Atlantic Union College

338 Main St, South lancaster, MA 01561-100 -  View Map

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• Atlantic Union College had its beginnings as South Lancaster Academy, a secondary school begun in 1882. The school very early in its existence felt the need for work to be offered beyond the secondary level. It became Lancaster Junior College in 1918 and Atlantic Union College in 1922. Its early degrees were B.Th. and B.R.E. degrees, but in 1933 the college was authorized to grant the B.A. degree and in 1954 the B.S. degree.
• As a liberal arts institution offering some professional and pre-professional programs, the College aims to offer to all its students an academic environment in which attitudes, values, and goals can be examined in the light of expanded knowledge and understanding. The emphasis on the campus is on a personal relationship between faculty and students. Working together, faculty and students create an atmosphere within which a community of scholars may discover, organize, and disseminate knowledge and apply value judgments to human thought and activity. By encouraging students to work while they learn, the College is committed to the concept that work is the active expression of knowledge.
• AAtlantic Union College is located on a 135-acre campus spread over the quiet tree-lined streets and rolling New England countryside of the rural township of Lancaster in Central Massachusetts, 49 miles west of Boston and 190 miles northeast of New York City. The College is fortunate in its setting, which is richly endowed with natural beauty and cultural heritage.
• Atlantic Union College is accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Atlantic Union College is approved by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to give the degrees of Master of Education, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and certificates.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Delay in state approval pulls plug on Atlantic Union College classes (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:46:59 am
  LANCASTER -- Students looking to start the school year at Atlantic Union College will have to move to Maryland if they want to continue to take classes toward their degrees.
• AUC will not open in fall (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 08:42:59 pm
  LANCASTER - No classes will be held this fall at Atlantic Union College while a Maryland university seeks permission to operate on the South Lancaster campus.
• South Lancaster Academy graduation (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 07:04:23 am
  LANCASTER - South Lancaster Academy held commencement exercises today at Atlantic Union College.
• AUC merger on track (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on April 7, 2011 at 08:38:06 pm
  LANCASTER - A merger agreement between Atlantic Union College and Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md., will be voted on by trustees and constituents of both institutions next week, and in June.
• Atlantic Union College merger plan stays on track (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on April 7, 2011 at 08:39:01 am
  LANCASTER - A merger agreement between Atlantic Union College and Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md., will be voted on by trustees and constituents of both institutions next week, and in June.

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