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53-511: The Brubeck Institute was a special program at the University of the Pacific 's Conservatory of Music . It was founded in 2000 by noted Jazz pianist and Pacific alum Dave Brubeck . The Brubeck Institute consists of several different programs and initiatives that aim to support and promote jazz education and performance. This article on a California institution of higher education is

106-697: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . University of the Pacific (United States) Pacific was chartered on July 10, 1851, in Santa Clara, California , under the name California Wesleyan College . The school moved to San Jose in 1871 and then to Stockton in 1923. Pacific is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission . In addition to its liberal arts college and graduate school, Pacific has schools of business, dentistry, education, engineering, international studies, law, music, pharmacy, and health sciences. It

159-574: A certain discipline, they would not be organized into traditional departments. In Raymond's early years, students would take classes in every discipline in the prescribed curriculum. In later years, they were freer to choose courses based on interest. Regardless, all students graduated with an interdisciplinary liberal arts major. Additionally, in the early years, students at Raymond were not allowed to join social fraternities or sororities. While this restriction did loosen, joining Greek life and/or competitive athletics were consistently deemphasized throughout

212-741: A fitness center/pool. The campus includes the McGeorge School of Law , which is the only law school approved by the American Bar Association in Sacramento County. In 2015, Pacific began a transformation of its Sacramento Campus by adding graduate and professional programs. The campus now houses the School of Health Sciences, alongside McGeorge, with programs focused on law, health sciences, organizational leadership, and public policy. Pacific's San Francisco Campus

265-481: A greater diversity of courses, and professors responded by developing new courses beyond the regimented structure, with such titles as "Utopias", "Alternatives to the Nuclear Family", and "Comparative Totalitarianism: Russia and Germany". This new flexibility offered a great deal of intellectual experimentation, and this expanded dramatically over the course of the 1970s. President Burns's death in 1971 rocked

318-602: A new apartment-style residence hall, opened in 2018. In 2019, the university renovated the William Knox Holt Memorial Library. The campus is home to Morris Chapel , a non-denominational church. Pacific's 13-acre Sacramento Campus houses graduate and professional programs and a degree completion program in the Oak Park neighborhood , south of downtown. It consists of 24 buildings, including academic facilities, four residential facilities, and

371-551: A number of unique features that made the experience there different from that at the College of the Pacific, the traditional liberal arts core of the university. Raymond College held weekly High Table sessions, which were inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge model that President Burns had worked to incorporate. Each High Table would include a formal dinner and a presentation from that week's speaker, followed by discussion in

424-551: A school that, while nevertheless remaining academically rigorous, was firmly embedded in the counterculture movements of the time. The Vietnam War was a driving issue for many students, especially men, as the end of their undergraduate years meant the end of their ability to defer the draft . For many, opposition to the Vietnam War and the draft was a crucial component of their years at Pacific, with Raymond students going so far as to hold protests of US government actions during

477-516: A significant impact on the university, even after it closed. Many faculty members moved into the College of the Pacific and brought with them new ideas about how best to educate their students. Alumni also continue to advocate for small classes and seminar learning. Alumni of Raymond College went on to work in an exceptionally wide variety of careers, from hard sciences to business to policy to law to teaching, utilizing their broad education across different disciplines. Raymond College incorporated

530-462: A variety of multicultural and professional organizations. Raymond College Raymond College was an undergraduate honors college at the University of the Pacific from the years 1962 to 1980. Located in Stockton, California , it had an interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasized learning in the natural sciences , social sciences , and humanities , styling itself in the tradition of

583-471: Is home to the papers of environmental pioneer John Muir in Pacific's Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives. The university also has a John Muir Center that hosts a Muir Symposium to encourage the use of John Muir's Papers. At Pacific's William Knox Holt Memorial Library, there is a museum style presentational space for Muir's Papers. The Muir Experience has on display physical and digital exhibits to inspire user interaction with Muir's work. Pacific

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636-615: Is located in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, containing classrooms, administrative offices, a simulation laboratory and clinics offering dental care to the public through the Dugoni School of Dentistry . The San Francisco Campus also includes graduate programs in analytics, audiology, food studies, and music therapy. The university strives to promote environmental responsibility. Students are given opportunities to take part in sustainability service projects through

689-546: Is set to reopen after major renovations, and the Quad Buildings. The Quads are composed of several separate smaller residence halls in proximity to each other. Grace Covell is the largest residence hall on campus holding more than 350 students. Junior and seniors can find housing in the University Townhouses on the northwest side of campus, McCaffrey Center Apartments located in the center of campus or in

742-566: The Claremont colleges , noticing their success and viewing these new residential cluster colleges as a force for improved academic standards at and renewed attention for the university. Covell College, a college entirely taught in Spanish and aimed at an inter-American audience, and Callison College, a college focused on Asian studies that offered the opportunity to spend a year abroad in Asia, were

795-704: The McGeorge School of Law (established in 1924 in Sacramento ). In the late 1960s, when federal law surrounding funding of church-associated universities came into question, Pacific stopped receiving funding from the United Methodist Church, but maintains its affiliation with the church while operating as a non-denominational school. Also in the 1960s, three new colleges were established that were modeled after British universities Oxford and Cambridge, integrating faculty and students into distinct living and learning communities: Raymond College (1962)

848-442: The liberal arts . Raymond College initially offered an accelerated three-year program, though it moved to offer a four-year program as well in the 1970s. The curriculum emphasized seminar style learning, only offered a single interdisciplinary major, and students received written evaluations (called term letters) rather than traditional letter grades . Raymond was the first of the three cluster colleges developed under University of

901-582: The "Tap That" campaign, whose goal was to inform students, faculty and staff about the effects of disposable water bottles on the environment. The university has been listed in the Sierra Club's list of "Cool Schools, " of universities that value sustainability. The university opened several LEED-certified buildings, including the Don and Karen DeRosa University Center, the John T. Chambers Technology Center, and

954-418: The 1965-66 academic year. A new provost, Berndt Kolker, was selected to lead the college starting in the 66-67 academic year and began to re-envision the curriculum. One major impact of these revisions was the end of the strict three-year track; Raymond transitioned to a more flexible model that offered both a three-year and a four-year track. The curricular structure also gradually loosened; students could take

1007-915: The California Basketball Association, which soon became the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) and is now the West Coast Conference (WCC). They remained in the WCAC until joining the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, now known as the Big West Conference , in 1969 for football and 1971 for other sports. Pacific dropped football after the 1995 season and returned to the WCC in 2013. Facilities on

1060-613: The Gladys L. Benerd School of Education with University College to form Benerd College, a new school focused on innovative educational programs with flexible pricing and delivery methods, including hybrid and online programs for working adults. The Stockton Campus, featuring a tower, rose gardens, architectural columns, brick-faced buildings, and numerous trees, has been used in Hollywood films, due to its aesthetic likeness to East Coast Ivy League universities: High Time , Raiders of

1113-576: The Lost Ark , Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , The Sure Thing , Dead Man on Campus , All the Kings Men , Flubber (film) , and Dreamscape , among others. Part of Disney 's 1973 film The World's Greatest Athlete was also shot at Pacific. The Stockton Campus is home to three main residential halls : Grace Covell Hall, Southwest Hall, which closed after the 22/23 school year and

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1166-639: The M.O.V.E. (Mountains, Ocean, Valley Experience) program. The on-campus dining services participates in the Farm to Fork Program, buying food locally where feasible. In 2009, students from the Residence for Earth and Environmental Living and Learning (a campus residential learning community ), the Students for Environmental Action, and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences designed and implemented

1219-592: The Pacific President Robert Burns. President Burns, driven by the pressure of a new generation of qualified applicants, decided that the best way to serve these students was to develop cluster colleges: small colleges offering a unique undergraduate education. He stated that "growing larger by growing smaller" was the best way to expand the university while maintaining the high-quality personalized education that he viewed as essential to Pacific. He based this new model on Oxford , Cambridge , and

1272-762: The Pacific competes in NCAA Division I athletics as the Pacific Tigers in the West Coast Conference. After over 40 years of being in a conference (the PCAA/Big West) in which they were the only private school ever to have been a member, they returned to a league that is now composed exclusively of private, faith-based schools. The Pacifican is the university's student newspaper . It was founded in 1908, making it one of California's oldest continuously run student publications. In 2024,

1325-750: The Pacific is rated as "more selective" by U.S. News & World Report . For fall 2023, Pacific received 5,763 freshmen applications; 5,467 were admitted (95%). The average GPA of enrolled freshmen was 3.63, while the average SAT score was 1282. The 2023 U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. colleges and universities ranked University of the Pacific No. 151 in the "Top National Universities" category. Also for 2023, USN&WR ranked Pacific 56th in "Best Value School," 82nd for "Social Mobility" and No. 100 for "Best College for Veterans." The 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings ranked Pacific 19th for "Best Universities in

1378-543: The Raymond Common Room (a central gathering space.) Some speakers sparked controversy, and the roster included people from such diverse backgrounds as Angela Davis , John Rousselot of the John Birch Society , and United Nations officials. Classes were not graded through traditional letter grades. Rather, students received term letters in which their professor described how well they did in

1431-525: The Raymond years. This drew a distinction between Raymond and the university at large, which was dominated by a football-oriented culture and an active social Greek life. This difference led to divisions and disagreements between the cluster colleges and the rest of the university. Raymond alumni often refer to this as the Eucalyptus Curtain, drawing a parallel between the row of trees separating

1484-529: The Sacramento Campus had 989 students (478 graduate, 511 first professional students). Pacific is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and offers more than 80 undergraduate areas of study, including 12 accelerated programs, more than 30 graduate and professional programs in 10 schools and colleges, and a continuing education program. The university's 10 schools and colleges are: Undergraduate admission to University of

1537-685: The Stockton Campus include the 2,500-seat Klein Family Field for baseball, the 350-seat Bill Simoni Field for softball, the 6,150-seat Alex G. Spanos Center for basketball and volleyball, Knoles Field for soccer, Chris Kjeldsen Pool and Pacific Aquatics Center for swimming and water polo, the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center, and the Janssen-Lagorio Gymnasium and Performance Center. University of

1590-548: The Stockton campus, which provide 30% of the campus's energy needs. The project, which was completed in April 2022, also involved the installation of 16 electric car ports in a partnership with Tesla. As of 2022, the Stockton Campus had 4,594 students (3,278 undergraduates, 747 graduate, 569 first professional students). The San Francisco Campus had 694 students (16 undergraduates, 180 graduate, 498 first professional students), and

1643-532: The University of the Pacific, and excitement about the cluster colleges fell under the subsequent president, President McCaffrey. During a time of economic malaise in the United States, students were looking to college to provide a sense of security and a path into middle class professions, and the cluster colleges' 60s idealism had reduced appeal to many students. Raymond College responded by shifting to

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1696-670: The Vereschagin Alumni House and has an interactive garden program on its Stockton and Sacramento campuses. In 2019, Pacific was ranked eighth for the sustainability of campus buildings by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . In 2021 and 2022, Pacific was ranked among the top 10 universities in the world for sustainable food and dining practices on college campuses. Pacific installed solar panels over eight parking lots on

1749-728: The West." In 2022 the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce ranked Pacific No. 1 in the U.S. in career earnings for low-income students who attend colleges that enroll high percentages of Pell Grant Recipients. Pacific had previously competed in the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association conference but left in 1950. In 1952, Pacific became a charter member of

1802-506: The bottom floor of the residence halls. While this approach faded over the years because of faculty burnout, faculty continued to have lunch with students and invite classes over to their houses, resulting in an environment in which students could continue discussing and learning from their faculty mentors even after class was over. Raymond, as compared to a traditional collegiate structure, never had majors or academic departments. While there sometimes would be multiple professors who taught in

1855-693: The campus and renamed it Bellarmine College Preparatory . The university expanded into graduate and professional education in the 1950s, establishing the School of Pharmacy in 1955 and the Graduate School in 1956. The School of Engineering was established in 1957. In 1961, the university resumed using the name University of the Pacific. In 1962, Pacific merged with the San Francisco College of Physicians and Surgeons (established in 1896 in San Francisco ), and then in 1966, with

1908-440: The class and provided individualized feedback. Students received one of three grade levels during the early years; these were unsatisfactory (a failing grade), satisfactory, and superior. This changed in the mid 1960s to just two levels: unsatisfactory and satisfactory. The remainder of the term letter would provide context for the grade and give the student feedback for how they could improve. This led to an issue that worsened over

1961-697: The fifties and allowed them to assume responsibility for 'protecting' their female students. Dress codes were also imposed on students; women were not allowed to wear pants. Students opposed these restrictions, but the college administration was not responsive to this changing culture under Provost Martin. That began to change with the arrival of Berndt Kolker and the subsequent exit of the conservative Dean of Student Life, Edmund Peckham. Co-ed residential halls appeared, dress codes eased, and curfews disappeared as students were given more autonomy to decide how to regulate themselves. In addition, alcohol and marijuana usage began to increase as Raymond College transformed into

2014-450: The first examination took place at the end of the first year of study and the final examination took place at the end of the last year of study. The curricular demands were intense, with heavy reading and writing loads; dropout rates during these early years of Raymond college were high. One alum estimated a third of students dropped out before completing their degree. Provost Martin took a leave of absence, then left Raymond entirely during

2067-657: The name Cooper Medical College, and in 1908 it was taken over by Stanford University and became the Stanford University School of Medicine . In 1871, the campus was moved to San Jose , to an area that came to be known as the College Park neighborhood, and opened its doors to women, becoming the first independent co-educational campus in California. In 1878, the Conservatory of Music

2120-407: The norm. But declining enrollments continued to plague the school, and it merged with Callison in 1977 to form Raymond-Callison or Ray-Cal. This persisted briefly before Raymond-Callison itself was declared unsuccessful during the 1978-1979 academic year; it was folded into the College of the Pacific, the liberal arts school at Pacific, at the end of the spring semester in 1980. Raymond College had

2173-412: The other two cluster colleges, launched in 1963 and 1967 respectively. Raymond College was funded by the donation of property by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Raymond, which was sold to fund the college. The first Provost of Raymond College was Provost Warren Bryan Martin. Provost Martin brought the perspective that President Burns had most wanted for the school, emphasizing the importance of the liberal arts and

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2226-418: The preparation of the whole student for a fulfilling, engaged life. The first class of students arrived in the fall of 1962. In these first years, the curriculum was strictly structured, with students following a rigid curriculum designed to build upon itself. Each academic year included three 12-week semesters. The key components of this curriculum included: There were also two comprehensive examinations:

2279-543: The rest of the university in 1982. In 2013, the university received an estate gift of $ 125 million from Robert and Jeanette Powell. It is the largest gift in the university's history. This gift increased Pacific's endowment to $ 334 million. That same year, Pacific awarded its highest honor, the Order of Pacific, to the Powells. In fall 2018, the university announced a planned tuition increase and budget cuts. This

2332-551: The same academic calendar as the College of the Pacific, with a fall semester, a January month-long winter term (offering accelerated classes, study abroad, or independent study opportunities), and a spring semester. It also ended the science requirement and provided Raymond students with more career preparation opportunities. Raymond College continued to struggle throughout the 70s. In an effort to increase appeal, they began to offer traditional grades for those students who wanted them for graduate school, though term letters remained

2385-445: The schools and the differences in perspective between them. Raymond had a number of internal controversies that reflected both the structure of the college as well as the tenor of the times. In the early years, Raymond College was, according to one alum, "academically innovative and socially traditional, if not reactionary." This meant strict curfews for women, following the dominant in loco parentis idea that defined many colleges in

2438-593: The student government voted to cut the $ 15,000 allocated for the paper from its budget. On July 1, 2020, Christopher Callahan became the university's 26th president. Callahan was the founding dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University . About 10% of students are members of a social fraternity or sorority at University of the Pacific, where there are three on-campus social fraternity houses and three on-campus social sorority houses. There are also

2491-627: The three apartment buildings: Monagan Hall, Chan Family Hall, and Calaveras Hall, which is named after the river that flows through the campus, the Calaveras River. There are also fraternity and sorority houses located on campus. The university opened the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-certified John T. Chambers Technology Center, home of the university's School of Engineering and Computer Science, in 2010. Calaveras Hall,

2544-405: The war and regularly going to join the protests over at UC Berkeley . Raymond College and the University of the Pacific also held moratorium days in which students were encouraged to attend teach-ins on the war, attempting to provide an outlet that was less disruptive to student learning. The initial establishment of Raymond College and the cluster colleges more generally was met with articles in

2597-414: The years. Raymond students who were interested in graduate school often had trouble providing the schools they applied to with GPAs. Because of this, in the late 60s and 70s, Raymond began to translate those term letters when necessary to traditional letter grades. Faculty at Raymond College were deeply integrated into the lives of students. In the early years, many Raymond professors lived in apartments on

2650-697: Was established at Pacific, making it the first of its kind west of the Mississippi River . In 1896, Napa College merged with the college. In 1911, the name was changed to College of the Pacific ( COP ). In 1923, the campus relocated from the Bay Area to the city of Stockton becoming the first private four-year university in the Central Valley . In 1925, the San Jose campus was sold to Santa Clara College which moved its Santa Clara Prep to

2703-529: Was founded on July 10, 1851, in Santa Clara . It was originally named California Wesleyan College , but one month later, it petitioned to have its name changed to the University of the Pacific . In 1858, the college opened the first medical school on the West Coast , the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific. The medical school was later affiliated with University College under

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2756-516: Was introduced as an accelerated, interdisciplinary liberal arts program in which students could shape their courses of study; Elbert Covell College (1963) was a unique inter-American college, with half its students from the U.S. and half from Latin America and classes taught in Spanish; and Callison College (1967) focused on non-western studies, giving students the opportunity to spend a year of their studies in Asia. These independent colleges merged with

2809-428: Was the third consecutive year of such plans. In response to these financial plans and the perceived secrecy with which they had been developed, faculty voted "no confidence" in the university's president Pamela Eibeck and students protested. In May 2019, the university's board of regents approved a new health school, which launched in fall 2020 with four new graduate health care programs. The board also approved merging

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