The university community is invited to attend an artist talk and opening reception for the art exhibit “Mentors: Northwest Artists Who Teach” on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The artist talk begins at 4 p.m. in Hoover 102, followed by the reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Minthorne Gallery. The exhibit will run through Feb. 26.
The campus community is invited to attend the opening reception for the Alumni Art Exhibit, scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in the Lindgren Gallery. The exhibit will run through Jan. 29.
MaryKate Morse (Seminary) will sign copies of her new book, Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence, at the Portland Center Library from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26.
Individual and Family Matters Clinic will be running a 10 week Child-Parent Relationship Therapy parenting group starting Tuesday night Jan. 27th.
For more information call the clinic at 503-554-6060.
In March of 2008, the university’s libraries conducted a major user satisfaction survey using LibQUAL, a web-based survey from the Association of Research Libraries. A summary of survey results is available on the library’s blog, accessible at blogs.georgefox.edu/library/?p=191.
Please join the university community in saying farewell to Al Zimmerman (Planned Giving) at a reception from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. Refreshments will be served. The event was postponed twice previously because of inclement weather.
Al left the university to serve as executive director of the Portland-based Northwest Christian Community Foundation, a conduit for generating gifts in support of a wide range of Christian ministries. He had worked at George Fox for three years.
The university’s libraries are now offering a customizable library toolbar. Use the toolbar for quick access to the library homepage, key library content, searching the catalog, blog updates and more. Add your own gadgets like top YouTube feeds, music and games. Find out more at georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/HowTo/toolbar.html.
A representative from the International Schools of China will be on the Newberg campus from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 22-23, in the Student Union Building.
Each year, ISC seeks a number of teachers who are passionate about their relationship with Christ, committed to teaching, and open to serving God in China for a minimum of two years. The organization is seeking teachers with state or Association of Christian Schools International teaching credentials.
ISC is a network of six international schools in China. Its schools are K-12 and use English-language instruction, and students are the children of Christian tent-makers, international business people and diplomats. They come from a wide range of countries, with the majority from Asia (South Korea, Japan, Singapore, etc.). By Chinese law, ISC is not permitted to admit Chinese students.
ISC’s employment package includes:
Elementary class limits are 20 students. Local Chinese teaching assistants work alongside foreign teachers in the classrooms. To learn more, visit teachwithisc.com or contact Cindy Fox at c.fox@ldius.org.
University Relations is looking for volunteers to help throughout the day at Kaleo 2009, “Ordinary Radicals” with Shane Claiborne. All volunteers get $10 off of their registration price. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.
Kaleo is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. For a schedule and other event information, visit kaleo.georgefox.edu.
The Portland Center student population is growing and with that wonderful news, we acknowledge the lack of parking available to students in the evening.
We have negotiated with our neighbors to allow us to use 78 parking spots in a neighboring lot on a trial basis.
The lot on the corner of 69th Ave and Hampton is available to you after 5 p.m. during the week and all day on Saturdays. There is only one request from the building owners: PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE SPOTS CLOSEST TO THEIR BUILDINGS. Â If you do, you will run the risk of being towed.
There is a flyer in each classroom giving more details of the overflow parking.
If you have questions, please email Bonnie Nakashimada, Director of Regional Sites or Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor.
If you watched the news this past weekend, certain brands of peanut butter have been recently linked to an outbreak of salmonella in more than 10 states, including Oregon.
Because of that, Bon Appetit will not be serving or providing peanut butter anywhere on campus until the brand we use has been deemed safe by the FDA. Thank you for your understanding, and we will let the campus know when this ban has been lifted. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Denny Lawrence.
The University’s food service company will continue to offer hot meals for students from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday through Thursdays beginning Monday, Jan. 12.
Meals are offered to our students at a subsidized rate. There is a hot menu option as well as “grab-and-go” items such as wraps and salads.
If you have questions about this service, feel free to email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Site Supervisor.
We are pleased to announce on Monday, Jan. 12, two new vending machines will be installed in the student lounge on the 2nd floor of the south Portland Center building. The coffee will begin its availability on Monday, and the fresh food will be available effective Tuesday, Jan. 13. We will continue to offer the Pepsi and snack vending machines as well.
Coffee vending will feature a variety of coffees, from cappuccino to regular drip coffee.
The fresh food vending machine will have a wide variety of options including such items as: Cereal, breakfast burritos, veggie tray snacks, milk, juice, sandwiches, lunch and dinner options that can be warmed in the microwave. All fresh food is $3.50 or less.
The machines will only take cash or coin at this time. We do have an on-site ATM located in the student lounge area as well. Unfortunately the ATM only dispenses $20 bills. We are working for a better solution for you.
If you have any questions, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Site Supervisor or Bonnie Nakashimada, Director of Regional Sites.
Mileage reimbursement update: For miles driven on or after Jan. 1, 2009, the university will pay a mileage reimbursement rate of 55 cents per mile. The IRS lowered the rate due to the drop in fuel prices effective Jan. 1.
Please go to the Financial Affairs Common Forms page for the updated Employee Reimbursement form which reflects this new rate. If you have any questions, please call Financial Affairs.
Effective Jan. 1, Oregon’s minimum wage increased 5.7 percent, from $7.95 to $8.40 per hour. Student employees will receive the new pay rate for any hours worked in 2009. Since the Jan. 10 student pay day is for hours students worked in December 2008, those hours will be paid at $7.95 per hour. Feb. 10 will be the first pay day students will see their pay reflect $8.40 per hour.
The Portland Center Bookstore will have extended hours from Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 through Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.
The hours will be as follows:
Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Regular store hours will resume on Monday, January 19, 2009.
Monday & Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
An update on textbooks: Due to the severe weather across the country in the last several weeks, several of the university’s textbook shipments have been delayed. We are receiving shipments daily, and as the books arrive they will be available for students to purchase. Our goal is to have all textbooks here before classes begin Monday. Please encourage your students to keep checking our online store (store.georgefox.edu) for textbook availability. Thanks for your help.
– University Store staff
Print monies for students at the Portland Center should be updated by Monday, January 12th. Your print account will be set to $15 if you are a registered student for spring semester at the Portland Center.
Questions after the 12th should be directed to Bruce Arnold (barnold@georgefox.edu).
If you have not already done so, please submit your December 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.Now that we are using PeopleSoft, we cannot easily access your record by employee name to do data entry. For this reason, it would be helpful if you added your ID number and cost center number to your time sheet or time-off report. This will save us having to look up this information before doing data entry. By next month, we will try to revise these forms to ask for this information.
A word about the holidays: Do not write any hours on the dates marked holidays unless you worked any of the holidays — Dec. 24, 25, 26.
A word about the campus closures: If you were scheduled to work the days the campuses were closed, record the hours you would have worked (or worked if you came in). It is fine to also note “snow day” or “campus closure” on those dates, too. (We were closed all day on Dec. 15, 22 and 23; closed two hours early on Dec. 17; and opened two hours late on Dec. 18.)
If you were scheduled for vacation or sick day(s) during any of the campus closures, you should record the time off as vacation or sick days. If you were not able to get to campus on any of the days we were open, you should use vacation for the time you missed.For more information about campus closure policy, visit the university’s website.Â
The university’s FoxTALE upgrade to Version 1.9 is complete. To read about the upgrade and the version’s new features, visit the IT website. The biggest change is a new grade book scheme. If you would like to view Fall 2008 grades in the old format, go to foxtaleold.georgefox.edu. The old format will be available until Jan. 31.
For information on updating grade books with weighted categories in the new 1.9 version, see the document on the conversion procedure on the FoxTALE upgrade web page.
Three information sessions about the new features have been scheduled. You can sign up for one of the following:
Newberg: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 9 a.m. to noon, Hoover 211 (R.S.V.P. to sabercrombie@georgefox.edu.)
Portland Center: Friday, Jan. 9, 1-4 p.m., PDS 210 (R.S.V.P. to sabercrombie@georgefox.edu.)
Webinar: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1:30-3 p.m. (Pacific Time). E-mail gdoherty@georgefox.edu to reserve a seat.
If you have not used FoxTALE, you can sign up for one of two FoxTALE training sessions:
Newberg: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 9 a.m. to noon, Hoover 211 (R.S.V.P. to sabercrombie@georgefox.edu.)
Portland Center: Thursday, Jan. 8, 1-4 p.m., PDS 210 (R.S.V.P. to sabercrombie@georgefox.edu.)
Questions? Contact the IT Service Desk.
