If you have tickets for this weekend’s Christmas Concert and will be unable to use them, please inform Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible so those tickets can be released for others to attend. All three performances are nearly sold out.
Thank you
We are undergraduate students doing a group research project for our gender communication class, and we need information from professors/employees. Your answers are 100 percent anonymous, and the results from the survey will be for comparison with another survey that we have sent out.
Here is the survey link:
Ethnography Survey
Thank you and Merry Christmas,
Sydney Beadle (sbeadle13@georgefox.edu) and MaryAnn Ellis
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.
Don’t forget to join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. today (Thursday) for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!
For our community musicians, please play your favorite Christmas music on our piano in the lobby. It’s open anytime! We would love to hear the ivories!
Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.
The Portland Writing Center at the Portland Center is seeking one new writing consultant beginning spring 2016 and one new consultant beginning summer 2016. Candidates are those who are enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and adult degree students understand the components of effective writing.
Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students in face-to-face or online sessions at the Portland Writing Center. Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:
Click here for a consultant job description, and click here for a consultant application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join us for the 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.
During the meeting we will be using Poll Everywhere as part of a presentation. Please come with your phone or tablet enabled for text, or your device that can connect to the Internet.
Just a reminder that all employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).
Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.
Join us for a FoxTALE Gradebook open lab hosted by your educational technology team. Come to work on your FoxTALE Gradebook or to get your 2016 spring courses ready. Sessions are scheduled on the following dates:
Visit the Schedule of Events page to RSVP and view more events scheduled for Jan. 4-7 and spring semester.
– Your Educational Technology Team (servicedesk@georgefox.edu)
The December payday is Wednesday, Dec. 30. Both Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, are holidays this year.
Reminder: Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17.
Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources (ksol@georgefox.edu)
With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.
Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.
Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
– The Finance Department
Due to the Christmas holiday break we will have three fewer days to process December payroll. Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17. Payday will be on Thursday, Dec. 31.
Payroll Reminders:
Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources
ksol@georgefox.edu
Be sure to join us tomorrow (Thursday) from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium to celebrate and bid a fond farewell to our very own James Oshiro, director of financial aid.
He has accepted a position at Hawaii Pacific University on the beautiful Island of Oahu. This is an incredible opportunity for him and his family, so please join us as we say “Aloha” and “Mahalo” to James for nine years of service to the university! Refreshments will be served.
President Robin Baker has posted a blog piece in which he reflects on Christmas and the challenge of keeping Christ at the center of the season despite cultural trends that run counter to that tradition. You can read the piece here.
The Bruin Store will be closed all day today (Tuesday, Dec. 8), due to inventory. So sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Store!
Please check us out at georgefoxshop.com and “like” us on Facebook!
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, Dec. 10, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
Please join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!
For our community musicians, please play your favorite Christmas music on our piano in the lobby. It’s open anytime! We would love to hear the ivories!
Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.
All employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).
Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Store will be closed all day Tuesday, Dec. 8, due to inventory. So sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Store!
Please check us out at georgefoxshop.com and “like” us on Facebook!
The Bruin Store invites anyone in the George Fox community to write a recommendation card for one of our books that has impacted your life. We will post your recommendation cards next to the book of your choice for people to see what the book is about and how it might be a good fit for them.
We currently have several faculty and campus-interest books and are getting more in every week, so come check us out! We’d love to hear how one of our books has impacted you.
Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
In order to better coordinate financial aid communications with tuition remission benefits, the due date for the 2016-17 tuition remission applications will be Tuesday, Jan. 5. See the tuition remission section (top of the page) of the Benefits, Forms & Resources page for instructions and applications.
Note: The 2017-18 applications will likely be due in September of 2016 due to changing regulations.
Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen at dthiessen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2188.
Eight 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.
