The Daily Bruin

Interested in being a staff adviser for winter serve? We need faculty and staff to lead our trips Jan. 4-10, 2009. This year, teams of students will serve at Twin Rocks, Seattle, Portland and possibly in the Newberg area. Each trip needs a faculty adviser. The theme for the year is “People Matter.”

If you are interested in being a staff adviser for one of these trips, contact Ryan Wilmot at rwilmot04@georgefox.edu. We also are organizing a prayer team of people who will pray for these trips both before and during their week of service. Please respond by Friday, Oct. 24, if you are interested in either advising a trip or being a part of the prayer team.

– Ryan Wilmot
ASC serve trip coordinator

Tigard Costco membership staff will be in the second floor atrium again on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to give away samples and offer sign-ups for individual/personal memberships.

You can also call the membership coordinator, Nancy, at 503-639-0773 if you have questions.

Employees interested in learning more about long-term insurance are invited to the university’s final long-term care insurance meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Room 280 at the Portland Center. Spouses and/or other family members are welcome to attend as well. Sub sandwiches will be available at the meeting.

Long-term care insurance helps protect your retirement savings and other assets from potentially devastating long-term care costs. Employees have the advantage of this one-time guarantee issue, which means they are guaranteed to be issued a policy upon application with no medical questions asked if they enroll by this Friday, Oct. 17.

Employees attending are eligible to win an iPod, compliments of the University Store. Go to georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html to read a longer article about LTC insurance. Employees can ask questions and/or enroll at a meeting or call LTC Solutions at 877-286-2852.

The Orbis Cascade Alliance, in conjunction with Online Computer Library Center, is finalizing work on the new Summit catalog. Summit is the catalog for ordering books and media from other academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. With one search, this new catalog will allow you to discover materials from all over the world. One search will soon allow you access to both the Summit and WorldCat catalogs.

The new catalog will be available to use beginning Dec. 1. Some inconveniences and disruptions in Summit features and functions may be part of the transition. The library is working hard to bring you better searching and discovery tools and will appreciate your patience while we work on implementing the new Summit system.

To learn more, go to orbiscascade.org/index/new-summit to read an FAQ on the new Summit catalog.

Kenn Willson (Performing Arts), a Bosendorfer Artist, will present a faculty recital entitled “Encounters with Beethoven” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in Bauman Auditorium. This is not your typical piano recital, so come out and enjoy.

The GFU Health and Counseling Center will host a walk-in flu shot clinic from 4  to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in Room 155b. The cost is $15. Students cost is $1.50 with GFU student insurance (Aetna). Pioneer Education Health Trust will cover the cost for covered employees. A receipt can be provided at request to submit to your insurance for reimbursement as needed. Please note Kaiser Insurance offers free flu shots to members at local Kaiser facilities.

The Newberg campus will take its mid-semester holiday on Monday, Oct. 13. No classes will be held, and the university’s offices, bookstore, switchboard, and library will be closed. The Portland and Boise sites will remain open.

Multicultural Services would like to encourage staff and faculty to hear Tim Jacob Wise share his thoughts on racism at Portland Community College’s Sylvania campus at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the country and has spoken in 48 states on more than 400 college campuses, including Harvard, Stanford, and the law schools at Yale and Columbia.

Wise is the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White. A collection of his essays, Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male, will be published in the fall of 2008, and his fourth book, Between Barack and a Hard Place: Race and Whiteness in the Age of Obama, will be released in spring 2009.

Wednesday’s session is entitled “Beyond Diversity: Challenging Racism in an Age of Backlash.” It will take place in the Performing Arts Center at PCC, 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. He also will speak at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, on “White Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality,” in the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, on the Cascade campus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.

A final meeting, discussing “Profiles in Distortion: Misusing Data to Justify Racism and Privilege,” is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at The Forum, Building 3, Rock Creek Campus, 17705 N.W. Springville Road.

For more information, visit timwise.org and pcc.edu. E-mail Shelley Yonemura (Mulitcultural Services) if you have questions.

Employees interested in learning more about long-term care insurance are invited to an information meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in Hoover 102, on the Newberg campus. Spouses and/or other family members are welcome to attend as well.

Long-term care insurance helps protect your retirement savings and other assets from potentially devastating long-term care costs. With the average cost of care being $68,985 per year, long-term care costs could seriously impact your nest egg.

Employees have the advantage of this one-time “guarantee issue,” which means they are guaranteed to be issued a policy upon application with no medical questions asked if they enroll by Oct. 17.

Two other opportunities to hear about long-term care insurance are also available:
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10-11 a.m., webinar (see link below for instructions)
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Portland 280 (sub sandwich served)

Employees attending any of the meetings at the Newberg or Portland campuses are eligible to win an iPod, compliments of the University Store. Employees from Boise, Salem and Redmond who participate by joining the webinar also will be included in the drawing.

Go to georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html for instructions on how to participate in the webinar and to read a longer article about long-term care insurance.

Employees can ask questions or enroll at a meeting or call LTC Solutions at 877-286-2852 if attending a meeting or the webinar is not convenient.

We are looking for a full-time, temporary custodian to work at the Portland Center through October and possibly through November. The work schedule for this position is 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you know of someone who might be interested in this job, please have the person(s) contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu or at 503-554-2185.

You could spend a semester in another country. Learn about overseas study programs and specialized programs within the United States at one of two informational meetings either Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., or Thursday, Oct. 16, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Both meetings will take place in Hoover 105. Sponsored by the Center for Global Studies. Questions? Contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies) at lfendall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2685.

Plant Services is hosting a surplus sale Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9-10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop by the Villa Academic Complex at 501 Villa Road to shop for very used desks, desk chairs, side chairs, and other miscellaneous office items.

Josten’s representative Troy Decker will be in the Portland Center 2nd floor atrium (by the elevator) on Wed. & Thurs. October 8 & 9 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. to take orders for college rings.

You can view ring options online at jostens.com/college.

If you use a mac and would benefit from a user group to share ideas and tips, we will be having such a group on Wed. Oct. 22 in Room 210, 12 to 1 p.m. Bring a bag lunch if you want to eat during that time.

Contact Gloria Doherty or Bonnie Nakashimada with questions or ideas.

October’s Community Lunch is THIS Tuesday, Oct. 7 in Room 155 from 12 to 1 p.m.

As usual, Bon Appetit will be serving lunch for $3 or you are welcome to bring your own. See you there!

Beth LaForce (Education) and Kathleen Gathercoal (Psychology) will present the fall faculty lecture, “For Such a Time as This,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus. The lecture honors the work of  Sherrie Schulke, an assistant professor of social work at George Fox until her death in 2003 after a long battle with cancer. Beth and Kathleen were part of a team from Portland State University and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital that finished and published Schulke’s research project.

AT&T Mobility 15 percent discounts are available for George Fox University employees. Visit http://att.com/wireless/gfuemployees to learn more. You will need this employee FAN number: 2601384. An individual original iPhone account may not be eligible.

Employees interested in learning more about long-term care insurance are invited to an information meeting from noon to 1 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 3, in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus.

Long-term care insurance helps protect your retirement savings and other assets from potentially devastating long-term care costs. With the average cost of care being $68,985 per year, long-term care costs could seriously impact your nest egg.

The university is hosting a series of sessions about enrollment in this voluntary insurance through mid-October. Employees have the advantage of this one-time “guarantee issue,” which means they are guaranteed to be issued a policy upon application with no medical questions asked.

Meetings are scheduled as follows. Please note that the Portland room location is a change from the Sept. 18 e-nnouncement.

• Friday, Oct. 3, noon-1 p.m., Cap and Gown Room (sub sandwich served)
• Wednesday, Oct. 8, 9-10 a.m., VAC 117 (bagels served)
• Thursday, Oct. 9, 7-8 p.m., Hoover 102 (cookies served)
• Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10-11 a.m., webinar (see link below)
• Wednesday, Oct. 15, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Portland 280 (sub sandwich served)

Employees attending any of the meetings at the Newberg or Portland campus are eligible to win an iPod, compliments of the University Store. Employees from Boise, Salem and Redmond who participate by joining the webinar also will be included in the drawing.

Go to http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html for instructions on how to participate in the webinar and to read a longer article about the insurance LTC Solutions offers.

Employees can ask questions or enroll at a meeting or call LTC Solutions at 877-286-2852 if attending a meeting or the webinar is not convenient.

Bon Appetit would like to thank everyone for the success and overwhelming support given by the vast majority of students with the first “Trayless Tuesday.” With few exceptions, we received dozens of very positive comments from students and we’re encouraged that so many share concerns regarding the amount of food typically wasted each meal and how it affects our environment.

Our thanks go out to everyone for making this small weekly sacrifice of convenience, and we look forward to continued support and success with the remaining “Trayless Tuesdays” this year.

– Bon Appetit

The United States Postal Service will be on the Newberg campus Thursday, Oct. 2, for new passport applications (or renewals). The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room A. Passport photos also are available. Family members are welcome.