The Daily Bruin

The university’s accounting department is offering free tax preparation and e-filing assistance this spring. Dates for help sessions are two upcoming Saturdays: March 14 and April 11.

The Tax-Aide program is designed to help taxpayers prepare their returns. The service is especially geared toward senior citizens, students, individuals with lower incomes, and those who have limited English proficiency. Anyone, however, is eligible for assistance. The only exception is for those whose return is deemed too complicated.

Help will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. both dates. Both sessions will meet in Room 211 in the Hoover Academic Building. A sign-up sheet will be available 30 minutes before each session.

For more information, including details on what to bring, visit this page.

Come join the nursing department for a movie night and discussion tonight (Tuesday). We’ll be showing The Good Lie at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 and sharing a bit about the nursing department’s medical mission trip to Kenya this month. Chapel credit is available for students.

Questions? Contact Ashley Abercrombie at aabercrombie11@georgefox.edu.

Is there someone you believe is deserving of this recognition? If so, please nominate this person via email to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, March 12, with a summary of his or her recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The recipient will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting on Thursday, March 19 – a week early this month due to spring break.

Congratulations again to Tanya Rooney (December) and Lecia Retter (February) on their recent Employee of the Month recognition.

Join us for chapel with guest speaker Mike Arzie tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Mike is the student ministries pastor at Southwest Bible Church in Portland. Chapel credit is available.

Also, join us for Shalom on Tuesday night at  9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Josh Garcia and LYFE Groups will be sharing. Chapel elective credit is available.

On Wednesday, March 4, come hear from Jamie Johnson for evening chapel at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Chapel credit is available.

Download our spring chapel calendar here. For more information, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Join us as Melissa Lim and Robin Ashford share specifics regaring how to use Twitter for professional development, teaching and learning. The event is scheduled this Saturday, March, 7, from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 155 at the Portland Center. RSVP by visiting our MeetUp site or by emailing Jessi Huffman at tri@georgefox.edu. Cost is a $3 donation at the door.

EdTechWomen events are open to all persons wanting to increase their awareness and skills in the use of technology in their professional and personal lives, with a special emphasis on expanding women’s access to and use of technology in business and educational settings.

For more information on ETW-Portland, contact one of the chapter coordinators:

• Linda Samek (lsamek@georgefox.edu)
• Robin Ashford (rashford@georgefox.edu)
• Debby Espinor (despinor@georgefox.edu)
• Anna Berardi (aberardi@georgefox.edu)

The campus community is invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Eating Matters: Food and Faith in a Postmodern World,” tonight (Monday) in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Lisa Graham McMinn, a writer in residence at George Fox.

Come hear how local food movements are inviting individuals and communities to celebrate by eating good food – food that comes from just, compassionate and healthy sources.

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

Want to win a cash prize of $50? Submit photos taken abroad, whether photos of people, landscape and architecture, or culture. The fourth annual George Fox International Photo Contest has started and is open to all university students and employees. The deadline for photo submission is Wednesday, March 11.

For contest guidelines and submission details, please go to this link.

Got questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) or Imani Kamau (fkamau14@georgefox.edu).

The university’s French and cinema programs have joined forces to present the second part of the fourth annual Fox French Film Festival this Friday, March 6, in Hoover 105.

Opening the night will be the classic comedy La Grande Vadrouille (Don’t Look Now – We’re Being Shot At). This is a beloved movie in France, where it remained the top-grossing film for more than 30 years. The story takes place during WWII, when the crew of a British bomber is forced to parachute over Paris. Two Frenchmen are involved against their will in the crew’s journey south and their attempt to cross into the free zone, the part of France not occupied by the Germans. The trip provides many opportunities for danger, hilarious situations and misunderstandings. It shows at 7 p.m.

Immediately following, at 9 p.m., Le Hérisson (The Hedgehog) will be featured. This very French, life-affirming film explores the unlikely friendship between a precocious 11-year-old determined to end her life on her 12th birthday and the gruff super of the Parisian building in which her family lives. The young girl discovers that life itself holds secrets if one risks connecting with another … even if that person has a harsh, gruff exterior. This terrifically entertaining movie plays with darkness, light and grace.

Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes and other French fare during the intermission for free between the shows.

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

Want to learn French? Register for Beginning French (4 credits) for next fall (FREN 101, MWF, 10-10:50 a.m.). More advanced classes are available, too. Contact Isabelle Corneaux (icorneaux@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Come join the nursing department for a movie night and discussion this Tuesday, March 3. We’ll be showing The Good Lie at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 and sharing a bit about the nursing department’s medical mission trip to Kenya this March. Chapel credit is available!

Questions? Contact Ashley Abercrombie at aabercrombie11@georgefox.edu.

Please remember to use the current 2015 Expense Reimbursement Request form for any mileage reimbursement requests for the current calendar year. This form can be found at this link.

Spring break service and immersion trip applications are open! Five trips are offered this spring break. The details of each trip, as well as the online application, can be found at this link.

Trip leader applications are due by Wednesday, March 4. Participant applications are due by Friday, March 6.

Any questions? Email Lene Ferrari at lferrari11@georgefox.edu.

Items and information commonly missed/excluded when submitting Expense Reimbursement Requests to financial affairs:

1. Number each receipt consecutively and put that number in the “Item #” column, one line per receipt.
2. Give an explanation of line-items, particularly noting the business purpose of each expenditure. This is critical and is an IRS requirement for an “Accountable Reimbursement Plan,” as noted in the IRS rules which this comes under. Use more than one line per transaction, if needed. A “business purpose” is a short note on the form that says what the cost is and why it is related to what we do at George Fox. An example is, “Food purchased for department volunteers.” What not to say is, “Food.” This would not be acceptable and would be rejected if ever audited by the IRS. If you are traveling, be sure to include the destination in the description column (e.g. “Fundraising conference – Denver, Colo.”)
3. For reimbursement of personal auto usage, list the actual miles traveled in the “Miles” column. The spreadsheet will automatically calculate the total in the next column.
4. Any meals being reimbursed must, by IRS rules, include the names of those at the meal, their connection to George Fox, and the business purpose for the meal. The exception to this is when meals are incurred while traveling on university business. To be as careful as possible, you should carefully note that this is the case.
5. The person being reimbursed must print, sign and date the form in the appropriate place near the bottom of the form.
6. The person who approves spending for the one being reimbursed must approve this report by printing, signing and dating in the appropriate place at the bottom of the form. If the amount being reimbursed is over the amount that the budget manager can approve, the ERR must go to the next level for approval, according to George Fox approval policies.
7. If you need to be reimbursed from more than one fund, department or program, use separate ERR forms for each cost center. Approvals would also have to come from the budget managers where appropriate.

Questions? Contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

Know of students who need help charting their academic future? In an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop, “Charting Your Academic Path,” CAP Coaches from the IDEA Center will give tips on how to use the degree audit, online catalog, class schedule and other resources.

The workshop is scheduled for this Thursday, March 5, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. Kristie DeHaven, Marisa Lee and Joe Thouvenel will be presenting. Please let students know about this resource.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Our women’s basketball team will host the University of Puget Sound Loggers tonight (Saturday) at 7 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium in the Northwest Conference Tournament Finals. The Bruins are scorching through the playoffs with an undefeated record (26-0) still intact and have their sights set on a bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

A victory tonight will automatically qualify George Fox for the tournament. Even with a loss, the Bruins could get an at-large bid into the tourney.

Ticket prices are available here.

Check out the latest blog piece from President Robin Baker, entitled “Addressing the Question of Growth.” In it, Robin provides a brief history of the university’s growth through the years, expounds on the rationale behind our marketing initiatives, and speaks to trends in higher education.

You can read the piece at this link.

The campus community is invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Eating Matters: Food and Faith in a Postmodern World,” this Monday, March 2, in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Lisa Graham McMinn, a writer in residence at George Fox.

McMinn will discuss how local food movements in the U.S. (and globally) are helping educate and mend a fragmented, postmodern society in which we often don’t know where our food comes from or how it is produced. She will discuss how these movements invite individuals and communities to celebrate by eating good food – food that comes from just, compassionate and healthy sources.

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

A few parking reminders for staff, faculty and adjuncts: Security has been tallying parking tickets, and an unfortunate amount were written to staff who hadn’t either registered their cars on MyGFU or had forgotten their parking permits. If you’ve had a change of vehicles, please delete your previous listing and then email Nadine Kincaid so she can re-assign your permit to the new vehicle.

The university is charged every time we have to run license plates with the DMV, so please come and get a temporary parking pass at the security office if you forgot your parking permit. Better yet, it’s just $5 cash per permit for additional ones so you don’t have to remember to switch from car to car in the early-morning madness.

Also, if your permit is in tatters, just bring the shards to the security office for a new one. Step-by-step instructions are on the George Fox website on the vehicle registration page.

And lastly, please don’t park in the visitor rows in the Hoover, Stevens and VAC lots so our guests will have easy access to parking.

Thanks! Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090.

Veritas representative Charlie Harrisberger will be on campus on Thursday, March 5, in the Bruin Den. Veritas offers a wide variety of study abroad locations. Stop by his table between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to learn more about their program.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

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

Come join the nursing department for a movie night and discussion this Tuesday, March 3. We’ll be showing The Good Lie at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 and sharing a bit about the nursing department’s medical mission trip to Kenya this March. Chapel credit is available!

Questions? Contact Ashley Abercrombie at aabercrombie11@georgefox.edu.