The Daily Bruin

If you were offered health coverage in 2015, you will be receiving a new tax form this week. The 2015 1095-C will be delivered to campus boxes today (March 31). This tax form includes information about the health insurance coverage offered to you and, if you were enrolled in the Pioneer Regence Medical Plan in 2015, your family as well.

Please review your 1095-C and let us know if there is any incorrect information. As part of the new Health Care Reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements, George Fox will report this information to the IRS as well.

In most cases, you do not need to wait for the Form 1095-C in order to file your 2015 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (IRS Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ). You may receive multiple Form 1095-Cs if you worked for multiple employers in the previous calendar year.

If you would like to request that the form to be mailed to you, please email your request to Darby Thiessen in Human Resources at dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

Have you been experiencing back pain or want to know what exercises or stretches evidence shows to decrease symptoms of back pain? “We’ve Got Your Back” is a free class on the prevention and management of back pain.

Li-Zandre van Eeden, PT, DPT, and the university’s School of Physical Therapy will sponsor the class, which will meet on Thursdays through April 21. Sessions are scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 202 in the Roberts Center (501 N. Villa Road).

There will be a lab component, so please dress comfortably. For more information or to sign up, please call 503-554-2479.

We still have need of materials that can be gathered to help our friends at Catholic Charities in providing Welcome Home kits to refugees in the Portland area. These kits are given to refugees as a welcoming gift as they start their new lives here in the U.S.

There is a range from food items to small kitchen appliances. Please stop by the Social Work House (206 N. Meridian St.) to find out what items we are still in need of. We need all the items by Friday, April 1.

If you have any questions, please contact Emily Pelot at epelot13@georgefox.edu.

The IDEA Center is seeking Fox students to join our amazing team for next year. Internship positions are available in the areas of marketing, event planning, graphic design and employer relations. We will also be adding a career curriculum intern to support the IDEA Center’s new “Career Courses” piloting this fall!

As an intern in our office, you will develop a professional-level portfolio which includes project management experience, event execution, branding and marketing campaigns. There is also the opportunity to develop your professional network with the many employers and alumni who interface with IDEA Center programming.

These internships are now posted on Bruin Careers, with an application deadline of April 7. Your initial application will require you to submit your LinkedIn URL, and we recommend connecting with a Career Coach if your profile needs polishing.

Stop by the IDEA Center for more information or email idea@georgefox.edu.

Join us in kicking off the Newberg Relay for Life at George Fox! All students and staff are invited to learn more about the event and how they can become involved. Find us in Hoover 103 at 7 p.m. tomorrow night (Friday) for a short information session with speakers, prizes and cookies! See you there!

Relay for Life is a 24-hour event in which teams and participants take turns walking the track at Newberg High School to symbolize a person’s journey through cancer. Fundraising games and activities take place before and during the event. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

Contact Mick Hangland-Skill (mhanglandskill15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

After much thought and consideration, Lehman Pekkola has decided to step down from his elected VP position for the 2016-17 year. You can you read his statement here.

This means that the position of VP of marketing & communications is now open. If you would like to learn more and/or apply for the position, click on this link. Due to the timing, and according to the ASC Constitution, this will be a hired position rather than an elected one.

As always, we strive to be open and transparent with all of you and are doing our best to make this a swift and smooth transition. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at asc@georgefox.edu.

Thank you

Come join us for Lifted Hands Intercessory Prayer as we lift up our campus in community. We’ll be meeting in the Prayer Chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), so don’t miss it!

Join us in Contemplative Worship today (Thursday) at 10:50 a.m. in the Prayer Chapel as we continue to look at how those who have gone before us have met with God in the quiet. Chapel credit is available!

The university community is invited to attend a free lecture featuring William Schneidewind, author and professor of biblical studies at UCLA, on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. The lecture title is “A Short History of the Word of God: Old Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament, Early and Modern Church.”

Schneidewind serves as the chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and holds the Kershaw Endowed Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies. He received a BA in religion from George Fox University (1984), an MA in historical geography from Jerusalem University College, and a PhD in Bible and Ancient Near East from Brandeis University (1992).

He has been a visiting scholar at the Hebrew University and a research fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. Schniedewind received George Fox’s 2013 Outstanding Alumnus Award. He is the author of five books, including How the Bible Became a Book, which has been translated into seven languages.

The William Penn Honors Program, College of Christian Studies and the George Fox Evangelical Seminary are sponsoring this lecture. Chapel credit is available.

Questions? Contact Roger Nam at rnam@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in using your business degree in the area of healthcare? Tomorrow (Friday) is your chance to hear from a panel of experts that can answer your questions and share what they’ve learned in their many years of working in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry. Our esteemed guests will be:

• Chandra Wahrgren, president at Ardon Health
• Mark Enger, president of network operations at OHSU

This @GFUbizcareers event is sponsored by the College of Business and the IDEA Center and will be held in Hoover 103 from noon to 12:50 p.m. Free lunch provided!

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Biology and Chemistry welcomes Shane Mahoney to campus to speak on selected issues in environmental science. All are invited to attend today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. in EHS 102.

Mahoney is the president and CEO of Conservation Visions Inc. A Newfoundland native, he holds both an honors and a masters of science degree in zoology from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Mahoney has more than 30 years experience working primarily as a scientist, wildlife manager, policy innovator and strategic advisor.

In addition, he is a filmmaker, writer, narrator, TV and radio personality, and lecturer – all within the scope of the greater conservation world, encompassing both the scientific and professional wildlife communities, as well as NGOs and the hunting and non-hunting public.

Come join the presentation. Contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.

The Black Student Union and Alliance (BSUA) is looking for officers for the 2016-17 school year, and the deadline to apply for a position is tomorrow (Friday, April 1).

We welcome everyone to apply. If interested, follow this link to fill out the application form. All of the positions available are linked in the online application.

If you have questions, feel free to contact Markayla Shattuck at mshattuck13@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Have a vision you see in the world and want to put that into a business you’re hoping to start one day? Be prepared for the journey of start-ups by coming to a session presented by experienced entrepreneur David Childers, founder of EthicsPoint and an Oral Roberts University alumni, and realize the ins-and-outs of creating a business of your own.

You’ll understand entrepreneurship from his point of view, find out what it’s like to own a business, and recognize how important it is in today’s world to possess a skill set such as David’s. Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, in Hoover 105. Check out this link for more event information.

Snacks will be provided, and there will be a short raffle after the event!

Questions? Contact the IDEA Center at idea@georgefox.edu or Michael McCleskey at mmccleskey13@georgefox.edu.

Have you been wondering what the deal is with all these presidential candidates? Want to vote but haven’t had the time to research their policies?

Come to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s presidential panel! George Fox students will be presenting the platforms of the candidates from 6 to 7:30 p.m. this Friday, April 1, in Hoover 105. Join us for an evening of lively political discussion and camaraderie!

For more information on the panel or the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, please contact Emily-Lynn Warren at ewarren14@georgefox.edu or Chelsea McCombs at cmccombs13@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget today’s (Wednesday’s) farewell reception for Kyle Wattenbarger, who is leaving George Fox to stay home to care for his three children. Please stop by and wish him well and thank him for 12 years of faithful service.

Along with his many grounds duties, he also maintained all the athletic fields. We will miss you, Kyle!

Plant services is hosting a farewell reception for Kyle as part of an open house at plant services from 1 and 3 p.m. The reception will be in the break room. Come join us!

Questions? Contact Debby O Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Join the Doctor of Physical Therapy program on the evening of Saturday, April 16, for our second annual Glow in the Dark 5k/10K Neon Night Run!

The 5K cost is $30 for adults and $20 for students/children; the 10K cost is $40 for adults and $30 for students/children. Each participant will receive a free T-shirt, glow stick/paint, and a free black light photo booth picture. The event begins at the Roberts Center.

With your support, the physical therapy program will be able to send 19 students and six faculty on a service trip to Africa (both Uganda and Ghana) to provide physical therapy services to children and adults living without basic healthcare access.

The group going to Ghana will be partnering with Green Hills Health Science School to teach sections of their PT curriculum in order for them to become accredited. The group going to Uganda will primarily be working with children with disabilities and assessing the functional changes they have made over the past year. Check out what we have done the past two years at this link.

Online registration now available! To register, go to glowforlife.org.

Thank you for your support! Questions? Contact Brianna Provoast at bprovoast@georgefox.edu.

Paul Anderson and Harris Zafar will be speaking against the use of their religions, Christianity and Islam, to promote violence at a session titled “Not in the Name of My Religion!” Anderson and Zafar have published widely on nonviolence, and speaking against the committing of violence in the name of religion is long overdue. Ron Mock will moderate the discussion following.

Join us from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow night (Thursday) at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.). The event is sponsored by the MLK Committee and the College of Christian Studies.

All are welcome! Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu for more information.

Mr. Darwin’s Tree, the acclaimed British one-man play about the life and work of Charles Darwin, will be performed at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Produced by Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) and sponsored by George Fox’s science and religion clubs, the play aims to enhance the conversation on science and religion.

Written by noted playwright and director Murray Watts (The Miracle Maker, KJB: The Book that Changed the World, The Dream) and starring British film, TV and theatre actor Andrew Harrison (Dorian Gray, Miss Marple, Beyond Narnia), Mr. Darwin’s Tree presents a very human and very real Charles Darwin, one who wrestled with the challenges that his theories posed for traditional beliefs.

It also presents Darwin’s wife, Emma, as an intelligent and articulate representative of Christian faith. In doing so, the play rejects the “straw man” effigies of Darwin presented by both his extreme protagonists and antagonists, providing the opportunity for lively engagement, thoughtful conversations and fresh explorations.

The performance will mark the play’s first tour of the U.S. since it first premiered in 2009 at Westminster Abbey in England. The April 21 show will be followed by a reception and discussion with the playwright and leading campus academics.

Admission is free, but if you plan to attend an RSVP is requested. Please register at this link.

For more information, contact Jeongah Kim at jkim@georgefox.edu. More about the play is available at mrdarwinstree.com or scio-uk.org.

Please join the IDEA Center and the SIDE Club (Students for Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship) for “Thinking Like an Entrepreneur,” featuring globally recognized entrepreneur David Childers. He will join us to speak about what it takes to start a new company and turn business ideas into reality.

All students and faculty are welcome! Join us from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, in Hoover 105.

Questions? Contact Michael McCleskey at mmccleskey13@georgefox.edu.

We still have need of materials that can be gathered to help our friends at Catholic Charities in providing Welcome Home kits to refugees in the Portland area. These kits are given to refugees as a welcoming gift as they start their new lives here in the U.S.

There is a range from food items to small kitchen appliances. Please stop by the Social Work House (206 N. Meridian St.) to find out what items we are still in need of. We need all the items by Friday, April 1.

If you have any questions, please contact Emily Pelot at epelot13@georgefox.edu.