Berkeley College (Yale)

Berkeley College (Yale)

Coordinates: 41°18′38″N 72°55′40″W / 41.3106°N 72.9279°W / 41.3106; -72.9279

Berkeley College
Motto Esse est percipi
- To be is to be perceived
Colors Red, white
College Master Marvin Chun
College Dean Mia Genoni
Undergraduates 417
Called Berkeleyites
Location 205 Elm Street
Website http://www.yale.edu/berkeley

Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 12 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. The college was renovated in 1998.

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