Portland Center offices will be closed this Monday, Sept. 2, in recognition of the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will remain open and will observe a mid-semester fall holiday on Friday, Oct. 4.
With gratitude to the many people who have signed up to volunteer at the Bruin Community Pantry’s food bank, we are pleased to announce the hours are set for the fall semester.*
We will be closed during the following holidays & events:
*Hours are subject to change due to volunteer availability.
For more information, please email bruincommunitypantry@
Friday, Aug. 30, and Saturday, Aug. 31. will have temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. As per George Fox heat protocol, please follow these steps:
If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health, and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.
Do you love Jesus and a have a heart for kids? Come hear about what it looks like to serve with the ministry YoungLife! We will be providing dessert and a chance to hear about a way you could be a leader for high schoolers in Newberg.
We’re meeting tomorrow night (Thursday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the clocktower. See you there!
Contact Tom Shiffley at tshifley@georgefox.edu for more information.
The university’s Career and Academic Planning Center has planned five career fairs this fall. Get the dates on your calendar and plan for which ones you will attend!
This is where you meet potential employers, learn details about your industry and about internship opportunities, and have a chance to practice your elevator pitch. All events will take place in Canyon Commons from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please take advantage of these valuable opportunities.
Spring fairs will include:
Feel free to reach out to Wade Witherspoon at wwitherspoon@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.
Tickets are now for sale for two plays, An Evening with C.S. Lewis and The Baptized Imagination: Lewis & Tolkien!, that will be performed in conjunction with the upcoming The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference.
The former will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, in Bauman Auditorium. It will feature David Payne as Lewis in a one-man show. The latter will be performed at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, and is being produced by theatre professor Ben Tissell.
Click the links above to purchase tickets and learn more about each production. No complimentary tickets for students and employees will be will available for these two shows.
Join us today (Wednesday) in Hoover 250 from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. for a time of worship, listening to God’s Spirit, and seeking to discern God’s truth together. Nathanael Ankeny will be hosting. Chapel credit will be offered.
Please reach out to Nathanael at nankeny@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Starting this week, the hours for the Bruin Community Pantry’s food bank are as follows:
These hours will change a bit throughout the week as we get our volunteer hours set up. Please refer to the hours on the pantry’s website, as they are updated when changes are made.
Please email Jere Witherspoon at bruincommunitypantry@
If you have secured a job as a student employee for the upcoming academic year, please make sure to sign your offer letter in Timekeeping as soon as possible. This step is crucial to ensure you can start working and get paid on time.
If you have any questions, please reach out to studentemployment@georgefox.
Every year, students ask the student accounts office how to waive the health insurance fee that’s on their student account. If you already have health insurance and don’t need George Fox’s, you must complete the health insurance form located in your MyGeorgeFox “Task” tile under your To-Do list by Sept. 1.
This waiver must be completed annually, as it is not automatically renewed for you. Once you’ve completed the waiver, the charge should drop off of your student account within a few business days.
Full-time undergraduate students and full-time in-person graduate program students who do not complete the waiver will be enrolled and charged for university-provided insurance. These charges are due at the beginning of the semester and cannot be included in a monthly payment plan.
For any appeals regarding George Fox health insurance, please contact Health & Counseling at hcc@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2340.
Did you know this Friday, Aug. 30, is National College Colors Day? You know what that means! Time to break out your blue-and-gold Bruin gear and show your school spirit this Friday.
We encourage you to wear your school colors with pride – and that goes for both students and employees!
Calling all knitters, crocheters, felters and sewists! The “Needle Nerds” will be hosting a Crafting Community Hour on Wednesdays in the Murdock Library from noon to 1 p.m. throughout the fall semester.
Bring your latest project; all small crafts and abilities are welcome! Email Sarah Willhite at lwillhite@georgefox.edu with questions, or just check in with us during one of our open meetings.
Join us at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for our Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Kevin Brewer, assistant professor of mathematics and winner of the 2023-24 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, will present the faculty address.
Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Tickets are now available for the performing arts department’s outdoor production of The Pirates of Penzance, scheduled for seven performances in the amphitheater at the end of August.
This week’s shows will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 29-31, at 8 p.m.
For a synopsis of the play, visit the theatre website. Students and staff are entitled to claim one free ticket for themselves by visiting georgefox.edu/box-office. Additional tickets may be purchased on the site. Students may attend Thursday night’s performance for free; employees may use their free ticket for any of the shows.
When selecting your complimentary tickets, please do so using your own George Fox email address, and please note that each person is instructed to claim only their own ticket.
If you have any questions, contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.
Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info and add/drop deadlines. Just click on a class to see all the details.
The university community is invited to attend an open house at the Bruin Community Pantry as we celebrate our fifth anniversary! Please come visit our new location in Lewis Apartment #1 (1404 E. Sherman St.). Cookies will be served!
Drop in anytime between 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.
Please park in the lots and streets that are designated for your parking permit. You can find this map online here or pick up a copy at Campus Public Safety.
Please note the Morse lot has been expanded to accommodate more resident parking. It is located on Villa Road next to the baseball fields.
If you have not registered for your parking permit, please do so now at this link.
If you have questions, contact CPS at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu. We are located at 212 Carlton Way.
In accordance with George Fox’s refund policies, we will not begin initiating refunds of excess fall term aid prior to Monday, Aug. 26. It is also important to note that refunds will not be issued to any students in session-based classes prior to the start of their fall term classes.
Please take the following steps to avoid refund delays:
We notify students that refunds have been processed by emailing their George Fox email address.
The first two weeks of the term are especially busy for our refund specialist. Emails and phone calls received between Aug. 26 and Sept. 6 might not be answered until the third week of the term so she can focus on getting refunds initiated and submitted for processing.
Feel free to email studentaccountrefunds@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 22, and Friday, Aug. 23.
Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or Morse lot on Friday.
Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin halls, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday morning and stay out of them on Friday.
If you normally park in the Le Shana or Newlin Hall lots, please move your cars as close to Fulton Street as possible so that the areas in front of the buildings remain clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman lot.
Everyone who parks in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the Morse lot (next to Plant Services/softball field) on Thursday morning. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!
The lot in between the Roberts Center, Gulley and Brandt halls must be vacated on Thursday evening.
Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!
Vehicle registration is now open. There are some issues that are still being worked out, but the process should be successful for the majority of permit holders.
If you are a resident on campus, please enter your campus address for permit delivery. A temporary permit will be emailed upon registration. This should be printed and used until your sticker arrives in the mail.
Please contact us at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu with any questions.
