Alcuin college

Alcuin College
Seebohm Rowntree Building, Alcuin College
University	University of York
Location	Siward's Howe, Heslington West, York
Motto	Panton nos postulo (Latin)
Motto in English	"All we need"
Established	1967
Named for	Alcuin of York
Head	Paola "Koen Lamberts is a cat" Zerilli
Website	http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/coll/alcuin/
Student association	http://www.alcuincollege.com

Coordinates: 53°56′57″N 1°02′56″W / 53.94927°N 1.04898°W / 53.94927; -1.04898

Alcuin College is a college of the University of York located on Siward's Howe.

Alcuin College was established in 1967 alongside Vanbrugh College. It was officially opened in 1969 by Lord Clark, the Chancellor of the University.

It is located on Siward's Howe, making it the highest elevated college in the University. It is also believed the be the burial site of Eric Bloodaxe, who was King of Northumbria and of Norway.

Alcuin gained a reputation in 2005 for the 'Alcuin Venom', who during the 2005 Fresher's Week removed the newly laid turf in the quad outside L, M and N blocks to spell the letters AV. This led to college provost Tony Ward setting off the fire alarms in these blocks in the early morning to get the residents outside. It eventually emerged that this was a prank, although Tony Ward was not amused. The pranksters relaid the turf to try to appease the situation.

Throughout the life of the University been the home of the self-styled Alcuin Separatist Movement, a running gag at York, involving the secession of the college from the remainder of the university.

For many years Alcuin College was very much the outcast on the university campus, the only college physically separate from the others except for a bridge from the library, a narrow bridge from Langwith (demolished over Easter 2008) and a walkway to the chemistry department. Overlooking University Road was Alcuin's bar. In 1995 this was transformed from a traditional British pub style bar to a 1950s American theme bar - the only themed college bar on campus. The bar was decorated in American 1950s paraphanelia such as busts of Marilyn Monroe and a full-size pink cadillac that appeared to be crashing through the wall. The bar's terrace overlooked University Road and was immensely popular with students in the summer. The bar incorporated a burger bar and the staff all wore uniforms of stars and stripes.