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GFU (other)
GFU may refer to: * George Fox University, a private Christian university in Newberg, Oregon, United States * Greenfield University, a private university in Kaduna, Nigeria * "GFU", a 2021 song by Yak Gotti and Sheck Wes featuring Yung Kayo from ''Slime Language 2'' {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fox University
George Fox University is a private Christian university in Newberg, Oregon. Founded as a school for Quakers in 1891, it is now the largest private university in Oregon with more than 4,000 students combined between its main campus in Newberg, its centers in Portland, and Redmond, and online. The main campus is near downtown Newberg, near the junction of Oregon Route 99W and Oregon Route 219. George Fox competes athletically at the NCAA Division III level in the Northwest Conference as the Bruins. The school colors are navy blue and old gold. History The university was founded in Newberg, Oregon, in 1885 by Quaker pioneers, originally called Friends Pacific Academy for several years before becoming a college in 1891 as Pacific College.Horner, John B. (1919). ''Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature''. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 255. The Bruin mascot comes from a real bear cub found in 1887 in the Coast Range's foothills near Carlton, about west of Newber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
