Welcome Weekend is this week! With all the new students and their families, we’re expecting more than 2,000 guests on campus Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22. 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 on the quad 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 three schedules: traditional students, transfer students, and families and guests.
Parking: On Thursday and Friday, we need employees to park in one of three locations off-campus if at all possible:
- Gravel parking lot on Meridian Street (just past Fulton Street next to the railroad tracks) and walk to campus
- Newberg Friends Church (307 S. College St.) and walk to campus or carpool with colleagues to the gravel parking lot on Meridian Street
- Northside Community Church (1800 Hoskins St.) and walk to campus or carpool with colleagues to the gravel parking lot on Meridian Street
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.
Questions? Please call the Welcome Weekend office at ext. 2329.
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