Interested in going to the renovation and remodeling show at the Portland Coliseum March 11-13? Free tickets are available.
If you would like to attend, visit Barbi Doran at the Information Services desk in the Stevens Center. Each employee may have up to two each.
If you have a child aged 23-26 whom you would like to add to your medical/dental insurance coverage, now is the time to enroll them (deadline is March 18). The Health Care Reform law allows dependents to be covered regardless of student or marital status, even if they have other coverage at their own employer.
To add your child, you must complete the enrollment form for Pioneer or Kaiser (available on this web page). We cannot add your child based on an e-mail or phone request. By enrolling your child, you are committing to this coverage for one year (through March 31, 2012) unless your child becomes eligible for other coverage through their own or a spouse’s employer (and then you will only be allowed to stop their coverage if you tell us within 30 days of the other coverage start date).
Questions? Contact Lisa Burton in HR.
This is a reminder that the George Fox University Seminary Fair will be Thursday, March 10. Please come by the Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to meet representatives from schools that include:
Contact Chloe Lee-Zorn, Career Services graduate assistant, at leec07@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, please take about six minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.
Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs. You also will have the opportunity to win prizes.
From March 7-18, the first-floor lobby of the Portland Center will be our collection site for non-perishable food items to support Take Action, Inc. All students, employees and friends are encouraged to participate.
Take Action works with students from five elementary schools in Portland to ensure that underprivileged children have food to eat when they go home on the weekend. This need was observed because many of the kids would load up on their Friday lunch, even trying to stuff their pockets of extra food to take home. Many of the kids at these schools wouldn’t eat again until the school provided breakfast on Monday morning.
The school staff began connecting with folks outside their area to gather food for these kids to take home to feed themselves and sometimes their families over the weekend.
This is where we can help. Below is a sample list of items that you can donate.
If you have questions, please contact Janis Sanford, site supervisor, at jsanford@georgefox.edu.
George Fox will host a New Abolitionists event this week that addresses the issue of sex slavery at both the local and international levels.
Following is a listing of planned events:
Monday, March 7
Tuesday, March 8
Wednesday, March 9
This Monday, March 7, Kent Thornburg, director of the Heart Research Center at Oregon Health and Science University and professor of cardiovascular medicine, will speak on “Embodying the Dream: Health and Disease in America.” He will present from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
His presentation is part of the university’s Liberal Arts in Critical Issues spring lecture series focusing on the future of the American Dream. For more information, please contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu
If you plan to nominate anyone for the Administrative Staff Member of the Year and/or Support Staff Member of the Year awards, please submit your nomination no later than Monday, March 21. A form can be used but is not required.
Simply state why you think the person is deserving of the award – his or her contributions to the university, its students, and its employees. Indicate what was done, who was impacted, and how this impact was and can be observed. In other words, what makes this person stand out in your mind? Winners will each receive a plaque and a $500 check at the employee recognition event on May 2. Please send nominations to Peggy Kilburg via e-mail or to Box 6108.
Please go to this site if you would like to read more about these awards, see the list of eligible employees and previous winners, or to download and use the nomination form.
Finally, apologies to Jonathan Morell and Erin Cruthirds, who were inadvertently left off the list of eligible employees attached to the e-mail sent on Feb. 24.
The university community is invited to a farewell reception in honor of Janis Tyhurst (Library) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, in the Stevens Center Atrium. Janis has accepted a position in Saudi Arabia and will be leaving the university March 8 after more than 12 years of service.
Anyone planning to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) will benefit from knowing the test has been “newly revised.” The test-taking experience and the structure/length have undergone revisions. Go to this site for details.
If you have further questions, contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget: The George Fox University Seminary Fair is coming up on Thursday, March 10. Please come by the Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to meet representatives from schools including:
Contact Chloe Lee-Zorn, Career Services graduate assistant, at leec07@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
What can be done to bring awareness and offer solutions concerning the sex trade industry? George Fox will host a New Abolitionists event next week that addresses the issue of sex slavery at both the local and international levels.
Following is a listing of planned events:
Monday, March 7
Tuesday, March 8
Wednesday, March 9
The Tilikum 10K is fast approaching! Our ninth annual scholarship fundraising event will take place on Saturday, April 9, at Champoeg State Park in St. Paul. It includes a 10K/5K run, 5K walk, and a Kids 5K walk/run.
You can participate by running, sponsoring another runner, or making a direct donation to our scholarship fund. Find out more information and register online here.
All proceeds from the Tilikum 10K are used directly to help under-resourced children and youth come to camp. We appreciate your support!
Flexible Spending Online Enrollment: Thank you for trying something new! We have improved the instructions for enrolling online and posted them on the benefits web page. Before you start, open the instructions posted here. Also, some have found that it’s easiest to enroll using Internet Explorer (Firefox can freeze at the end).
Emergency Travel Assistance: Because of our switch to Regence as our life and disability insurance carrier, employees who are eligible for life insurance (.75 FTE or above for at least one year) also receive free emergency travel assistance with Medex starting April 1. Review or print details from the life insurance section of this web page.
Remember, open enrollment election forms and any changes are due in HR on March 18. Contact Lisa Burton with questions at 503-554-2183.
Join us on Thursday, March 10, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. to celebrate the opening of a new art exhibit at the Portland Center library. Seminary professor Laura Simmons will share her photography in a show entitled “God Made the Flower Beautiful.” It will be on display until April 27.
If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of being named March Employee of the Month, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other relevant information about the person.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 25. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient, and the winner will receive a certificate and a $100 gift card at our next community meeting.
The university community is invited to a farewell reception in honor of Janis Tyhurst (Library) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, in the Stevens Center Atrium. Janis has accepted a position in Saudi Arabia and will be leaving the university March 8 after more than 12 years of service.
Portland staff are invited to a spring worship service on Tuesday, March 8 in PDS 155. We will gather from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. for a time of worship, praise, fellowship, and refreshments. We look forward to this time together!
Would you please take a few minutes to submit your February 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 and keep the original until it has been signed.)
Click this link for staff time sheets and download this page for administrator time-off reports.
A tip to help you remember to do this each month: Set a recurring appointment on your Outlook or Google calendar for the first business day of each month with a brief notation: “Turn in time sheet.” That gives you one less thing to have to remember.
A word about the late campus opening of Feb. 24: If you were scheduled to work, record the hours that you would have worked had the campus opened as usual. This includes temporary employees and student employees. If you were not able to get to campus by 10 a.m. or at all, you should use vacation for the time you missed after 10 a.m.
If you were on vacation or took a sick day on Feb. 24, you should record the full day off as vacation or sick leave.
For more information about campus closure policy, visit the university’s website.
The LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey is now available online. Please take a moment to fill out the George Fox libraries’ survey about the quality of our service. Click this link to access the survey. To learn more about it, visit this page on the library site.
The survey is available any time of the day or night through Friday, March 18, and you can enter to win prizes!
