II. THE ORGANIZATION OF ANDREWS UNIVERSITY

Andrews University is comprised of the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Architecture & Interior Design, the School of Business Administration; the School of Education, the School of Health Professions,  and the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. All of these constituent schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degree programs except the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, which offers only graduate degree programs. The graduate programs for the college and schools and the academic programs of the Seminary are supervised by the School of Graduate Studies. Distance education and off-campus programs are supervised by the School of Distance Education & International Partnerships. The university also operates Ruth Murdoch Elementary School (grades K-8), Andrews Academy (grades 9-12), and Griggs International Academy (grades K – 12).

Andrews University dates back to 1874 when the Seventh-day Adventist denomination founded Battle Creek College in Michigan. In 1901, the institution was moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, including the K-12 program, and given the name of Emmanuel Missionary College. The Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary was organized in 1934 as the advanced Bible school on the campus of Pacific Union College in Angwin, California. Two years later the General Conference of Seventh- day Adventists voted to locate the advanced Bible school on a more permanent basis in Washington, D. C., and named it the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. In 1957, the Board of Trustees enlarged the scope of the seminary by establishing a school of graduate studies for graduate programs other than theology, and named the merged institution Potomac University. A new and larger site was sought to accommodate the expanded university.

In 1959 the university moved to the campus of Emmanuel Missionary College at Berrien Springs, Michigan. In 1960, Emmanuel Missionary College, the Theological Seminary and the School of Graduate Studies were united under one charter bearing the name of Andrews University. In 1974, the college section was reorganized into the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Technology. The College of Technology was dissolved in 2011 and its academic programs were redistributed into other existing schools. The School of Business Administration was organized in 1980, the School of Education was established in 1983 and the School of Architecture was organized as such in 1994. The role and function of the School of Graduate Studies was substantially altered in 1987.  In 2010, Andrews University assumed ownership of Griggs University, which was reorganized as the School of Distance Education, to support distance education and educational programs offered at locations across North America and the world. Because of the many international partnerships, the school has since been renamed as the School of Distance Education & International Partnerships. In 2012, five departments housed within the College of Arts and Sciences together became the School of Health Professions.

Andrews University is governed by a Board of Trustees (see Section 1:310-325, the Board Policy Manual (approved March 2012), Appendix 1-A, and 1-B). The Andrews University Board of Trustees has delegated some of its oversight responsibilities to the Seminary Executive Committee (see Appendix 1-E) and the respective operating boards for the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School,  Andrews Academy, and Griggs International Academy (see Appendices 1-D, 1-C, respectively).