Pacific Union College (PUC) is a private liberal arts college located in Angwin, California, a small town in the hills above the Napa Valley. It is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is operated by the church's Pacific Union Conference. Focused on providing undergraduate education, PUC offers a variety of bachelor's degrees in the liberal arts, and a master's degree in education. Pacific Union College was founded as Healdsburg Academy (changed within a year to Healdsburg College) in the northern Sonoma county town of Healdsburg in 1881 with Sidney Brownsberger as its first President. PUC is the second oldest college in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination's educational system (after Battle Creek College, now Andrews University, founded in 1874), and was California’s twelfth college. In 1906 the name was changed to Pacific Union College, and in 1909 it moved to its current location in Angwin, on Howell Mountain in Napa Valley. One reason the college was moved to Angwin was because of its beautiful rural setting, which continues to be a defining characteristic.