The Daily Bruin

The Portland Center Bookstore will be closed for administrative meetings on Thursday, May 7.

You can still order books online at pcbookstore.georgefox.edu.

The university will host end-of-year celebrations in both Newberg and at the Portland Center on Monday, May 4. The Newberg event will include the presentation of service awards, a prize drawing, announcement of the support staff and administrator of the year recipients, and an hor d’oeuvres and dessert reception. It will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium, followed by the reception in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.

At the Portland Center, refreshments will be served beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the main lobby, followed by a program at 11 a.m. in Room 155. The celebration will include the presentation of service awards to those who work at the Portland Center.

If you have not already done so, please submit your April 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, including your cost center and ID number. You can find your Employee ID number on Bruindata and/or on your pay statement.

If your supervisor is not available to sign your time sheet by Monday, May 4, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.

Link to the time-off report: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc

Link to April time sheet: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetApr09.xls

April student time sheets must be in HR no later than 3 p.m. Monday, May 4, so please have them hand-delivered to HR as soon as you have processed 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.

If your student has school-year hours that are continuing through the first three days of May, please include these hours on their April time sheet.

And, as always, we appreciate you checking for the following:

• Student’s name (be sure it is legible)
• Student’s ID number
• Cost center number
• Student’s signature (If the student forgot to sign it, please bring it to HR anyway. Do not send students to HR to sign time sheets.)
• Your signature

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

The university will host two commencement ceremonies on the Newberg campus Saturday, May 2. The traditional undergraduate ceremony will take place in Miller Gymnasium/Wheeler Sports Center at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are required for the traditional undergraduate ceremony.

The graduate, seminary and School of Professional Studies ceremony will take place in Miller Gymnasium/Wheeler Sports Center at 7 p.m., with audience seating at 6 p.m.

In addition, the baccalaureate service is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Bauman Auditorium. Baccalaureate is an undergraduate worship service providing graduating seniors, their families, faculty, administrators, staff and other guests the opportunity to worship.

For more information, visit the commencement website.

The university’s library has added texting as part of its “Ask Us” service. Now George Fox students, faculty and staff can send questions and receive answers from librarians by using their cell phones. More information is available at georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/text.html.

To access your April online pay statement, please go to mygfu.georgefox.edu to get to the PeopleSoft login screen. Use the same user ID and password that you use to login 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. Click on the pay date in the far left column labeled “Check Date” to open your statement as a PDF file.

This is the last e-nnnouncment with instructions about accessing your pay statement online, so please be sure to save the instructions above if you have not already done so.

Also on this pay day, new premium amounts for optional life insurance and flexible spending account deductions go into effect.

During the summer, Mail Services will be open as normal from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The courier service will remain the same, going to Portland five days a week and to Salem on Mondays and Thursdays. Questions? Call ext. 2555.

The university’s undergraduate admissions website was recently redesigned and enhanced to include new information, additional features and improved navigation and graphics. Check out the site at admissions.georgefox.edu and be sure to tell colleagues and prospective students about it.

Have a laptop you could donate or sell for a low price?

A group of men and women being trained for pastoral work and other leadership positions in their churches in Rwanda would like to learn the basics of computer operation to help them get jobs to support their ministry. For this training, at least two laptops are needed with Windows and Office on them.

If you have such a computer you’re not using, the Juniors Abroad group going to Rwanda in May could deliver it. If interested, contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies/Center of Peace and Justice) at ext. 2685 or lfendall@georgefox.edu.

The next textbook buyback at the Portland Center bookstore will be:

Tuesday – Thursday
April 28 – 30, 2009
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you are unable to come in during these hours, consider having a friend bring your textbooks in for you.

Books being used for upcoming semesters will be purchased at 50 percent of the new price (regardless of whether the book was purchased new or used). You may check buyback prices by logging on to: store.georgefox.edu and using the “Student Textbook Orders” link and selecting the “SELL” link in the Portland Center header.

Books not needed for the Portland Center Bookstore will be purchased at the price set by the wholesaler.

This is a reminder that the Department of Performing Arts will present its Spring Concert, the final performance of the academic year, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert will feature the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale and the Symphonic Band. Please come and support the dedicated work of our music students and faculty as they close the spring performance season.

If you have been involved in any of the George Fox University theatre productions for the 2008-09 school year, come join us for an evening of celebration and thanksgiving for a successful and blessed season. We will host a celebration featuring food and beverages, entertainment and awards from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 27, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Also, next year’s theatrical season will be announced.

A digital portfolio workshop is open to all faculty, staff and students on Friday, April 24, in Hoover 209. Learn how to use iWeb to create a digital portfolio that you can post to any domain you have access to. It also works with Mobile Me and Facebook.

Two idenical sessions are scheduled, at 10:30 a.m. and noon. Each will run approximately one hour and include time for questions. Bring your Mac and come ready to learn. Questions? Contact Andrew Griggs at agriggs05@georgefox.edu.

I am traveling to Cambodia this August with Transitions Global to learn more about the sex trade and to help girls who have been rescued out of sex trafficking. I am trying to learn as much about the country as possible and a few phrases in their native language of Khmer. If you, or someone you know, has experience in Cambodia and with the language, please contact Lia Thompson at lthompson07@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,

Lia Thompson

The School of Management is hosting guest speaker Lisa Brooks to share on the topic “Investigating the Power of Social Networking” from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, April 24, in Room 155 of the Portland Center.

Today, corporate and public Internets are used more for social networking than e-mail. This interactive workshop explores the power of social networking, which goes far beyond interpersonal collaboration. Join us for a couple hours of social networking and learn how social networks are used to leverage resources of the world to speed processes, resolve complex issues, and build relationships.

There is no registration cost, and a light breakfast will be provided. Alumni, current and prospective students and employees are welcome to attend. R.S.V.P. to georgefox.edu/som/events.html.

We will have a table of “Lost and Found” items in the 1st floor lobby of the South Building from Monday, April 27 to Friday, May 1.

All unclaimed items will be donated a local charity thrift store.

For more information, contact Barbara Lybarger, Front Office Coordinator at 503.554.6100 or by email.

As many of you know, we have received budgetary approval to build a coffeehouse in the current student lounge on the 2nd floor of the South building on the Portland Center campus.

Demolition has started and the project completion date is targeted for mid-August 2009. We are currently taking proposals from potential vendors and a vendor will be chosen by a committee based upon quality product, customer service and fit with our student needs and population.

We are requested the vendor to provide espresso, snacks, and a light lunch and dinner menu as well as bakery items.

For questions about the process or about the coffeehouse, please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor at GFU Portland Center .

Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

 You will notice new locations for the vending machines in the South building of the Portland Center.

The cold food and coffee vending machines have been removed due to low use.

The snack and one of the Pepsi/cold drink vending machines have been moved to the Information Commons  in the front section of the library.

Another Pepsi/cold drink machines has been relocated to the long hallway/study area on the 2nd floor south quadrant.

The paper plates, cups, plastic ware, refrigerator,  microwaves and convection oven has also been moved to the hallway/study area as we prepare the old student lounge area into a coffeehouse-due to open mid-August 2009.