Mountain View College (or MVC) is a private, co-educational, Seventh-day Adventist college in Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines which was established in 1953. It has a semestral enrollment of more than 2000 students primarily from Mindanao, although there are also quite a number from Luzon and the Visayas. International enrollment from Cambodia, Canada, China, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, South Korea, the United States, and other countries in Africa and Asia, comprises about five percent of the total student population. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
MVC was founded by Andrew Nathaniel Nelson
in response to the growing interest in Christian education within the
Philippines. A 584% increase for a six-year period in the college
enrollment of Philippine Union College,
where he was then president, necessitated the search for another site.
Based on a nine-point criteria founded on Adventist principles and prior
experience in the founding of two other educational institutions (Seattle Junior Academy in 1915 and Japan Missionary College in 1925), Dr. Nelson came upon MVC's present site. Manticao, Misamis Oriental
served as MVC's temporary campus from 1949 to 1952, while the search
was on for a site that met the criteria. It was then known as Philippine
Union Junior College. In 1953, MVC moved to its present location and
opened its doors to students from the Southern Philippines. The previous
campus then became Mindanao Mission Academy.
MVC's first offerings were certificates or associate degrees in
business, education, and religion. It held its first graduation
exercises in 1957, four years after its official opening. As of 2009, the college has 132 full-time and part-time teaching
faculty members and 73 staff members in the industrial and support
service departments.
The main campus is located on a 760-metre (2,490 ft) plateau in Mt. Nebo, Valencia City,
with an area of 10.24 km², which includes farmlands, forests, and ranch
lands ideal for industry work. The land has an ample supply of water
that allows MVC to have its own hydroelectric plants,
providing the campus populace with enough electricity along with an
abundant water supply for the homes and other college facilities. It is
situated between the Kitanglad and Kalatungan mountain ranges and bordered on the north by the Manupali River and on the south by the Anasag and Malingon creeks.
An annex campus is located in Bagontaas, Valencia City, which is occupied by the School of Nursing. It includes a solarium, dormitories, classrooms, offices, and a cafeteria.
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