The Daily Bruin

As we roll into November and the season of Thanksgiving, do you have a colleague you are especially thankful for this month – someone who might deserve to be named November Employee of the Month? If someone comes to mind, please submit a nomination via email to Peggy Kilburg by Friday, Nov. 14, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our next community meeting.

Congratulations again to Cris Banton on being named October Employee of the Month.

The Fall Staff Conference is this Wednesday, Nov. 5, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete this registration form and select your break-out session if you haven’t done so already. The theme of this year’s conference is “Sowing, Watering, Reaping.”

The conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Deb Mumm-Hill, director of the university’s IDEA Center. The conference will be at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway, in Lake Oswego. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu.

Join us tonight (Monday) for the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture featuring alumna Suhila Haidary, who will speak on the topic “Trapped in the Crossfire: Women and Children Under the Taliban.” The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Haidary was a child of 6 when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. She will share on the experience of women and children during and after Taliban rule, highlighting the artificial divisions and injustices created by radical Islamist rule.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Come join us for an evening of bilingual theatre as George Fox’s Spanish department presents “El Gran Teatro del Mundo” (“The Great Theatre of the World”) by Calderón de la Barca. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Entry is free!

Questions? Contact Brenna Brutscher at bbrutscher11@georgefox.edu.

The following survey is in response to the confusion caused by some of the questions in the previous survey. It is for all employees of George Fox. Thank you to all of you who filled out the previous email; your continued help would be much appreciated.

Employee Commute Survey #2

A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, this Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.

Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.

“A Motion of Love” is the theme for the university’s annual Quaker Focus Week, Nov. 3-6, on the Newberg campus. Quaker Focus allows the campus community an opportunity to explore its Quaker roots and heritage. Events for students, faculty and the community this year include:

Monday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. – “Quakers in Business, Science, and Industry”
An open invitation to visit Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)

Tuesday, Nov. 4
10:50 a.m. – “Doors, Judgment, Love”
University Chapel with Gregg Koskela, lead pastor, Newberg Friends Church (Bauman Auditorium)
9 p.m. – “Listening Together Within the Motion of Love”
Shalom with Mark Almquist (Cap and Gown Room)

Wednesday, Nov. 5
9 a.m. – “Quakers, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Underground Railroad,” a Skype interview with Max Carter of Guilford College
in Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)
7 p.m. – “Point Me Home”
University Chapel with a dramatic performance by the University Players (Bauman Auditorium)

Thursday, Nov. 6
10:40 a.m. – Contemplative worship (Prayer Chapel)

“I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the Goodness of God …”
– John Woolman

Know of students who need help with MLA style? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “An Introduction to MLA Style,” this Thursday, Nov. 6, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kathy Heininge, associate professor of English, will present key elements of the Modern Language Association style for essays and other written works. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages. The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Need to learn MLA style for your papers? Join us for a workshop, “An Introduction to MLA Style,” this Thursday, Nov. 6, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kathy Heininge, associate professor of English, will present key elements of the Modern Language Association style for essays and other written works. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages. The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Do you enjoy rock music? The music department is offering the class for you: The History of Rock and Roll (MUSI 285-B Special Topics #3747)! It will be offered during Spring 2015 and meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in Ross 208.

This course will be a survey of the origins of rock and roll to the popular music of today. For more information about the class, contact Sophia Tegart at stegart@georgefox.edu.

Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for Mail Services to serve as a drop site for all Oregon ballots. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary.

The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage. If you have questions, email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks,
University Mail Services

If you are interested in learning basic Chinese phrases and a little more about Chinese culture, join us today (Friday) from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the International Center/Cultural House, as our visiting professors from China will teach Chinese language and culture to employees.

This is the first session that will meet weekly Friday at the same time and location. We hope you will be able to join us!

Questions? Contact Alex Pia at apia@georgefox.edu.

Special operations and restricted fund reporting is now available in PeopleSoft. Under the MyGFU report menu, select “Restricted Fund Summary.” This summary report will give you balance forward information as well as any 14/15 activity.

This can be used for all Special Operations, Restricted Gifts and Agency Funds. Remember, you may now have two funds – one special operations fund (unrestricted, which will begin with a 1XXXX) and a restricted fund (which will begin with a 3XXXX). You can use the wild card (%) for the department/cost center field and the program code.

Previous-year data is also available in this report by using your old cost center number and the 2014 fiscal year.

Please call Debbie Cash at ext. 2171 or Cris Banton at ext. 2167 if you have any questions about running the reports.

Thanks,
The finance team

During Cultural Celebration Week (Nov. 10-14), we would like to invite students of different cultural backgrounds/ethnicity to share some of your stories or games!

Monday evening, Nov. 10, will be storytelling and Thursday evening, Nov. 13, will be a showcase of games. Contact Louis Liu at lliu11@georgefox.edu if you’d like to show what your culture is about!

Come experience a new way of dancing on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 8:30 p.m. in the library. Instead of dancing with a regular sound system, everyone listens on wireless headphones. “The Loudest Dance You’ve Never Heard” is powered by Silent Storm and sponsored by Nerds and Geeks United. Wireless headphones will be provided for use at the dance.

Buy your ticket for $1 today (Friday) between 11:30 and 2 p.m. in the Bruin Den to be entered in a raffle for a pair of Beats Headphones! Only 400 tickets are available, so make sure to get your ticket early.

Questions? Please contact Michael Wegener at mwegener13@georgefox.edu.

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

• Custodian I
• Admissions Event Coordinator – Temporary
• Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative
• Systems or Network Administrator

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.

A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, next Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.

Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.

The BlueZone Store will be finalizing its midyear inventory on Friday, Oct. 31, and will close at 2 p.m. The store will reopen on Monday, Nov. 3, with regular hours.

Urban Outreach is tonight (Thursday)! We invite you to come and serve alongside us in Portland and Salem, where we will share a meal and develop relationships with those that live outside.

We will meet outside the ASC offices at 5:30 p.m. and go from there. Hope to see you there!

Please contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Portland Youth Philharmonic will perform a preview concert opening their 91st season in Bauman Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge and seating is general.

Th program includes Richard Wagner’s Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Gotterdamerung; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances; and Norman Leyden’s Serenade for Strings.