University of California, Santa Cruz

 

The University of California, Santa Cruz  known as  Cruz or  is a public, collegiate university and one of 10 campuses in the University of California system. San Francisco at the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean

Founded in 1965, Cruz is considered as a Public Ivy s a showcase for progressive, cross-disciplinary undergraduate education, innovative teaching methods and contemporary architecture. 

 Since then, it has evolved into a modern research university with a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate programs, 

A number of shrines, dens and other student-built curiosities are scattered around the northern campus. These structures, mostly assembled from branches and other forest detritus, were formerly concentrated in the area known as  glen the University razed in 1992 to build colleges Nine and Ten. Students were able to relocate and save some of the structures, however

while retaining its reputation for strong undergraduate support and student political activism. The residential college system, which consists of ten small colleges, is intended to combine the student support of a small college with the resources of a major university. 

 There are a number of natural points of interest throughout ts. The "Porter Caves" are a popular site among students on the west side of campus.

Creeks several ravines. Footbridges span those ravines on pedestrian paths linking various areas of campus. The footbridges make it possible to walk to any part of campus utes in spite of the campus being built on a mountainside with varying elevations.At night, orange lights illuminate the occasionally fogged-in paths.

. A large Douglas Fir spanning approximately 1ee Nine is located in the upper campus of behind College Nine. T off the limbs to make it nearly impossible to climb.For specific directions, reference: directions to Tree Nine For the less also frequent Sunset Tree located on the east side of the meadow behind the Music Center

 The entrance is located in the forest between the Porter College meadow and Empire Grade Road. The caves wind through a set of caverns, some of which are challenging, narrow passages. Tree Nine is another popular destination for students

 A Santa Cruz Superior Court judge invalidated the measures, ruling they were improperly put on the ballot. In 2008, the university,  scrutiny of its north campus expansion plans, to provide housing font of the additional students on campus, and to pay municipal development and water fee
 

  Plans for increasing enrollment to 19,500 be anticipated environmental impacts of such action, encountered opposition from the city, the local community, and the studen voters in 2006 passed two measures calling on  to pay for the impacts of campus growth. 

 A Santa Cruz Superior Court judge invalidated the measures, ruling they were improperly put on the ballot. In 2008, the university, city, county  local government scrutiny of its north campus expansion plans, to provide housing font of the additional students on campus, and to pay municipal development and water fee

George0th Chancellor, intends to mitigate growth constraints in Santa Cruz by developing off-campus sites in Silicon Valley. campus is planned to ultimately hold 2,0ntire university's future student body as