The Daily Bruin

President Robin Baker and his wife Ruth invite employees to join the university community at this year’s Christmas concert in Bauman Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Our time together will start at 1:30 p.m., when we will serve festive desserts, apple cider and hot chocolate in the EHS Atrium. The concert follows at 2:30 p.m., featuring the university’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Chamber Choir and Festival Orchestra. The theme of this year’s concert is “Angels We Have Heard.”

Concert tickets are now available for pick-up in the music department in the Ross Center. You may also arrange to get tickets by emailing Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) or calling her at 503-554-2620. Employees (half time and above) are entitled to up to four complimentary tickets for Sunday’s matinee performance or a single ticket for any of the other performances (at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 5-6).

Tickets are not transferable and need to be returned if they will not be used. Tickets must be picked up by Friday, Nov. 14. A limited number of tickets are available.

Music department hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Director of Housing
• Custodian I
• Admissions Event Coordinator – Temporary
• Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative

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.

As we roll into November and the season of Thanksgiving, do you have a colleague you are especially thankful for this month – someone who might deserve to be named November Employee of the Month? If someone comes to mind, please submit a nomination via email to Peggy Kilburg by Friday, Nov. 14, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our next community meeting.

Congratulations again to Cris Banton on being named October Employee of the Month.

The Fall Staff Conference is this Wednesday, Nov. 5, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete this registration form and select your break-out session if you haven’t done so already. The theme of this year’s conference is “Sowing, Watering, Reaping.”

The conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Deb Mumm-Hill, director of the university’s IDEA Center. The conference will be at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway, in Lake Oswego. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu.

Special operations and restricted fund reporting is now available in PeopleSoft. Under the MyGFU report menu, select “Restricted Fund Summary.” This summary report will give you balance forward information as well as any 14/15 activity.

This can be used for all Special Operations, Restricted Gifts and Agency Funds. Remember, you may now have two funds – one special operations fund (unrestricted, which will begin with a 1XXXX) and a restricted fund (which will begin with a 3XXXX). You can use the wild card (%) for the department/cost center field and the program code.

Previous-year data is also available in this report by using your old cost center number and the 2014 fiscal year.

Please call Debbie Cash at ext. 2171 or Cris Banton at ext. 2167 if you have any questions about running the reports.

Thanks,
The finance team

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Custodian I
• Admissions Event Coordinator – Temporary
• Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative
• Systems or Network Administrator

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.

The BlueZone Store will be finalizing its midyear inventory on Friday, Oct. 31, and will close at 2 p.m. The store will reopen on Monday, Nov. 3, with regular hours.

The deadline for Title IX and sexual harassment training is today (Thursday, Oct. 30).

If you would like to review the details about each of these trainings, please check your email in-box for a message from Peggy Kilburg dated Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 2:52 p.m. entitled “Important Training for George Fox Employees.” Or you can simply begin the training.

To begin the Title IX training, click here.

To take the George Fox sexual harassment online training, you will need to refer to an email you received yesterday, Wednesday, Oct. 29, entitled “Training Alert from George Fox University.” It has the credentials (user name, company ID and password) and link you will need to access the training.

Note of caution: If Chrome is your default browser, do not click on the link in that email. You will need to copy and paste the following URL into the address bar of another browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox: https://www.lossfreerx.com/EmployeePortal/Login.aspx.

George Fox Evangelical Seminary posts photos from international travels, creative blogs from professors, and invitations to our seminary guest lectures on its Facebook page.

Be sure to check out our page here to stay up to date with us – and be sure to “Like” our page while you’re at it!

The Portland chapter of EdTechWomen invites the George Fox community to join us for our fall quarterly meeting at the Portland Center (Room 155) from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 15. Following are the details:

What is EdTechWomen?
EdTechWomen was inspired by women’s influence in the field of education and technology. Our chapter promotes and brings together a multidisciplinary group of women focused on leveraging technology to promote stronger schools, human services and businesses through the values of community, inclusivity, visibility and impact. Visit the edtechwomen website for more information.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, Nov. 15
• Place: Portland Center’s Room 155
• Time: 10 a.m. to noon (pastries, tea and coffee served)
• Cost: $3 donation at the door, plus your favorite fall cookies or munchie
• RSVP: Email Jessi Huffman with a “Yes” at tri@georgefox.edu

Meeting Agenda
Celebrate members: We will mingle and, later in our meeting, explore the work of our members through small-group discussions.

Go Deeper: Technology informs and transforms our work and personal lives. How might we pause to explore the pros and cons, and shape our use accordingly? Robin Ashford will focus us with a keynote address. Each of us will engage in similar reflections in our small groups.

Network: We’ll formalize affinity groups and decide on a meeting forum that works best for us.

Announcements: Including next quarter’s date and Planning Committee

Facilitate a Small Group During Our Meeting?
Are you willing to facilitate a small group during our meeting? We are looking for K-12 and higher ed educators, and tech-focused business women. We will be asking you to share a bit about your work, and then share how technology is influencing changes within your work, home and personal life.

We have small-group leaders from app developers, iPad researchers and mental health. We look forward to a rich cross section of facilitators representing our chapter. Send Anna Berardi (aberardi@georgefox.edu) an email if you are interested.

For more information, contact any of the following: Linda Samek (lsamek@georgefox.edu), Debby Espinor (despinor@georgefox.edu), Robin Ashford (rashford@georgefox.edu) or Anna Berardi (aberardi@georgefox.edu).

The Fall Staff Conference is next Wednesday, Nov. 5, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete this registration form and select your break-out session if you haven’t done so already. The theme of this year’s conference is “Sowing, Watering, Reaping.”

The conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Deb Mumm-Hill, director of the university’s IDEA Center. The conference will be at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway, in Lake Oswego. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for an all-employee meeting this afternoon (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve snacks in Room 160.

Christian C. Sahner, author of Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present (Oxford University Press, 2014), will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Hoover 105 (please note the location change). The campus community is invited to attend at no charge.

Sahner’s lecture, “The End of Christianity in Syria?,” will explore the roots of Christianity in Syria and seek to place the current predicament in historical perspective. The William Penn Honors Program is sponsoring the event, and a reception for prospective students interested in the honors program will follow. In addition, a special “Visit Day for the Honors Program” is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31. Please email honors@georgefox.edu if you would like more information or have any questions.

A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Sahner is currently completing his doctorate at Princeton, focusing on relations between Muslims and Christians in the formative period after the Arab conquests.

As a follow-up to our active shooter training sessions conducted before school started, security encourages you to consider attending a Code4-sponsored seminar, “Front Desk Safety and Security,” on Monday, Dec. 15.

The event is scheduled at the Airport Holiday Inn and will teach you how to deal with dangerous situations, difficult people and emergencies. The cost is $99 if you register via the Code4 website (code4.org) and $109 if you register via phone at 800-622-9391. The course instructor is Captain Joe Puckett, who has spent 21 years in law enforcement and who has worked as a hostage/crisis negotiator.

As a reminder for any staff members planning to attend, you can apply to the Staff Development Committee to be considered for partial reimbursement for the seminar costs on a first-come, first-served basis until the professional development fund is depleted. Check the Staff Development website for details.

The Fall Staff Conference is next Wednesday, Nov. 5, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete this registration form and select your break-out session if you haven’t done so already. The theme of this year’s conference is  “Sowing, Watering, Reaping.”

The conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Deb Mumm-Hill, director of the university’s IDEA Center. The conference will be at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway, in Lake Oswego. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu.

TechTips Forum post: For people with Macintosh computers, our IT Mac-certified tech, Rich Bass, highly recommends that Mac users do not upgrade to Yosemite (OS 10.10) yet. There are reported issues of Wifi connectivity dropping for many users. The issue doesn’t affect everyone, but there are widespread reports across the web of Wifi issues. Apple will most likely release an update to fix this, but the update hasn’t come out yet.

If you have updated your Mac to Yosemite and are experiencing Wifi connectivity issues (or other problems) since upgrading, you can stop by IT and we can image your computer back to Mavericks (10.9).

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Come support the theatre department by attending our fall production, Twelfth Night. The final shows are set to run this Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 2, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu.

New Complimentary Ticket Process
George Fox students and employees can now reserve their complimentary tickets online at theatre.georgefox.edu. All university students and employees may receive one complimentary ticket per production. Complimentary tickets are not transferable and require a current GFU ID be shown at the door. Student complimentary tickets are only available for Thursday’s performance.

Synopsis: One of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies, Twelfth Night features Viola’s cross-dressing misadventures as she tries to figure out love and survival in a world of lovesick men. Hilarious reversals and bittersweet misunderstandings ensue, as Viola introduces her ambiguous identity to the misfit oddballs of Illyria – and steals more than one heart in the process. Join us for an evening of buoyant wordplay, raucous slapstick and some of the wittiest love scenes in all of Shakespeare.

Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at 503-554-2670.

Christian C. Sahner, author of Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present (Oxford University Press, 2014), will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 30, in Hoover 103. The campus community is invited to attend at no charge.

Sahner’s lecture, “The End of Christianity in Syria?,” will explore the roots of Christianity in Syria and seek to place the current predicament in historical perspective. The William Penn Honors Program is sponsoring the event, and a reception for prospective students interested in the honors program will follow. In addition, a special “Visit Day for the Honors Program” is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31. Please email honors@georgefox.edu if you would like more information or have any questions.

A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Sahner is currently completing his doctorate at Princeton, focusing on relations between Muslims and Christians in the formative period after the Arab conquests.

Please note that IT, in conjunction with purchasing, has an updated hardware and software purchasing policy. The updated purchasing policy can be found on the IT website.

The updated policy clarifies:

1. When IT should be involved in software purchase (including web-based or Software as a Service software)
2. IT involvement and approvals needed for hardware purchasing
3. Accessibility guidelines in all technology purchasing

Three​ staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Admissions Event Coordinator – Temporary
• Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative
• Systems or Network Administrator

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.