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| Motto | Fiat Lux |
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Motto in English | Let There Be Light |
| Type | Private college |
| Active | 1882 as a preparatory school, 1922 as a degree-granting college–2018 |
Religious affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Academic affiliations | COWC |
| President | Avis D. Hendrickson |
| Location | , , US 42°26′42.26″N 71°41′9.41″W / 42.4450722°N 71.6859472°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | auc |
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Atlantic Union College (AUC) was a private Seventh-day Adventist college in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1882. The college closed in 2018 due to accreditation and financial problems.[1]
From 1933 to 2018, AUC was a four-year liberal arts college with a peak enrollment of over 700 students.[2] After a financial crisis in 2011 it suspended bachelor's degree programs, then resumed them on a smaller scale in 2015. In February 2018, the college announced that it would permanently close after the spring 2018 semester.[3] The campus was sold in 2021.[4]
- ^ "Atlantic Union College in Lancaster to close". Worcester Business Journal. March 5, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Wehtje, Myron F. (1982). And There Was Light. South Lancaster, MA: The Atlantic Press. p. 244.
- ^ Atlantic Union College (February 23, 2018). "Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee and Atlantic Union College Board of Trustees Vote to Suspend the Baccalaureate Program at Atlantic Union College". Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ "Atlantic Union College finds buyer for shuttered Lancaster campus". Worcester Business Journal. February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.