Kresge College was founded in 1971 as
a place to explore human consciousness
on a campus dedicated to challenging traditional conceptions of teaching and learning. Kresge has changed a lot since then, and we hope it will continue to evolve under the pressure of new student, staff and faculty energy. Kresge is home to faculty who teach in a wide variety of departments including the Humanities, Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, as well as students who study everything from Creative Writing to Geology, Plant Conservation to Ancient History. We take pride in our cultural range, our civic concerns and our intellectual programs. We emphasize independent living and social responsibility, recognizing that creative alternatives emerge from the interaction of individual issues and group values.

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What's going on?

Kresge PRIDE
  Our annual PRIDE   event is May 31st.   Click here for more   info.

Kresge Commencement Info
  Information for   Kresge's   Commencement   2008 ceremony.

Parents & Family
  Visit our "Families"   website for relevant   info.

Kresge Affiliated Faculty
  A list of faculty   members who are   Kresge affiliated.

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Ride Board UPDATED!
Kresge at Dining Halls
Past College Nights
Ideas for Events?

NEW!! Coming to Kresge Fall 2008!!
Writers House is a residential option for students with an interest in journalism and/or creative writing, regardless of their prospective majors.

Students will have the opportunity to select a visiting writer, meet with creative writing and journalism instructors and get involved in The Kresge Town Krier and Rapt, Kresge's two student publications. Writers House residences will have the option of enrolling in a two credit creative writing class attached to the Kresge Core class and taught by a published writer.

Creative Writing and Journalism at Kresge College!

Perhaps because Kresge is known for its creativity and independent spirit, it's also known for its association with writing. We house the Writing Program and The Science Writing Program, and are associated with Literature. Our Co-Provost, Micah Perks, is Co-Director of The Creative Writing Program at UCSC.

More than half the core faculty are published fiction writers and poets. Kresge offers a journalism course, comic writing, and writer's read, a course in which students receive credit for going to The Living Writer's Reading Series.

Kresge is the home of Rapt and The Kresge Town Krier, two literary journals, as well as City On A Hill, UCSC's student-run newspaper.

Kresge's Faculty Fellows include National Book Award winning poet Nathaniel Mackey, American Book Award winning novelist Karen Tei Yamashita, memoirist Bettina Apthekar, poet Gary Young and novelist Micah Perks. Learn more at the creative writing website http://humwww.ucsc.edu/CWP or Kresge's own Affiliated Faculty list on this site.

EXTRA! EXTRA! KRESGE NEWS: Do you Have an IDEA for a Kresge Event?
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Kresge College Flickr Page
Did you know that Kresge now has a Flickr page? Want to add any? Bring them by (on a CD or USB drive) the Kresge Programs Office.

PARENTS & FAMILY
Please visit our new website for relevant information.

See What's Going On This Month
Click here to download this month's activity calendar for Kresge.

Join Team Kresge for the Santa Cruz AIDS Walk
Raise money to fight AIDS and join the team.