The Daily Bruin

Robert P. George, PhD, from Princeton University will present a lecture entitled “Religious Liberty and the Rights of Conscience” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in Bauman Auditorium. All are welcome and we hope you can join us!

George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in Ideals and Institutions at Princeton. He is the author of numerous books in the fields of constitutional law, ethics and legal and political theory. His visit is being sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program. More information on George and his presentation is available here.

For those interested in learning more about the Honors Program, please join Professor George and Honors Program Director Joseph Clair for a reception prior to the lecture, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lindgren Gallery. Please RSVP for the reception via email at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.

Get your stamps in advance of next week’s postal rate increase. The price of a one-ounce 46-cent stamp is increasing on Jan. 26, to 49 cents. “Forever” stamps that you currently have or purchase by Saturday will be good for the 49-cent rate. You will not have to pay any additional amount to mail a one-ounce letter.

Mail Services has rolls of 100 stamps ($46 each) and a variety of books of 20 ($9.20 each) available. Our customer service window is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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

Our theme this month is “Super Bowl,” so you are invited to wear the orange and blue of the Broncos or the green and blue of the Seahawks. Special Super Bowl-themed goodies will be served.

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

This new full-time position in Advancement is open to employees only through Thursday, Jan. 23, at 5 p.m. Please email hr@georgefox.edu if you would like a copy of the job description.

To apply: Please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources by Thursday, Jan. 23. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

In order to enjoy all of the staff events put on by the Staff Development Committee, mark your calendar with these dates:

Newberg events …

• Monday, Jan. 27, noon-1 p.m.: Newberg Staff Lunch
• Monday, Feb. 10, noon-1 p.m.: Newberg “Let’s Work Together Series” Lunch
• Tuesday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m.-noon: Spring Staff Conference at Tigard Friends Church
• Monday, March 10, noon-1 p.m.: Newberg “Let’s Work Together Series” Lunch
• Monday, April 14, noon-1 p.m.: Newberg Staff Lunch
• Tuesday, May 13, 3 p.m.: Newberg Ice Cream Social

Portland Center events …

• Tuesday, Feb. 4, noon-1 p.m.: Portland Community Lunch
• Tuesday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m.-noon: Spring Staff Conference at Tigard Friends Church
• Tuesday, March 18, noon-1 p.m.: Portland Community Lunch
• Tuesday, April 8, 12-1 p.m.: Portland Community Lunch
• Tuesday, June 18, 2:30 p.m.: Portland Ice Cream Social

The staff calendar is located at this link.

This new full-time position in Advancement is open to employees only through Thursday, Jan. 23, at 5 p.m. Please email hr@georgefox.edu if you would like a copy of the job description.

To apply: Please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources by Thursday, Jan. 23. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Don’t forget to register for the College of Business’ free seminar featuring MaryKate Morse of our seminary. Morse will speak on “The Interplay of Bodies and Influence in Leadership: A New Economics of Power” from 7:30 to 9 a.m. next Friday, Jan. 24, at the Portland Center.

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this link. The deadline to register is today (Friday). More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at 503-554-6176.

Among the questions to be addressed: “How do our bodies ‘speak’ even before we say a word?” and “How do groups instinctively ‘size you up’ and decide who influences them?”

The university will close Monday, Jan. 20, to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. There will be no day or evening classes at the Newberg campus, and the Portland Center and Salem Center will be closed. Libraries at all campuses will be closed as well.

HR just received tickets to the Renovation and Landscaping Show coming up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-26, at Portland Memorial Coliseum.

More information about this event can be found at this link. Employees can pick up two tickets each ($8 value) at the Information Services desk in Stevens Center. Portland employees can request tickets by emailing Barbi Doran.

The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the fourth annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in Bauman Auditorium.

Dr. Bill Newsome, PhD, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will present “Brain, Mind & Free Will: Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?” Among the questions to be discussed: “Are we just the sum of our neurons?,” “Does my brain shape me, or do I shape my brain?” and “Is freedom of choice an illusion?”

For more information, visit this link. Questions? Contact Paul Chamberlain at pchamber@georgefox.edu.

Spring 2014 FoxTALE sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, make your course visible to your students by logging in to your course, selecting “Administration>Edit Settings” on the course homepage and changing the visible setting from “Hide” to “Show.”

Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to “Administration > Edit settings” on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.

Learn More: FoxTALE Faculty Guides by Topic

Interested in finding out more about domestic and international missions? Come to the 2014 Missions Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.

Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.

Hope to see you there!

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by Tuesday, Jan. 14, by 5 p.m. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation” and “W-2 Consent” and check the box. This saves envelopes, processing and delivery, and you will have your W-2 ready to print anytime.

Help us go green!

To nominate a colleague for this month’s Employee of the Month award, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Jan. 17, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 Visa gift card at our community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Two staff and administrator positions are currently open – for a programmer analyst and a 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 either of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Please notify Kristi Hagen right away of any contributions to the university or seminary that are postmarked Dec. 31, 2013. We need to be sure to acknowledge them promptly for their tax purposes. Kristi can be reached at ext. 2111 or khagen@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!
– University Development Office

Do you speak fluent Spanish? Do you like to help others? On occasion the switchboard receives calls from non-English speaking callers. I would like to compile a list of employees who speak fluent Spanish who could help with these calls.

If you would be willing to take some of these calls, when needed, please e-mail Information Services Coordinator Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

Thanks, in advance, for your help!

How do our bodies “speak” even before we say a word? How do groups instinctively “size you up” and decide who influences them?

These and other questions will be addressed at the College of Business’ Winter Speaker Series Event, “The Interplay of Bodies and Influence in Leadership: A New Economics of Power,” featuring MaryKate Morse from our seminary. The presentation is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Portland Center. The presentation is free, and complimentary coffee and tea will be provided.

Morse has studied the relationship of our physical bodies to influence in leadership and is the author of the book Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space and Influence. Using the historical Jesus as a model, she proposes a new economics for the use of power in social settings.

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this link. The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 17. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at 503-554-6176.

Sign up for FoxTALE webinars and workshops this week to see the new features available with our Dec. 31 upgrade or to get your course site ready.

Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

Spring 2014 sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible (Available) to Students.

If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, we recommend that you back up your 2013 Fall grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.

IT Educational Technology Team