Berkeley College (Yale University)
| Berkeley College | |
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| Residential college at Yale University | |
Coat of arms of Berkeley College
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| University | Yale University |
| Location | 205 Elm Street |
| Coordinates | 41°18′38″N 72°55′40″W / 41.3106°N 72.9279°WCoordinates: 41°18′38″N 72°55′40″W / 41.3106°N 72.9279°W |
| Nickname | Berkeleyites |
| Motto |
Esse est percipi Animus nobilis, mentula intonans (Latin) |
| Motto in English | To be is to be perceived |
| Established | 1934 |
| Named for | Reverend George Berkeley |
| Colors | Red, white |
| Sister college | Dunster House at Harvard University |
| Head | David Evans |
| Dean | Renita Miller |
| Undergraduates | 450 (2013-2014) |
| Mascot | Thundercock |
| Website | www |
Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, opened in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 14 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Reverend George Berkeley (1685–1753), dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne, in recognition of the assistance in land and books that he gave to Yale in the 18th century. Built on the site of a group of buildings known from the 1890s until 1933 as the Berkeley Oval, the college was renovated in 1998.
Annual traditions include the Bishop Berkeley Birthday Dinner for fellows and seniors, Thunder Brunch, Italian Dinner, a snowball fight (which pits North Court against South Court), GLO (a blacklight party), and the Bishop Bash, which was founded in the spring of 2002 by Ben Reiter and Charles Finch - under the guidance of the Head's Office.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Berkeley had the best college dining hall in the country: until 2006 it was the testing ground for an experimental organic food and sustainable produce dining plan overseen by celebrity chef Alice Waters. Currently, the dining hall has joined the rest of the residential colleges in serving the same menu, thereby rescinding its unique status. It still remains an immensely popular place to eat, largely due to its central location on campus. This immense popularity has led to the closure of Berkeley's dining hall to non-Berkeley students every Monday night, beginning in the fall of the 2012-2013 academic year.
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