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Martha Byington opens the first known church school for Sabbatarian Adventists in Buck’s Bridge, New York, United States. -
The remnant (Sabbath-keeping Advent believers) is given the name Seventh-day Adventists which carried Heaven’s approval. -
Battle Creek College, the first Adventist college, opens with Sidney Brownsberger as president. It enrolls both male and female students. -
The first Adventist textbook, A Natural Method in English, is produced by Goodloe Harper Bell. -
Claremont Union College, the first Adventist college outside of the United States, opens in Kenilworth, South Africa. -
Oakwood Industrial School opens in Huntsville, Alabama, as a training school for African-Americans after General Conference President O. A. Olsen personally leads a commission to prepare buildings and land.
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Battle Creek College establishes the first Adventist teacher-preparation department, led by Frederick Griggs. -
P. T. Magan begins a campaign to eliminate the debts of Adventist schools and other institutions. Ellen White donates the proceeds from the sale of Christ’s Object Lessons to raise money for schools. -
Manuel Camacho collaborates with Fernando and Ana Stahl to build La Plateria Mission in Peru, the first of a system of mission schools that helped to transform society among Andean tribespeople. -
The Association of Seventh-day Adventist Colleges and Secondary Schools is formed with its executive arm, the Board of Regents, to accredit Adventist schools. -
Pacific Union College is awarded accreditation by Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, the first Adventist college to be regionally accredited. -
Spicer College (Pune, India) becomes the second Adventist four-year, postsecondary institution outside North America. -
Philippine Union College becomes the first Adventist school outside the United States to receive authority to offer graduate courses. -
The Adventist University of Central Africa, serving Francophone Africa, is accredited by the Rwandan government. It becomes the first government-recognized, degree-granting Adventist institution for Africans -
The University of Eastern Africa, Baraton receives a charter from the Kenyan government, becoming the church’s first tertiary institution for English-speaking Africans with government-recognized, degree-granting authority. -
Worldwide enrollment in Adventist schools surpasses one million. -
a total of 31 people worldwide have received the Citation of Merit, 130 the Award of Excellence, 43 the Medallion of Distinction, and 13 the Global Award in Adventist Education