Battle Creek College
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Former names
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Battle Creek College Emmanuel Missionary College |
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| Motto | Corpus, Mens, Spiritus |
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Motto in English
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Body, Mind, Spirit |
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Private Flagship |
| Established | 1874 |
| Affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Endowment | $26.3 million |
| President | Andrea Luxton |
| Provost | Christon Arthur |
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Academic staff
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254 |
| Students | 3,366 |
| Undergraduates | 1,760 |
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Other students
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850 (Seminary) |
| Location | Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States |
| Campus | Rural, 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) |
| Student:Teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Colors | Gold and Blue |
| Athletics | USCAA |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
| Affiliations | CIC |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Website | www.andrews.edu |
| Designated | September 13, 1963 |
Andrews University is a university in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists, and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, the world's second largest Christian school system. Andrews is the largest evangelical Christian college or university in the state of Michigan, in terms of undergraduate and graduate enrollment.
The university consists of eight schools or colleges, offering 130 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate majors. In addition, post-baccalaureate degrees are offered by all. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA).
Andrews University was founded as a small Seventh-day Adventist school called Battle Creek College in 1874 named for the nearby city of Battle Creek, Michigan.
In 1901, the school moved from Battle Creek, Michigan to its current location in Berrien Springs. It is said that everything the school had was packed up in 16 boxcars and sent on its way. The school was renamed "Emmanuel Missionary College", or EMC for short. as "the first school among us having a distinctive Biblical name".
After this SDA college that had been known as Battle Creek College moved to Berrien Springs, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg opened a new Battle Creek College in Battle Creek under his presidency in 1923, by bringing together the existing Training School for Nurses, the School of Home Economics, and the School of Physical Education. This Battle Creek College operated until 1938.
Emmanuel Missionary College continued to grow slowly through the early 20th century. In the 1940s, Nethery Hall, the current location of the College of Arts and Sciences, was built as the administration building. Its construction marked the culmination of an aggressive building program.
In the 1930s Seventh-day Adventist leaders established a Theological Seminary. At first, it was located on the campus of Pacific Union College in the Napa Valley, California. Later it was moved to Washington, D.C. and located near the denominational headquarters.
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