The Daily Bruin

When there is an emergency campus closure, usually due to inclement weather as was the case from late afternoon Thursday, Feb. 6, through mid-morning Monday, Feb. 10, the university’s policy indicates the following in the Employee Handbook, Section 7.1 Emergency Closure:

• If the university is closed, employees are paid as if they worked.
• If the university has a late opening and/or early closure, employees who work during the open hours are paid for a full work day.
• If employees cannot make it in, their absence is covered by the use of vacation or is unpaid if vacation is not available.
• Employees who are required to work to assist with facilities and safety issues as a result of the weather or for other reasons (such as Scholarship Competition), will be given time off within the following 30 days equal to the time they worked during the closure.

Staff should record only hours worked on their time sheets for Thursday, Feb. 6, through Monday, Feb. 10. If you were not required to be at work while the university was closed, please record only hours worked until 4 p.m. Thursday and no hours prior to 10 a.m. on Monday. You will be paid your regularly scheduled hours between those times.

When you take corresponding time off, please enter the hours taken in the Holiday row of the specific day, so that it doesn’t show as hours worked, sick leave or vacation. Then please note on the time sheet that these were “snow hours.”

Please note: Employees who happened to be on vacation or using sick leave the day of these closures should record those days/hours as vacation or sick leave, just as they would have had the campus been open.

Questions? Please email hr@georgefox.edu.

The International Club is bringing the Chinese lab back! It will be this Thursday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Lemmons 5. The topic will be on Lunar New Year/ Valentine’s Day!

For more information, contact us at gfu.international.club@gmail.com.

Join us for snacks, friendship and fun! All are invited.

Financial affairs would like to remind all departments that it is George Fox University’s policy to deposit all monies within one week of receipt in the departments. In order to do so, financial affairs needs to receive all cash/checks within that week, and they will be deposited in the bank within 24 hours. This policy also applies to payments received for future events.

If you have questions, please contact Jan Amerson at ext. 2164. Thank you!

Ambex, the Germany study abroad program, will be in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to give information about their program.

If you can’t stop by, or have further interest in their programs, join them that evening (Wednesday) from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 102.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Tuesday, March 4.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Spring break is coming up! Join a Spring Serve Trip and travel to Neah Bay, Wash.; Flying H Youth Ranch; Ghormley Meadows Christian Camp; Seattle; San Francisco; and the Yakima Indian Reservation. These trips go during the break. The cost is only $25 for the entire week, which includes food and transportation! The deadline to sign up for the trips has been extended to Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Applications can be found on the SpiL website on this page. We are also still seeking employee leaders.

If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Kyle Webster at kwebster12@georgefox.edu or Erika Lopez at elopez12@georgefox.edu.

This Friday, Feb. 21, we’ll be selling homemade chicken tamales in the Bruin Den for $2 each! This is hosted by students in the ENPR 300 class and is supporting your student entrepreneurs at George Fox.

Tamales will be available for purchase during lunchtime, from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. We have a limited supply, so get them before they’re gone!

The university community is invited to Kayin Griffith’s thank you and congratulations party! We’ll gather from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the International Center/Cultural House.

Kayin, assistant director of SpIL programs, has accepted an exciting new opportunity as the director of advocacy and development for the organization Word Made Flesh. Join us as we celebrate her and bless her new endeavors!

The university’s International Club has 15 tickets for the Blazers game on Monday, March 3, against the Los Angeles Lakers. Tickets are $40 apiece, which includes transportation that evening.

Please contact Louis Liu (lliu11@georgefox.edu) for more information.

We’ve updated our Schedule of Development Events by adding a few more FoxTALE webinars providing tips and best practices on using the FoxTALE Gradebook. Check out the schedule at this link to sign up for one that works with your schedule.

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Are you in a serious relationship or engaged? SpIL is sponsoring a premarital class put on by Living Wholehearted! Classes start tonight (Tuesday), so sign up ASAP.

We will be talking about family-of-origin, marital expectations, intimacy (sexual, emotional, spiritual), finances and more. Only $20 for the four-week class!

Sign up at this link.

Dates and times:
Tuesday, Feb. 18 – 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25 – 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4 – 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11 – 7:30 to 9 p.m.

For more information, email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Join the SpIL family next year as an intern. We have 13 open positions and would love to see if you are a great fit.

The application and detailed information about each internship can be found at GeorgeFox.edu/SpILApps. The deadline has been extended to Monday, Feb. 24, by 5 p.m. Begin your application today!

For more information, please contact the SpIL office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Join us tonight (Tuesday) for the annual “Sex Talk” at 9 p.m. Women will be meeting in Cap & Gown. Men will be meeting in Lemmons 8.

See you there!

Sadie Hawkins tickets have sold out. We are sorry for the limited number of tickets, but the Portland Spirit had a strict maximum capacity that we needed to follow.

Questions? Please contact ASC for more information.

Come support the women’s lacrosse team as the Bruins host their first official game in program history next Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Austin Sports Complex. The game starts at 6 p.m. against Alma College of Michigan.

If you have questions, please contact Shanna Coulston at scoulston11@georgefox.edu.

Join us at Camp Tillikum for the Polar Bear Swim this Friday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m.

Everyone who participates in the swim will get a free sweatshirt!

Are you interested in missions as a career or are you looking to invest yourself in a summer or year-long internship? Attend one of Roger Newell’s classes this Friday, Feb. 19, either at 11:40 a.m. (Hoover 208) or 1:40 p.m. (Stevens 101) to hear Steve Vinton, director of Village Schools, as he tells his story of building schools in Tanzania.

Steve will be sharing the story of his mission to recruit teachers for the schools he builds in Tanzania in a partnership model with the villages as well as what can be accomplished to help educate children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to go to school.

Hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.