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University of Redlands

The University of Redlands is a private university headquartered in Redlands, California. The university's main, residential[5] campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations[6] throughout California largely provide programs for working adults.[7]

Type

1907 (1907)

$212.5 million (2020)[2]

Krista L. Newkirk[3]

204 full-time; 100 adjunct

4,898[4]

Suburban, 160 acres (65 ha)

    Maroon and gray

Bulldogs

George Willis (live bulldog)

Community service[edit]

The university's Community Service Learning program, which is now more than 25 years old, provides students the opportunity to extend their learning beyond the classroom in activities from mentoring local youths to building houses in Mexico. Each year, University of Redlands students complete more than 120,000 hours of service.[66] These efforts have been recognized by the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Role.[67]

Transportation[edit]

On October 24, 2022,[71] the Arrow commuter rail service's Redlands–University station opened on the southwest corner of campus, which provides daily rail connections to/from Los Angeles Union Station via the rest of the Metrolink commuter rail system.

Pi Chi: founded 1909

Chi Rho Psi: founded 1927; re-founded 2001

Chi Sigma Chi: founded 1936

: founded 1916

Kappa Sigma Sigma

Gamma Delta Rho: founded 2019

Rangi Ya Giza (RYG)[74] (founded on May 15, 1992): non-Greek, diversity based brotherhood that seeks to positively affect the campus and community by organizing service projects, raising awareness of local and global issues, and taking action against injustices in our society. Rangi Ya Giza is Swahili for "A Darker Shade" to represent their East African roots. RYG focuses specifically on benefiting organizations in the community such as Boys & Girls Club of Redlands, Emmerton Elementary school, and the Stillman House.

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Wadada Wa Rangi Wengi (WRW)[74] (founded on October 15, 1992): non-Greek sisterhood dedicated to raising awareness about issues of diversity, gender, and social injustice. Wadada Wa Rangi Wengi means "Sisters of Many Shades" in Swahili. WRW sponsors many events on campus, including Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Diversity Mixer, and Sexual Violence Awareness Week. (RYG and WRW were both founded in response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.)

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Fidelity, Isonomy, Erudition (FIE)[74] (founded on February 10, 2006): co-ed siblinghood that prides itself in its commitment to service and awareness, creating a more empathetic community, and combating a gender binary. Service, Awareness, and Siblinghood are the three pillars the organization's members stand firm on. FIE was recognized as the university's Multicultural Organization of the Year in 2006 & 2010.

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In October 2017, the University of Redlands partnered with Tuskegee University, a private, historically black university in Alabama, enabling student and faculty exchanges between the institutions and opening the door to a variety of other joint programming.[72]


Diversity-based organizations on the University of Redlands campus include:

Filming at Redlands[edit]

Due to its location in the Greater Los Angeles Area, The University of Redlands campus has been used as the setting for films such as Goodbye My Fancy, with Joan Crawford and Robert Young, Hell Night, Joy Ride, Slackers, and The Rules of Attraction. It has also been used in at least one Perry Mason episode as a stand-in for the fictional Euclid College. The campus was also used for the Korean drama The Heirs, where Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) attends during his exile in America. Additionally, the music video for Spicy by the Korean music act Aespa was filmed on the campus.

The "R": This letter carved into the vegetation of the San Bernardino Mountains at started as prank in 1913, but still stands today and is currently the second-largest collegiate letter in the nation.[75]

34°11′00″N 117°06′17″W

Mascot: The university has a live bulldog who serves as its official mascot. The male pup George now holds the U of R mascot title. Histories are kept of the past and present bulldog mascots on the University of Redlands website.

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Commencement: The university holds its annual commencement ceremonies on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday in late April instead of May or June.

Prince , former interior minister, brother of king Salman of Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

current congressman. First elected to the 114th United States Congress in 2014, Former Mayor of Redlands, California

Pete Aguilar

poet and Edith R. White Distinguished Professor

Ralph Angel

actor and theatre creator, assistant professor of theatre

Victoria Ann Lewis

author and professor of English and creative writing

Leslie Brody

professor of philosophy specializing in animal ethics

Lawrence Finsen

artist-professor of vocal chamber music and former member of the King's Singers

Christopher Gabbitas

author and professor of creative writing

Patricia Geary

astronomer and professor of physics

Tyler Nordgren

composer and professor of music

Anthony Suter

Arthur Svenson, David Boies Professor of Government and winner of the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award from the [93]

American Political Science Association

concert organist and professor of organ

Frederick Swann

Official website

Official athletics website

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: University of Redlands