conference in San Diego in 1971, Beryl Dillman had learned that USIU's California Western campus was for sale. In 1973, Pasadena College was then moved to the former California Western university campus on Point Loma in San Diego after a rejected plan to move the school to Santa Ana. The Pasadena campus was later purchased by the U.S. Center for World Mission and currently houses William Carey International University. After the move to San Diego, the college existed for ten years as "Point Loma College: An Institution of the Church of the Nazarene" until the name was changed to Point Loma Nazarene College (PLNC) in 1983. In 1998, the name was changed again, to Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU).
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== Campus ==
PLNU has different locations besides the main campus in Point Loma for both undergraduate and graduate programs to study from. This includes the Bakersfield, Balboa, and Mission Valley Regional Centers. Other locations also include the Liberty Station Conference Center or online …