John Mason’s Ceramics Class Fall 1968 April 22, 2013
Posted by ucisca in Campus Scenes, Early UCI Campus, Faculty, Student Life.Tags: Ceramics, John Mason, Studio Art
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Legendary ceramics artist John Mason taught at UCI from 1967-76 and then again in 1987. He was the Chair of Studio Art from 1974-1976. Recent attention to his work occurred in Pacific Standard Time exhibits throughout Southern California and in the current exhibit of his landmark piece 21-foot-long Blue Wall (1959) at the Laguna Art Museum. In the Fall of 1968, the UCI Studio Art faculty consisted of Robert Irwin, Craig Kaufman, Tony de Lap, John Mason and Philip McAleer. John Mason taught Ceramics 86A that quarter, a class for freshmen and sophomores. Below are photographs from that class.
Get Ready for Celebrate UCI! April 18, 2013
Posted by ucisca in School spirit, Anteaters, Zot!, University Archives, Photographs, Student Life, Campus Scenes.Tags: Anteaters, UC Irvine, students, Aldrich Park, celebrations, Wayzgoose, Celebrate UCI
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This Saturday, April 20th, the UC Irvine campus will hold its annual Celebrate UCI event in Aldrich Park. This campus-wide celebration includes live entertainment, carnival games and rides, lots of food, arts & crafts, performances, the annual car show (15 years running!), and Wayzgoose, one of UCI’s oldest traditions. The festival also features an Open House, where many campus services will remain open in order for prospective students and the community to learn about the UCI campus. All events are free and parking is complimentary!
This celebration has been a campus favorite for decades. Here are some photos of Celebrate UCI and Wayzgoose festivals from the 1980s:
These photos and more are available to view in our reading room at Special Collections and Archives, on the 5th floor of Langson Library. They will soon be available online via the Online Archive of UCI History, which documents the first 50 years of the campus in photographs, videos, audio recordings, publications, the New University newspaper, and other publications. Check back often, as new materials are continuously being added.
Check out this video of last year’s celebrations, and get ready for another great year of Celebrate UCI!
Photos from AS-061, UCI Communications Photographs Collection. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Discover UCI April 12, 2013
Posted by ucisca in Anteaters, Campus Scenes, Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Student Life, University Archives, Zot!.Tags: Aldrich Park, Anteaters, Chancellor Aldrich, Photographs, students, UC Irvine, University of California Irvine
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We’d like to give a warm welcome to the newly admitted freshmen and their families who are visiting UCI this week! Here is a slideshow of students discovering the new UCI campus in the 1960s (looks a bit different now, doesn’t it?):
These images, along with thousands more, are available at the Online Archive of UCI History. The site also features videos (like the quirky Wot ZOT?), interviews with founding faculty members, and the New University student newspaper, with more coming soon!
Early Photographs of Mesa Court in 1965 March 12, 2013
Posted by ucisca in Campus Scenes, Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Student Life, University Archives.Tags: Fall 1965, Mesa Court
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Mesa Court was the first residence hall community at UCI, opening with the campus in the Fall 1965. It is now the largest student community on campus, housing 1,834 undergraduates in 29 residence halls. Each hall accommodates between 54 and 71 residents in suite-style layout. Mesa Court houses mainly first year students. [University Communications Photographs. AS-061]
Mesa Court (left foreground) and campus construction in early 1965.
Mesa Court construction in January 1965.
First phase of Mesa Court construction about to conclude, later in 1965.
Move in day in September 1965, as the campus opens.
Check-in on move in day, September 1965.
Move-in day, September 1965.
View of Mesa Court in the distance from Langson Library roof, with Gateway Study Center (left foreground), but before the Student Center and Aldrich Hall were built.
The First UCI Men’s Basketball Game: December 1, 1965 January 28, 2013
Posted by ucisca in Anteaters, Athletics, Early UCI Campus, Photographs, School spirit, Student Life, University Archives, Zot!.Tags: Anteaters, Basketball, Photographs, UC Irvine, University of California Irvine
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It’s basketball season! The very first UCI basketball game was held over 47 years ago in December, 1965. The Anteaters played the Highlanders of UC Riverside in Campus Hall (now Crawford Hall), where Chancellor Dan Aldrich and UCR Chancellor Ivan Hinderaker tipped off to begin the game. The ‘Eaters went on to win the game with a score of 85 to 71! ZOT ZOT!
Good luck to the men as they play Cal Poly this Wednesday January 30th, and to the women as they play Pacific on Thursday January 31st!
Country Joe and the Fish at Crawford Hall on Nov. 1, 1968 October 1, 2012
Posted by ucisca in Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Student Life.Tags: Country Joe and the Fish, Steve Miller Band, Things to Come
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Almost forty-four years ago, a sold-out concert with headliner Country Joe and the Fish, along with the Steve Miller Band and Things to Come, took place at UCI’s Crawford Hall (then Campus Hall). Tickets for the November 1st, 1968 concert sold for $2 each.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 128.
“New” Cross Cultural Center dedication on April 18, 1989 July 26, 2012
Posted by ucisca in Student Life, University Archives.Tags: Corina Espinoza, Cross-Cultural Center
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The original Cross-Cultural Center (CCC) was founded on October 16, 1974. It was the first multicultural center at a University of California campus. The purpose of the CCC was “to create Third World interaction, student outreach, and provide necessary information to the minority community on campus.” The first CCC was located in a temporary facility across Ring Mall from the School of Humanities. The “new” Cross-Cultural Center opened on April 18, 1989, in a 3,400 square foot space, almost twice as large as the first space. The original mural, dedicated in 1976, was moved and is displayed in the current lounge. In 1993, a mural conceived by the well-known muralist Judy Baca was installed in the ‘Cross’ conference room. Below Corina Espinoza, who served fifteen years in various positions in the CCC (nine as Director), cuts the ribbon on opening day in 1989.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 144.
Streaking in the 1970s July 26, 2012
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Streaking, which reached a peak of popularity on college campuses in the 1970s, was probably more popular in Southern California than anywhere else. Below some streaking Anteaters, from that period.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Good Luck with Finals! June 8, 2012
Posted by ucisca in Campus Scenes, Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Student Life.Tags: Studying
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Student studies for finals ca. 1968, same as it ever was….
AS-056. Early Campus Photograph Album, 1959-1969. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
UCI Bridges May 30, 2012
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Below are photographs of a number of bridges on the UCI campus. Do you recognize them? Are there other campus bridges that are not included here?
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
