The Portland Center will be closed Friday, April 10, for Good Friday. On Saturday, April 11, the Portland Center Library will be open regular hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The building will be locked on Saturday, so students and employees will need to use their ID card for access to the facility.
With the deadline for filing tax returns just over a week away, this might be a good time to be sure you still have your W-2. If you have lost it and need a replacement W-2, please e-mail HR (hr@georgefox.edu) to request it and include your ID number. It may take two business days to process a replacement W-2, so please submit your request by Thursday, April 9, if you will need one. Please don’t wait until next week. You will be notified by e-mail when your W-2 is ready.
You can still work on your tax return while you wait for your W-2 by using the information from your Dec. 31 pay statement, available online. Go to mygfu.georgefox.edu to get to the PeopleSoft login screen. Use the same user ID and password that you use to log in to e-mail. Open “Self Service” in the menu on the left and click on “Payroll and Compensation.” You will see a list of all of your pay statements that have been processed in PeopleSoft (beginning with our first payroll on Oct. 31). Click on the pay date in the far left column labeled “Check Date” to open your statement as a PDF file.
This is a reminder that your university password has been set to expire at 9 a.m. Monday, April 13, as part of the university’s annual password reset for all students, faculty and staff. Please login to Bruindata to change your password before that date.
All accounts with passwords that remain unchanged will be locked at 9 a.m. Monday April 13, preventing you from using university services. Once this occurs, you will need to contact the IT Service Desk to get your password reset.
Based on the recommendations of our auditing firm and following best practices, we will be changing university logins at regular intervals. For details, please refer to the password change policy on the IT website. We need to complete a campus password reset prior to the end of the spring semester.
Note: You are not being asked to send your login information to anyone. Rather, you are using the current university password change process that allows the individual to reset their own password.
Password Self-Service Feature
Once you have reset your password, you will be presented with the option to set “security questions” for your account. If you choose not to enter answers at this time, you can later create a self-service password reset option by logging into Bruindata, selecting the “My Data” tab and then “Security Questions.”
You will need to answer two security questions from the drop-down list and provide a non-George Fox e-mail address to activate this option. If you forgot your password, a temporary password will be sent to your non-George Fox e-mail, allowing you to log into Bruindata and change your university login password.
Spring is the time to start planning ahead for fall printing. Print Services welcomes your last-minute jobs, but we function much better if we don’t have to be doing everything last minute. So the more lead time we have, the happier you (and we) will be.
Those who will need copyright permission for fall 2009 classes should collect resources now and submit your requests to Print Services before you leave for the summer. If you do have a rush order, we recommend you send it via e-mail and then call to confirm the submission. Or, you may bring your order in and, if feasible, wait for it.
Questions? Contact Elizabeth Holme at eholme@georgefox.edu or at ext. 2550.
Thank you.
– Print Services
Plan now to share your culture with others. Each of us has a culture — where we grew up, family, ethnicity, experiences. Are you willing to share a piece of who you are with the university community? Want to know more? Come to a planning meeting from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 17, in the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus to learn how your voice and your story can be shared. We are looking for students and employees to be part of a fall 2009 event.
Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at ext. 2318 or syonemur@georgefox.edu.
Free tickets for the Worcester Cathedral Choir are still available from the University Relations office. The office will be open Monday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Amy Lorenz at ext. 2134 or at alorenz@georgefox.edu if you would like tickets.
The evening begins with an evensong service at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 6, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert follows at 8:15 p.m.
You are invited to the May Serve 2009 Benefit Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Klages Dining Hall on the Newberg campus. The event will include a silent auction and variety show. Tickets are $10 per person, with all proceeds going to the South Africa May Serve team.
To purchase tickets, call the Office of Spiritual Life at ext. 2320 or ext. 2323, or e-mail mayserve@georgefox.edu. Childcare provided!
George Fox Evangelical Seminary will present “An American Theology of the Land” as its spring 2009 Ministry in Contemporary Seminar Series.
The details:
Friday, April 17
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Portland Center
Register online at: seminars.georgefox.edu
Cost: $35 (individual); $30 per person (more than one in group); $25 (students/alumni/staff)
Join a participatory dialogue on building a theology of the land …
Guest presenters:
George Fox participants:
Questions? Contact Jean Borgman (Seminary) at jborgman@georgefox.edu.
If you have not already done so, please submit your March time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. Please be sure it is complete, 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.
We have added spaces to include your Cost Center and Employee ID numbers since that information is needed to access your record in PeopleSoft, so please take an extra moment to provide that information. You can find your Employee ID number on Bruindata and/or on your pay statement.
Link to the Time-off Report: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc
Link to March Time Sheet: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetMar09.xls
Thanks!
– Human Resources
Attention student employee supervisors: March student time sheets must be in HR no later than Friday, April 3, so please have them hand-delivered to HR as soon as you get them. If you are not on the Newberg campus, please fax your student time sheets to 503-554-2186 and then send the originals to HR in campus mail. Also, please check to be sure all of your students have submitted their time sheets to you and follow up with any who have not.
And, as always, we appreciate you checking for the following:
Reminder: If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope to comply with Federal Work Study regulations.
Thanks very much.
– Human Resources
Your password has been set to expire at 9 a.m. on April 13 as part of the annual password reset for all university students, faculty and staff. Please login to Bruindata to change your password.
All accounts with passwords that remain unchanged will be locked on Monday, April 13, at 9 a.m., preventing you from using university services. Once this occurs, you will need to contact the IT Service Desk to get your password reset.
Based on the recommendations of our auditing firm and following best practices, we will be changing George Fox login at regular intervals. For details, please refer to the password change policy on the IT website. We need to complete a campus password reset prior to the end of the spring semester.
Password Self-Service Feature
Once you have reset your password, you will be presented with the option to set “security questions” for your account. If you choose not to enter answers at this time, you can later create a self-service password reset option by logging into Bruindata, selecting the “My Data” tab and then “Security Questions.” You will need to answer two security questions from the drop-down list and provide a non-GFU e-mail address to activate this option. If you forgot your password, a temporary password will be sent to your non-GFU e-mail allowing you to log into Bruindata and change your university login password.
Note: See this same message was sent to your university e-mail account regarding the password change process. You are not being asked to send your login information to anyone but rather using the current university password change process that allows the individual to reset their own password.
Ruth Baker and Lori Allen invite the women of George Fox to a movie night at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. All female faculty, staff and administration employees, as well as female spouses of faculty, staff and administration, are welcome.
We will watch the movie Chocolat and have a talk-back session facilitated by Polly Peterson (Writing/Literature). Join us for great connections and some really good chocolate. Contact Lori Allen for more information at 503-487-6648.
George Fox will host a national pastoral leadership conference, “Spiritual Discernment As Christian Leadership,” on the Newberg campus May 31 through June 3. The event will feature a panel of leading Christian thinkers from around the country.
Sponsored by the George Fox University Congregational Discernment Project, the conference will address the issue of how Christ effectively leads the church in unity. Plenary sessions, workshops and panel discussions with pastors, teachers and authors will provide attendees with a vision for unity and the tools to practice this leadership approach.
Plenary speakers will be Lloyd Ogilvie, Graham Standish, Paul Anderson, Ruth Haley Barton, Peter Bouteneff, and Leith Anderson. All George Fox students, employees and alumni receive a $50 group discount (registering before May 1); save $100 by registering before April 1.
Be sure to pass the word on to church leaders who might be interested. For more information, visit discernment.georgefox.edu or contact Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) at panderso@georgefox.edu.
A Faculty Teaching Forum, “Technology and Learning: Digital Immigrants Teaching Digital Natives,” will be presented by Clella Jaffe (Communication Arts) from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in Hoover 104 (Hoover-Hatfield Library). Note: This is a change from the original April 1 date.
Synopsis: Communication scholars argue that every new advancement in communication technology brings changes in consciousness. Today’s students inhabit a high-tech culture full of communication and information technologies that operate at “twitch-speed” rates; Marc Prensky calls them “digital natives.”
In contrast, most professors were raised in a “print” culture; they are “digital immigrants.” Prensky argues, “Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” This session explores ways that emerging technologies influence contemporary students’ patterns of thinking and learning.
To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch. Please have your lunch ready so we can begin the conversation at noon.
All faculty — full time, part time and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available at the “Events and Resources†link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.
For the second month, employees will see their pay statements by accessing them online instead of receiving them in campus mail.
Go to mygfu.georgefox.edu to get to the PeopleSoft login screen. Use the same user ID and password that you use to log in to e-mail and Bruindata. Open “Self Service” in the menu on the left and click on “Payroll and Compensation.” You will see a list of all of your pay statements that have been processed in PeopleSoft (beginning with our first payroll on Oct. 31) with some basic information included in each of the columns. Click on the pay date in the far left column labeled “Check Date” to open your statement as a PDF file.
Also on this pay day, new premium amounts for medical and dental insurance go into effect, as well as any deduction changes as a result of any changes you made during open enrollment. If you changed to cash in lieu, that will also go into effect. You won’t see deductions for flexible spending accounts or optional life insurance until the April 30 pay day.
The Portland Center Library is featuring the work of artist Kelly Williams for the months of March and April. Kelly works with watercolors and also creates pieces using a fascinating technique called “encaustic” (meaning “to burn in”), which combines molten beeswax with dry pigment and resin. Please come look at the art and meet the artist at a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the Portland Center.
Everett Hackworth, a former employee, passed away on Sunday, March 22. Everett served the university as a plumber in Plant Services for the decade from 1987-1997. His memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Dayton Pioneer Church in Dayton.
Human Resources has free tickets to the Portland Renovation and Remodeling Show at the Memorial Coliseum March 27-29.
The home and garden show will feature displays and exhibits by kitchen and bath remodelers, window, siding and roofing companies, heating and air, flooring, home security and water conditioning specialists, interior decorators and designers, and landscaping consultants. Products include sunrooms, patios and retaining walls, countertops, cabinetry, security, satellite and home theater systems, hot tubs, saunas and spas, and more.
Newberg employees, please come by HR to pick up your free tickets (normally $4 each) beginning Tuesday morning. Portland and Salem employees can request yours by phone or e-mail, and we will send them to you in campus mail. Employees will be limited to two each, but requests for additional tickets will be accepted in case extras are available at Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
You are invited to experience an English choral tradition dating back to the 1400s. George Fox University is honored to host the 34 choristers of the Worcester Cathedral Choir on Monday, April 6, in Bauman Auditorium. An evensong service begins at 7:30 p.m., followed by the concert at 8:15 p.m.
George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets, a limit of two per employee, on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m. Friday, March 27, at the first-floor Information Center in Stevens Center. Phone reservations will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.
On Thursday, April 2, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available, also on a first-come, first-served basis, to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.
Deepest appreciation is given to Andre and Gail Iseli, members of the George Fox University Board of Trustees, for their patronage of this event.
Nominations for Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrative Staff Member of the Year are due in HR on Monday, March 23.
If you have any colleagues you believe are deserving of this award, please take a few minutes to nominate them by describing that person’s unique, “above and beyond” contributions to George Fox, its students, and/or its employees in the past year. Indicate what was done, who was impacted, and how this impact was and can be observed. In short, what makes this person stand out in your mind?
Other questions to consider: How has this person encouraged or helped you, other employees, or students in the past year? What is it about this person’s job performance that impresses you? How has this person demonstrated Christian commitment, loyalty to George Fox, and leadership skills at the university and the broader community in the past year?
Nominations can be submitted via e-mail, fax or hard copy, but they must arrive in HR by 5 p.m. on Monday.
Go Bruins!
