Wednesday, April 4, 2018

A Small Look At Mills College


Recently, I took a little walk around Mills College in Oakland. Mills College is the oldest independent liberal arts college for women in West. It was founded in 1852. Mills is a very small college as it as only 762 undergraduate women and 549 graduate students (both men and women). Mills ranks very high on the U.S. News and World Report rankings for colleges in the Western United States:

Mills Hall-Built in 1871, it once housed the whole college
Olin Library
Carnegie Hall
Architect Julia Morgan designed El Campanil, which is believed to be the first freestanding bell tower on a college campus and it the first concrete reinforced structure built west of the Mississippi in 1904
Lucie Stern Hall
The Music Building
The Presidents House


And there is a lot of beauty around the campus:






Mills College is a wonderful gem that we have in the Bay Area.


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14 comments:

  1. Catherine GacadApril 4, 2018 at 9:23 PM

    It's a gorgeous campus!

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  2. SnapApril 6, 2018 at 5:51 AM

    Wonderful campus. I'd be looking out windows and not listening in class! Ha!

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  3. AnonymousApril 6, 2018 at 11:58 AM

    Coming from Fri Photo Journal - beautiful college building and well kept (at least from the outside! Love the bell tower, and the globe metal (?) statue

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  4. Carol @Comfort Spring StationApril 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM

    A lovely setting for learning - enjoyed your tour!

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  5. annies homeApril 7, 2018 at 11:34 AM

    we live near a college with both updated and vintage features. I do absolutely love the care given to the schools. Your college is a great one as well

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  6. Claire JustineApril 8, 2018 at 10:30 AM

    Looks like a great place. Lovely photos :) Thanks for sharing at The Weekend Blog Hop #Weekendbloghop

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  7. betty-NZApril 8, 2018 at 5:27 PM

    It looks like a fabulous place to spend some time! That round thing looks like a spaceship landed on the campus!!

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  8. Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. OlsonApril 8, 2018 at 8:36 PM

    I had never heard of this woman's collage. Very interesting and beautiful! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  9. Evelyn @EclecticEvelynApril 10, 2018 at 12:18 PM

    I had never heard of Mills. Thanks for sharing at #WoW Words on Wednesday Linkup

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  10. kateonthiniceApril 11, 2018 at 5:28 AM

    Not heard of this place and love your pictures #AnythingGoes

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  11. esterApril 19, 2018 at 5:55 AM

    i mostly love spending summer in nederlands and summer vacations in nederlands called zomervakantie and this zomervakantie 2018 i am going to nederlands.

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  12. tessOctober 14, 2020 at 2:47 PM

    Hi! I'm a student at Mills and would love to use your picture of Mills Hall in a presentation. Is this okay with you? How can I credit you?

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    1. csuhpat1October 15, 2020 at 6:05 PM

      Hello Tess- Thanks for the kind words. Just say photo from Adventures in Weseland. That is it.

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    2. tessOctober 16, 2020 at 10:35 AM

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

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