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University of California System
| Motto | Fiat Lux (Latin, "Let There Be Light") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1868 |
| School type | Public |
| President | Robert C. Dynes |
| Location | Oakland, CA, USA (Headquarters) |
| Enrollment | 159,000 undergraduate, 32,000 graduate |
| Faculty | 13,335 |
| Expenditures | US$11.8 billion |
| Endowment | US$5 billion |
| Campuses | 15,842 acres (64 kmē) |
| Website | universityofcalifornia.edu |
When the state of California wrote its Constitution in 1849, it stipulated for an educational system complete with a university. Taking advantage of the Morrill Land Grant Act , the legislature established an Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in 1866. However, although this institution was provided with sufficient funds, it lacked land.
Beforehand, Congregational minister Henry Durant had established the College of California in Oakland, California in 1855. With an eye for expansion, the college's trustees purchased 160 acres (650,000 mē) of land in where is now Berkeley in 1866. But unlike the state's Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College, it lacked the funds to operate.
The trustees offered to merge with the state college to their mutual advantage, but under one condition--that the there be not simply a "Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College," but a "a complete university." Accordingly, the Organic Act was signed into law establishing the University of California on March 23, 1868.
The University of California opened its first medical school on February 20, 1873 in San Francisco. In 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T, a "University Farm" for the College of Agriculture was established at DavisDavis is a city located in Yolo County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,308 (46,209 in 1990). Davis is well known in the state of California as being a socially and environmentally conscious university town. It is, which became UC DavisThe University of California, Davis commonly abbreviated to UC Davis or UCD is one of the ten University of California campuses. It is located in Davis, California, about fifteen miles (24 km) west of Sacramento in California's Central Valley. As of Fall in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac. A "Southern Branch" was opened in Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States. in 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus and became UCLA in 1927. The Riverside campus was founded as the Citrus Experiment Station in 1907 and was elevated in 1954. The San Diego campus founded as a marine station in 1912 and became UC San Diego in 1959. Campuses were established in Santa Barbara in 1958 and Santa Cruz and Irvine in 1965 as well.