Gateway Plaza May 24, 2013
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Gateway Plaza has been a central hub of activity on the UC Irvine campus since its opening in 1965. From the flagpoles to the stairs leading into Aldrich Park, this area between Langson Library and Gateway Commons has seen countless protests, speeches, events, memorials, pep rallies and performances by students and community members alike. To this day, this area is a central place for students to congregate and share their ideas. Check out these photos from UCI’s early years:
These images, along with thousands more of the UCI campus, are available on the Online Archive of UCI History. Check back soon for more photos, videos, and publications, as additional material from UCI’s history is continuously being uploaded. As always, even more is available in the University Archives on the 5th floor of Langson Library. Come visit us!
Get Ready for Celebrate UCI! April 18, 2013
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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!
UCI’s First Cheerleaders July 3, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Early UCI Campus, School spirit.Tags: Basketball, Cheerleaders, Songleaders, students
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Tryouts for the first UCI cheerleading squad (aka songleaders) occurred at Gateway Plaza in November 1965. The first UCI varsity basketball game took place on December 1, 1965, at Campus Hall. Wearing their ZOT pins, the new songleaders helped cheer the team on to a 85-71 victory over UC Riverside.
AS-061. University Communications Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
UCI students support Cesar Chavez and the Grape Strike…in 1970 March 29, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Activism, Student Life, University Archives.Tags: Activism, Cesar Chavez, students, UC Irvine
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From the Gateway Literature Collection (AS-057), Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries.
Women’s History Month Library Exhibit, 1993-1995 March 24, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Photographs, University Archives.Tags: Langson Library, Photographs, students, University of California Irvine, Women's History Month
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In 1991 a group of staff and students created an exhibit in Langson Library on cross-cultural perspectives on women and work to celebrate Women’s History Month. In subsequent years, the installation of the Women’s History Month exhibit was continued by students enrolled in Women’s Studies 160: Research Methods and Sources in Women’s Studies.
Each year students from the course were divided in two groups and asked to organize their research and exhibit around a central theme related to women’s history. In 1992 the students surveyed the growth and development of Women’s Studies as a discipline; in 1993 they challenged associations inherent in the phrase “the year of the woman”; in 1994 the focus was on global feminism; and in 1995 the exhibit explored feminism in the past, present, and future.
Included below are photographs from librarian and Women’s Studies instructor Joan Ariel’s teaching files taken during the installation of the exhibits in 1993, 1994, and 1995:
Joan Ariel Files on Women’s Studies at the University of California, Irvine. AS-105. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
American Indian Week at UCI in ca. 1988-1989 February 19, 2010
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Native American performers at UC Irvine during American Indian week, ca. 1988-1989. From the University Communications Photograph Collection (AS-061). Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries.
1984 Lip Sync Contest Winners February 5, 2010
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AS-112. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Photographs of the 1997 Rainbow Festival and Conference from the Afrikan Student Union November 26, 2009
Posted by ucisca in Photographs, School spirit, Student Life, Uncategorized, University Archives.Tags: dance, Photographs, students, UC Irvine
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Black Student Union (formerly the Afrikan Student Union) Records, University of California, Irvine. AS-098. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Students of the 1997-1998 Afrikan Student Union (currently the Black Student Union) were active participants in UC Irvine’s Rainbow Festival and Conference in November 1997. These photographs were included in scrapbooks created by the organization to document events and activities during the academic year.
The festival was founded in November 1984 as a campus wide celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity and has remained one of UC Irvine’s most festive traditions. The popular multicultural program has served as a model for numerous other colleges and universities.
First Year at Camino Hall September 15, 2009
Posted by ucisca in Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Student Life, Uncategorized, University Archives.Tags: Photographs, Student housing, students, University of California Irvine
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Camino Hall was one of the original residence halls of Mesa Court, the first resident hall community at UC Irvine. In 1965, the first residents of Camino Hall constructed a scrapbook which documents their experiences during UC Irvine’s inaugural year. Below are just a few pages from that scrapbook:
Camino’s First Years: Camino, Mesa Court, UCI. AS-068. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
