The Daily Bruin

Financial Affairs reports that some counterfeit money is being handed out in the Newberg area. We had one in our deposit today and have no way to know where it came from. What we had was a $10 bill, but others could be around also.

The best way to tell is by holding the bill up to a light. There should be a narrow strip running from top to bottom of the bill and a picture of the president (only seen when held up to the light) on the side of the bill. We do not feel this was passed to us intentionally, but it should be something we all watch for.

If you have any questions, please contact Jan Amerson in Financial Affairs at ext. 2164.

Print Services will be open all summer and is ready to fill all of your orders. The more items that we have prior to your departure will make your return in late August that much easier.

A very important item to send in before you leave is anything that holds copyright. If you are not sure that you will use it, but might, that is OK; we don’t have to make the purchase but we do need at least eight weeks to be able to get the copyright permission.

When you send your request, please include the title and ISBN of the actual book or magazine that we will be making the copies from. Also, be sure to include your name, a phone number and/or an e-mail where we can reach you, the class name, class number, exact page numbers, and copyright year. Send us the actual book and we will be ready to make the copies as soon as you approve its use.

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Holme at eholme@georgefox.edu or ext. 2550.

Faculty and administrative assistants: Please submit textbook requests for fall 2011 immediately, if you have not done so already. We are beginning to order books this week.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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

The Leadership Institute for Group Discernment is scheduled on the Newberg campus May 16-19. The registration cost of $325 has just been discounted to $100 for all George Fox employees and students. This is an excellent value for a state-of-the art seminar on consensus-oriented leadership!

Questions? Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Just a reminder: FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, May 17, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Ode to May Employee of the Month . . . or HR Calls for EOM nominations by May 20

Another year has slipped away
And here it is, the month of May
Most of the students are long gone,
While staff are left to carry on.
Who’s a colleague who has impressed you –
Whose work deserves a word or two?
Please nominate an Employee for May,
Send me a note – what do you say?
Deadline is the 20th, right at noon,
That’s plenty of time, not too soon.

– Peggy Kilburg

Yellow potted 6-inch mums are for sale in the Pennington House! These make a perfect gift for Mother’s Day. Cost is $5 each or two for $8. We’re also willing to make a deal on multiple plants.

Stop by and pick yours out today. For availability or questions, please call Vangie Pattison at ext 2121, or e-mail epattison@georgefox.edu.

Joel Perez will present the findings of his doctoral dissertation, “Drivers that Motivate Christian Colleges to Seek Change in the Area of Diversity,” on Tuesday, May 3, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in Stevens 101. All are invited to attend.

Shane Roghaar, our TIAA-CREF representative, will be on the Newberg campus May 10-11. You may make an appointment with him to discuss your investments using this link on the HR/Benefits web page.

We are finalizing plans for a Pre-Retirement Planning Seminar in Newberg with one of our TIAA-CREF consultants and a representative from Social Security on Thursday, May 12. This session will be especially helpful to those of you considering retirement in the next three to five years. Save the date! We will announce a time for this seminar shortly.

The university will host two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, April 30. This year, the ceremony for graduate, seminary and adult degree programs is scheduled for 10 a.m., while the undergraduate ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Both will take place in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center.

Arthur Roberts, a presence on campus for five decades, will be the guest speaker in the undergraduate commencement ceremony. Mohan Nair, chief innovation officer at Regence, will speak in the graduate event. Audience seating begins an hour before each ceremony.

Also on Saturday, undergraduate department receptions are scheduled at 1 p.m. For a complete guide to commencement events, visit this page.

The Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies is still seeking essay contest entries on the theme “Fair Trade: A Market-based Approach to Sustainability and Justice.”

The details:

• Open to George Fox students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs (who have not yet earned master’s degrees), and to students affiliated with Canaan Fair Trade.
• Prize: An award of $250 will be given to a student from each group.
• Competition Guidelines: In 2,000–2,500 words, address the basis, benefits, challenges, and specific impacts of fair trade. Please make sure to provide specific examples (from any region).
• Entry Deadline: July 1, 2011

Learn more on the Fair Trade page on the university’s website. Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please tell your students about this contest.

The Master of Arts in Teaching class of 2011 will be hosting its Research Symposium today (Thursday, April 28) from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Sports Center’s Miller Gymnasium.

Students and faculty members are invited to come view the MAT students’ research projects.

Questions? Contact Judy Deale at jdeale@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to mark your calendar . . .  Please join President Baker, members of the P.E.L.T and your colleagues at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, May 4, for refreshments in the main lobby, followed by a program beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Room 155.

The president will share year-end remarks and a number of Portland and Salem employees will be recognized for their anniversaries with the university.

Six-inch yellow potted mums will be available for purchase on Monday, May 2. Each mum is $5, or two for $8. Stop by the Pennington House to pick yours up!

Please call Vangie Pattison at ext. 2121 to check availability.

Student supervisors: Pay day is Monday, May 16, so please submit your students’ April time sheets to HR right away — by Tuesday, May 3 by 3 p.m. I apologize for the short time frame. The time is needed for the extra processing for the last payroll of the school year. So meeting this deadline is crucial.

If your student has school-year hours that are continuing into the first few days of May, please include these hours on a May School Year time sheet and submit it to HR as soon as they are done for the year.

Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to total them, sign them and be sure the students did as well. (Please make sure the student has signed his or her time sheet. If they don’t get it signed, a copy will be mailed for them to sign and return. Do not hold any time sheets just for a student’s signature.) Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.

Federal Work Study regulations require that students delivering their own time sheets must have them placed, by you, in a sealed envelope.

ATTENTION: Summer student employee orientation is Monday, May 2, at 9 a.m. in EHS 102. This is required for ALL summer student employees.

Thanks very much.

HR

For printer servicing requests, please use this link. This is only for printer servicing, not for photocopiers.

Questions? Contact John Stewart (Bruin Bookstore) at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore is now on Facebook. Visit this link to check it out.

Log on and become a fan! You’ll be the first to know about sales and special signing events.

A May church leadership conference is available for May term or summer credit (graduate and undergraduate). The Leadership Institute for Group Discernment will be offered at George Fox May 16-19, and George Fox students (undergraduate and seminary) can take it for academic credit (CHMN 485; PSTD 585) with Paul Anderson.

A special discount is available for college and seminary students on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu for more information.

The next all-employee meeting has once again been rescheduled. The meeting, originally rescheduled for May 11, will now take place on Wednesday, May 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing 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.

Joel Perez will present the findings of his doctoral dissertation, “Drivers that Motivate Christian Colleges to Seek Change in the Area of Diversity,” on Tuesday, May 3, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in Stevens 101. All are invited to attend.