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Калифорнийски университет, Санта Барбара Калифорнийският университет, Санта Барбара (на английски: University of California, Santa Barbara или UCSB) е обществен университет с изследователска насоченост[1], намиращ се на брега на Тихия океан в Санта Барбара, Калифорния, САЩ. Принадлежи към калифорнийската щатска университетска система. UCSB е на 35то място от университетите в цял свят и на 27мо в САЩ през 2007 година.[2][3] Съдържание История[редактиране | edit source] Университетът е създаден през 1905 година като независим от системата на държавните университети (Santa Barbara State College). Неговата ориентация е най-вече за подготовка на учители, езици и изкуства. С помощта на губернатора на Калифорния по това време, през 1944 г. университетът е преместен в системата на Калифорнийските щатски университети, които имат по-голяма изследователска и академична насоченост. Събитията по време на войната във Виетнам[редактиране | edit source] През 1960-те и 1970-те години по време на антивоенната съпротива срещу войната във Виетнам университетите в Санта Барбара и Бъркли предизвикват вниманието на националните медии. След поставянето на бомба в преподавателския клуб и запалването на клона на Bank of America тогавашният губернатор Роналд Рейгън налага полицейски час и изпраща Националната гвардия за осигуряването на съблюдаването й. Това става през 1971-1972 учебна година. Един от ораторите на студентите по това време е Джеси Джексън. Местоположение и структура[редактиране | edit source] Калифорнийският университет - Санта Барбара се намира на скалите на самия Тих океан. Дворът на университета не принадлежи към града Санта Барбара.[4][5] Въпреки че е по-близо до новосформирания град Голета, университетът не е част и от него. Всички университети от Калифорнийската щатска система имат автономно управление. Разделен е на 4 части: Главният двор (Main campus), Щъркеловият двор (Storke campus), Западният двор (West campus) и Северният двор (North Campus). UCSB е един от малкото университети в САЩ със свой собствен плаж. Самият университет е ограден от три страни от Тихия океан и има своя собствена лагуна. На територията му има специално пригодени пътеки само за велосипедисти, тъй като велосипедът е любимо средство за придвижване на почти всички студенти. Лагуната е голямо изкуствено водно пространство между сградите San Rafael и San Miguel. Много от по-старите сгради се заменят постепенно с нови. Университетът има няколко библиотеки, които съдържат 2.8 милиона тома материали, събрани на микрофилми, звукозаписи, книги, правителствени документи, сателитни снимки и други. Залата, известна като RBR (Reserved Book Room), е отворена за ползване 24 часа. Най-голямата зала (Campbell Hall) има 860 места. Щъркеловата кула (Storke Tower), завършена през 1969 година, е най-високата постройка в целия окръг Санта Барбара. Радиостанцията KCSB 91.9FM излъчва от тази кула. Приемане[редактиране | edit source] Калифорнийският университет - Санта Барбара е сред най-реномираните университети в САЩ. Средният резултат от приемните изпити (SAT score) е 1866.[6] 61% от приетите студенти имат бал (GPA) над 3.7.[7] 96 процента от тях се класират в горните 10% на гимназиалния си клас.[7] Таксата за подаване на документи е $60.[8] Студентски живот[редактиране | edit source] Калифорнийският университет в Санта Барбата е известен като града на непрекъснатите празници и забави, или на жаргон - "24 часа купон". През април 2006 г. списание Playboy поставя училището на второ място по този критерий. Едно от най-популярните сред студентите празнувания е това на Halloween, което се е превърнало в традиция.[9] Освен с многобройните забави, UCSB е известен и с политическата си активност, особено в областта на защитата на природата и антивоенните демонстрации. През 2006 година огромен студентски протест срещу войната в Ирак напълно парализира магистрала 217 (Highway 217) в близост до двора на университета. Всяка година през пролетта тук се провежда музикален фестивал със свободен достъп, обикновено посещаван от около 8 000 души. Вестникът на университета е Нексъс (Daily Nexus), а радиостанцията - KCSB 91.9. Етнически групи[редактиране | edit source] Преподаватели[редактиране | edit source] Нобелови лауреати[редактиране | edit source] - Дейвид Грос (1941-) - Нобелова награда за физика (2004) - Фин Кидланд (1943-) - Нобелова награда за икономика (2004) - Херберт Крьомер (1928-) - Нобелова награда за физика (2000) - Алан Хийгър (1936-) - Нобелова награда за химия (2000) - Уолтър Кон (1923-) - Нобелова награда за химия (1998) Източници[редактиране | edit source] - ↑ The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institutions: University of California-Santa Barbara - ↑ Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2007 world rankings. - ↑ USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities: Top Schools - ↑ University of California, Santa Barbara. UCSB Long Range Development Plan - 1990 (PDF). University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990. - ↑ University Of California Santa Barbara. Open Space Habitat Management Plan for the Ellwood-Devereux Coast: Reports and Documents. // University Of California Santa Barbara, 1990. - ↑ U.S. News and World Report. Amercia's Best Colleges 2008. News and World Report, 2007. - ↑ а б University of California at Santa Barbara. Campus Quick Facts. // University of California at Santa Barbara, 2007. - ↑ Economic Diversity Among All National Universities. - ↑ Just in Time for Halloween: the UCSB Boogeyman. - ↑ 2007-08 Campus Profile. // UCSB Institutional Research and Planning.
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University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (commonly referred to as UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a 1,022-acre (414 ha) site near Goleta, California, United States, 8 miles (13 km) from Santa Barbara and 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944 and is the third-oldest general-education campus in the system. UCSB is one of America's Public Ivy universities, which recognizes top public research universities in the United States. The university is a comprehensive doctoral university and is organized into five colleges and schools offering 87 undergraduate degrees and 55 graduate degrees. UCSB was ranked 40th among "National Universities" and 10th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report 's 2015 rankings.[4] The university was also ranked 33rd worldwide by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings[5] and 41st worldwide (7th worldwide for engineering) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2014.[6][7] UC Santa Barbara is a "very high activity" research university and spent $233.9 million on research expenditures in the 2012 fiscal year, 91st largest in the United States.[8] UCSB houses twelve national research centers,[9] including the renowned Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.[10] Current UCSB faculty includes six Nobel Prize laureates, one Fields Medalist, 29 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 27 members of the National Academy of Engineering, and 31 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[11] UCSB was the No. 3 host on the ARPAnet and was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1995. The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos compete in the Big West Conference of the NCAA Division I. The Gauchos have won NCAA national championships in men's soccer and men's water polo. Contents - 1 History - 2 Campus - 3 Academics - 4 Organization - 5 Demographics - 6 Student activities and traditions - 7 Athletics - 8 Controversies - 9 People - 10 See also - 11 References - 12 External links History[edit] UCSB traces its origins back to the Anna Blake School which was founded in 1891 and offered training in home economics and industrial arts.[12][13] The Anna Blake School was taken over by the state in 1909 and became the Santa Barbara State Normal School. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara, led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase, persuaded the State Legislature, Governor Earl Warren, and the Regents of the University of California to move the State College over to the more research-oriented University of California system in 1944. The State College system sued to stop the takeover, but the Governor did not support the suit. A state initiative was passed, however, to stop subsequent conversions of State Colleges to University of California campuses.[14] From 1944 to 1958 the school was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California, before taking on its current name. When the vacated Marine Corps training station in Goleta was purchased for the rapidly growing college, Santa Barbara City College moved into the vacated State College buildings.[15] Originally, the Regents envisioned a small, several thousand-student liberal arts college, a so-called "Williams College of the West", at Santa Barbara. Chronologically, UCSB is the third general-education campus of the University of California, after Berkeley and UCLA (the only other state campus to have been acquired by the UC system). The original campus the Regents acquired in Santa Barbara was located on only 100 acres (40 ha) of largely unusable land on a seaside mesa. The availability of a 400-acre (160 ha) portion of the land used as Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara until 1946 on another seaside mesa in Goleta, which the Regents could acquire for free from the federal government, led to that site becoming the Santa Barbara campus in 1949. Originally, only 3000–3500 students were anticipated, but the post WWII baby boom led to the designation of general campus in 1958, along with a name change from "Santa Barbara College" to "University of California, Santa Barbara," and the discontinuation of the industrial arts program for which the State college was famous. A Chancellor, Samuel B. Gould, was appointed in 1959. All of this change was done in accordance with the California Master Plan for Higher Education. In 1959, UCSB Professor Douwe Stuurman hosted the English writer Aldous Huxley as the university's first visiting professor.[16] Huxley delivered a lectures series called "The Human Situation".[17] In the late 1960s and early 1970s UCSB became nationally known as a hotbed of anti-Vietnam War activity. A bombing at the school's faculty club in 1969 killed the caretaker, Dover Sharp. In the spring 1970 multiple occasions of arson occurred, including a burning of the Bank of America branch building in the student community of Isla Vista, during which time one male student, Kevin Moran, was shot and killed by police.[18] UCSB's anti-Vietnam activity impelled then Governor Ronald Reagan to impose a curfew and order the National Guard to enforce it. Weapon-carrying guardsmen were a common sight on campus and in Isla Vista during this time. In 1995, UCSB was elected to the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading research universities, with a membership consisting of 59 universities in the United States (both public and private) and two universities in Canada. On May 23, 2014, a killing spree occurred in Isla Vista, California, a community in close proximity of the campus. All six people killed during the rampage were students at UCSB.[19] Provosts and Chancellors[edit] - 1944–1946 Clarence L. Phelps - 1946–1955 J. Harold Williams - 1955–1955 Clark G. Kuebler - 1956–1956 John C. Snidecor - 1956–1959 Elmer Noble - 1959–1962 Samuel B. Gould - 1962–1977 Vernon Cheadle - 1977–1986 Robert Huttenback - 1986–1987 Daniel G. Aldrich - 1987–1994 Barbara Uehling - 1994–present Henry T. Yang Santa Barbara State College was under the supervision of a President, but in 1944, when it became a campus of the University of California, the title of the chief executive was changed to Provost. In September 1958, the Regents of the University of California established Santa Barbara as a general University campus and at the official title of the chief executive was changed to Chancellor. UCSB's first Provost was thus Clarence L. Phelps, while UCSB's first Chancellor was Samuel B. Gould.[20] Campus[edit] UCSB is located on cliffs directly above the Pacific Ocean. UCSB's campus is completely autonomous from local government and has not been annexed by the city of Santa Barbara and thus is not part of the city.[21][22] While it appears closer to the recently formed city of Goleta, a parcel of the City of Santa Barbara that forms a strip of "city" through the ocean to the Santa Barbara airport, runs through the west entrance to the university campus. Although UCSB has a Santa Barbara mailing address, as do other unincorporated areas around the city, only this entry parcel is in the Santa Barbara city limits. Like all other UC and CSU campuses, it is self-governing and cannot be incorporated into either city.[citation needed] The campus is divided into four parts: Main (East) Campus 708 acres (287 ha) that houses all academic units plus the majority of undergraduate housing, Storke Campus, West Campus and North Campus. The campuses surround the community of Isla Vista. UCSB is one of a few universities in the United States with its own beach. The campus, bordered on three sides by the Pacific Ocean, has miles of coastline, its own lagoon, and the rocky extension, Goleta Point, which is also known as "Campus Point" . The campus has numerous walking and bicycle paths across campus, around the lagoon and along the beach. Much of the campus's early architecture was designed by famed architect William Pereira and his partner Charles Luckman, and made heavy use of custom tinted and patterned concrete block. This design element was carried over into many of the school's subsequent buildings. The Lagoon is a large body of water adjacent to the coastline, between San Rafael and San Miguel Residence Halls. It was created from a former tidal salt marsh flat and is fed by a combination of run-off and ocean water used by the Marine Science Building's aquatic life tanks; thus, it is a unique combination of fresh and salt water. Many of the older campus buildings are being replaced with newer, more modern facilities. The UCSB Libraries, consisting of the Davidson Library and the Arts Library, hold more than 3 million bound volumes[23] and millions of microforms, government documents, manuscripts, maps, satellite and aerial images, sound recordings, and other materials. Situated at the center of campus, the UCSB Library will break ground on a significant addition and renovation project in June 2013.[24] Campbell Hall is the university's largest lecture hall with 862 seats. It is also the main venue for the UCSB Arts and Lectures series, which presents special performances, films, and lectures for the UCSB campus and Santa Barbara community. Storke Tower, completed in 1969, is the tallest building in Santa Barbara County. It can be seen from most places on campus, and it overlooks Storke Plaza. It is home to a five-octave, 61-bell carillon. KCSB 91.9 and the Daily Nexus have headquarters beneath Storke Tower. The UCSB Family Vacation Center founded in 1969, is a summer family camp located on campus that draws over 2,000 guests each summer. The staff of over 50 includes many UCSB students who have been extensively trained as camp counselors. Layout[edit] The university (itself termed a campus of the University of California) is divided into two physical campuses, a West Campus and East Campus. The vast majority of university facilities, including all lecture halls and laboratories, are in the East Campus. The two campuses are connected by a large strip (known as the North and Storke Campuses) to the north which contain university housing and athletic fields. Thus, the university surrounds Isla Vista on three sides. West Campus, aside from a few buildings dedicated to faculty housing, has largely been leased out to private organizations, and includes a school for the mentally disabled and a large nature preserve. The largest sand dunes on the south-facing coast of the Santa Barbara Channel are located here. The East Campus centers around two quadrangles, separated from each other by the main library and bus circle, and the life sciences buildings. Along the western quad are Storke Plaza and buildings housing the various arts, social sciences, and humanities departments. The Student Resource Building and the Events Center are also located along this quad. Surrounding the wider, park-like eastern quad are buildings housing the physical sciences departments and the College of Engineering. Directly to the south of, but not adjacent to, the eastern quad are the life sciences and psychology departments, as well as most of the on-campus housing. The southernmost section of the campus is dominated by the lagoon. The peninsula extending from the beach into the lagoon contains a labyrinth. Bicycles[edit] UCSB is known for its extensive biking system. Bicycles have exclusive right of way on a series of specifically designated paths throughout East Campus. Bicycle stands and lockers are ubiquitous.[25] UCSB is unique among bicycle-heavy areas in that most travel is done within a small radius.[26] Academics[edit] UC Santa Barbara is a large, comprehensive, primarily residential doctoral university.[27] The full-time, four-year undergraduate program comprises the majority of enrollments and has an arts & sciences focus with high graduate co-existence.[27] UCSB is organized into five colleges and schools offering 87 undergraduate degrees and 55 graduate degrees. The campus is the 6th-largest in the UC system by enrollment with 18,620 undergraduate and 3,065 graduate students. Admissions[edit] Admission to UC Santa Barbara is rated as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report.[4] UC Santa Barbara received 62,427 applications for admission to the Fall 2013 incoming freshman class; 24,813 were admitted (39.7%).[31] Enrolled freshmen had an average high school GPA of 3.96, and an average combined SAT score of 1872 (average SAT scores of 610 for Critical Reading, 638 for Mathematics, and 624 for Writing).[31] 39% of undergraduates received federal Pell grants in Fall 2011.[33] Research activity[edit] According to the National Science Foundation, UC Santa Barbara spent $233.9 million on research and development in 2012, ranking it 91st in the nation. From 2005 to 2009, UCSB was ranked fourth in terms of relative citation impact in the U.S. (behind MIT, Caltech, and Princeton University) according to Thomson Reuters.[35][36] UCSB hosts 12 National Research Centers, including the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, the Southern California Earthquake Center, the UCSB Center for Spatial Studies, an affiliate of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, and the California Nanosystems Institute. Eight of these centers are supported by the National Science Foundation.[9] UCSB is also home to Microsoft Station Q, a research group working on topological quantum computing where American mathematician and Fields Medalist Michael Freedman is the director.[37] Teaching and degrees[edit] The focus of the University of California is on research.[27] Like all University of California campuses, UCSB prioritizes academic development over vocational learning. Undergraduate teaching is centered on lectures, with larger lecture classes having sections. Sections may be tutorial style, or they may be set up as seminars or discussions. For undergraduates, UCSB confers both BA and BS degrees. Music majors may pursue a Bachelor of Music degree. Graduate teaching involves seminar style classes and an emphasis on research and further study. UCSB confers MA, MS, and PhD degrees. Those studying music may pursue a MM or DMA degree. Students pursuing a career in education may receive a MEd or EdD degree. The university granted 5,812 bachelors, 578 masters, and 354 PhD degrees in 2010–2011.[38] Rankings[edit] UCSB is considered to be a "Public Ivy".[46][47] The 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Santa Barbara as tied for the 40th best university (and 10th best public university) in the United States.[4] Money Magazine ranked UC Santa Barbara 95th in the country out of the nearly 1500 schools it evaluated for its 2014 Best Colleges ranking.[48] The Daily Beast ranked UC Santa Barbara 40th in the country out of the nearly 2000 schools it evaluated for its 2013 Best Colleges ranking.[49] In 2014 Kiplinger ranked UCSB 18th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 4th in California.[50] Research impact rankings[edit] The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked UCSB 33rd worldwide in 2013, 23rd in the U.S.[5] while the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2014 ranked UCSB 41st in the world, 29th in the nation,[6] and 7th worldwide for engineering.[7] In the United States National Research Council rankings of graduate programs, 10 UCSB departments were ranked in the top ten in the country: Materials, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Marine Science Institute, Geography, History, and Theater and Dance.[51] Among US university Materials Science and Engineering programs, UCSB was ranked first in each measure of a study by the National Research Council of the NAS [52] The Centre for Science and Technologies Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands ranked UCSB as the 7th best research university in the world based on Mean normalized citation score (MNCS), and as the 2nd best in the world based on the proportion of the publications to the top 10% most frequently cited.[53] The Global Research Report: United States published by Thomson Reuters in November 2010 rated UCSB's research 4th nationally in citation impact.[54] Among US university economics programs, in 2010 UCSB was ranked the 6th for experimental economics, 3rd for environmental economics, and 12th for cognitive and behavioral economics by RePEc.[55][56] Washington Monthly, whose ranking focuses on public service and research impact, named UCSB as the 15th best national university in 2014.[57] Other rankings[edit] In the United States National Research Council rankings of graduate programs, 10 UCSB departments were ranked in the top ten in the country: Materials, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Marine Science Institute, Geography, History, and Theater and Dance.[51] US News & World Report in 2014 ranked UCSB's graduate programs in Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering the 2nd and 8th best in the U.S., respectively; the graduate school for Physics was ranked 10th best, including the 5th best program for Condensed Matter Physics, 7th best program for Quantum Physics and the 7th best program for Elementary Particles/Field/String Theory.[58] In terms of the social sciences, UCSB's graduate program in Sociology is ranked 1st for research in sex and gender and the History department is ranked 7th for women's history.[58] UCSB's Department of Communication was recognized as top in the nation based on data from the National Research Council’s study.[59][60][61] Several areas in UCSB's Department of Communication have been Ranked Best in Nation by the National Communication Association. Specifically, UCSB's Department of Communication has been ranked number 1 in the nation for Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, number 1 in the nation for Intercultural/International Communication, number 2 in the nation Organizational Communication, number 4 in the nation for Communication and Technology, and number 17 in the nation for Mass Communication.[59][62] UCSB's Department of Communication has been ranked No. 3 in the nation in terms of research productivity, according to a recent analysis of scholarly articles that have appeared in eight academic journals sponsored by the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association.[63] In addition, UCSB's Department of Communication has been named One of the Top High Impact Departments in the nation.[64] Webometrics ranked UCSB 87th worldwide in its July 2014 ranking.[65] In 2013 QS World University Rankings ranked UCSB 130th in the world.[66] Forbes magazine ranked the university 116th in the nation (and 51st best research university) in July 2014.[67] This ranking focuses mainly on net positive financial impact, in contrast to other rankings, and generally ranks liberal arts colleges above most research universities.[68] UCSB was ranked 3rd in The Princeton Review's 2015 list of top party schools.[69] Organization[edit] Santa Barbara is one of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California. The University of California is governed by a 26-member Board of Regents, 18 of which are appointed by the Governor of California to 12-year terms, 7 serving as ex officio members, and a single student regent.[70] The position of Chancellor was created in 1952 to lead individual campuses. The Board of Regents appointed Henry T. Yang to be the 5th Chancellor of the university in 1994.[71] Colleges and schools[edit] - College of Creative Studies - College of Engineering - College of Letters & Science - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education UC Santa Barbara has three colleges: the College of Letters & Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Creative Studies. The College of Creative Studies offers students an alternative approach to education by supporting advanced, independent work in the arts, mathematics, and sciences. The campus also has two professional schools, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, located in Bren Hall, and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. Academic year[edit] The university runs on a quarter system. There are three terms in the normal academic year: fall, winter, and spring, as well as a summer term. At the beginning of each term, there are one to three days of Pre-instructional Activities, where faculty meet to discuss instructional plans. During this period, students acquaint themselves to the campus and have the opportunity to take placement tests. At the end of each term, one week is devoted to final exams and special academic activities. There are 146 days of instruction, with a minimum of 48 per term.[72] Demographics[edit] Student activities and traditions[edit] Social[edit] UCSB is a politically active campus. For the 2008 presidential election, UCSB won a national college competition for student voter registration by registering 10857 voters, or 51.5% of the student population.[73] The UCSB Campus Democrats are one of the most active organizations on campus. Over the years, other political parties and organizations have also been known to be active on campus, such as the Environmental Affairs Board, Green Party, Libertarians, NORML, and the Queer Student Union.[74] There are a variety of on campus centers offering social, recreational, religious, and preprofessional activities for students. The UCSB Multicultural Center puts on numerous activities every year to support students of color and promote awareness of diversity issues on campus. Other organizations and centers include the Daily Nexus, a daily newspaper, the La Cumbre Yearbook, the school radio station, KCSB 91.9, The Bottom Line, a weekly newspaper, and the Gaucho Free Press, the campus's conservative magazine. The UCSB Recreation Center also hosts a variety of activities, from Adventure Programs to ballroom dancing classes. Further UCSB Hillel offers a space for UCSB's large Jewish population and a place for Jewish students to come together in a unique building in Isla Vista. Students socialize at the Arbor, the UCen, the Coral Tree Cafe the Courtyard Cafe and for a special lunch, the Faculty Club. UCSB is also known for its annual free music festival, Extravaganza. It is held at Harder Stadium in the spring and generally attracts around 8,000 people. Past performers have included Nas, T.I., E-40, Sublime, Run-D.M.C., The Pharcyde, Social Distortion, Jack Johnson, Drake and Snoop Dogg amongst many others. The Nu chapter of Phrateres, a non-exclusive, non-profit social-service club, was installed here in 1939. Between 1924 and 1967, 23 chapters of Phrateres were installed in universities across North America. Housing[edit] There are eight residence halls at UCSB, seven of which are located at the main campus. One, Santa Catalina, is located near the entrance to West Campus north of Isla Vista.[75] Santa Catalina has its own dining commons, Portola Dining Commons, as well as a heated swimming pool, two lounges, numerous study rooms, two recreational rooms, a gym, as well as tennis courts and an expansive lawn. Because Santa Catalina is nearly 1 mi (1.6 km) off-campus, it has its own campus police station as well as housing offices and Res-Net support center. The Main Campus residence halls are found in two different locations. On the east end of campus are the residence halls named after five of the Channel Islands: Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Miguel and San Nicolas. There are two dining commons located near the Channel Islands residence halls. The Ortega Dining Commons is located between San Miguel and the University Center (UCen), and the De La Guerra Dining Commons (DLG) is located between Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Nicolas. The two other residence halls, San Rafael and Manzanita Village, are located on the west side of campus and primarily house continuing and transfer students. The Carrillo Dining Commons is located in Manzanita Village, right next to San Rafael Hall. Manzanita Village was completed in 2002, and is the newest residence hall on campus. In addition, the university also has four housing complexes for graduate students and their families: San Clemente Villages for single graduate students, Santa Ynez Apartments, El Dorado Apartments, Westgate Apartments, and family student housing: West Campus Apartments and the Storke Apartment complexes. There is also Faculty Housing at the West Campus Point and new construction underway at the North Campus. Private residence halls are also available to UCSB students. Tropicana Del Norte, located directly adjacent to the Main Campus, houses UCSB students in 51 furnished suites and has an on-site dining hall and heated pool. Students may also choose to rent housing in the bordering community of Isla Vista. An estimated average for rent costs is $500–$800 US/month to share a bedroom, and includes trash pickup and water utilities. Low-cost housing is limited, with the cheapest source being the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. Other sources of housing include the Greek System, and outlying communities (i.e. Goleta, Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, Montecito). Some students live in Isla Vista, which is immediately adjacent to campus. Isla Vista since the early 1960s has a reputation of being a party environment. UCSB is also affiliated with the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative in Isla Vista, which seeks to provide low rent co-op housing regardless of gender, race, social, political, or religious affiliation, and thereby influencing the community to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in the community. Services[edit] There are a number of academic resources offered by the university, including a writing center, open computer labs, a machine shop, a career and counseling center, and drop-in academic advising. A large Recreation Center provides classes and facilities for students and faculty. The Center has swimming pools, racquetball courts, a rock wall, and exercise machines. The University Center has facilities for meetings and presentations, and also contains a bookstore, restaurants and a cashier.[76] UCSB has a health clinic. Students with ailments or seeking medical assistance may consult a physician at the clinic. The clinic also offers basic health care and provides emergency medicine and contraceptives. The university is the only UC campus with its own Paramedic Rescue Unit. It is staffed by full-time professional paramedics and part-time undergraduate EMTs. SexInfo, which was started in 1976 by Professors John and Janice Baldwin, is run by students doing advanced course work and research on sexuality through UCSB's Sociology Department. The site is dedicated to providing accurate information about sexuality in a way that is both informative and personal. SexInfo answers questions sent in by readers from all over the world, as well as regularly updates and posts articles on various topics related to human sexuality. This program helps students getting their degree in psychology.[77] Athletics[edit] The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. UCSB's sports teams compete in the Big West Conference, with the exception of the men's water polo, men's and women's swimming, and the men's volleyball teams, which are in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Santa Barbara is best known for its women's basketball and men's soccer teams. In 2006, UCSB won their first NCAA Men's Soccer title and its second overall NCAA championship (1979 water polo) in school history.[78][79] While there are some 400 students in ICA, there are over 700 in Club Sports Teams including: Alpine Racing, Cycling, Fencing, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Roller Hockey, Rugby, Sailing, Soccer, Triathlon, Ultimate Frisbee, Water Ski and Rowing. Many of these teams are highly regarded and compete against Intercollegiate teams from across the US. For example Rowing has produced several national team members including Nine-time National Rowing Team member Amy Fuller, winner of several Olympic and World Championship medals and currently head of the UCLA Rowing Program. The UCSB Cycling Team has also produced several national team members, Olympians, and members of numerous US and international professional teams. Many other hundreds of students participate in a large Intramural program consisting of Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Flag Football, Golf, Floor Hockey, Indoor and Outdoor Soccer, Racquetball, Squash, Running, Softball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Inner tube water polo, and Kickball. One non-sanctioned sport also draws many students to UCSB: surfing. The on-campus beaches include a number of decent surfing sites, including "Poles," "Campus Point," "Depressions" and "Sands" and "Devereaux Point" on the west campus. Because Campus Beach actually faces South and East, and is shielded by the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, the surf is usually quite small. However, a large North or West swell can wrap in to create great waves which are typically very clean and good for surfing. UCSB has a surf team that competes in NSSA (National Scholastic Surfing Association) competitions, and is generally considered one of the best in the nation. They continued their reputation by winning a record 14th National Title at the college level in 2010's finals. Controversies[edit] In March 2014, a feminist studies professor at UCSB, Mireille Miller-Young, was charged with battery, theft and vandalism after she allegedly stole and destroyed a sign from a Pro-life demonstrator, who was protesting in an area of the UCSB campus designated as a “free speech zone.” The sign depicted graphic imagery of aborted fetuses, and Professor Miller-Young responded by allegedly stealing the sign from one of the demonstrators, a 16-year-old girl who was identified as a member of the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, and when the girl tried to take the sign back, the professor allegedly pushed and scratched her. The university initially stated that it would not publicly comment on personnel matters. However, UCSB's Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Michael D. Young, issued a statement supporting free speech on campus, while also accusing outside groups of trying to create divisions in the campus community.[80][81][82][83] Although Miller-Young initially pleaded not guilty, she changed her plea to no contest in July of 2014, and was sentenced to three years probation; 108 hours of community service; and 10 hours of anger management classes. As of July 2014, Miller-Young remains employed by UCSB.[84][85][86] People[edit] Notable faculty[edit] Current UCSB faculty have received several prestigious awards, including six Nobel Prizes[87][88][89][90][91] and a Fields Medal.[92] In addition, there are 29 members of the National Academy of Sciences,[93] 27 members of the National Academy of Engineering,[94] and 31 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences on the faculty.[95] - Allison Anders, American film and television director - Stanley Awramik, Professor of Geology, biogeologist and expert on Precambrian deposits and the origin of life - Walter Holden Capps (1934–1997) — also known as Walter H. Capps — Democrat. Religious Studies professor. U.S. Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; (defeated, 1994) died in office 1997 - Nick Carter 1928 Olympian, track coach 1939–1958 - Glen Culler, Professor of Electrical Engineering, principal investigator for UCSB ARPAnet - Michael Freedman, 1986 Fields Medalist and director of Microsoft Station Q - Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Art, author, and artist exploring Hapa identity - Michael Gazzaniga, Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind and Professor of Psychology, leading researcher in the field of cognitive neuroscience - Colin Gardner, Professor of Integrative Studies/Critical Theory, Departments of Art, Film & Media Studies, Comparative Literature, and the History of Art and Architecture - Howard Giles, Professor of Communication, creator of communication accommodation theory - Michael Frank Goodchild, Professor of Geography, winner of the 2007 Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud - David J. Gross, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and 2004 Nobel laureate in Physics[96] - Alan J. Heeger, Professor of Physics and of Materials and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry[97] - Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, sinologist and Emeritus Professor of History - Jacob Israelachvili, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 1988[98] - Charles Kolstad, Chair of the Economics Department and Professor of Environmental Economics - Walter Kohn, Founding director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Research Professor of Physics and 1998 Nobel laureate in Chemistry[99] - Herbert Kroemer, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials and 2000 Nobel laureate in Physics[100] - Finn E. Kydland, Professor of Economics and 2004 Nobel laureate in Economics[101] - L. Gary Leal, Warren & Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering[102] - Luis Leal, Mexican-American writer and literary critic - Bruce H. Lipshutz, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Physics and former department chairman - N. Scott Momaday, Native American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of the National Medal of Arts[103] - William W. Murdoch, Charles A. Storke II professor of population ecology, recipient of the 1990 Robert H. MacArthur Award, and AAAS Fellow known for his research in population regulation, biological control, and predator-prey relationships[104] - Shuji Nakamura, Professor of Materials and 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics, Japanese inventor of the bright green, white and blue GaN LEDs and a blue laser. Recipient of the Millennium Technology Prize from the Finnish government in 2006[105] - John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies and Emmy-award winning director of several documentaries[106] - Paul Spickard, History professor, named Distinguished Lecturer by Organization of American Historians, 2001 recipient of The Loving Prize for research on mixed racial and cultural experiences - Galen D. Stucky, E. Khashoggi Industries, LLC Professor in Letters and Science, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Departments[107] - James A. Thomson, Adjunct Professor – Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, "father of stem-cell research"[108] - Anthony Zee, theoretical physicist and Pulitzer Prize nominee. Known for applying quantum field theory to such problems as RNA folding and visual processing.[109] Michael Freedman, Fields Medal (1986) for his work on the Poincaré conjecture Notable alumni[edit] UC Santa Barbara alumni have become notable in many varied fields, both academic and otherwise. Carol Greider, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009) graduated from the College of Creative Studies with a B.A. in biology in 1983. Robert Ballard, oceonographer who discovered the RMS Titanic in 1985 graduated from UCSB in 1965 with a degree in chemistry and geology. Actors who have studied at UCSB include Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas who received a B.A. in drama in 1968 and who is Honorary President of the UCSB Alumni Association, and Gwyneth Paltrow who studied anthropology before dropping out to act. Musicians who have attented include Robby Krieger, guitarist in The Doors, singer-songwriter Jack Johnson and electro house musician Steve Aoki. Chairman of the Oracle Corporation, Jeffrey O. Henley, graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1966, while Knut Vollebæk, former Foreign minister of Norway, graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1973. Athletes who have studied at UCSB include swimmer and four-time Olympic Gold medalist Jason Lezak and basketball player Brian Shaw who is currently head coach of the Denver Nuggets. Carol Greider, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009) Michael Douglas, Academy Award winning actor Jack Johnson, musician Robert Ballard, oceanographer, discovered the RMS Titanic Jason Lezak, Olympic champion swimmer See also[edit] - 2014 Isla Vista shootings - List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara - University of California References[edit] - ^ "Annual Endowment Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013; p.4" (PDF). Chief Investment Officer of the Regents of the University of California. 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