The Daily Bruin

President Robin and Ruth Baker cordially invite George Fox University friends and alumni to a traditional Christmas celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Pittock Mansion in Portland. The evening will include holiday music and festive hors d’ oeuvres and desserts. The cost is $21 per person.

Please R.S.V.P. and send payment to University Relations at Box #6049. For more information, call Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or contact her via e-mail. Online registration is also available at http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/events.

Our next Community meeting with President Robin Baker will be Wednesday, Dec. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 155.

The courier to the Portland and Salem centers will be leaving one hour early Friday morning, Dec 7. Please have any items for the Portland or Salem centers routed to Mail Services by 8:45 a.m. on the Newberg campus.

Portland and Salem personnel, please have your items ready by 9:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., respectively. We apologize for any inconvenience; we will be back to the normal hours on Monday, Dec.10.

Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.

– Mail Services

Those who worked on the Campus Music Project would like to invite you to a festive listening party from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus.

Come enjoy free hot chocolate and candy canes while listening to the Campus Music Project’s 2006-07 CD. There also will be contests.

For those who would like to purchase the CD, entitled Growing Roots, they are available for $5 each or $8 for a pair during a holiday sale. To purchase it before winter break, e-mail Jamie Griggs on or before Dec. 11 with your office location and quantity. The CD(s) will be delivered to you and you may pay by cash or check at that time.

The CD also is available in the Foxhole between 7 and 11 p.m. or at the University Store. The project is an annual compilation of original music written, recorded, and produced by George Fox students.

The last faculty business meeting of the fall semester is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 10. Portland Center and Boise Center faculty can join the meeting via video conferencing.

Newberg faculty will meet in Hoover 105.

Portland faculty will meet in Room 280.

Boise Center faculty will meet in the center’s conference room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All proposals to be discussed have already been distributed via e-mail.

If you have not yet completed the Best Christian Workplaces survey, please take about 10 minutes to do so this week. The survey closes this Friday, Dec. 7. The link is www.bwinstitute.com/survey/login.aspx. The access code is 1680-571.

The Best Christian Workplaces Institute will present the survey results in summary format to maintain all employees’ confidentiality.

All Portland Center faculty and staff are invited to a Q&A session with provost candidate Ginger MacDonald from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in Room 255. Please mark your calendars.

The provost survey will be distributed directly after her talk, and, due to the fact that the Provost Search Committee will be meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, the deadline to complete the survey will be 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.

For those of you unable to attend, the Newberg sessions will be recorded and posted online at the following link: http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

All faculty and staff are invited to a “general talk” session with visiting provost candidate Ginger MacDonald from 3:40 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in EHS 102. She will be presenting on one of two topics: “How she sees herself changing the university” or “Thoughts on the future of higher education,” with time for questions and answers. Please mark your calendars.

The provost survey will be distributed directly after her talk, and, due to the fact the Provost Search Committee will be meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, the deadline to complete the survey will be 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.

For those of you unable to attend, the sessions will be recorded and posted online at the following link: http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

The students and faculty of the English Language Institute invite you to join them for a holiday musical, “Happy Holidays 2007,” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Hoover 105. The program celebrates holiday traditions throughout the year from China and the United States, as well as music from both countries. It will feature the Chinese zither, flute and piano, along with original compositions and sing-a-longs.

If you have not already done so, please complete, check and sign your November time sheet (staff) or time off report (administrators), and send it to your supervisor for signature. These forms can be found at: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html

Please send it to HR at Box 6108 this week. If your supervisor is not available to sign, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. Thank you. 

Managing the load: Teaching, Research, Service

Presenter: Paul Chamberlain

Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room

Join Paul Chamberlain, chair of the Personnel Committee, to hear how the committee reviews teaching, research, and service activities when considering promotion and tenure files. Time will be available for discussion about ways to effectively manage the three sometimes-competing realms of faculty responsibility.

To reserve a lunch e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 2:00 pm. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

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.

All Portland Center faculty and staff are invited to a Q&A session with each of the visiting provost candidates on the days and times listed below. Please mark your calendars.

Carlos Campo: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 10 – 11:30 a.m. in Room 255
Ginger MacDonald: Friday, Dec. 7, 10 – 11:30 a.m. in Room 255

For those of you unable to attend, the sessions will be recorded and posted online at the following link: http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

Calling all adjuncts: Your current parking permit will expire on Dec. 31, and if you are going to be on contract for all or part of 2008, you need to renew it. Please bring your soon-to-expire permit to the Security Services office between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. before Dec. 28 to exchange it for a new permit. At that time we will update your vehicle information and re-issue you a 2008 permit. If you have switched from full-time status to adjunct status, you need to return your white staff hangtag and exchange it for an adjunct permit.

If you have questions, call ext. 2090.

– Security Services

The Department of Performing Arts presents
“Let Heaven and Nature Sing!”

Welcome the Christmas season with the university’s annual Christmas concert, featuring the Concert Choir, Men’s and Women’s Chorale, Symphonic Band, and Strings.

Dates: Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8
Time: 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 7 p.m.)
Location: Bauman Auditorium, Newberg campus

Matinee performance: Sunday, Dec. 9
Location: Village Baptist Church, 330 S.W. Murray Blvd., Beaverton
Time: 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 2 p.m.)

One complementary ticket for performances is available to George Fox students, faculty, and employees. Tickets may be picked up in advance with an ID card at the University Box Office. Purchase additional tickets online at music.georgefox.edu or at the University Box Office (ext. 3844).

It’s that time of year again…

If the Portland Center should close or have a delayed start, information will be available via many resources.

 Details can be found at:  http://www.georgefox.edu/news/closures/index.html

 

During Cultural Celebration Week, the English Language Institute published International Voices, a collection of essays by international students at George Fox. We distributed it to interested students at chapel and have provided each office on the Newberg campus a copy.

If you would like a copy for yourself, or a class set, just let Martha Iancu (Communication Arts) know.

All Portland Center faculty and staff are invited to a Q&A session with each of the visiting provost candidates on the days and times listed below. Please mark your calendars.

Carlos Campo: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 10 – 11:30 a.m. in Room 255
Ginger MacDonald: Friday, Dec. 7, 10 – 11:30 a.m. in Room 255

For those of you unable to attend, the sessions will be recorded and posted online at the following link: http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

Come one, come all!

To the Third Annual Wassail Party on Thursday Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Portland Center South Lobby.

Wassail will be served hot, and cookies, snacks, and goodies will be available as well, along with group caroling throughout the day.

Please be sure to bring a plate of yummy treats to share.

Multicultural Services is hosting a film series next semester, and director Burel Ford would like your input on other possibilities for the series. Below is the current listing of dates and movies to be shown. Films begin at 7 p.m. in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Faculty members are encouraged to consider offering extra credit for attendance or implementing the films into curriculum.

Jan. 16    Amazing Grace
Jan. 22    Crash
Feb. 7      Pride
March 12    Freedom Writers

If you have not yet completed the Best Christian Workplaces survey, please take about 10 minutes to do so. The survey close date has been moved from Dec. 2 to Dec. 7. The link is www.bwinstitute.com/survey/login.aspx. The access code is 1680-571.

The Best Christian Workplaces Institute will present the survey results in summary format to maintain all employees’ confidentiality.