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Information about Off-Campus Living

Application for Fall Semester  2011
Local students commuting from their parent's current place of residence should submit an Application to Commute from Parent(s) Home.

  • Seniors (93+ credit hours) and students 21 years old or older prior to the first day of the semester are eligible to live off-campus. Eligibile students should notify the Univeristy of their intent to live off-campus by emailing housing@georgefox.edu. Students 23 years old or older will automatically be assigned off-campus housing.
  • Students in their fourth year out of high school should e-mail housing@georgefox.edu in order to be considered for off-campus housing.
  • Married students who are not seniors and who are under 21 years of age should e-mail housing@georgefox.edu in order to be considered for off-campus housing.

Spring Semester

All requests for off-campus housing for the spring semester should be sent to housing@georgefox.edu prior to the last day of Fall Semester.

It is expected that all students who live off-campus abide by the university's lifestyle policies. Those students who live off-campus and choose to violate the policies may have their approval to live off-campus revoked and be required to return to university housing, or face other disciplinary action deemed appropriate by the Student Life office.


Transfer Students
Transfer students are expected to abide by the University residence requirements. Even if the student has established a place of residence locally, transfers should plan on living on-campus unless otherwise qualifying under the policy. Only those credits that have officially transferred will be considered in determining off-campus eligibility.

Appeals and Exceptions
Students who wish to seek an exception should do so in writing at least two weeks before the housing selection begins in March. To file an appeal students will need to stop by the Student Life Office to pick up an exemption request. Please note that most requests that do not fall within University policy are not considered.

Finding Off-Campus Housing
Availability of off-campus housing varies from season to season and year to year. The following resources may be helpful in locating off-campus housing. Current students may check the Off-Campus Housing folder in BruinBoards. The Newberg Graphic and McMinnville News-Register have local housing listings in their classified sections.

Information for Community Members
The University does not actively advertise or coordinate local housing; students are responsible for arranging their own off-campus living housing. If you have housing available you may write a short description of what is available including your contact information. E-mail this description to housing@georgefox.edu. We will post this to the "Off-Campus Housing" folder in BruinBoards. This will be available only to George Fox community members for 30 days. The university does not provide advice about the feasibility of purchasing local housing units for renting or leasing to George Fox students or employees, nor will the University provide information, specifically or in aggregate, about students living off-campus.