Finances & Lifestyle
Secure Your Financial Future
Build a foundation of security and balance by proactively managing your financial health and personal time. We offer the tools and guidance necessary to navigate your fiscal future and enhance your daily life, empowering you to live with greater peace of mind and intentionality.
Financial Support
Take advantage of a wide range of benefits that will help you and your family thrive throughout your lives.
- Tuition assistance: George Fox University provides undergraduate and graduate tuition remission programs for employees, spouses and dependent children.
- Financial planning: Enjoy free professional support on your financial and retirement journey.
- Free certified financial planning: Access comprehensive financial planning services through a streamlined process that includes a personal interview, professional analysis, and a collaborative discussion of the results – all at no cost.
- Free one-on-one retirement consultations: Schedule a one-on-one consultation with a retirement specialist to help you reach your retirement goals.
- Canopy financial resources: Enjoy unlimited access to free and confidential financial coaching and online resources.
- Home ownership program: Explore housing services, including financial coaching, renter assistance, and homeownership programs designed to help individuals navigate everything from improving credit to buying or renting a home.
- Canopy legal support and tools: Access confidential legal referrals that include a free 30-minute consultation and a 25% discount on hourly rates, as well as a will kit questionnaire for professional assistance in preparing a simple will.
- Symetra financial and legal support: Contact a certified public accountant or financial planner for information and guidance.
Health Cost Savings
Lower your healthcare costs by paying for everyday medical needs with pre-tax dollars, putting more of your hard-earned money back into your pocket. You can sign up for these programs during open enrollment in November.
- Heath savings account: This is a tax-advantaged, portable savings account paired with a high-deductible health plan that allows you to save and invest pre-tax dollars for current or future medical expenses.
- Health flexible spending account: Set aside pre-tax money to pay for eligible out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision costs throughout the plan year.
- Dependent care flexible spending account: Utilize a pre-tax account designed to help you save on the cost of caring for a child under 13 or an adult dependent who is unable to care for themselves while you work.
Employee Discounts and Perks
Save money at stores and venues on campus and throughout the greater community.
- Bruin discounts: Local businesses generously offer discounts to the George Fox University community through this program.
- Bruin Store: Get a 10% discount on branded products and gifts.
- Online subscriptions: Access free institutional subscriptions to The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The New York Times includes delicious recipes that automatically populate a grocery list.
- Phone service discounts: Contact your phone company to inquire about an educator discount.
- Dining perks: Enjoy discounts at Canyon Commons and the Bridge Café. Look for the Employee VIP Meal Plan (12 meals for $90).
- Complimentary tickets: Each employee is provided one complimentary ticket to every George Fox drama and musical production and athletic event.
- Library access: Visit the university’s library on the Newberg campus to take advantage of our extensive physical collection (114,000 books, 50-plus board games and 2,500 DVD/BluRays) and digital collection (1.2 million eBooks, 150,000 periodicals and 100,000-plus streaming videos), available through the library website.
- Mail room services: Use our mail services to send personal outgoing mail, purchase stamps or buy packaging material.
Providence Health Plan Savings
Health plan members can take advantage of reduced prices on an array of products and services.
- LifeBalance program: Explore discounts on a variety of activities and lifestyle purchases, including travel and entertainment.
- ChooseHealthy® program: Save on acupuncture, chiropractic care, therapeutic massage and dietitian services.
- OnePass Select: Enjoy robust access to more than 16,000 facilities through five different membership options.
- Medical and prescription cost estimators: Compare prices for medical procedures and pharmacy prescriptions based on your specific benefits. You can access this service by logging into your account at myProvidence.
- Prescription savings: Explore significant pharmacy discounts.
- Travel assistance: Receive logistical support for emergency medical needs when traveling 100 miles or more from home.
Symetra Value-Added Benefits
Whether you’re managing a loved one’s final affairs, are in need of assistance while traveling, or looking for guidance on how to resolve identity theft, Symetra Support services offered through your group coverage provides direct assistance when you need it most.
- Estate guidance: Access affordable, secure online resources to easily create and update legally binding wills, living wills, and powers of attorney.
- Identity theft assistance: Get step-by-step coaching and professional assistance to help you and your family recover from fraud and replace lost or stolen documents.
- Beneficiary assistance: Receive compassionate guidance for loved ones managing final affairs, including funeral home referrals, grief counseling resources and estate research.
- Global travel assistance: Enjoy 24/7 emergency medical, legal and communication support for you and your family when traveling more than 100 miles from home.
In addition, Assist America offers free identity theft protection tools to safeguard and restore your data if it is used fraudulently.