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2012-2013 Academic Catalog and Handbook

Locations

George Fox University serves students at a number of locations in the Pacific Northwest, including its Portland Center, Salem Center, Boise (Idaho) Center, and teaching sites in other Oregon communities. Its residential undergraduate campus is in Newberg, Ore., in the lower Willamette Valley, on an 108-acre tree-shaded campus in a residential neighborhood. This area offers a variety to meet most interests. Newberg is a friendly community close (23 miles) to a major metropolitan environment of 1.9 million people. It is located in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, with nearby mountain ranges for skiing and easy access to rugged coastal beaches just an hour away.

Oregon - 97,060 square miles of variety - stretches from the Pacific Coast, over the Coast Range, through the fertile Willamette Valley, past the snowcapped Cascades, and into the high desert country of central and eastern Oregon. More than half of the student body call Oregon home. Others come to school in Oregon and decide to make it their new home - despite the fabled rain. Yes, there is rain, and sometimes it falls hard in the valley between the mountain ranges where George Fox University is located. But it is the rain that makes Oregon green and gives it natural beauty. Umbrellas and raincoats do come in handy during the winter months, but when the sun comes out, Oregon is spectacular - and it's worth the wait. Just ask the visitors who make tourism one of the state's largest industries, along with high technology, forest products, and agriculture.

Just a half-hour drive from the campus, metropolitan Portland is George Fox's big-city neighbor. In 2000, Portland topped Money magazine's list of "Best Places to Live in the U.S." Oregon's largest city, Portland, offers its Old Town district, the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, numerous art galleries and museums, a number of theatre groups and jazz clubs, and a world-class symphony, ballet, and opera. Other attractions include the Oregon Zoo, the Japanese Garden, the International Rose Test Gardens, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Every June the city holds its Rose Festival, with three parades, a coronation, and 25 days of festival events.

For those who love the outdoors, Portland has 9,400 acres of parks, including Mill Ends Park, the smallest in the world, and Forest Park, named "Best Urban Park in the U.S." And George Fox students can join in the enthusiasm of cheering for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team, the Portland Winter Hawks WHL ice hockey squad, and the Portland Beavers Triple-A minor league baseball team.

Despite the numerous Portland advantages, many students prefer the small-town flavor of Newberg. Located on the Willamette River, Newberg has a population of 20,000, with many residents living in Newberg and commuting to Portland for their jobs. Historic downtown Newberg consists of a variety of stores, shops, and services. Friendly merchants who appreciate the university's students are just a few blocks south of the campus, with most businesses within walking distance. It's a personable town, rich in tradition-former President Herbert Hoover once lived here.

The Newberg-Portland area has a mean daily high temperature in July of 83 degrees and a mean daily low in January of 32 degrees. Precipitation averages 37 inches a year, most of which is rain. While Newberg does get snow, it is seldom more than a few inches a year and rarely lasts more than a couple of days.

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