Andrews University

Andrews University, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a worldwide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It moved to Berrien Springs in 1901 and was renamed Emmanuel Missionary College. The first classes there were held in tents, the old Berrien County Courthouse served as an administration building, and permanent buildings were erected by student labor. In 1960, the Adventists' Theological Seminary, founded in 1934, and the Graduate School, founded in 1957, moved there from Washington, D.C., to join Emmanuel Missionary College under one charter as Andrews University. The name honors pioneer Adventist author, administrator, and missionary John Nevins Andrews.

Michigan · United States