The Daily Bruin

Is there someone you consider a gift to have as a colleague, whether in your department or another department? If someone comes to mind, please consider submitting a nomination via email to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Dec. 19, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting in January. (Note: November’s Employee of the Month will be announced at the Dec. 11 all-employee meeting.)

Before you leave for Christmas break, please consider taking your bike home if you aren’t using it, and then bringing it back during spring break when the weather improves. If you do indeed use your bike, please put it in your dorm room/apartment before leaving for break so you don’t tempt a potential thief.

Security also recommends students and employees (those who commute by bike) use the biggest U-lock you can find when locking up your bike – and to always be sure it is securely locked up!

It’s time for textbook buyback at the BlueZone Store Annex. We will be hosting buyback from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 8-12, at the Textbook Annex, 1109 E. Hancock Street in Newberg.

If you can’t make it in during these hours, or you just don’t want to stand in line, you can sell your books back on our website at gfubookstore.com. Use the “Score Extra $$$$” link. You’ll get an extra 10 percent back just for using our online buyback feature!

Faculty, please be sure your students are aware of this buyback program.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@neebo.com.

A big thank you to those who responded with their RSVP for the Christmas staff lunch on Monday, Dec. 8. If you didn’t RSVP last week, and would still like to attend, just shoot an email to Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) today (Friday) so Bon Appetit will prepare the proper amount of food. The lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

We will be having a delicious ham lunch. The cost is only $3 for staff and $5 for faculty/administrators.

Are there mountains of water bottles, coats, books and other lost items sitting around your offices or work spaces? If so, please send them to the security office by the end of the day today (Friday) so that our students, especially those graduating, can come to the security office to retrieve their items before Christmas break.

All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes on Monday, Dec. 15, and we’d hate to have students miss out on a chance to find their items before they are donated.

Thank you!

Today (Thursday) from 7 to 8 p.m. is Friendsview Retirement Center’s weekly game night! Join residents and students for board games! Meet in the Bruin Den outside of the ASC offices at 6:45 p.m.

Questions? Please email Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.

Both the Bruin Bites and Villa Café will be closed on “Dead Day” this Monday, Dec. 8. The Bruin Den will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Want to impress your date to Winter Formal with your dancing skills? Come to swing dancing lessons! Lessons will be held tonight (Thursday), from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Foxhole. Bring a partner or one can be provided!

Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.

We will be serving our annual Christmas dinner to our meal-plan students on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and would like to invite university employees and commuter students to join in the celebration in Klages Dining Hall.

We will have a carving station, a variety of seasonal salads and side dishes, festive holiday beverages and delicious house-baked desserts, all for just $10 per person.

Come join us!

– Bon Appetit

Vote whether you believe the Bruin sculpture should be purchased by ASC. Let your voice be heard and vote at igfu.georgefox.edu. The poll will be open until Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.

Questions? Please contact Jake Vanier at jvanier12@georgefox.edu.

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

• Media Production Specialist
• Budget Manager
• Graduate Program Coordinator, Portland
• Director of Housing

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.

Today (Thursday), there will be two workshops in the IDEA Center. If you just need some help, at any point in creating your profile, come from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. If you need help with specific positions you are interested in, come from 5 to 6 p.m.

Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.

Come this Friday, Dec. 5, to the Health and Human Performance department symposium featuring senior students’ research projects. They’ve been hard at work through the term gathering data in the following areas: injury prevention; strength versus power training; motion analysis; warm-up of youth soccer players and athletic performance; and hamstring flexibility.

The posters will be presented from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in the Wheeler lobby. Questions? Contact Dana Bates at dbates@georgefox.edu.

Join us for our last Urban Outreach of this semester! We will be meeting at 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) outside of the ASC offices in the Bruin Den. The Salem team will be back around 9:15 p.m. and the Portland group will be back around 10:45 p.m.

Email Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu with any questions. See you there!

December Payroll Deadline
Due to the Christmas holiday break we will have three fewer days to process December payroll. Please have all payroll items turned in to Human Resources by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15. Payday will be on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Payroll Reminders

• If you have had a change of address, please be sure that it is up to date in MyGFU. Click on “Self Service” and “Campus Personal Information” by Jan. 9 to ensure that we have your correct address for W-2 processing.

• Remember that one year’s worth of vacation accrual can be rolled over into the next year. Dec. 31 is the date by which you must “use it or lose it.” Here is your link to the staff and administrator accrual tables.

Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources

Please join the Latino Heritage Club for its last Spoken Word Night of the semester tonight (Thursday) at 8:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performers will be sharing pieces on holiday traditions. You won’t want to miss it.

See you there! Questions? Contact Sandra Lopez at slopez11@georgefox.edu.

Attention students and employees: There will be a test of the FoxAlert emergency notification system on Friday, Dec. 5. Please make sure that your cell phone is listed as a primary contact number on your personal information page in MyGFU in order to receive these text alerts.

An email will also go out to the primary email you have indicated. Please take a moment to check these out so that you will receive the alert on Friday.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090 during business hours. Thanks!

Join us Friday, Dec. 5 (please note new date) for the opening reception of “The Art of Illumination,” an exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center featuring the Saint John’s Bible and accompanying prints from the Heritage Edition. The reception is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m., and the exhibit will remain up through Dec. 19.

Next week, on Thursday, Dec. 11, a “Think Again Conversation” facilitated by professors Paul Anderson and Mark Terry will take place in the center’s Parrish Gallery beginning at 7:30 p.m. The discussion will focus on “The Art of Illumination” pieces.

Questions? Visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. The center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

You are reminded to come hear a free presentation by Mohan Nair, VP and chief innovation officer of Cambia Health Solutions, this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Nair is the keynote speaker for the College of Business’ semi-annual Transformational Leadership Symposium. The topic of the symposium is “Transform You, Transform Business.” Nair will share inspirational leadership strategies that bring about personal and professional growth and transformation. You can read more about his presentation here.

Questions? Contact Colleen Huffman at chuffman@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to the Chehalem Cultural Center for two events in the coming week. On Thursday, Dec. 4, the center will host the opening reception of “The Art of Illumination,” an exhibit featuring the Saint John’s Bible and accompanying prints from the Heritage Edition. The reception is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m., and the exhibit will remain up through Dec. 19.

Next week, on Thursday, Dec. 11, a “Think Again Conversation” facilitated by professors Paul Anderson and Mark Terry will take place in the center’s Parrish Gallery beginning at 7:30 p.m. The discussion will focus on “The Art of Illumination” pieces.

Questions? Visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. The center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.