The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section.

In addition, a chat room has been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Students have multiple activities to juggle: Class, assignments, friends, family, activities, the list goes on. In this workshop, Rick Muthiah (Dean of Learning Support Services) will provide tools and tips for managing your time effectively.

Join us on Friday, Jan. 20, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125. Faculty members, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Does your office have a shredder? If so, here is some new recycling information you need to know.

When your shredder is full, what do you do with the paper? If you empty the shredding into a black plastic bag or into the blue recycling bags, it is considered trash and gets thrown out.

In order for us to be better stewards, custodial services is beginning a new program of providing rolls of clear bags for this purpose. When the bag gets full just pull them out, tie them off and place to the side. Then your custodial cleaning crew will be able to collect these bags as recycling and place them in the appropriate bin for pickup.

If your shredder does not currently have any plastic bags, please e-mail custodial at dastlefo@georgefox.edu and we will be sure you get some to you quickly. If you have additional questions about what is recyclable, follow this link to the recycling page on the university’s website.

Friday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports website at gfubruins.com.

We are happy to announce that students can indicate via their “Student Service Center” that they want to access their 1098T Tax Form online. Making this selection will give you 24-hour access to a pdf of your tax form as soon as it is ready later this month! From there it can be easily printed, emailed or saved.

Please be aware that if you “Grant Consent” a printed copy will no longer be mailed to you. If you like to file your taxes quickly, have moved or are concerned about mail safely reaching you, we strongly recommend this option.

Navigation: MyGFU>Student Center>Account Inquiry>Account Services tab, then choose “Grant Consent.”

Mail Services experienced a problem with our tracking system and was unable to input all of the packages from the holiday weekend. We are processing them as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to get your packages ready for you. If you receive an e-mail today from “Mail Tracker” with the subject line, “GFU Mail Services Package Notification,” you have a package in Mail Services.

If you stopped by on Tuesday and we could not locate your package, please print off the e-mail notification with the package number, bring it to our customer service window, and we will be able to deliver your package to you. We apologize that we were unable to look up packages or search through all the incoming packages to locate your individual package when you were at the window yesterday.

Again, we thank you for your patience with us as we progress through the large number of packages.

The George Fox Business Tutoring Lab is available every Monday and Thursday night from 6 to 9 p m. in Stevens 208

Three to four tutors – from business, economics, and accounting – will be available each evening.

Recommended to students in the following courses:
ACCT 271, ACCT 272, BUSN 240, FINC 260, ECON 201, ECON 202.  But all are welcome!

Spring 2012 Tutors:
Kelsey Bennett (kbennett09@georgefox.edu)
Bo Jin (jbo08@georgefox.edu)
Zhengyi Liu (zliu09@georgefox.edu)
Yaqin Long (ylong09@georgefox.edu)
Jodi Lund (jlund07@georgefox.edu)
Jade Nguyen (nnguyen10@georgefox.edu)
Bronte Nevils (bnevils10@georgefox.edu)
Luke Petach (lpetach09@georgefox.edu)
Minxiang Sun  (msun09@georgefox.edu)

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Professor Deb Worden (dworden@georgefox.edu).

Join us for MLK chapel today (Wednesday)! Dr. T. Allen Bethel, senior pastor at Maranatha Church (maranathapdx.org) in Portland will speak on having faith to make a difference and relating it to Martin Luther King Jr.

In addition, The Voices of Praise gospel choir and performer Asiel Thompson will be leading us in worship. Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase” – MLK Jr.

The university’s School of Business will host a free presentation, “The Spirit of Servant Leadership,” featuring guest Larry Spears, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Portland Center.

Spears, president and CEO of the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership of Indianapolis and a servant-leadership scholar at Gonzaga University, will speak on the theme of the spirit of servant leadership – a practice adopted by some of the world’s top corporations over the past five decades.

In fact, in recent years, more than a dozen Fortune 500 “Best Companies to Work For” have actively practiced servant leadership, including Starbucks, Southwest Air, Men’s Wearhouse and Synovus Financial. Spears will speak on the personal and organizational elements of servant leadership that have stood the test of time, such as listening, foresight, awareness and building community.

Interested parties should R.S.V.P. to this link by Friday, Jan. 20. Coffee and tea will be served at the event. Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at ext. 6176 or dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for us to offer this service. 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, Jan. 31. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks!
Mail Services

In preparation for a number of upcoming career fairs, Career Services is offering a “how to” pizza chat on connecting with employers on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Career Services office.

This informal discussion will cover how to identify target employers and strategies for connecting with them in meaningful ways.

Please R.S.V.P. via BruinCareers if you would like free pizza!

Unable to attend this event? Consider participating in the “Get Smart” job search workshop on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to develop your complete job-search strategies.

Interested in a career in the sports and entertainment industry? The Portland Trail Blazers are coordinating a Sports & Entertainment Career Fair at the Rose Garden that includes tickets to a game against the New Orleans Hornets on Monday, March 5! The fair targets marketing, communication, media and management majors.

Career Services is coordinating the group registration and providing transportation to the fair. Payment is required to secure your registration and ticket. Complete your registration via Bruin Careers by Friday, Jan. 20. If paying by cash or check, please remit payment to Career Services (first floor of Stevens). You may also pay by credit card online.

If you are interested in receiving more information about this opportunity to connect with 20-plus employers in the sports/entertainment industry, please contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

Would you like to dance at the home basketball games this semester? Try out on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 7:45 p.m. in Wheeler 211, the multipurpose/dance room! Dance team and Freestyle team options.

Contact Adina Briggs McConaughey with questions at  amcconau@georgefox.edu.

Jan Marshall of Portland Rescue Mission will address how best to confront the growing challenge of homelessness in today’s society when she speaks at the Tuesday, Jan. 24, Newberg meeting for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Marshall, senior ministry specialist for Portland Rescue Mission, has been in rescue mission ministries since 1970. She has served on the board of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, a national group, and joined Portland Rescue Mission in 2000. She is also a contributing author in the book Shepherding Women in Pain by Bev Hislop of Western Seminary in Portland.

Marshall now focuses her ministry at Portland Rescue Mission on expanding outreach to women at the Burnside Shelter downtown and nurturing vital relationships with churches, businesses and individual donors.

Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website listed above or call 503-928-8354.

George Fox students and staff are invited to join the Newberg community to celebrate Christian unity on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Newberg Christian Church. Four area pastors and two George Fox students have planned the event, and the George Fox Gospel Choir will perform.

The evening begins with a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by a service at 7 p.m. that will celebrate our oneness in Christ while recognizing how our diversity enriches the body of Christ both in Newberg and around the world.

Come as you are and support members of the GFU Gospel Choir and hear testimony of God’s work happening in and around Newberg! Newberg Christian Church is located at 2315 Villa Road.

Questions? Contact Lauren Veltkamp at lveltkamp10@georgefox.edu.

If you would like to nominate a colleague for the first Employee of the Month award for 2012, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting this Thursday, Jan. 19.

Residence Life is hosting an RA Informational night for candidates who are interested in becoming an RA for the 2012-2013 school year.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 17 at 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.  Career Services will also be present to offer tips on interviewing.

Request from Marketing Communications: If you see a George Fox advertisement online, please do not click it. Each click on an ad costs the university money, in some cases as much as $15 per click.

In most cases, an online ad that is viewed – but not clicked on – does not cost the university any money. Help us be good stewards of our limited advertising dollars.

Thank you,
Marketing Communications

Micah Cooksey, an institutional technology intern, will be working in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s information commons spring semester from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Micah will be available to assist students with technology application-based problems and questions and in-use of software loaded on information commons computers (e.g., Microsoft Office). He’ll also offer coaching for common computing resources such as the various Google applications available to George Fox students.

Contact Sue Mills with any questions (smills@georgefox.edu).

Reminder: Regalia rental requests are due eight weeks prior to commencement. In the case of this spring, no later than March 5. There is a link to the form on the Bruin Bookstore’s main website (gfubookstore.com). The link is located at the bottom of each web page.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.