The Daily Bruin

Do you have a colleague deserving of the December Employee of the Month award? If so, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination that includes a specific summary of the person’s recent contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Monday, Dec. 13. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted. This award and a $100 gift card to The Allison will be presented at our community meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16.

Student supervisors: Pay day for student employees is Wednesday, Dec. 15. For us to meet this deadline, we need your students’ October time sheets by 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.

Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Please total them. 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 Health and Counseling Center has free doses of Gardasil vaccine for women ages 18-26. This vaccine helps prevent HPV infection and cervical cancer. It is usually $145 per dose and is a series of three shots over six months.

Please call the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 if you would like to schedule an appointment. You can find out more information about this in the November issue of Student Health 101.

We are having our last flu shot clinic for the year on Thursday, Dec. 2. The cost is $15, but if you have the GFU student insurance it is only $1.50! It’s still free for employees with Regence.

There are only 50 doses left, so give us a call to schedule an appointment at 503-554-2340.

Join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their spouses (no children, please) for an evening of Christmas festivities on Saturday, Dec. 11.

The evening includes:

• Hors d’oeuvres and dessert, featuring special music, Christmas carols, and a devotional, at 5:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center. Please R.S.V.P. to Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu by Monday, Dec. 6.

• Christmas Concert: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. George Fox employees may pick up their complimentary tickets – limit two per employee – starting Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 9 a.m. at the first-floor Information Center in Stevens Center. Phone reservations will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m.

Questions? Contact Evangeline at ext. 2121 or epattison@georgefox.edu.

Interested in living or working overseas, but not sure how to do it? The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas can help. Your Office of Career Services has a subscription to this great interactive website that allows you to access its abundant resources for free.

Visit careers.georgefox.edu and find the link under “News and Updates” to activate your free account. Once registered, you can network with others interested in living or working abroad, both inside and outside of George Fox, and can access numerous videos and text resources to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.

If you have any questions, please contact Career Services at ext. 2330, via e-mail at careers@georgefox.edu, or in person at our new location on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

To show support for 43 volunteer public health workers who were illegally arrested in the Philippines, George Fox student leaders will wear yellow T-shirts Wednesday that match those worn by the prisoners.

All those wearing shirts are asked to attend chapel. Afterward, at 11:30 a.m., we will gather around the Centennial Tower for a few minutes of prayer for the Morong 43. The shirts will then be passed on to other community members, and the passing on of shirts will continue every day throughout the week.

The campus community is welcome to join in Wednesday’s events. They are being organized to support the volunteer public health workers illegally arrested in the Philippines in February – victims of political impunity and injustice.

Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, in our Le Shana Hall studio. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.

Please call or e-mail Danette Newkirk (ext. 2125) to let us know what time you are planning to come. You can still come without prior notice, but your university photo ID will be required for entrance at the southwest side of the building.

The Baker family invites you and your family to please join us for our annual Christmas open house on Sunday, Dec. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Edwards House, 402 S. College St.

Join us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

Your volunteer service would be majorly appreciated by the Randy Woodley (Seminary) family as they move this weekend. Help is needed all day/evening Saturday (especially) and Sunday, Dec. 4-5. Even a few hours would be so much help. The locations of the two homes are 4024 N. College St., and 13510 N. Roedel Road, in Newberg.

Questions? Contact Randy at rwoodley@georgefox.edu or at ext. 8052. Thanks!

– Randy Woodley

All George Fox employees can purchase Entertainment® 2011 Books at a discounted employee price. Enjoy $30 in bonus savings cards with each edition. Example copies are available for viewing at the Information Desk in the Stevens Center (see Barbi Doran).

Order yours (Portland and/or greater Oregon) for only $20 (retail price $35). Call Susan Lowry-Nix at Entertainment Publications at 503-753-7045 or e-mail her at slowry-nix@entertainment.com to order your copy.

In response to an incident in which 43 volunteer public health workers were illegally arrested in the Philippines, George Fox has scheduled events next week to bring awareness to the prisoners’ plight.

A brief version of the story will be told in Monday’s chapel, and those who wish to learn more or tangibly respond are invited to a gathering Monday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Pennington lobby. The meeting will provide a more extensive explanation of the situation of the Morong 43 and give attendees an opportunity to sign letters to both the president of the Philippines and Oregon state senators.

In addition, student leaders will wear yellow T-shirts that match those worn by the prisoners, with each of the 43 shirts on campus representing an individual prisoner. On Wednesday after chapel, these 43 will gather around the Centennial Tower for a few minutes of prayer for the Morong 43. All are welcome to join. After this, the 43 shirts will be passed on to other community members. This passing on of shirts will continue every day throughout the week.

The events are to support the volunteer public health workers illegally arrested in the Philippines in February – victims of political impunity and injustice. Melanie Newell (Center of Peace and Justice) had the opportunity to visit with some of the prisoners last month. When asked what can be done to help, they answered, “Tell people about us. Our hope lies in those who hear our story, those who know about us.”

A second training session for the new enhanced financial reports has been scheduled, as the first session is now full. The second session is set from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Stevens 307.

This session will give a quick overview of the new reports and how to run them. There will be time for questions and individual assistance. You will need to R.S.V.P. soon to confirm your attendance, as space is limited. (R.S.V.P. to Debbie Cash, who will be doing the training).

New enhanced financial reports are now available to you in the PeopleSoft menu located under “GFU Reports” in your PeopleSoft reports menu. The “Budget Summary” report is similar to what you have had in the past, but now includes purchase order requests (encumbrances) in the calculations. This will be very helpful in your planning process. In the report “Budget Detail” you will find a wealth of details not previously available. In addition, a restricted fund report is now available.

A training session has been scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 10 to 11 a.m. in Stevens 307 so you can learn more about what can be found in these reports. This session will give a quick overview of the new reports and how to run them. There will be time for questions and individual assistance. You will need to R.S.V.P. soon to confirm your attendance, as space is limited. (R.S.V.P. to Debbie Cash, who will be doing the training).

Additional training sessions may be scheduled as needed. Until then you can use this link to find a “cheat sheet” on our website that will help you to get started right away using these enhanced reports. Questions? Contact Debbie Cash at ext. 2171.

These new reports have come about through significant effort and tenacity over a long period of time by individuals in financial affairs, institutional technology, and Chris Payne, our PeopleSoft consultant.

Please use all of your stationery items with the outdated oval-shaped logo items by July 1, 2011. After that time, only stationery with the updated logo may be used externally.

You may contact Danette Newkirk in Marketing Communications if you have any questions regarding stationery usage.

The university will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25-26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed those two days.

It has been three years since the university participated in the Best Christian Workplaces Survey, and the executive leadership team and I would again like to receive your feedback on a variety of topics such as communication, job satisfaction, compensation, benefits, mission, and a number of other items.

If you haven’t already, please take about 10 minutes to complete this confidential, online survey between now and Dec. 10. If you would like to complete a paper copy of the survey rather than online, you can contact Chris Koch, our director of assessment, and return a completed survey to him. He will ensure that it is entered confidentially.

The Best Christian Workplaces Institute collates all employee responses and provides a valuable assessment of our organization, presenting the survey results in summary format to maintain your confidentiality. During spring semester, we will share with employees a summary of the survey results, including a comparison with the results from fall 2005 and fall 2007. We will then consider ways we can improve in any area where we may not be doing as well as we would like.

To access the survey, please click here, then enter this organization access code where requested: 2079-571

I very much appreciate you taking time to complete this survey, and I look forward to sharing the results with you in early 2011.

– Robin Baker

The Bruin Bookstore will close for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend starting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24. The store will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. All the bookstore employees wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!

The Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies will host the second symposium of the semester on Thursday, Nov. 18. Please join us as we learn about two of our faculty members’ involvement with issues of peace and justice.

Speakers:
Ed Higgins – Professor of English
Marcella Gowan – Assistant Professor of Nursing

Time: 7:15 p.m. – Treats
Program: 7:30- 9 p.m.
Location: Quaker Heritage Room (upstairs in the library)

A question-and-answer session will follow. Chapel credit is available for those students who attend. For more information on this event, please contact peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu.

Academic Affairs has announced a new spring commencement schedule. The following schedule will be implemented next semester:

Saturday, April 30, 2011

• 10 a.m. Graduate/SPS Commencement Ceremony
• 11:30 a.m. Faculty Lunch honoring retirees, emeriti faculty, award recipients, etc. (Klages West)
• 1 p.m. Department Dessert Receptions
• 2 p.m. Graduates assemble/doors open
• 3 p.m. Traditional Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

The midyear commencement schedule remains the same, with doors opening at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony. Please contact Karlyn Fleming (kfleming@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Academic Affairs if you have questions. Thank you!