The Daily Bruin

Be sure to join us for an all-employee meeting tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Spring.” The menu will include strawberry streusel bars, asparagus and Parmesan puffs, and strawberry lemonade.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 160.

Here is the agenda:

Welcome
Rob Westervelt
Recognizing Excellence,
Featuring Sheila Bartlett

Employee of the Month

Devotional
Kelly Chang

Christ in Everything
Sarah Baldwin
Gender Climate Study

“The Team to Beat”
Sarah Reid
Football Season Tickets

Be Known
Lynn Andrews
Introducing Jill Downing

Christian University of Choice
Rob Bohall
Accreditation Visit

Innovation to Improve Outcomes
Ted Allen
Update on Performance Review Process

President’s Remarks
Robin Baker
Strategic Planning

Prayer & Dismissal

This is a reminder that tickets for the Oregon Symphony’s Friday, April 4, concert on the George Fox campus are available beginning at 9 a.m. today (Tuesday) at the Box Office in the Pennington House.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis. Phone reservations (503-554-3844) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.

The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan. The university has been provided 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.

On Monday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

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 submit your request at this link.

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.

The next order will be placed on Monday, March 24. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

All are invited to an all-employee lunch today (Tuesday) in the Newberg campus’ Cap and Gown Room between 11:30  a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

The lunch schedule has been extended to accommodate those who work over the noon hour. If you are on the Newberg campus, please join your colleagues for just $3 per person.

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On Friday, April 4, George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony in its 27th appearance in Newberg at 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan.

The university has been provided 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 tomorrow (Tuesday, March 18) at 9 a.m. at the Box Office in Pennington House. Phone reservations (503-554-3844) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.

On Monday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

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

• Accounting Specialist II – GL
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor: ADP
• Graduate Admissions Counselor: Seminary

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 for applying.

Attention benefit-eligible employees: Please make sure you turn in your benefit election form by 5 p.m. Monday, March 17, to ensure that any changes you wish to make will be enrolled timely. Remember that medical and dental changes will be reflected in your premium deductions on the March 31 payroll, and all other benefit changes will show the first time on April 30.

Also remember that flexible spending enrollments don’t automatically renew, so if you want to keep that benefit next year, please submit a new form. All forms and more info are available here.

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu.

The end of another academic year is once again just around the corner. As your department makes plans to wrap things up for the year, please take a moment to put the following important dates on your calendar and include them in your year-end planning.

We will be sending out regular reminders as we get closer to these important 2014 financial cut-off dates. Please make sure to submit all needed paperwork to the financial affairs office prior to these dates.

• May 31 – Last day to submit purchase orders for fiscal year 2014 (FY14) expenses
• June 16 – Last day to request cash advances for FY14 expenses
• July 11 – Last day to submit invoices, check requests, expense reimbursements, petty cash, error corrections, and interdepartmental charges for FY14
• Please make sure to turn in any outstanding deposits before leaving for the summer break.

If you have questions regarding any of these deadlines, please contact Bruce Owen at 503-554-2169.

Thanks so much for your help!

Change to previous announcement: The Textbook Annex will be open next week (March 17-21). It will not be staffed during spring break, but the main BlueZone Store will be open and we’ll be happy to service any immediate textbook needs. Both locations will be closed for the campus holiday on Friday, March 28.

The Textbook Annex will be closed for two weeks beginning March 15 to complete our annual inventory process. You may still order online at gfubookstore.com and have your books sent to your campus box or home address. Online orders will be processed, but the Annex will not be staffed for in-store sales.

Please note: The main BlueZone Store will remain open for business through March 27. Both locations will be closed on Friday, March 28.

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join us for the university’s Spring Faculty Lecture, “Miley Cyrus, the Google Algorithm and the New Epistemology,” presented by Ken Badley from our education department, at 5:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday), in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend.

The lecture will be preceded by a Richter Scholars Symposium beginning at 5 p.m. in the Hoover lobby (food will be served). The Richter Scholars program enables undergraduate and graduate students to receive funding for independent research projects conducted with a faculty mentor.

Lecture Description

What connection does Miley Cyrus have to the Google algorithm? Badley argues that cultural trends have changed how we think, what knowledge we value, and how we judge wisdom. Our obsession with celebrities, our immersion in digital technology, and our high-irony combine to leave us wondering what is worthwhile and who will guide our steps.

About Ken Badley

Badley, recipient of the university’s 2013 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research/Scholarship at the graduate level, serves in George Fox’s doctoral program in education. He completed his PhD dissertation at the University of British Columbia by examining what Christian educators mean by the phrase, “the integration of faith and learning.”

His current writing projects include applying architectural theory to curriculum and course design, and gathering a collection of quotations which are all deliberately misattributed to either Jesus, Polonius, Yogi Berra or Groucho Marx.

Do you ever find yourself frustrated with the lack of gender equity in today’s workplace? So are we! Leading Change: Altering Perceptions, a College of Business-sponsored event, is a chance to engage in this conversation with dynamic leaders.

Please join us Wednesday, March 12, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

Here is the schedule:

• 4-4:30: Keynote speaker, Melissa Berndt, AKT Group
• 4:30-5:30: Panel discussion
• 5:30-6:30: Networking and hors d’oeuvres

Panel members include Deb Sepich, TMG 3 Consulting; Matt McKenzie, CUI Inc.; Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee, PsyD; Jill Nguyen, First Republic Trust Company; Judge Darleen Ortega, Oregon Court of Appeals; and Mandy Huth, Tripwire.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email Morgan Blomstrom at mblomstrom10@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to join us for a session, “Women Serving AND Leading: The Role of Presence and Power in Servant Leadership,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon (Tuesday) in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Our own MaryKate Morse from the seminary will be presenting.

Women and men in institutional environments can default to traditional roles of men primarily leading and women primarily serving. Jesus led and served, and he invited women and men to do the same.

This presentation by MaryKate explores the unique challenges women face as servant-leaders and suggests ways men and women might support each other on the journey. We hope you can join us! Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Leadership Development Initiative.

Questions? Email Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

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The finance team, in partnership with IT, is currently in the design phase of developing a new chart of accounts for the university. The redesign will provide improved reporting capabilities for both our required external financial reporting as well as improved internal reporting.

We are pleased to have finance consultant Chris Payne here to assist us, and we may need your assistance as well. We’ll keep you informed with our progress!

– The Finance Team

All are invited to join us for a session, “Women Serving AND Leading: The Role of Presence and Power in Servant Leadership,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday) in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Our own MaryKate Morse from the seminary will be presenting.

Women and men in institutional environments can default to traditional roles of men primarily leading and women primarily serving. Jesus led and served, and he invited women and men to do the same.

This presentation by MaryKate explores the unique challenges women face as servant-leaders and suggests ways men and women might support each other on the journey. We hope you can join us! Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Leadership Development Initiative.

Questions? Email Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that College of Business Dean Candidate Murray MacTavish will speak today (Monday) on the topic, “What is your three- to five-year vision for a College of Business in a Christian university? Considering today’s higher education climate, what are the key success factors that will promote George Fox’s College of Business to not only survive, but to thrive, in the future?”

The presentation will be from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Murray is currently the MBA director and associate professor of leadership and international management at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada.

We welcome your input and participation in this process.

Questions? Contact Jeff VandenHoek at jvandenh@georgefox.edu.

Esther L. Meek, professor of philosophy at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa., will speak Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11-12, for the university’s annual Spring Theological Conference.

Meek will address the community at a Tuesday “Intellectual Feast” hosted by the College of Christian Studies (4 p.m., Hoover 250), and at morning chapel on Wednesday (10:40 a.m., Bauman Auditorium). She’ll also visit philosophy classes and meet on campus with Sophilo (Philosophy Club). The theme for the conference is “Loving in Order to Know: A How-to for Knowing and Being.”

A writer, teacher, speaker and conversationalist, Meek especially likes to think and talk about how we know (epistemology). She’s the author of several books. Her latest, A Little Manual for Knowing, will be available for purchase during the conference.

For more information about Meek and her visit to George Fox University, visit this page or contact Paula Hampton (phampton@georgefox.edu).

Mail and print services staff will be attending a three-day training next week, Wednesday through Friday, March-12-14. We will be open our normal hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Print Services will be operated by the student work force. Jobs may be delayed or postponed.

If you have any major print jobs planned during those three days, please contact Richard Silver at ext. 2551 or Marlee Zakrevsky at ext. 2550 today (Friday) or by Monday to discuss the details.

Thank you for your patience with us during the three days of training.