Laurelwood Campus, Oregon

Ananda College of Living Wisdom is planning to open a satellite campus 30 minutes southwest of Portland, Oregon beginning September, 2012. The college “Laurelwood” campus will be located on the site of the former Seventh Day Adventist “Laurelwood Academy” near the town of Gaston, Oregon, and about 7 miles from Forest Grove, Oregon.

The new Laurelwood Campus has on site dormitory space for 300-500 students, includes a large auditorium with seating for 500 people, a gymnasium and theater space capable of seating 1,500 people, kitchen and dining facilities for up to 500 people, a large number of lecture-style classrooms, science lab classrooms, music classrooms, a huge space for vegetarian cooking classes, library and many carpeted rooms for yoga and yoga therapy classes.

The Laurelwood facility is located in the beautiful Willamette Valley, about 30 minutes from downtown Portland, Oregon and an hour drive from the main Portland airport. The campus is zoned for educational use only, and is currently owned and operated by the Ananda Portland Community.

Depending on areas of focus for Fall enrollment, the college is initially planning to offer a range of classes from our degree and non-degree programs including Education for Life Teacher Training, Directional Psychology, Inspirational Arts, Cooperative Communities & Sustainability, Holistic Health & Healing, Yoga Philosophy & Yoga Teacher Training, World Cultures & Consciousness, and Dharmic Business & Leadership.

Ananda College of Living Wisdom, founded in 2003, is a California state-approved college offering A.A. and B.A. degrees and certificate programs. Inspired by the Wisdom Traditions of the world, Ananda College of Living Wisdom is a non-profit educational institution providing a distinctive, student-centered liberal arts academic environment that encourages and supports spiritual growth and inquiry.

The core purpose of the college is to provide a transformational learning environment where each student develops the intellectual acuity and life skills to express their unique dharma. The college offers students many tools to examine their inner lives with clarity and honesty as a basis for finding fulfillment in life.

Students must apply to the Laurelwood Campus via the college Admissions located at our home office in Nevada City, California. Please indicate on your application form whether you prefer to attend college at the new Laurelwood, Oregon Campus or the Nevada City, California campus.

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