitted for free with their ID cards.
Questions? Contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.
Save the date for the Fall Staff Development Conference! This year’s theme is “Building Bridges in Service and Leadership.†Our keynote speaker is Gary Sehorn, an assistant professor in the School of Education since 2010.
The half-day event will be tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 4) from 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Light snacks will be available in the morning, and we will provide a catered lunch. The conference will be held at Family Life Church, 502 S. St. Paul Hwy., in Newberg.
All support staff 0.5 FTE and above are required to attend. You will need VP approval in order to miss the conference.
Please note: Due to allergies, do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.
Questions? Contact us at staffdev@georgefox.edu.
The William Penn Honors Program invites you to join us tonight (Monday) as Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University, will give a talk titled, “The Politics of Unsustainability: Plato on the Logic of Constitutional Change.†Her presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Hall.
Lane’s books include The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter (Princeton, 2015); Eco-Republic (Princeton, 2012); Plato’s Progeny (Duckworth, 2001); and Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman (Cambridge, 1998).
More about Lane is available on this page.
Questions? Please contact Jane Sweet at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.
Five staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 10, chapel service, in honor of Cultural Celebration Week. Email Tiona Cage (tcage@georgefox.edu) by Wednesday, Nov. 4, with your phone number and the name of the country that you would like to represent. We have more than 50 flags available.
This opportunity is open to students, staff, faculty and administrators.
The William Penn Honors Program invites you to join us this afternoon (Friday) for a special lecture featuring Colin Noble, chaplain at William Clarke College in Sydney, Australia. He will give a talk titled, “Resting for God” at 4:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Noble has spent the last three decades living on four continents and working in government, corporate, academic and pastoral settings. After working in international banking in Tokyo for several years at the height of the Japanese economic boom, he pursued theological studies at Regent College. He then taught at the University of Sydney for 14 years before taking up his current position as chaplain to an educational community of 1,700 people, a role he has held since 2005.
More on Noble is available on this page. Chapel credit is available.
Questions? Please contact Jane Sweet at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.
Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 10, chapel service, in honor of Cultural Celebration Week. Email Tiona Cage (tcage@georgefox.edu) by Wednesday, Nov. 4, with your phone number and the name of the country that you would like to represent. We have more than 50 flags available.
This opportunity is open to students, staff, faculty and administrators.
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
