E-Colleague

Nov. 1             Dave Johnson, Polly Peterson
Nov. 2             Tahlia Martin
Nov. 3             Karen Bowdoin, Nijay Gupta
Nov. 4             Karen Carskadon, Jennifer Farland, Tom Head, Melissa Thomas
Nov. 5             Rob Bohall
Nov. 6             Jon Schatz
Nov. 7             Natalie Harrington
Nov. 8             Rebecca Valdovinos
Nov. 9             Jack Lyda
Nov. 10           Glena Andrews, Katya Hall
Nov. 11           Rhonda Andrews, Sean Patterson
Nov. 12           Kelly Borror, Ian Sanders
Nov. 13           Kristie Knows His Gun, Hannah Stevenson
Nov. 14           Kelly Lafferty

Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 15, chapel service, in honor of International Education Week. Click this link to sign up by Monday, Nov. 7.

A brief dress rehearsal will be held in advance of the Nov. 15 chapel in Bauman Auditorium (chapel begins at 10:50 a.m.). All carrying flags will be required to attend.

Questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Our servant engineering team is conducting research to develop a product/method to help improve water conservation efforts in high-drought areas in the U.S.

We would love for you to take a brief (3-5 minutes) survey by clicking the link below and answering the questions. The answers you provide will greatly help us in furthering our product development.

Servant Engineering Survey

Thanks!
– Joel Gleghorn (jgleghorn12@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:

• Part-Time Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative
• Part-Time Library Assistant
• Registered Nurse
• Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

November

• Staff and administrator time cards and time-off reports are due Friday, Nov. 4.
• All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

December

• Staff and administrator time cards and time-off reports are due Friday, Dec. 2.
• All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16.

Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2

Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it, and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.

You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.

Questions? Contact Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu.

Fall Justice Conference Leader Lisa Sharon Harper is our guest in chapel at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow morning (Tuesday) in Bauman Auditorium. She focuses on the common good and radical justice.

Lisa is the founding executive director of New York Faith and Justice, an organization at the hub of a new ecumenical movement to end poverty in New York City. Her passion is building a bridge to Christ.

In Vespers Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Bauman, we’ll take a look at the second half of Romans 12!

Do you have questions about getting internships as an art student? Are you curious about what opportunities are out there? Come to Art Talk tonight (Monday) to dialogue with a panel featuring representatives from the IDEA Center along with some current art students in internships to hear some of your questions get answered.

We’ll meet at 6 p.m. in the ballroom at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St. Come early for a costume contest and refreshments in the spirit of Halloween!

Contact Annie Lunt (alunt13@georgefox.edu) with questions.

The lost and found is once again filled to the brim and will be emptied on Friday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at that time, so please stop by the security office if you are missing items. If the item was lost before the first of October, it has already been donated and is no longer in the lost and found.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090, or stop by the security office during business hours. If we’ve already contacted you about a found item, please come and retrieve it before Friday!

The School of Nursing is excited to announce our upcoming Health Fair! We will be in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.

Come see what our nursing students have been learning in their Health Promotion class. Participate in their interactive displays and earn tickets for our great raffle prizes!

Everyone who comes will receive a gift from our generous sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness Grant, and the Hazelnut Marketing Board.

Come and learn how to “Be Happy and Be Healthy.” Questions? Contact Caroline Wildhaber (cwildhaber@georgefox.edu).

Fall Carnival is taking place tonight (Monday)!

There will be popcorn, cotton candy, henna, inflatable jousting, a costume contest at 9 p.m., a pie-eating contest at 9:30 p.m., carnival games and more! We’ll even have a mechanical bull! The fun begins at 8 p.m.

So dress up in your Halloween costume and come to Wheeler for a night of fun and get some awesome prizes and food! (No masks allowed … thanks).

Contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with questions.

As part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration, Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to a celebration reception at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. An Organ Hymn Festival Concert in Bauman Auditorium follows at 6 p.m. featuring Dan Miller, an internationally renowned organist and product manager at Rodgers Instruments Corporation.

The reception will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and be held in Room 101 of Canyon Commons. Come learn more about George Fox history and its future. Please R.S.V.P. to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

If you plan to attend the organ concert, it is a benefit concert, and tickets are required. Tickets are $5 for general admission, with all proceeds going to the Auxiliary Endowed Scholarship for George Fox students. You may purchase tickets at georgefox.edu/concerts or at the door.

George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the Fall Justice Conference today (Monday) and tomorrow. Our theme this year is “Peace: Personal and Global.” Please join us as we hear from author and chief church engagement officer of Sojourners, Lisa Sharon Harper.

Lisa will share from her book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Shalom is what God declared. It is what the kingdom of God looks like. It is when all people have enough, and families are healed. Come hear about what we can do to bring shalom to our nations, our communities and our souls!

A university- and community-wide event will be held tonight in EHS 102 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Treats provided! Lisa will also speak in chapel tomorrow from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Her book will be available for purchase at both events.

Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Join us for the next Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester tonight (Monday), when “Religious Pluralism in Indonesia” will be discussed in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Dwight Burton, a political science instructor at George Fox, and Monik Kadarmanto, a LACI instructor, will explore the history and context of religious pluralism in Indonesia and emphasize the value personal relationship and experience bring to building bridges across culture and religion.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The interconnected clocks on campus are having an issue, running four or five minutes late. This is due to a faulty time base which will be replaced later this week when parts come in.

Thank you and sorry for this inconvenience.

PGE will be turning off the power to the Duke Athletic Center, Stoffer Family Stadium and the football field today (Monday) starting at 5:30 p.m. in order to do repairs. Sorry for this inconvenience.

– Plant Services

The School of Physical Therapy will be offering its inaugural Health and Wellness Screening Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Roberts Center, Room 202. This screening clinic utilizes innovative technology to assess one’s current state of health. Screenings are free and take about 30 minutes to complete. Click here to sign up for a screening.

Direct questions to Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu).

We are now receiving applicants who desire to be a part of the Cultural Ambassadors Program! Applications are open from Oct. 31 through Nov. 11. Use this link to apply.

If you want to take part in tough conversations revolving around race, faith and diversity, then consider applying to become a Cultural Ambassador. This unique student leadership opportunity is open only for six to 10 students who are seeking to be culturally engaged and who have a desire to see change take place on their own campus.

The skills acquired through this intensive training are recognized as being indispensable in the workplace (of all fields). In addition to training with your peers on a weekly basis, students involved in the program will be attending the SCORR (Student Congress of Racial Reconciliation Conference) in February at Biola University.

If you have any questions, take a look at the Intercultural Life website or contact Grace Packer at gpacker15@georgefox.edu.

Scare away your cravings with ghoulish goodies available in the Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and Bridge Cafe starting today for Halloween (Oct. 31)! Then join us for a grisly feast in the Canyon Commons at dinner!

Housing Area West (HAW) will be hosting trick-or-treating tonight (Monday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Several houses and apartments in the area will be passing out candy. Trick or treat locations will be marked outside the door with a green glow-in-the-dark alien face balloon.

Questions? Contact LaQuae Aughtman at laughtman13@georgefox.edu.

Have a “Happy HAWaween!”

Do you want to share a part of your cultural or ethnic heritage with the George Fox community? Then sign up for this year’s annual World’s Got Talent show!

We’re looking for students, employees and alumni who want to showcase their talents. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, so please sign up by the end of this week. Click here to sign up for a time slot!

If you have any questions or want more information, contact Mikaela Smith (smithm16@georgefox.edu).