On the first of April, George Fox University launched the “George Fox Gives” campaign to support students in financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the closure of the George Fox campus, more than 400 students lost federal work-study jobs. Many students lost off-campus jobs when the state of Oregon commissioned the shutdown of nonessential businesses, and others struggled with remote learning, housing, and transportation expenses.
Read MoreSo much has changed. So much is still changing--perhaps forever. The world-wide effort to stop the spread of Covid-19 through social distancing and self-isolation has emptied school campuses, cancelled sport events, shut down businesses, and the Class of 2020 was not going to experience a graduation ceremony.
Read MoreNewberg, Ore. - On Feb. 29, International Studies Abroad (ISA) sent out an email to all the George Fox University (GFU) students studying in Rome requesting their immediate return to the United States. The email was sent around 3:30 a.m., just hours after the U.S. Center for Disease and Control had updated Italy to a level three travel advisory amid the outbreak and spread of COVID-19, or the Coronavirus.
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