The Daily Bruin

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.

Living and Learning, an Ecuador study abroad program, will have representative Zac Brown on campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Bruin Den. Stop in and talk with Zac about what opportunities and adventures await in Ecuador.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

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

See the library theatrically transform into a world where a girl wins the National Spelling Bee, with the word she feels responsible for: “Eleemosynary” (a noun, meaning charitable, or the giving of alms). The play explores the pain and love of family relationships from the perspective of three generations of women.

Eleemosynary plays tonight (Friday) and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the Murdock Learning Resource Center. The production is being presented by George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega.

The play, written by Lee Blessing and directed by Cambria Herrera, runs for an hour and 15 minutes. Tickets are $5 and are sold at the door. First come, first serve.

Questions? Email Stage Manager Stephanie Stallman at sstallman12@georgefox.edu.

Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• HR – Payroll Specialist
• Accounting Specialist, Finance
• Nursing Coordinator
• Associate Registrar
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Visit Coordinator, Undergraduate Admissions
• Director of Intercultural Life

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The university’s French and cinema programs invite you to the first of two evenings that make up the university’s fourth Fox French Film Festival. Join us tonight (Friday) for the opening of the festival in Hoover 105.

Showing tonight will be the movies La Première Etoile (Meet the Elizabethz) and Les Saveurs du Palais (Haute Cuisine) at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively. The former is a lighthearted comedy about a family of French Caribbean descent living in a French suburb who decide to go skiing for the first time during spring break. The latter is a comedy based on the extraordinary true story of President François Mitterand’s private cook, Hortense Laborie.

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

The festival concludes with two more films next Friday night, March 6 (details to come).

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

Join Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, as he hosts another “Turning of the Page” session today (Friday) from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC. Paul will be examining another section of The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, a full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

Also, next Thursday, March 5, Bill Cahoy, dean of the Saint John’s Theological Seminary, will be on campus to present a talk on the Bible titled “Theology, Art and Imagination.” The free session meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

To learn more about the “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” events, visit this page. More information is also available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.