Come bring your family to a Halloween carnival on the Newberg campus, scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. There will be games, face painting, a cider press and plenty of candy. Come enjoy some time together in a fun and safe environment this Halloween! Activities will be in the Stevens Center, Hoover and EHS.
This Monday, Oct. 19, Elizabeth Grossman will discuss the connection between western habits and majority-world health at a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues event from 4:40 to 5:35 p.m. and from 7 to 7:55 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Elizabeth has contributed articles to The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and numerous other publications. Her two newest books, High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health and Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health and the Promise of Green Technology, have been widely praised. Please contact Caitlin Corning (History) for more information.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, is the date for this year’s conference for our valued support staff. This is an all-day event that will keep these folks off campus, away from all of their regular duties. We know we will miss their contributions that day, but this once-a-year event is endorsed by the President’s Executive Leadership Team with the expectation that all support staff will attend, so we appreciate your full support as well. Some services may be reduced or not provided on that day, but things should be back to normal on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for 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 (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.
Please submit your nomination for October by this Friday, Oct. 16. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The Department of Performing Arts presents, for the first time this year, the university’s Jazz Band in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.15, in Bauman Auditorium. Join us for lively music and lots of fun!
As announced in June, PeopleSoft works on a calendar year to track support staff and administrators’ vacation carryover balances. If a balance of more than one year of vacation accrual remains after December time sheets and time-off reports are processed (in January), the employee will lose the portion that exceeds one year’s accrual.
Here is the link — georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits/beneforms.html — to the charts you can use along with your September pay statement to determine your accrual rates and how much you may need to use by Dec. 31.
Questions? Contact Human Resources.
The university community is welcome to join Lisa McMinn’s social change class for “A Week Of Living Light” Oct. 19-24. In conjunction with 350.org, help us get the attention of political leaders by joining us throughout the week for our different environment-friendly events. The week will culminate with a celebration on the quad on the international day of climate change, Saturday, Oct. 24. At 3:30 p.m. that day, we will gather to take a picture of a human “350” and march down Highway 99W to city hall.
An information booth will be open each day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bruin Den between Oct. 14 and Oct. 23. Sign up to participate and get a free T-shirt! We hope to see you there.
A career management seminar is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 24, in Room 281 at the Portland Center (South). The event will allow you to understand and assess your God-given talents, apply interests and values to tangible work positions, and learn to better market yourself. This seminar is put on by Peter DePaoli, an adjunct with the university for more than 30 years. The cost is $50. Contact Jack Lyda for more information at lydaj@georgefox.edu.
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal, two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide.
Multicultural Services will host a free showing of the movie at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in EHS 102. The subjects of As We Forgive speak for a nation still wracked by the grief of a genocide that killed one in eight Rwandans in 1994. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government has returned more than 50,000 genocide perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution: reconciliation.
But can it be done? Can survivors truly forgive the killers who destroyed their families? Can the government expect this from its people? And can the church, which failed at moral leadership during the genocide, fit into the process of reconciliation today?
Come join Clint Baldwin to view and discuss the film. Popcorn and other munchies will be provided. For accommodations or questions, contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2318.
To learn more about the movie, visit asweforgivemovie.com.
Business cards may now be ordered directly from B&B Print Source at eorder.bbprintsource.net/avnet/avlogin.asp. The login user ID is “gfubc” and the password is “gfu123.”
Please submit your order no later than Friday, Oct. 16.
Please contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) to walk you through the process the first time.
On Tuesday, Oct 13, a “Getting Into Grad School” prep-shop, led by Career Services graduate assistant and PsyD student Chloe Lee, is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in Hoover 210. Learn about using a timeline for admissions; taking the grad exams; selecting grad schools; preparing a curriculum vitae, cover letter and essay; obtaining recommendations; finding financial aid; and practicing for an admissions interview.
The event also will be available via webinar at the same time. Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu to get on either list. The webinar has limited slots and is reserved for distance audiences first. A waiting list is available for the Newberg campus.
The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 9, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Bookstore and the library will be closed.
There is only a short time remaining to give HUGS (hats, umbrellas, gloves and scarves) to Love INC. Please help those less fortunate stay warm and dry during the upcoming winter months. Toiletry items not covered by food stamps are also gladly being accepted. Donations can be placed in the bright yellow decorated barrels located in lobbies throughout the Newberg campus and Portland Center.
Thank you for joining the Staff Development Committee in this donation drive. The deadline for contributions is noon on Monday, Oct. 19.
The staff lunch scheduled for this Monday, Oct. 12, will be held on the roof of Wood-Mar/EHS. A boxed lunch will be provided, along with a special university history presentation by Clyde Thomas (Plant Services Director) — and a spectacular view of campus.
Take the elevator to the third floor, walk around to the far northwest corner of Wood-Mar, then walk up a short stairway to the rooftop. Staff Development Committee members will be available for direction and special assistance.
Please R.S.V.P. to Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121 or by e-mail at dochsner@georgefox.edu. We need to give Bon Appetit a head count for lunch. Please join us for a unique and meaningful “Lunch on the Roof.†The cost is $3 per person.
All Portland and Newberg staff are asked to fill out a quick survey for the Staff Development Conference coming later this month. Click on this hyperlink to complete this survey. Please take two minutes to complete it by Friday, Oct. 9.
This is a reminder that the Staff Development Conference is less than two weeks away! “How Great is Our God” is the theme for this year’s conference, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Family Life Church in Newberg. The keynote speaker will be Mark Doyle (Biology).
This will be a day of spiritual renewal, as well as a fun-filled day of learning and serving together. All staff members are expected to attend. Watch your campus mailbox for more information.
Business cards may now be ordered directly from B&B Print Source at eorder.bbprintsource.net/avnet/avlogin.asp. The login user ID is “gfubc” and the password is “gfu123.” Please contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) to walk you through the process the first time.
Business card orders will be printed quarterly (September, December, March and June).
Funds for independent student research at George Fox are available through the Richter Scholars Program. Applications for the program are now being accepted. All George Fox graduate and undergraduate students are eligible.
The program supplies funds for research in collaboration with a faculty member. Applications are due in Hoover 110 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Visit georgefox.edu/academics/richter/index.html for more information.
As announced in June, PeopleSoft works on a calendar year to track support staff and administrators’ vacation carryover balances, rather than on a fiscal year as it did with IFAS. As a result of this change, employees did not lose any vacation after June 30 if they carried balances into July that were greater than one year’s accrual. This change resulted in all staff and administrators having an extra six months (July-December 2009) to use any extra vacation.
If a balance of more than one year of vacation accrual remains after December time sheets and time-off reports are processed (in January), the employee will lose the portion that exceeds one year’s accrual.
To determine your accrual rates and how much you may need to use by Dec. 31, HR has prepared a chart and instructions for support staff and one for administrators to be used along with the information on your Sept. 30 pay statement. It also provides useful information about the balances on your monthly pay statements. To learn more, visit georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits/beneforms.html.
If you have any questions after you have reviewed your vacation balance, please contact HR for assistance.
Terry Huffman (School of Education) will present the fall 2009 Fall Faculty Lecture, “American Indian Higher Educational Experiences: Cultural Visions and Personal Journeys” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Hoover 105. The lecture series has been a George Fox tradition since 1955 and is hosted by the Faculty Development Committee.
