Crown College is one of the residential colleges that makes up the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall university. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. ...

Located on the upper northern side of campus by Merrill College, Crown also borders the newly constructed Colleges Nine and Ten. Crown is made up of eight three-floor residence halls as well as having about half of the Crown-Merrill apartment buildings. The UCSC fire station is located at Crown. Categories: University stubs | University of California | Universities and colleges in California ... Dorm buildings at College Nine. ... A dorm building at College Ten. ...

Crown was founded in 1967 when the Chancellor Dean E. McHenry invited Kenneth V. Thimann to come to Santa Cruz and head what would become Crown College and to build the science faculty at UCSC. Santa Cruz is the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. ...

Because of its strong science-related roots and continuing tradition, all of the student residence buildings have science-related themes and names: Gauss House, Galen House, Rutherford House, Harvey and Maxwell Houses, Leonardo House, Galileo House, and Descartes House. Because of its strong academic roots, Crown College is regarded as one of the quieter colleges on the campus. (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics. ... Claudius Galenus of Pergamum (129-200 AD), better known in English as Galen, was an ancient Greek physician. ... Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PC, FRS (August 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937), was a nuclear physicist from New Zealand. ... Harvey is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning soldier or man-at-arms. It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as Hervé. // Places Harvey is a common place-name in some English-speaking countries. ... James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, born in Edinburgh. ... Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. ... Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Giusto Sustermans. ... René Descartes René Descartes (IPA: , March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, worked as a philosopher and mathematician. ...

Crown is for those students who wish to pursue a career in science and technology, though more than a third of the students study liberal arts or social sciences. Crown has an extremely favorable environment for those academically focused, and for people who enjoy learning. It is very close to upper campus - an excellent place to go on hikes. It is also where the drum circle takes place during the full moon.

External links

• Crown College home page
• UC Santa Cruz home page
• UCSC statistics by residential college