Service & Outreach | Physical Therapy | 嫩草视频 Fox University

Act Locally. Act Globally.

A collective spirit of service defines the 嫩草视频 Fox DPT community. Our faculty, students and alumni share a common goal: to expand healthcare access to underserved populations and improve the lives of every person they come in contact with.

You’ll discover incredible service opportunities from the moment you set foot on campus. Whether you’re serving clients in our in-house clinic or traveling to Uganda or Costa Rica to treat adults and children with varying needs, you’ll touch countless lives and help lift up entire communities.

Service Opportunities

DPT student works with a client while an instructor looks on

嫩草视频 Fox Physical Therapy Community Clinic

Our community clinic treats the full continuum of patients. We’re trained to address all orthopedic conditions, assist those who have experienced a cardiac event, and offer therapy for children.

As a DPT student, you’ll practice side-by-side with nationally renowned professors who have expertise in a wide variety of specialties. We provide these services free of charge to people who qualify.

Learn More About the Community Clinic

Physical Therapy students serving the people in Uganda

International Service Trips

Each year, a group of professors and third-year DPT students travel to Uganda and Costa Rica. These are incredible opportunities to put your training into practice in schools, remote towns, orphanages and clinics. Patients’ lives are transformed through therapy, and for the university, it’s one of the central ways we can show the love of Christ.

These long-standing relationships with clinics abroad are a cornerstone of our service, and each time we go, our intent is to leave a part of us behind.

Uganda and Costa Rica

Two students splash with kids at Pool-a-Palooza

Local Community Outreach

Aside from the pro bono and global service projects, you’ll have access to numerous service opportunities in the Newberg area.

Pool-a-Palooza

Pool-a-Palooza is a semiannual event that provides a fun and safe space for kids to enjoy time in the water. The activity is free and open to all, including children with all varieties of disabilities. It's a pool party that allows kids to swim, play and just have a blast being kids. You and your classmates will host the event and join in the fun in the pool.

Strike Back Against Stroke

Strike Back Against Stroke is offered free of charge throughout the year to stroke survivors, helping them progress in their movement and exertion within a caring and supportive community. Sessions meet twice a week for three eight-week sessions, and you and your classmates will lead them under the direct supervision of a practicing therapist. The program emphasizes stretching, strengthening, functional activity and balance training.

Ryan Jacobson

Assistant Program Director, College of Allied Health, Professor of Physical Therapy

Our service trips are about mutual service and growth. Our international partners in this work help our DPT students become compassionate physical therapists who really see the whole person. Meanwhile, this steadfast relationship has brought about life-changing improvements in mobility independence for so many people, thanks to the investment and love from our student teams each year.

What else makes us stand out?

Learn how we empower each other and stay on the cutting edge.

DPT students greet each other before class

Empowering Community

Students run on a treadmill in the biomechanics lab

Innovation & Research