Kresge College was founded in 1971 as
a place to explore human consciousness
on a campus dedicated to challenging traditional conceptions of teaching and learning. Kresge has changed a lot since then, and we hope it will continue to evolve under the pressure of new student, staff and faculty energy. Kresge is home to faculty who teach in a wide variety of departments including the Humanities, Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, as well as students who study everything from Creative Writing to Geology, Plant Conservation to Ancient History. We take pride in our cultural range, our civic concerns and our intellectual programs. We emphasize independent living and social responsibility, recognizing that creative alternatives emerge from the interaction of individual issues and group values.

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Creative Writing and Journalism at Kresge College!

Perhaps because Kresge is known for its creativity and independent spirit, it's also known for its association with writing. We house the Writing Program and The Science Writing Program, and are associated with Literature. Our Co-Provost, Micah Perks, is Co-Director of The Creative Writing Program at UCSC.

More than half the core faculty are published fiction writers and poets. Kresge offers a journalism course, comic writing, and writer's read, a course in which students receive credit for going to The Living Writer's Reading Series.

Kresge is the home of Rapt and The Kresge Town Krier, two literary journals, as well as City On A Hill, UCSC's student-run newspaper.

Kresge's Faculty Fellows include National Book Award winning poet Nathaniel Mackey, American Book Award winning novelist Karen Tei Yamashita, memoirist Bettina Apthekar, poet Gary Young and novelist Micah Perks. Learn more at the creative writing website http://humwww.ucsc.edu/CWP or Kresge's own Affiliated Faculty list on this site.

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Lost Key Info
Students get three "free" lockouts per year.
In other words, students receive no charge, three times, for college staff to let you back into your apartment or room. After the third lockout, students will be charged $15.00 for each additional lockout.
DO NOT LOSE YOUR KEYS !!
Students are billed $100.00 for loss of their front door apartment keys, and $15.00 for the loss of their bedroom door keys! Hang onto them!!
If you do lose them, please contact the Kresge Housing Office to report the loss, and get new keys issued. When keys are lost to front apartment doors, the door lock is changed, and new keys issued to all residents, to maintain apartment safety