Pacific Union College
Seal of Pacific Union College
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Former names
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Healdsburg Academy Healdsburg College |
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| Motto | They shall be all taught by God. (from John 6:45) |
| Type | Private Liberal Arts College |
| Established | 1882 |
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Religious affiliation
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Adventist Christian |
| President | Eric Anderson, Ph.D. |
| Students | 1,605 |
| Location |
Angwin, CA, United States 38°34′09″N 122°26′29″W / 38.5693°N 122.4413°WCoordinates: 38°34′09″N 122°26′29″W / 38.5693°N 122.4413°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Athletics | NAIA – Cal-Pac |
| Sports | 6 varsity sports teams |
| Nickname | Pioneers |
| Mascot | Pioneer Pete |
| Affiliations |
NAICU CIC |
| Website | http://www.puc.edu |
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Pacific Union College (PUC) is a private liberal arts college located in Napa Valley, California. The campus is located in the upper valley town of Angwin, eight miles north of St. Helena, California and within the Howell Mountain wine appellation. It is the only four-year college in Napa County. A coeducational residential college, it serves an almost exclusively undergraduate student body, the overwhelming majority of which live on campus.
PUC is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and maintains various programmatic accreditations. It is affiliated with the Adventist Church. It was the 12th college or university founded in the state of California. Enrollment at Pacific Union College is roughly 1,600. Students study a variety of courses offered by the school's 20 academic departments. The school offers over 70 undergraduate majors and one master's program. The campus occupies 150 acres (0.61 km2) of the college's 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) in property.
Pacific Union College has had a total of twenty-one presidents. The first eight of these served while the school was still in Healdsburg. In 1983, Malcolm Maxwell became the first alumnus to lead PUC, serving for a record 18 years. Heather Knight, the current President, took office in 2009 after serving as the Provost at Andrews University.
Pacific Union College was founded as Healdsburg Academy in 1882 in Healdsburg, California in northern Sonoma County. It was renamed Healdsburg College in 1899.Sidney Brownsberger was its first President. It is the twelfth oldest institution of higher education in the state of California, and the second founded by the Adventist Church, the first west of the Mississippi.
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