If you would like to nominate a colleague for December’s Employee of the Month, please e-mail Peggy Kilburg a summary of this person’s contributions/outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so. Nominations should be in by this Friday, Dec. 21.
The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our January community meeting.
We are looking for someone to drive a faculty member from Newberg to the Portland Center as follows:
If you know someone who might be interested, please ask him or her to send an e-mail to hr@georgefox.edu. If the person does not already have an application on file, one will be required.
It’s time to sign up for MLK Serve Day 2013! I know it seems early, but it is just so we can prepare for the approximately 1,000 volunteers that day. Will you be one of them? Our 2013 MLK Day will have a special focus on literacy.
Did you know that…
Register here today to be a part of the largest collective movement in the nation on MLK day!
The details:
When: Jan. 21, 2013
Time: Meet in Stevens at 6:30 a.m., where we will bus to Portland together
Why: Promote literacy in accordance to Dr. King’s dream
More than 250 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 1 p.m., and the ceremony will start at 2 p.m.
Tickets are not required; however, seating is limited to 10 guests per graduate. At 1:45 p.m., a live broadcast of the ceremony will be available to watch at this link.
Dr. William M. Schniedewind, a professor of biblical studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a 1984 alumnus of George Fox, will serve as commencement speaker. He holds the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies at UCLA and is chair of the school’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
The financial affairs office will process the last check run of the year on Friday, Dec. 21. In order to ensure your expense reimbursement and/or check request is processed, we must receive your paperwork no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18. If your paperwork arrives after the 18th, it will be processed after the New Year.
Questions? Contact Andy Dunn at adunn@georgefox.edu.
Please join us for the Portland Center wassail party this afternoon (Monday)! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!
For those who missed the presentation entitled “The State of Diversity at George Fox University” made during Cultural Celebration Week, the video recording has been uploaded to the Multicultural Programs folder in George Fox’s iTunes U.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Joel Perez at ext. 2305.
Would you like to copy content from an old FoxTALE course site to an empty spring site? Learn the details at a 30-minute webinar on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. at this link and we’ll send login details the day before the webinar.
Can’t attend the webinar? See the Quick Guide or three-and-a-half-minute Video Guide.
If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk.
All three performances of this weekend’s Christmas Concert are nearly sold out, so if you picked up employee comp tickets for Sunday afternoon’s performance and will no longer be able to use them, please return them to the Box Office in the Pennington House as soon as possible.
We currently have a wait list for tickets. You can notify us that you plan to return them by calling 503-554-3844 or by informing us via e-mail at boxoffice@georgefox.edu.
Thank you.
The courier service will change for the Salem campus during the holiday season. We will be servicing Salem only on Mondays, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, and Jan. 7 and Jan. 14. We will continue the Portland run as normal – all dates Monday through Friday when the Newberg campus is open.
Questions? Call ext. 2555.
Please join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!
It’s time to think about someone to nominate for December’s Employee of the Month. Is there someone you consider a gift to have as a colleague, whether in your department or another department? If someone comes to mind, please consider submitting a nomination via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Friday, Dec. 21, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and as is our custom, the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 gift card to The Allison at our next community meeting. We will honor both December’s and January’s Employees of the Month at our next community meeting, currently scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17.
Congratulations again to Tim Goodfellow on being named November Employee of the Month.
The university’s music department invites you to join us as we celebrate the season with our annual Christmas Concert this Friday through Sunday, Dec. 7-9, in Bauman Auditorium.
Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Pre-concert music begins approximately 30 minutes prior to each performance.
The concert will feature the university’s Concert Choir, Men’s and Women’s Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Symphonic Band and Strings. We will also feature a guest, the Newberg High School Choir, as part of the celebration. For more information or to buy tickets, click here.
The state of Oregon is giving student employees a raise in 2013! The minimum wage is going up 15 cents per hour to $8.95, and this will be reflected on the Feb. 15 student payroll.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
– HR
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
