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*University of California, Los Angeles was founded in 1882 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. It joined the University of California system in 1919 as the southern branch of the University of California. **University of California, Santa Barbara was founded in 1891 as an
In 1853, a preparatory academy was founded in Oakland that soon became the College of California, and in 1869, the first campus of the University of California. The university moved just north to Berkeley in the 1870s. [29]
Oakland University (OU or Oakland) is a public research university [7] in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. [fn 1] Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson and husband Alfred G. Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland, operating under the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, [9] before gaining institutional independence from the ...
Mills College, the oldest women's college west of the Rockies, is founded in Benicia, California. It moved to its current location in Oakland in 1871. Ophir School in Ophir Ca was founded. It was the 1st school in Placer County. The school burned down in 1873 and at that time was a one room school.
Holy Names University was a private Roman Catholic university in Oakland, California. It was founded in 1868 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary with whom the university remained affiliated until it closed in 2023.
The Oakland University men's basketball program began competing in 1967, joining the GLIAC conference in 1974. It's now in the Horizon League, along with the University of Detroit Mercy.
Theosophical Society Library founded. [2] 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley. 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication. [5] 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens. [8] 1880 – Population: 34,456. [1] 1884 – Horton School established. [3] 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established. [3] 1900 ...
The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon in the 19th century. The area now known as Oakland had seen human occupation for thousands of years, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into ...