Eleanor Roosevelt College
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| University | UC San Diego |
| Motto | Developing World Citizens Through Scholarship, Leadership, and Service |
| Established | 1988 (Fifth) |
| Status | 1 of 6 Undergraduate Colleges at UC San Diego |
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| Undergraduates | 3,956[1][2] (15.9% of UCSD campus population) |
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Festival: Rockin' Roosevelt Programs Abroad: MMW Global Seminars Service Learning Programs |
| Core Program | Making of the Modern World (MMW) |
Eleanor Roosevelt College (ERC) is one of six undergraduate residential colleges at the University of California, San Diego. ERC emphasizes international understanding, including proficiency in a foreign language and a regional specialization.
History
In 1985 a University of California San Diego Preliminary Planning Committee recommended the creation of a new college focused on comparative culture studies to augment its existing undergraduate colleges. The university's Academic Senate approved the proposal in May 1986 and Professor James Lyon was appointed founding provost of Fifth College in March 1987. UCSD's colleges are given a numeric designation until a permanent name is later chosen; UCSD had four undergraduate colleges in 1988, when this college was founded, and has since added Sixth College in 2001.
In fall 1988, Fifth College welcomed its inaugural class. The college was officially named Eleanor Roosevelt College (ERC) in a dedication ceremony on January 26, 1995, making it the first UCSD college to be named after a woman, and the only college in the United States to be named after Eleanor Roosevelt.[3]
Like all UCSD colleges, ERC is led by a provost, who is a tenured departmental faculty member appointed to oversee the college for a five-year term. The provost is the highest academic officer in the college and oversees its organizational structure, which includes academic advising and student affairs (each led by a dean), residence life (led by a director/associate dean), the Making of the Modern World program (led by a faculty member), and UCSD's International House (led by a director).
Academics and mission
While ERC students major in all disciplines, the college's thematic focus is on international understanding and engagement. Its general education requirements include proficiency in a foreign language, a regional specialization, and a core world history sequence called The Making of the Modern World and consisting of five lower-division courses for students entering as freshmen and two upper-division courses for transfer students.
ERC emphasizes the value of study abroad; more of its students go abroad than do from other UCSD colleges, and the college has developed its own MMW summer programs abroad and offers an annual spring break project abroad, which has included a two-week program in India.
ERC hosts an annual undergraduate research conference and is the sponsor of UCSD's International Migration Studies and Human Rights minor.
Facilities
Eleanor Roosevelt College's current location was designed by the architect Moshe Safdie. The residential facilities are named after various global regions and seek to integrate the philosophy of the college into their design as well. There are five residence halls for freshmen: Africa Hall, Asia Hall, Europe Hall, Latin America Hall, and North America Hall. In addition, there are six apartment complexes for sophomores: Earth Hall North, Earth Hall South, Middle East Hall, Oceania Hall, Geneva Hall, and Mesa Verde Hall. Finally, ERC also is home to UCSD's International House (I-House), which contains three building complexes: Asante House, Cuzco House, and Kathmandu House.
References
- ↑ "Undergraduate Enrollment by College" (PDF). UC San Diego. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ http://as.ucsd.edu/elections_2009/AS09SP_Elections.pdf
- ↑ Beauchamp, Margaret; Gibo, Michelle. "Eleanor Roosevelt College: A Brief History of the First 20 Years". Eleanor Roosevelt College: A Celebration of 20 Years (Booklet). La Jolla: Eleanor Roosevelt College.
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