Second college at UC San Diego
This article is about the UCSD college. For the college that became part of Pasadena City College in 1954, see
Pasadena City College.
| John Muir College |
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| Coordinates | 32°52′44″N 117°14′33″W / 32.879021°N 117.24242°W / 32.879021; -117.24242 |
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| Motto | Celebrating the Independent Spirit |
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| Established | 1967 (Second) |
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| Status | Undergraduate, liberal arts |
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| Colors | Muir Green |
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| Provost | Dr. K. Wayne Yang |
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| College Leadership |
- Dean of Students
- Dr. Jason Thibodeaux
- Asst. Dean of Students
- Dr. Claudia Peña
- Dean of Academic Advising
- Dr. Douglas Easterly
- Director of Residential Life
- Dr. Sonia Rosado
- Director of the Muir College Writing Program
- Dr. Carrie Wastal
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| Residents | 4,227[1] (17.0% of UCSD campus population) |
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| Core course | Muir College Writing Program (MCWP) |
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| Major events | Festival: Muirstock |
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John Muir College is one of the eight undergraduate colleges at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). The college is named after John Muir, the environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club. It has a humanitarian emphasis focused on the "spirit of self-sufficiency and individual choice."[2] The college opened in 1967, at the height of the American environmental movement triggered in part by Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. John Muir College describes itself as the "Heart of UCSD" and boasts a strong and distinct character after fifty years of existence.
