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Munger Hall was designed in the context of the entire University of California system struggling to build enough student housing to meet the demand at that time and predicted future demand. [ 1 ] For the dormitory to have been built, it would have needed approval by the County of Santa Barbara , the University of California Regents , and the ...
UCSB has a Santa Barbara mailing address, as do other unincorporated areas around the city. The campus is divided into four parts: the Main (East) Campus of 708 acres (287 ha), which houses all academic units plus the majority of undergraduate housing, Storke Campus, West Campus, and North Campus.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. [11] Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944.
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[9] [10] The campus was on the Riviera in Santa Barbara, portions of which house today's Riviera Theatre. By 1913, the Riviera neighborhood was established, and housing for up to 40 faculty and students was built. (This housing is today's El Encanto Hotel.) [11] In 1921, it was renamed Santa Barbara State Teachers College.
A proposed mega dorm designed by a billionaire donor that would pack UC Santa Barbara students into largely windowless rooms has drawn widespread criticism.
The College of Creative Studies is housed in its own single story building, number 494, located between campus dorms, a dining commons, and the University Center. The building was built during World War II and shares the title as the oldest building at UC Santa Barbara with the other buildings left from when the campus was a marine base.
The billionaire Charlie Munger donated $200 million to the University of California, Santa Barbara. In exchange for the money, the school agreed not to change Munger's blueprints for a mega-dorm.