Weimar University, formerly Weimar Institute, Weimar College and Weimar Center of Health & Education, is a

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. It operates a

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, and lifestyle-oriented health care center. It highlights

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Seventh-day Adventist principles of health and

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, especially as espoused by early Seventh-day Adventist founder

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, who wrote extensively on health and education. Although founded by Adventists, it has never been legally affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

History

Weimar University is located on the property formerly occupied by the Weimar Joint Sanatorium (AKA Weimar Chest Center and Weimar Medical Center), which operated from 1919 to 1972. Following the closure, the property changed hands several times and in 1975 it reopened as ''Hope Village'', a temporary relocation center for

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"About Weimar" Retrieved 2011-06-07. In May 1977, a group of

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purchased the . In 1978 it was registered as the nonprofit organization, Weimar Institute of Health & Education, and Weimar College was opened. In 1981 ''Weimar Academy'' was established as a private four-year Christian boarding high school. In early 2008, Weimar Institute announced that it would close Weimar College at the end of June 2008. Later that year, however, the institute merged with

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and a combined board was established to oversee the operations of Weimar Institute and its divisions. An announcement stated: : "After two years of heartfelt prayer, study, discussion, and observing the leading of the Lord, Amazing Facts and Weimar Institute voted on April 6, 2008 to proceed with a bold new joint venture. Their respective boards approved an agreement whereby the operations of Weimar Institute will be administered by Amazing Facts with a new board of directors providing direction to both ministries." Subsequent to the decision to jointly operate Weimar, it was realized that operating a college, academy, and lifestyle center required a quite different focus than operating a media ministry and that Amazing Facts and Weimar Institute would be better served to operate cooperatively, but separately and the two separated amicably. Amazing Facts and Weimar Institute continue to work cooperatively. A long-term focus of Weimar has been the NEWSTART Program. It is part of Weimar's health care program and is primarily focused on lifestyle-based crisis intervention and training for recovery from diabetes and life-threatening heart problems. NEWSTART is an acronym and stands for Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust (in Divine Power).

Academics

In 1978, Weimar College opened on the semester system. It now offers a BA in Christian Education, BA in Religion, BBA in Business Administration, BS in Natural Sciences, AS in Nursing, BS in Nursing, BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, and a lifestyle and health coach certificate. In the past, Weimar College was affiliated with

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. According to the college 2011-2012 academic bulletin, this affiliation enabled completion of select degrees through

. In the fall of 2012, Weimar College discontinued their association with

and no longer offer

credits. Perusal of

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through the

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(WASC) began during the 2009-2010 academic year as reflected in the corresponding academic bulletin. The WASC Senior College and University Commission granted eligibility to Weimar Institute during the 2015-2016 academic year. In February 2017, the institute was granted candidacy status for a period of five years during which the college could advance to initial accreditation if the commission's qualifications were met. According to the March 2017

progress report, the institute was scheduled to receive a visit from the WASC commission to determine eligibility for initial accreditation in the fall of 2018. In the subsequent commission report, the institute was granted initial accreditation for a period of six years retroactive to January 1, 2018. The university also has approval to operate under the

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Nursing program

On May 18, 2011, the college requested a study of the feasibility of starting an associate degree Nursing program. It has a state-approved pre-nursing program and started an

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program in

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that began in Fall 2015, with state approval from the California Board of Registered Nursing. In May 2019, the institute announced a new bachelor of science in nursing program which accepted its first cohort of students for the fall of 2019.

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Weimar Academy

NEWSTART Program
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History

Academics

Nursing program

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