University of Redlands

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University of Redlands


Established	1907
Type	Private
President	Stuart Dorsey
Faculty	204 full-time; 100 adjunct
Students	4400 under and post-grad
Location	Redlands, California, United States
Campus	Suburban, 160 acres
Nickname	Bulldogs
Mascot	Bulldog "Duke"
Affiliations	None
Website	www.redlands.edu

The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was donated by church member Karl C. Wells. The university maintained its religious orientation and required chapel attendance of all students until 1972. The university is now an independent institution but maintains an informal relationship with the church.

Students at the university study in one of three schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, or the School of Business.

The College of Arts and Sciences serves approximately 2,180 students (as of 2003) and has 144 full-time faculty members.

The School of Education serves 449 students (as of 2003), with 17 full-time professors and 30 adjunct professors.

The School of Business has 1,489 full-time students and 20 part-time students (2003), taught by 23 full-time and 187 adjunct professors. School of Business classes are held at the main Redlands campus as well as satellite locations in Orange County, Menifee, Los Angeles County, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga/Ontario and San Diego County. The university's campus sits on 160 acres (0.6 km²) near downtown Redlands.

Today, some two-hundred Redlands students live and learn together in the Johnston complex, which includes two residence halls and a number of faculty offices. Students can design their own majors in consultation with faculty, and they write contracts for their courses and receive narrative evaluations in lieu of traditional grades.

The University of Redlands School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, and its requirements for entrance and graduation comply with the standards of this accrediting organization.

Any University student may participate in musical activities through enrollment (usually by audition) in the University Choir, Chapel Singers, Madrigals, Wind Ensemble, Studio Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Opera Workshop, and a variety of chamber music ensembles. Students are invited to register for private, group, or class lessons, available on all instruments and for voice.

The University has recently added two new buildings: Lewis Hall (named after U.S. Congressman Jerry Lewis) and Appleton hall (named after the former university president). Lewis hall opened in fall of 2005, and is home to the environmental studies department, as well as the Redlands Institute (an environmental research institute). Appleton Hall opened in spring 2006 and is home to the physics, math, and computer science departments, which were previously in Duke and Hentschke halls. The occupants of the second building call it "Hall of Numbers."

Administration building.

1 Campus Life
- 1.1 Alternative Living
2 Greek Life
3 Johnston Center for Integrative Studies
4 Filming at Redlands
5 Notable Alumni
6 External link

[edit] Campus Life

The University offers their students guaranteed housing of some form or another during their four years of undergraduate study. These students live in the following halls and complexes:

Anderson Hall: Home to approximately 200 undergraduates primarily in first or second years.
Bekins Hall: One of the Johnston Complex housing and classroom buildings, Bekins has the distinction of being the first residence hall on campus. Non air-conditioned.
Bekins-Holt: Johnston Complex's other part includes the Johnston lobby and is also air conditioned.
Brockton Avenue Apartments: The newest housing at the University, the Brockton Apartments opened for the 2003-2004 academic year. The complex houses approximately 250 residents in four-person units. These units share two bathrooms and a common area/kitchen. Brockton is viewed as the best place for upperclassmen to live, however it comes at a higher cost than the halls.
California-Founders Hall: Consists of an all male wing (California) and an all female wing (Founders) joined by a common lobby to form a living area for approximately 200 sophomore and junior students. This hall underwent major renovation in the summer of 2006 to outfit the hall with modern fire equipment, as well as electrical upgrades, structural bolstering, and air conditioning. The hall reopened September 1, 2006 for staff, hosting residents the next day.
Cortner Hall: Home to 130 residents, usually in the upper classes of juniors and seniors. The hall was renovated in 2000 and is viewed by many to be the epitome of upperclass housing within the hall system.
East Hall: Originally built for the Johnston Complex, East hosts approximately 120 freshmen in its three air conditioned, quadrangle-layout floors.
Fairmont Hall: The campus' smallest hall, Fairmont hosts 60 residents. Fairmont is the only hall with its own mascot: a rock, deemed such a prize for its theft and relocation that the university anchored it to the ground in concrete. To this day, various other halls attack the rock in a friendly water-balloon battle late at night.
Grossmont Hall: Home to approximately 120 women, Grossmont is the largest unisex hall on campus. The financier specified that the hall were to be for the use of women exclusively for the duration of her lifetime, thus it stands today. Non air-conditioned.
Merriam Hall: The school's dedicated "first year hall," Merriam is the primary hall for transfer students. It also houses freshmen in its air-conditioned rooms.
Melrose Hall: The "quiet" hall features extended quiet hours and a newly renovated living area. Melrose houses 65 upperclass students.
North Hall: Merriam's twin hall, North is the Wellness Hall, featuring substance free living, and a primary pick for athletes due to its proximity to the gym.
Williams Hall: East's twin hall, Williams also hosts approximately 120 freshmen in its three air conditioned, quadrangle-layout floors.

[edit] Alternative Living

The University also offers alternative housing to various organizations. Merit houses, such as the Billings and Harrison Houses are awarded to organizations for use in the school year. The university also offers a non-affiliated Greek System, which also contains several houses for residence by the groups' members.

The Quad with the Memorial Chapel in the distance.

[edit] Greek Life

Active Social Fraternities:

Pi Chi-founded 1907 Alpha Gamma Nu-founded 1923
Chi Rho Psi-founded 1927 (Re-Founded 2001)
Chi Sigma Chi-founded 1936
Kappa Sigma Sigma-founded 1916
Sigma Kappa Alpha-founded 1947

Active Sororities:

Alpha Sigma Pi-founded 1914
Alpha Theta Phi-founded 1911
Alpha Xi Omicron-founded 1927(Re-Founded 1998)
Beta Lambda-founded 1921(Re-Founded 1988)
Delta Kappa Psi-founded 1910

Active Business Fraternities:

Delta Sigma Pi: Xi Pi Chapter - chapter founded 1999

Honors Societies:

Omicron Delta Kappa -national leadership honor society emphasizing holistic development
Phi Beta Kappa - an interdisciplinary national academic honor society.
Phi Mu Alpha - a social fraternity for men of musicianly character.
Pi Gamma Mu - a social science fraternity that is dedicated to community service.
Psi Chi - a national honor society in the field of Psychology
Sigma Alpha Iota - an international music-based sisterhood founded in 1903
Sigma Tau Delta - an English honor society that provides social and scholarly opportunities.

[edit] Johnston Center for Integrative Studies

In 1969, a group of faculty members created an alternative learning environment at the University called Johnston College, funded by a grant from Chet Barley, a former IBM employee. Johnston College operated as an autonomous unit of the University of Redlands for approximately 10 years. In 1979, Johnston College was integrated into the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) as the Johnston Center for Individualized Studies. It was operated under that name until the mid-1990's, when it was renamed The Johnston Center for Integrative Studies.

Grad Contracts

A Johnston Grad Contract outlines what a student studies at Johnston. Its makeup is comprised of a narrative and course list. The narrative is a short outline of what subjects the student wants to integrate and what they want to learn. The course list includes courses that have already been taken and courses that will be taken in order to fulfill the learning outlined in the narrative.

A grad contract needs to satisfy the breath and depth expectations of the College of Arts and Sciences. Breadth means studying a broad array of subjects and fields (math, science, literature, religion, etc.). Traditional CAS students fulfill their breadth requirements by completing courses in the Liberal Arts Foundation (LAF). A Johnston student can negotiate how sufficient breadth will be achieved. Depth means having a deep understanding of the particular subjects that one wants to study. Traditional CAS students fulfill their depth requirement by completing a major. A Johnston student's depth comes in a personally designed emphasis.

A grad contract also needs to include a cross cultural experience (CCE). Most students fulfill their CCE by traveling abroad usually in either their Junior or Senior years. A CCE is an opportunity in which the student experiences first-hand a culture that is not their own and helps them to understand the world from a cultural context outside of what they already know.

For a grad contract to be passed the student goes before a Grad Contract Committee. The committee consists of the student's advisor, three other professors, and two Johnston students who have already had their grad contract passed. The committee reads the narrative before the meeting and asks the student questions about what they want to study and why and gives them ideas on how to increase their breadth and depth and gives them extra options to consider. If the committee feels that there is an integral component left out of the narrative and/or course list, the committee can make a stipulation (a demand of sorts) which the student must agree to before the contract is approved.

Course Contracts

Johnston students can write contracts for most courses that they take (they need the professor's approval for traditional CAS courses). All students (including traditional CAS students) must take Johnston seminars for evaluation and must write a contract. With these contracts they can customize the course to meet their learning and educational needs; it is how the Johnston student takes responsibility and control of their education. The student can contract to do certain requirements outlined in the syllabus while substituting particular requirements in the syllabus with something else. For example, instead of taking quizzes a student could write a short paper or instead of taking a written final a student could take a dialogical final. Students can also increase the number of units the class is for by doing more work or decrease the number of units by doing less work, though either and any of these changes to a class syllabus must be negotiated between the student and the professor.

Whenever a class in contracted, a student must write out a contract, a self-evaluation, and a professor evaluation. A copy of the contract is turned into the Johnston Registar, Theresa Area. Self-Evaluations are to be written at the end of the course and they should explain what the student studied, what they learned and how well they accomplished what they contracted to do. Self-Evaluations are very important so they should be as detailed as possible. Professor evaluations detail how well the professor taught and how useful they were in the learning experience. After the end of a course (and usually within about a semester) the student will receive an evaluation of how well they did in the course. Johnston students receive written evaluations from their professors instead of letter (A-F) or numerical (4.0-0.0) grades. Courses that are not Johnston seminars do not have to be taken for an evaluation and if the student so chooses they may take the course for a letter/numerical grade; but in most instances it is recommended that they are taken for evaluation.

Community

Johnston prides itself on the intentional community that its members live in. Johnston has two dorms which are collectively known as the Johnston Complex. These two dorms are Bekins and Holt. There are community meetings every Tuesday at 4pm. At these meetings various topics are discussed about the community itself and how best to improve the community. Proposals are also brought forth to the community requesting money from the Johnston budget for various projects such as art shows. Smoking cigarettes used to be allowed on the balcony, but not since it was almost burned down in 2006.

[edit] Filming at Redlands

The U of R campus has been used as the setting for films such as Hell Night (1981), Joy Ride (2001), Slackers (2002), and The Rules of Attraction (film) (2002). It has also been used in at least one Perry Mason episode as a stand-in for fictional Euclid College.