Welcome Weekend Schedule

Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Check your George Fox email account regularly for information about Welcome Weekend.

Not sure where to find an event location? Check out the campus map!

Friday, August 22, 2025

Move In
8 a.m. - Noon

New residential students moving in will be issued a check-in time. This will be sent out to students via their George Fox email account in early August.

Commuter Check-in
9-10:30 a.m.
Campus Quad
Community Fair
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Campus Quad
Commuter Welcome
11 a.m. - Noon
Bon Appetit Meet the team / Allergy greeting table
11 a.m.
Lunch
Noon - 2 p.m.

Guests may pay to eat in Canyon Commons, or visit our local Newberg eateries.

Guests may pre-pay for lunch starting at breakfast in Canyon Commons at the cashier stand or the Bridge Cafe.

Mosaic Scholar Lunch
Noon - 2 p.m.
Parents: Session with President Robin Baker
2:30-4 p.m.
Students: Meet Your Major AAO Session
2:30-4 p.m.
Dinner
4:30-6:45 p.m.

Meal plans start for students.

Purchase tickets for guests

Student Athlete Open House
4:30-7 p.m.
First-Generation Student Dinner
5-6:15 p.m.

Reservation Required

A dinner for first-generation families & students (whose parents/guardians have not completed a 4-year bachelor's degree)

Multicultural Organizations Dessert Reception
5:30-7 p.m.
Intercultural Resource Center

An open house showcasing the multicultural organizations on campus. Join us for a variety of desserts with new friends!

University Welcome
7:30-8:45 p.m.

Watch the livestream

Students, please be seated in the student section on the field inside the stadium. Parents and families will be seated in the stadium grandstand seating above.

Candlelight Goodbye to Parents
After University Welcome

Event takes place immediately after end of University Welcome.

Late Night at Fred Meyer
10 p.m. - Midnight

Buses will pick up infront of Hadlock and will shuttle students to the store.

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Breakfast
8-9:30 a.m.
George Fox University Mission & Vision Presentation
9:30-11 a.m.

Session hosted by President Robin Baker and Joseph Clair.

This session is required for all incoming students.

Res Life Hangout
11a.m.–Noon

Hangouts will be in each living area.

Transfer student hangout will be held in Gulley Hall.

Commuter Life Hangout
11a.m.–Noon
Lunch
Noon-1:30 p.m.

Go to lunch with your res life team.

Student Life Session
2-3:30 p.m.
This students-only event is required.
Explore Newberg
3:30-6 p.m.

Have fun off-campus with your living area and learn about what Newberg has to offer!

Dinner & Party on the Quad
6-9 p.m.
Campus Quad

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Campus Worship
11 a.m.–Noon
Brunch
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Dinner
5:30-7 p.m.