More than 29,000 guests visit George Fox University campus this summer
May 23rd, 2012
NEWBERG, Ore. – More than 29,000 guests are expected to visit the George Fox University campus in Newberg, Ore., this summer, participating in a wide range of activities that include everything from music and sports camps to church conferences and, for a second straight year, a Special Olympics competition.
In May, the university hosted the 2012 annual District 5100 Regional Rotarian Conference, with 400-plus in attendance and Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Rev. John Dear as keynote speaker, as well as the OSAA High School State Choir Championships. The week of June 3-7, the United Methodist Women Pacific Training Conference visits. The event is designed to train leaders of the women’s mission conferences that take place at multiple locations around the U.S., including an annual missions conference held on the George Fox campus in July.
The Special Olympics Summer Games will visit July 14-15, when bocce ball will be played at the Austin Sports Complex. Athletes will stay in dorms on campus.
Following is a list of events planned for this summer at George Fox.
May 24-26: C.S. Lewis Drama Production
May 29: DBA Kickoff Banquet
May 30: NHS Sports Banquet
May 30: Bocce Practice
May 30: C.S. Lewis Awards Ceremony
June 2: Lacrosse Game
June 2: Pregnancy Counseling Center Banquet
June 3-7: United Methodist Women Pacific Regional Training
June 5: Hearts of Gold Banquet
June 5: Adult Women’s Soccer Association Game
June 6: Bocce Practice
June 7: Piano Recital
June 8: Psychology Assessment Conference
June 9: Brown 50th Anniversary
June 12: Adult Women’s Soccer Association Game
June 13: Get Acquainted Tea
June 13: Bocce Practice
June 14-16: Genesis: New Student Orientation
June 15-16: Basketball Tournament
June 18-July 8: Summer Language Institute
June 18-22: Bruin Basketball Camp
June 23-July 1: Oregon Suzuki Institute
June 24-28: NBC Basketball Camp
June 25-29: Science Camp
June 27: CCCNW Breakfast
June 27: Bocce Practice
June 29: Art Reception
July 2-3: Bruin Open Tournament
July 3: Bocce Practice
July 6: Genesis: New Student Orientation
July 6-8: NBC Speed Camp
July 8-12: NBC Basketball Camp
July 10: Adult Women’s Soccer Association Game
July 11: Bocce Practice
July 11-15: United Methodist Women’s Conference
July 14-15: Special Olympics
July 15-19: NBC Basketball Camp
July 16-20: YouthQuake
July 17: Adult Women’s Soccer Association Game
July 20-22: Bruin Basketball Camp
July 22-27: NW Yearly Meeting
July 23-26: Bruin Basketball Camp
July 23-27: NCC Sports Outreach Camp
July 24: CCCNW Breakfast
July 27-29: Chinese Evangelical Church Retreat
July 30-Aug. 3: Volleyball Camp
Aug. 7: Summer Community Band Concert
Weekly: Rotary Club Luncheon (cumulative)
Weekly: Early Bird Rotary Club Breakfasat (cumulative)
Weekly: Kiwanis Club Luncheon (cumulative)
Weekly: NSC Soccer Games (32 uses-cumulative)
For specifics on individual events, consult the university’s calendar or contact event services at 503-554-2027.
George Fox University is ranked by Forbes and Kiplinger’s among the top Christian colleges in the country and is a Christian university classified by U.S. News & World Report as a first tier regional university and a “Best Value” school. More than 3,500 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond, Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 11 master’s and doctoral degrees.
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Contact:
Lisa Leslie
Event Services
503-554-2027