Mark your calendars for the library’s annual Christmas celebration!
We will host our annual wassail party on Monday, Dec. 12, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Please take a break on Dead Day and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for snacks, wassail and coffee. Contact Sue Mills (smills@georgefox.edu) for more information.
It’s our treat to you!
– MLRC staff
Don’t forget: You and your family are invited to join the Robin Baker family at the president’s annual Christmas Open House this Sunday, Dec. 4. Drop by the Edwards House (402 S. College St.) anytime between 5 and 7 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 always appreciate receiving time sheets and time-off reports in a timely fashion, but we are especially anxious to receive these as early in December as possible. This will ensure having plenty of time for processing and data entry in spite of extra vacation and holiday time off.
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, 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 and keep the original until it has been signed.) Go to this HR link for these documents.
A tip to help you remember to do this each month: Set a recurring appointment on your calendar for the first business day of each month with a brief notation, “Turn in Timesheet.†That gives you one less thing to have to remember, allowing you to save your brain space for other important stuff.
Thank you,
– HR
Student supervisors: Pay day for student employees is Thursday, Dec. 15. For us to meet this deadline we need your students’ November time sheets by Monday, Dec. 5, by 3 p.m. If you are on the Newberg campus, please hand-deliver the time sheets. If you send them with a student, make sure you place them in a sealed envelope. Any time sheets received after this deadline may not get paid on the 15th.
Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to sign them and be sure the students did as well. Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.
Thanks so much for helping us get our students paid in a timely manner!
– HR
Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Also please note that the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting has been canceled.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget next week’s “Let’s Learn Together” session on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. at various locations (click on link below for list of venues). Piper Parks (IT) will be sharing about PowerPoint. For those on other campuses, the event will be available to watch on a stream site (to be provided).
Click on this link to reserve your spot for the session. We look forward to seeing you there! Please e-mail Rachel Powell (rpowell@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Don’t forget next week’s all-employee meeting, scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in Hoover 105. Also please note that the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting has been canceled.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
Come join us for the next “Let’s Learn Together” session on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. at various locations (click on link below for list of venues). Our own Piper Parks (IT) will be sharing about PowerPoint. For those on other campuses, the event will be available to watch on a stream site (to be provided).
Click on this link to reserve your spot for the session. We look forward to seeing you there! Please e-mail Rachel Powell (rpowell@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Today (Wednesday) is your final opportunity to pick up tickets for the upcoming Christmas concert! You are invited to join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.
The details …
Concert tickets are available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through 3:30 p.m. today. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.
The university will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed those two days.
The Murdock Learning Resource Center will reopen from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27. All other facilities will remain closed through Sunday.
Need to contact a university employee? An updated employee phone/box list is now available as a PDF. You can print one out by visiting this page and clicking the “Employee Phone and Box List” hyperlink on the page.
Coming this week … The Bruin Discount Card in your mailbox. Card includes discounts to local vendors like Abby’s, Doran Automotive, Muchas Gracias, Snooty Fox, Chehalem Glenn and much more!
Just show the card at any of the listed vendors and receive your special GFU discount.
The courier service to Portland and Salem campuses will be limited due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week.
Questions or concerns? Contact Mail Services at ext. 2555.
Tickets are going fast for the upcoming Christmas concert! You are invited to join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.
The details …
Concert tickets are now available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m.
Please note that tickets are on sale for the general public and the concert will sell out, so don’t wait too long to get your tickets. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.
Custom university cards are available this year, which you can view at this link. The cards will be printed on special iridescent paper and will cost between 75 to 96 cents each, depending on the total number ordered university-wide. A permanent marker, such as a fine-tip Sharpie, works best when writing on this paper.
If you would like to order cards, please list the quantity desired and budget number on this form by Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Don’t forget: This afternoon (Wednesday), Gene Christian, principal of Charitable Estate Planning Northwest, will be available to answer questions about estate planning, wills, giving and other financial matters. Gene has worked closely with our advancement team for several years.
Gene will visit with us in both Newberg and the Portland Center:
This is a great opportunity to hear from an industry expert and learn more about estate planning – at no cost!
The Staff Development Committee invites you to save the dates for the next “Let’s Learn Together” sessions coming up on Tuesday, Dec. 6, when we will learn about PowerPoint, and Tuesday, Feb. 7 (subject TBD).
Both sessions will run from noon to 1 p.m. at a location to be determined. Watch e-nnouncements for further details and to R.S.V.P. for these sessions. Questions? Please e-mail Rachel Powell at rpowell@georgefox.edu.
The Center for Peace and Justice is joining in support of an advocacy event, “Human Circles,” at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland this Wednesday, Nov. 16, beginning at noon. In light of a looming congressional deadline to enact major budget cuts, people are gathering at events called “Human Circles” in symbolic support for programs most at risk of being cut.
The event has the support of a broad coalition of Christian denominations and organizations, who have affirmed a document, “A Circle of Protection: A Statement on Why We Need to Protect Programs for the Poor.” To learn more, visit this website.
The goals are to make the poor visible in the debate, stand in prayer for important programs that help the most vulnerable in society, and inform Congress that cutting such programs is not the answer to budget concerns. The Portland gathering is within sight distance of the offices of Sen. Jeff Merkley.
In Portland, the Oregon Center for Christian Values is helping host the event in partnership with Bread for the World and the Office of Life, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland.
If interested in joining Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) and others in attending, contact Clint at ext. 2685.
Join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.
The details …
Concert tickets are now available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m.
Please note that tickets are on sale for the general public and the concert will sell out, so don’t wait too long to get your tickets. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.
The Robin Baker family invites you and your family to please join us for our annual Christmas Open House.
Here are the details:
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Location: The Edwards House, 402 S. College St., Newberg
Join us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.
