with the Evangelical Friends Church International and is a member of the Wesleyan Holiness Connection.
== 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. The Bruin mascot comes from a real bear cub found in 1887 in the Coast Range's foothills near Carlton, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Newberg. Years later, the bear hide became the senior class's unofficial mascot, and other students often attempted to steal it away. Students today still participate in student-government-sponsored class competitions called "Bruin brawls" for possession of Bruin Jr.
In 1893 the school was incorporated as a joint-stock company. It became a four-year school in 1925. Herbert Hoover's uncle H. J. Minthorn served as the school's first president, and Hoover was an early student at the academy. The school's name changed to George Fox College in 1949 to honor George Fox, the founder …
