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• Located on cliffs that overlook the Pacific Ocean, the University of California, Santa Barbara is a public university that is one of ten schools in the University of California's higher education system.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1905, as Santa Barbara State College
  2. 1944: joined the UC systemUniversity of California Archives: History
  3. Location: Goleta, CA
  4. Chancellor: Henry T. Yang
  5. Faculty: 1,080UC Santa Barbara: About
  6. Student enrollment: 20,000UC Santa Barbara: About
  7. Nickname: Gauchos
  8. Motto: "Fiat Lux" (Latin for "Let there be light")
  9. [http: //www.weatherunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=santa+barbara Current Weather]

• History

  Santa Barbara State College was an established teacher's college that was taken over by the University of California system in 1944 as a result of a decision by the Board of Regents to convert the school to a more research-based facility. A bill was signed by the governor of the time, Earl Warren, for the acquisition to be carried out. Fall semester enrollment during the first year of operation was 1,464; the school employed a faculty of 95.University of California Archives: History

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