The Daily Bruin

The fourth annual MLK Day of Service will take place Monday, Jan. 21. We will meet in the Stevens Center parking lot at 6:30 a.m. and bus up to Concordia, where the day will begin with a rally to provide an opportunity to reflect, celebrate and remember Dr. King.

Following the rally, students will serve in the community until 2 p.m. and will arrive back on campus around 4 p.m. This service day is a multi-institutional collaboration among colleges and universities and the convening organization Oregon Campus Compact. This event is one of the largest mobilizations of college students in the country on MLK Day.

Register here to participate in the day!

2013 Entertainment Books are available for purchase through this Friday, Dec. 7. They make great Christmas gifts!

All George Fox employees can purchase Entertainment® 2013 Books at a discounted employee price of $20 (retail $35). Enjoy a free download of the Entertainment® Membership Coupon App to your smart phone with each edition, allowing you to redeem coupons from your phone rather than your book.

Choose your book – either Portland or Greater Oregon – and purchase it at the Information Services Desk in the Stevens Center. Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Dec. 17, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Would you please take a few minutes to submit your November time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) to your supervisor right away? As always, please be sure it is complete (including your ID number), accurate, and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. (If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR anyway and keep the original until it has been signed.)

Due to the Christmas holidays, our payroll processing time is shorter than usual, so receiving these by Friday, Dec. 7, will be very helpful and much appreciated.

You will find these forms at this link.

Thank you,
HR

Don’t forget the staff lunch in the Cap and Gown Room today (Monday) at noon! Come and join us for a festive holiday lunch featuring turkey with all the trimmings. Just $3 buys you a wonderful lunch and a chance to participate in a fun holiday gift exchange (gifts provided by the Staff Development Committee).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Contact Denise DeCicco at ddecicco@georgefox.edu.

If you are planning to put up a Christmas tree in your area, you must fill out a Christmas Tree Permit located on the Plant Services webpage.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley (dokelley@georgefox.edu).

Thank you,
Plant Services

If you picked up employee comp tickets for Sunday afternoon’s performance of the Christmas Concert and are no longer going to be able to use them, please return them to the Box Office in the Pennington House.

We have a wait list for the performance from the general public, and if the seats will be empty we would like to be able to sell the tickets. Please return the tickets you are not going to use by Friday, Nov. 30. Stop by the Pennington House or call the Box Office at 503-554-3844 if you have questions.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.

Don’t forget your invitation for you and your family to join the Robin Baker family at the president’s annual Christmas Open House this Sunday, Dec. 2. Drop by the Edwards House (402 S. College St.) anytime between 5 and 8 p.m.

We will serve light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.

Faculty: In order to buy books from students during finals week (Dec. 10-14), all textbook orders need to be submitted by Monday, Dec. 3. Orders received after that date also run the risk of not arriving in time for classes in January. Your help is appreciated.

Contact Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

This full-time position is currently open to internal applicants (employees). Temporary employees may also apply, but external applications are not being accepted. If you would like a copy of the job description, please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu.

To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources. The position will likely close on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Wednesday, Dec. 5. Please create a new “Individual Account” on the form.

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

The fourth annual MLK Day of Service will take place Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The day will begin at 9 a.m. in Portland with a rally to provide an opportunity to reflect, celebrate and remember Dr. King. Following the rally, students will serve in the community until 2 p.m.

This service day is a multi-institutional collaboration among colleges and universities and the convening organization Oregon Campus Compact. This event is one of the largest mobilizations of college students in the country on MLK Day.

We will be meeting earlier on Monday morning to bus over as a group. Follow this link to register for the day!

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, Nov. 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.

Our next staff lunch is in the Cap and Gown Room on Monday, Dec. 3, at noon! Come and join us for a festive holiday lunch featuring turkey with all the trimmings. Just $3 buys you a wonderful lunch and a chance to participate in a fun holiday gift exchange (gifts provided by the Staff Development Committee).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Contact Denise DeCicco at ddecicco@georgefox.edu.

Applications for the faculty Professional Learning Community “Teaching for Student Learning: Effective Strategies for the University Classroom” will be accepted through Monday, Dec. 10.

The PLC, originally scheduled for this fall, was moved to spring semester. Several faculty are already enrolled, but there is plenty of room for more! The PLC is designed to enhance teaching, increase student learning, and deepen reflective practice.

The facilitator is Gary Sehorn, assistant professor of education. Sessions will be held in Newberg from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on the following Wednesdays: Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 6, March 20, April 10 and April 24. Each participant will receive an honorarium of $325 and a copy of the book How Learning Works.

Applications are available at this Academic Affairs webpage (“Faculty Development/Programs and Events”). Please complete the application and submit it to Brenda Burg (bburg@georgefox.edu) by 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10.

You and your family are invited to join the Robin Baker family at the president’s annual Christmas Open House this Sunday, Dec. 2. Drop by the Edwards House (402 S. College St.) anytime between 5 and 8 p.m.

We will serve light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.

We at Love INC appreciate the 250 breakfast bags made by George Fox employees at the staff retreat in October. Your gift will fill hungry bellies of the homeless and people in need in Newberg. Thank you for giving your time to this effort.

The vision of Love INC is to mobilize God’s people to transform lives and communities in the name of Christ. It is a great privilege when our efforts at Love INC are supported by others in the community.

Student accounts has an opening at the Portland Center to fill in for three months (December through February) while someone is out on leave. If you know anyone who might fit the bill (pun intended), would you please encourage them to apply? Please help spread the word about this opportunity.

Compensation will depend on qualifications and experience. The job description can be seen by clicking here.

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