Family Weekend 2025

Step into your student’s world! Experience a "day in the life" by attending real classes led by our incredible faculty. From art to sciences, explore the academic journey shaping your student’s mind. A list of open classes will be provided to registrants. 

Cost: Included

Families are invited to come cheer on their favorite competitor and enjoy the excitement as students take on challenging routes in the Hadlock climbing wall. It’s a great way to experience the energy of our campus community and support your student in action.

Cost: Included

Join Career and Academic Planning Center Director Logan Walton to learn how to guide your student as they explore a meaningful career and life calling. This session will provide families with practical insights and tools for conversations about today’s workforce and how students can be effective and efficient in their transition from student to employee. 

Cost: Included

Check in, pick up a schedule of events, and get questions answered throughout the weekend.

Enjoy the work of our music students as they present a fall showcase. This program features vocal and special instrumental ensembles combined in a production of varied music literature. A crowd favorite each year! 

Cost: Included

Enjoy a meal in our beautiful Canyon Commons dining hall overlooking the canyon. We will be feasting on family favorites and would love for you to submit your family's favorite using the link below! 

Submit a Family Favorite Recipe

Cost: Purchase a dining package or pay a la carte ($11.75 per person)

Take a moment to gather together for a time of parent prayer over our campus in the new chapel. Campus pastoral staff will lead this time of guided prayer for students, our community, and beyond. 

Cost: Included

Our Roots & Routes event celebrates the diverse journeys that brought you to campus. Join us for snacks, games and a chance to share your story with other families at the Intercultural Resource Center. It’s a great opportunity to connect and make new memories!

Cost: Included

Come show your support! Watch our women’s volleyball team take on the Lewis & Clark Pioneers

Tickets available in advance through the Athletics webpage or at the door on game day.

At Crosby College, a small liberal arts university, two student clubs strive for connection and comfort in difficult times. When a tragedy occurs in the local Jewish community, members of the Havurah Club are left reeling. The Christian Social Justice Club wants to help, but struggles to know how. Deeply relevant, strikingly realistic, Havurah depicts the complexities and possibilities of connecting with others in times of grief.

Cost: Purchase tickets through the theatre department’s webpage

Check in, pick up a schedule of events, and get questions answered throughout the weekend.

Come work out, hang out, and find your fit at the Hadlock Student Center. The facility is open for families to use free of cost this weekend. Make sure you have a guest waiver signed for each person in your party. 

Cost: Included

Come meet members of the Bruin Parent Council – those who support the university financially – for an informal, friendly gathering. Chat with other parents, enjoy some refreshments, and, if interested, learn how you can become a member of the council yourself. We'd love for you to join us!

Cost: Included

Enjoy a meal in our beautiful Canyon Commons dining hall overlooking the canyon. The theme for this meal is "Game Day Fare." Our chefs are planning a Bruin-centric menu! Enjoy Bruin athletics on the big screens while hanging out with students and families.

Cost: Purchase a dining package or pay a la carte ($11.75 per person)

Catch some amazing films at Fox Film Shorts! See the incredible work of our cinematic arts students in the brand-new art and cinematic arts building. Grab some popcorn, mingle with the filmmakers, and explore our new facility at your leisure.

Cost: Included

Come get your game face on! Purchase a meal or snacks at the Maker's Market in Klages. Find your regional sign in Canyon Commons to meet other families from your area, then play some competitive cornhole and games on the lawn. Don’t miss a chance to meet Pennington bear, and see a special pregame performance from our cheer and STUNT team and the drumline!

Cost: Included (meals may be purchased from vendors on site)

Come cheer on the Blue and Gold as we challenge the Puget Sound Loggers on our home turf. Go Bruins! 

Cost: Ticket prices vary. George Fox students with an ID are free unless purchasing under the covered area.  

Tickets available in advance through the Athletics webpage or at the gate on game day (gates open 90 minutes before kickoff).

Enjoy a meal in our beautiful Canyon Commons dining hall overlooking the canyon. This evening the chef team is planning fall-forward foods. This is a great place to get some dinner before cutting a rug at The Boot Scoot. 

Cost: Purchase a dining package or pay a la carte ($11.75 per person)

Grab your friends and roommates and join us for a lively night of line dancing and delicious cider doughnuts. It's a fun-filled, family-friendly event where everyone can get on the dance floor and have a blast, regardless of skill level. Come make some memories!

Cost: Included

At Crosby College, a small liberal arts university, two student clubs strive for connection and comfort in difficult times. When a tragedy occurs in the local Jewish community, members of the Havurah Club are left reeling. The Christian Social Justice Club wants to help, but struggles to know how. Deeply relevant, strikingly realistic, Havurah depicts the complexities and possibilities of connecting with others in times of grief.

Cost: Purchase tickets through the theatre department’s webpage

This is a great opportunity for your student to show you where they have been attending or to try out a new church in the area together. There is no chapel service offered on campus at this time.

A list of services in the area will be provided in your registration packet.

Have a relaxing brunch with your student after church or before heading home. Bon Appétit is pulling out all the stops and featuring Pacific Northwest culinary stations. 

Cost: Purchase a dining package or pay a la carte ($11.75 per person)

Let’s go Bruins! Watch our women’s soccer team take on the Lewis & Clark Pioneers.

Cost: Included

At Crosby College, a small liberal arts university, two student clubs strive for connection and comfort in difficult times. When a tragedy occurs in the local Jewish community, members of the Havurah Club are left reeling. The Christian Social Justice Club wants to help, but struggles to know how. Deeply relevant, strikingly realistic, Havurah depicts the complexities and possibilities of connecting with others in times of grief.

Cost: Purchase tickets through the theatre department’s webpage

Come work out, hang out, and find your fit at the Hadlock Student Center. The facility is open for families to use free of cost this weekend. Make sure you have a guest waiver signed for each person in your party. 

Cost: Included

Let’s go Bruins! Watch our men’s soccer team take on the Lewis & Clark Pioneers.

Cost: Included