found through the church's St. Helena Sanitarium, and White visited the site in September in 1909. Satisfied with the condition of its facilities and living quarters and the ease with which they could be adapted for teaching purposes, its abundant resources in springs and lumber, and the healthful living its geography would provide, White approved the location. The property was bought in the same month for $60,000 (roughly $1.9 million in 2022), and opened its doors September 29. The name of the college was finalized as Pacific Union College in 1910 to reflect change in location, even as it had changed names a few times before. PUC's first president at Angwin was Charles W. Irwin, who served from the opening of the new location until 1921. During his tenure, the college saw the growth of its faculty – and subsequently educational curricula – as Irwin brought to PUC experienced colleagues with whom he had worked before. Both the faculty and student also worked self-sufficiently to expand and develop the campus through the construction of new facilities and buildings, sourced from the mountain's lumber. Irwin's strict adherence to high standards for the college set precedents for much of PUC's administration throughout the century. Other history (1922–2022) In 1933, Pacific Union College became the first higher educational institution affiliated with the Adventist Church to achieve regional accreditation when it was awarded accreditation by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. The year before, PUC had become the first school to receive denominational accreditation. Pacific Union College also was the first Adventist school to form international affiliations; it affiliated with what is now Avondale College in Australia in 1954. In 2006 the faculty, administration and Board of Trustees underscored PUC's commitment to undergraduate education by making a formal decision to remain a college and not change its name to university, as other small private colleges had done. This decision was based on the institution's commitment to quality liberal arts undergraduate teaching. In the summer of 2006, PUC's Board of Trustees announced its intention to enlarge its endowment through the sale and development of a portion of its land holdings into an ecovillage. The initial plans called for 591 homes and improvements to local businesses and shops. In response to community input, the number of units proposed was later reduced by 200, to 391. The plan was abandoned in October 2010. In June