The university community is invited to the final Faculty Research Forum of the semester, to be held Friday, Nov. 5, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105. The forum will feature Rebecca Addleman, Carol Brazo and Tatiana Cevallos speaking on their research in leading MAT students through the transformative learning experience of intercultural immersion.
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Tuesday, Nov 9.
The login user ID is “gfubc†and password is “gfu123†(please save for future reference). Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.
Student supervisors: Pay day for student employees is Monday, Nov. 15. For us to meet this deadline, we need your students’ October time sheets by Wednesday, Nov. 3, by 5 p.m.
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
The Bruin Bookstore Textbook Annex is in the process of returning all overstock textbooks to publishers in anticipation of the Nov. 1 transition. All online textbook ordering has been disabled for all programs. The textbook annex will be closed during this process.
Thank you for your patience. We look forward to continuing to serve you under the management of Validis Resources after Nov. 1.
The university will host jazz saxophonist Allan Chase, who has performed with some of the nation’s top jazz musicians, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is being hosted in conjunction with Family Weekend.
All employees and students are entitled to one individual complimentary ticket, available for pick-up in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets cost $10 (good for a family of four), and can be purchased by calling the University Box Office at ext. 3844, online at familyweekend.georgefox.edu, or in the lobby the night of the concert.
Chase will be the featured artist at the fall jazz concert, performing with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio. He is chair of the ear training department at Berklee College of Music in Boston and leads the Allan Chase Trio and the Allan Chase Quartet. Chase has been a soloist on 35 jazz recordings and performed with artists that include Rashied Ali, Joe Morris, Gunther Schuller and John McNeil.
For more information about the concert, contact Debbie Hawblitzel in the Department of Performing Arts at ext. 2620.
Tickets are now available for the university’s fall theatre production, Euripides’ Ion. The show is a world premiere of Paul D. Streufert’s translation of the Greek tragedy.
Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 4-6, and the following Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 11-14, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. each night with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 14 show, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.
All George Fox University employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
Come wish Candy Schlott farewell at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the Cap and Gown Room. Candy has been the textbook coordinator for nearly 10 years and her last day of work will be Friday, Oct. 29.
The Bruin Bookstore is hosting one of its largest sales ever in the Cap and Gown Room Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is the perfect opportunity for you to select gift items for Christmas and other special events. The discounts will never be bigger … please join us!
The all-employee meetings originally scheduled for Oct. 28 and Nov. 24 have been canceled. Instead, an all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, in Bauman Auditorium (note the location change).
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. If you have any problems connecting, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569. In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
As a reminder, a tuition remission information session will be presented online at 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday, Oct. 21. The session is meant for anyone who is interested in receiving more information regarding tuition remission, tuition exchange and admissions.
The intended audience are those who are preparing (either for themselves or someone they know) for undergraduate admissions for the 2011 year. This is a repeat of the on-campus meeting that was held in September.
Questions? Contact Taylor Martin (Admissions) at 503-553-2257.
If you wish to participate, register at this link.
Wondering where the development folks have gone? Come and find out on Monday, Nov. 8, between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. The university’s Office of Advancement invites you to an open house at their new offices at Coyote Place, 700 Deborah Road, Suite 100, in Newberg.
Come and see some old friends and meet a few new ones, too. Cookies and punch will be served.
The Bruin Bookstore will host one of its largest sales ever in the Cap and Gown Room this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please join us for this exciting event. The discounts will never be bigger! This is your opportunity to shop early for Christmas. We look forward to seeing you there.
Final reminder: The staff conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 19. The theme is “Abiding in the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Holy Spirit.” Please arrive at the Tigard Friends Church by 8:15 a.m. and remember to bring your Bible.
The church is located at 15800 S.W. Hall Blvd.
Zaher Wahab, professor of education at Lewis and Clark University, will speak about his experiences in Afghanistan at the next Liberal Arts and Critical Issues Forum, scheduled this Monday, Oct. 18, in Hoover 105. Wahab, a senior advisor to the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan, will speak from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m.
Contact Caitlin Corning (History) for additional information.
Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) by Friday, Oct. 22, if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for October Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so, and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select someone for this honor from the nominations submitted. The winner will be announced at the next all-community meeting (to be scheduled in November) and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.
Are you ready for the FoxTALE-MyGFU integration? It will be fully implemented for spring 2011. Join IT for a session in which you will set up course sites today that auto-enroll students in spring term courses.
IT will host two face-to-face workshop sessions on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to noon at Portland Center Room 210 and on Thursday, Oct. 21, from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in Hoover 211. Can’t make it? Join our webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Pacific (PDT) for an informational meeting.
Space is still available for these sessions. Sign up on this R.S.V.P. form. For details on what this session covers, see Add Assignments and Grades printable instructions at Faculty Quick Guides for FoxTALE.
See all of the faculty and staff development sessions IT hosts at Schedule of Events.
Career Services is pleased to announce the program for this year’s Graduate Fair:
Wednesday, Oct. 20
“Getting into Grad School Workshop”*
6:30p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Stevens 109
Thursday, Oct. 21
George Fox Graduate Program Fair
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hoover Atrium
*Registration for the workshop is available on MyGFU, under Career Services-Bruin Careers. There is no registration required for the fair.
A tuition remission information session will be presented online at 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday, Oct. 21. The session is meant for anyone who is interested in receiving more information regarding tuition remission, tuition exchange and admissions. Our audience in mind are those who are preparing (either for themselves or someone they know) for undergraduate admissions for the 2011 year. This is a repeat of the on-campus meeting that was held in September.
Click on this link to register.
We look forward to a great day of fellowship and community building during our staff conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Abiding in the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Holy Spirit.” All staff are expected to attend.
As a reminder, the conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Tigard Friends Church, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drivers of a carpool of three or more will be eligible for mileage reimbursement. The church is located at 15800 S.W. Hall Blvd., in Tigard.
Please take just a couple minutes to click this link and take the pre-conference survey. This will help us make final plans for the day. Your participation is appreciated.
The School of Business will host a VIP lecture featuring Richard G. Reiten, retired chief executive officer of Northwest Natural, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in EHS 102.
Reiten will present on the topic “Ethics and Values – Your Code for the Road.†There is no charge to attend.
Reiten served as CEO of Northwest Natural Gas from 1997 until 2002. He joined the company as president and chief operating officer and was elected to the board in 1996. He was appointed to the additional position of chairman of the board in September 2000, a position he held until 2005.
For more information on the event, contact Nancy Almquist at ext. 2120.
