The Daily Bruin

If there is any possibility that you will use tuition remission during the 2009-10 academic year, whether for yourself, a spouse, and/or dependent(s) you must complete a Tuition Remission Request Form for each person and submit it by Monday, March 2.

Please go to HR’s tuition remission instructions page for instructions on completing the Tuition Remission Request Forms, including links to the forms themselves. Please be sure to read this information before you begin completing a Tuition Remission Request Form. Incomplete forms will be returned without being processed.

For information about the tuition exchange program, contact Karlyn Fleming (Academic Affairs).

Dr. David Kinzie, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University, will speak at the Newberg campus at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the  Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117.

Kinzie founded the Intercultural Psychiatric Program and the Torture Treatment Center of Oregon. Founded in 1977, the center was the nation’s first psychiatric center for immigrants who escaped war and genocide. The clinic is one of the largest of its kind in the country, treating 1,200 people from around the world.

Lon Fendall (Center for Peace Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) invites anyone who has a interest in hearing how Kinzie helps people deal with their psychological trauma and how he has made a difference in the lives of so many.

The Center for Peace Studies and Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology are co-hosting Kinzie’s visit. The event begins with lunch at noon, followed by Kinzie’s presentation. There is no fee to attend.

Questions? Contact Fendall at lfendall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2685.

There is now a Prayer Request box in the Portland Center prayer chapel.

If you would like to share a prayer concern with the PrayerNet team you can do so by placing a request in the prayer box or by going to the Staff Development Committee website and submitting a request.

PrayerNet is a group of employees who seek to strengthen and serve the GFU community through intercessory prayer.

For more information or to join PrayerNet, email Sarah Marvin.

Several weeks ago, Bon Appetit started a program with its student meal program to monitor and weigh the amount of leftover food and beverages on student trays being thrown away after each meal. Nationally, between 40 and 50 percent of the food produced in this country is never consumed and ends up mostly in landfills.

Our goal has been to bring this awareness to our students with the hope of reducing the amount of food thrown away by 25 percent. Our first week of collection, Jan. 12-18, the amount of food being tossed out from student trays averaged 359 pounds per day. This past week, Feb. 8-14, I’m very pleased to say that the daily average was 190 pounds per day, a drop of 88 percent!

We are so very proud of our students as they have truly taken this waste reduction campaign to heart. Thanks to everyone who is participating. Let’s keep up being good stewards and responsible eaters. By working together, George Fox can truly make a difference to our environment.

– Denny Lawrence
Bon Appetit

Career Services invites the university community to visit a website, The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas, to learn more about traveling abroad to study, volunteer, intern, teach, travel or work.

The online guide shows everyone from first-year students to graduates how to build their credentials and prepare for work in the global economy. Discover opportunities, acquire skills, and develop the all-important global perspective with this easy-to-use interactive guide. Registration is required.

Our February community lunch is scheduled for today from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 155.

Bon Appetit will be catering lunch for $3 or you can bring your own.

Marketing Communications is hosting two studio photo shoots for faculty and staff on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11-12, in Cap and Gown Room A. Wednesday’s session is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday’s studio time is set from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use. Reservations are required. To sign up, call Marcom’s main number at ext. 2139 or e-mail news@georgefox.edu.

For a variety of reasons, the Staff Development Committee has decided to cancel our staff worship event, originally scheduled for Feb. 24. We hope that, beginning spring semester 2010, this will become an annual event which promotes fellowship and encourages each person as we worship together. We will be working between now and then to bring this about and would greatly appreciate your prayers for direction and support.

We pray God’s richest blessings for each and every one as we serve Him together.

– Your Staff Development Committee

Don’t forget to register for Kaleo 2009, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. We desire our youth not to simply be believers in Christ, but followers of Christ — ordinary people living radically in the love of Jesus Christ, called to bring forth another world among us.

Come and enjoy worship and teaching with guest speaker Shane Claiborne and worship leader Aaron Strumpel. The event also features workshops covering more than a dozen topics.

Ticket prices for faculty, staff, and graduate students are $37. Traditional undergraduate students are free. Online registration ends on Friday, Feb. 6.

If you have any questions, contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at 503-554-2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

Shane Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution and guest speaker for the Kaleo youth ministry conference Saturday and the Monday, Feb. 9, chapel, will host a talk-back session after chapel from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bruin Den Annex. Students and employees are invited to attend.

Dr. David Kinzie, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University, will speak at the Newberg campus at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the  Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117.

Kinzie founded the Intercultural Psychiatric Program and the Torture Treatment Center of Oregon. Founded in 1977, the center was the nation’s first psychiatric center for immigrants who escaped war and genocide. The clinic, formerly housed at OHSU and now located in southeast Portland, is one of the largest of its kind in the country, treating 1,200 people from around the world.

Lon Fendall (Center for Peace Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) invites anyone who has a interest in hearing how Kinzie helps people deal with their psychological trauma and how he has made a difference in the lives of so many.

The Center for Peace Studies and Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology are co-hosting Kinzie’s visit. The event begins with lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by Kinzie’s presentation. There is no fee to attend.

Questions? Contact Fendall at lfendall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2685.

The university’s basketball squads are teaming up to raise breast cancer awareness through the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “Pink Zone” campaign this Friday, Feb. 6, in Wheeler Gymnasium. The evening also will recognize National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Tip-off for the women’s game is at 6 p.m. against Lewis & Clark College, followed by the men’s game against the Pioneers at 8 p.m. The Bruin women will be looking to improve upon their 19-0 record — a mark that has them ranked sixth in the latest D3hoops.com poll.

Fans also are encouraged to wear pink to show their support of the event. Anyone wearing pink will get in free with a $2 donation to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer fund. All young women under the age of 18 and any breast cancer survivors will be admitted free of charge. “Pink Zone” T-shirts will be available for purchase, and all proceeds will go to breast cancer research.

In addition, George Fox athletics will be celebrating the 23rd annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day by honoring all senior women student-athletes and athletic training students at halftime of the men’s basketball game. Awards will be presented to 20 outstanding women student-athletes.

The university has been given a group code with Family Life that provides a 31 percent savings for employees and their spouses interested in attending one of the organization’s conferences. Family Life hosts weekend conferences designed to promote healthy marriages. Registration must occur at least 10 days before a conference in order to get the discount.

If you are planning to attend one of these conferences, simply fill in “corporateprogram” on the online form where it asks for Group Code.

Marketing Communications is currently collecting orders for name tags. Please submit your requests online. Provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of titles/departments include: Dean of Students/Office of Student Life, Admissions Counselor/Undergraduate Admissions. Supervisors should determine a standard for his or her area and attempt to remain consistent.

The next order will be placed Friday, Feb. 13. Communications will verify your request and the information provided and place your order with all others.

The Office of Marketing Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Tuesday, Feb. 10. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant. Expect delivery in mid-March.

Please submit your order using our online form: georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/bus_cards.html.

If you have not already done so, please submit your January 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.

Link to the time-off report: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc
Link to January time sheet:  georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetJan09.xls

Holiday note:  Do not write any hours on January 1, 2 or 19 unless you worked any of those days.

The Performing Arts Department will host the return of world-renowned Italian pianist Gianluca Luisi for the third annual Bösendorfer Concert Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, in Bauman Auditorium.

Luisi, who first performed on the Bauman stage in 2007, will play works by Chopin and Liszt. The afternoon will feature a set of Six Paganini Grand Etudes.

Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) first invited Luisi to perform at the university after meeting the pianist at the Bösendorfer Mozart Celebration in Vienna, Austria, in May 2006. Luisi has played at master classes held by internationally known musicians such as Lazar Berman, Jorge Demus, Alexander Longuquich, Paul Badura Skoda, Antonio Ballista, and Rosalyn Tureck.

Luisi will perform on the Bösendorfer “Imperial” grand, one of the finest pianos made today and the only concert grand piano in the world with 97 keys.

Employees and students each receive one complimentary ticket that may be picked up at the University Store. Additional tickets ($10 for adults, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12) are available by calling the box office at ext. 3844 or visiting music.georgefox.edu.

Student supervisors, we need your students’ January time sheets to HR as soon as you get them. Please check to be sure all of your students have submitted their time sheets to you. Time sheets must be received no later than Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Please be sure the student’s name is legible on each one, and also include each student’s ID number and the cost center number. Also, don’t forget to sign each time sheet, and be sure the student did as well. (If the student left without signing it, please send it to HR anyway. Do not send students to HR to sign time sheets.)

Reminder: If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope, as per Federal Work Study regulations.

Thanks very much.

– Human Resources

Learn about the issue of racism in Portland through the film Grandma Zula’s Legacy at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in EHS 102 (note room change) on the Newberg campus. Meet the film’s creator and producer through a talkback discussion.

Please come a few minutes early to enjoy munchies and get a seat. Free for all students.

We have discovered that the leave accrual balances showing on pay statements this month are not correct. The current monthly accrual was not added, and the year-to-date totals did not start over with the new year. With the rush to produce W-2s, we have not yet found an answer why, but be assured that we are aware of the problem and will get it fixed for you. Thanks for your patience!

– Human Resources