Be a part of helping new students transition to George Fox while assisting a faculty member. Peer Advisor applications are now available in the Student Life Office.Â
This is a paid position that does not require a student to qualify for work-study. Applications are due Monday, March 17 at the Student Life Office.Â
Questions? Contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu.
Following are the 12 paid holidays employees will receive in 2008-09:
Independence Day: Friday, July 4, 2008
Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
(Portland, Salem, Boise, Redmond only)
Mid-Semester Holiday: Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
(except Portland, Salem, Boise, Redmond)
Thanksgiving: Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Christmas: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008
Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
New Year’s Day: Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009
Friday, Jan. 2, 2009*
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: Monday, Jan. 19, 2009
Good Friday: Friday, April 10, 2009
Memorial Day: Monday, May 25, 2009
*This additional holiday for New Year’s would be in lieu of the spring break holiday that would have fallen on Friday, March 27.
Join other MK’s and TCK’s in a get together on Monday, March 17 at 8:30 pm.
There will be homemade cookies and other snacks and beverages.
Join us for a game night or just hang out as we get to know each other.
Monday – March 17
8:30 pm
Commuter Lounge – also known as the Moore House on Sheridan Street.
For more information about MuKappa, contact Mark Kelley – kelleym07@georgefox.edu
With only four months left in the fiscal year, it is a good idea to keep track of the vacation balance information in the “Excess Leave” box in the lower left section of your pay statement. Any amount in the “Excess” column must be used by June 30, or it will be forfeited.
If you have excess vacation, be sure to work with your supervisor to schedule vacation time this spring. Note: Your February pay statement does not include time off taken (if any) in Feburary, so take that into account when reviewing your information.
If you have not already done so, please submit your February time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. Please be sure it is complete, accurate, and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108.
The link on the HR website for these documents is: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html. If your supervisor is not available to sign it this week, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.
Students are invited to apply to be part of the Share Praxis experience. This is a two year program that explores life, the Christian journey and ministy in the context of a small and intimate community (four sequential semesters, 16 credit hours).
Applications must be in by Wednesday, March 5. Interviews will be held March 6. The size of the group is limited.
If you have questions, contact Margaret Fuller in the Religious Studies Department (HVR 230).
Spring Fest ’08 is a time to enjoy the food, conversation and fun of the Religious Studies Department.
Please join us in the Religious Studies office on the second floor of Hoover Wednesday, March 12 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. as we color eggs, give away books, and share conversations between students and faculty.
Have you wandered around the track and wondered what was going on with the scaffolding on one end of the infield and the building construction on the other end? Here is your answer: Fred Smith (Plant Services) is leading the effort to get the height of the hammer and discus throw rings legal by welding 6-foot extensions onto the existing structure. Meanwhile, the old pole vault shed is being moved to the north end of the track to benefit the storage needs of the track team.
The University Store will close early (3:30 p.m.) on Thursday, March 6, so that all store employees can attend the George Fox presidential inauguration ceremony and dinner that follows.
Check-in with Lisa Burton from Human Resources and Cindy Wray from Pioneer Educators Health Trust at the enrollment benefits table in the upstairs atrium by the elevator between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to update your enrollment status or ask questions.
Your Online HR Connection! Follow this link to the HR / Benefits web page to download forms and to get more information.
Oregon voter registration cards are available on the table in the hallway of University Mail Services in the North Street Annex. The deadline for returning the registration cards, which allow you to vote in the Oregon May Primary, is April 29. These registration cards are to be used for registering to vote in Oregon and changing your name, address, and/or political party affiliation.
Now is your chance to see the Portland LumberJax!
President Robin Baker would like to treat you to a game of professional indoor lacrosse!
The game is Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m.
The tickets for this game will be available at the front desk of the Student Life office. You can take as many tickets as you want as long as they are available.
Enjoy!!!
Yamhill County voters have received a “Training and Demonstration” ballot in the mail. After you vote, you can return the ballot to Mail Services at its drop site. No postage is necessary. The deadline at Mail Services is 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11.
Lisa Schirch, professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and author of five books on peace, is the featured speaker at the university’s annual John Woolman Peacemaking Forum Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4. The theme for the forum is “Frontiers in Peacebuilding.â€
Schirch’s keynote address will be given at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Hoover Academic Building’s Room 105. Her topic will be “Reframing Security with Conflict Prevention.â€
She also will speak at a 10:40 a.m. Monday chapel service in Bauman Auditorium on the topic “Dancing in the Lion’s Jaws: A Pacifist Among the Security Policy Makers.†After the chapel service, a talkback session will be held in the Cap and Gown Room where attendees can engage in discussion with Schirch.
Schirch is the program director of 3D Security Initiative, an organization that aims to make links between community-level peacebuilding work with members of Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense, USAID, and others that shape U.S. foreign policy.
The Woolman Peacemaking Forum, named for 18th-century American Quaker John Woolman, is sponsored by the the university’s Center for Peace and Justice. Established in 1986, the event is designed to bring leading peacemakers to George Fox University to encourage people to invest their lives and energies in the pursuit of peace.
Are you graduating this April? If so, then you need to go to the Exodus Grad Fair!
When: Wednesday, March 12 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Thursday, March 13 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Cap and Gown Room, Heacock Commons
Why: Complete all graduation responsibilities in one place at one time and pick up your cap and gown. Free food – did I mention there will be a Tator Tot Bar? Fabulous door prizes including a grand prize of an iPod touch!
See you there!
For more information, visit the Exodus Grad Fair webpage at: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/registrar/undergrad/exodus.shtml
Come join us Monday, March 3 at the Simplicitea House at 1017 N. Meridian St. as student Amalija Laslo leads us in a discussion of Kosovo’s newly declared independence.
Soup will be served at 7:30 p.m., discussion starts at 8:00 p.m.
Meet at Lemmons at 7:30 p.m. for directions.
Contact Carl-Eric Tangen at ctangen05@georgefox.edu for more information.
Shane Roghaar, the university’s TIAA-CREF consultant, will be on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center next week to meet with employees regarding their retirement investments. Most of the Newberg appointments have been filled, but there are still several appointments available at the Portland Center on Monday, March 3. Appointments will be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the Portland Center’s Room 296. Make your appointment by going to https://ais2.tiaa-cref.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects.exe/ARS.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength….Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.
 -Jesus
Join the GFU community by honoring and living out the two greatest commandments for the month of March. Be on the lookout for posters in the Sub to express how these verses come alive in your life, and look for Crescent articles that address the topic.
Small group leaders and individuals can check out a Bible study on the two greatest commandments at https://foxfiles.georgefox.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-399200_1-t_7vtotvmT.
Tuition remission requests for the 2008-09 academic year are due in HR by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 3.
If you have not already completed a form, please follow this link and scroll about halfway down the page to find complete instructions and the forms:
georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits.index/beneforms.html.
The Apple-only Computers Across the Curriculum transition is exciting considering the specs on the MacBook that will be given out (visit it.georgefox.edu/cac/2008.html). With this transition, many Apple changes are coming to the university.
Plans are formulating now for a big “Apple on campus” event in early April. But right now we want you to be aware of the iChat service available to anyone with a George Fox account and access to iChat on an Apple computer or a Jabber Client on a PC. Check out the following web page for more information: it.georgefox.edu/cec.html.
– Greg Smith, IT
