Important Welcome Weekend information for employees
Welcome Weekend is next week! With all the new students and their families, we’re expecting more than 2,000 guests on campus Thursday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 26. Here are a few important details for employees.
Welcoming our Guests: While this may seem obvious, please greet and welcome our guests, ask if they need help, walk them to the Information Tent in front of Stevens if they have a question you can’t answer, and help us make this a special time for our new students and their families.
Schedule: The complete schedule for Welcome Weekend can be found at welcome.georgefox.edu. There are two schedules: students, and families and guests.
Parking: On Thursday and Friday, we need employees to park in one of two locations off-campus if at all possible:
- Newberg Friends Church (307 S College St.) and walk to campus or carpool with colleagues to campus in one car.
- Northside Community Church (1800 Hoskins St.) and walk to campus or carpool with colleagues to campus in one car.
Meals: Employees who signed up to be volunteers will receive one complimentary meal ticket to be used at lunch or dinner. Other employees desiring to eat on campus can pay as they enter the meal lines.
Attire & Name Tags: If you have a George Fox polo or dress shirt please wear it on Thursday and Friday, as well as your name tag.
Informational Meeting: An employee informational meeting is scheduled for today (Monday) at 9 a.m. in Stevens 207 to go over more details about the Welcome Weekend schedule.
Questions: Please call the Welcome Weekend office at ext. 2308 or the Office of Student Life at ext. 2310.
Thank you for being an integral part of welcoming our new students and their families to the George Fox family!
Mark Pothoff
Dean of Community Life