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The Online Tour highlights the places, people, and principles that define the University of California, Berkeley. This page contains textual descriptions of the online tour's 15 slides. For related links, contacts and credits, visit Online Tour - Information & Resources.

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Slide 1: Welcome

Text: "If you are bored with Berkeley, you are bored with life." attribution: Clark Kerr, former Chancellor

Photo: Students walking through Sather Gate.

Slide 2: History & Tradition

Text: Berkeley is the oldest of the UC campuses and serves as the flagship of California's public university system. Rich in traditions, such as a commitment to civil rights and liberties, the campus's history continues to be written as new generations of students pass through its hallowed gates.

Photo: Protesters in the 1960s walking through Sather Gate holding a "Free Speech" sign.

Slide 3: World-Class Faculty

Text: Even first-year students may find themselves in a classroom with one of Berkeley's 7 Nobel laureates, 17 MacArthur Fellows, 119 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 70 Fulbright Scholars, or 3 Pulitzer Prize winners. These faculty members and their distinguished colleagues choose to teach and study at Berkeley because of its proud legacy of innovative thinking and exceptional scholarship.

Photo: A UC Berkeley chemistry professor teaching students in a lecture hall.

Slide 4: World-Class Students

Text: UC Berkeley currently ranks third nationally among all institutions for the number of freshmen who are National Merit Scholars. The campus also produces more graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.s than any other university in the country. However, Cal students share more than strong academic records -- they have all demonstrated the potential to add to Berkeley's rich intellectual community and spirit of pluralism.

Photo: Berkeley students at an outdoor graduation ceremony.

Slide 5: Diversity & Variety

Text: Berkeley's acclaimed faculty and talented students represent a wide range of disciplines, ideologies, ethnicities, cultures, interests, and perspectives. Students come from all over the world, and their richly diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds give the campus a unique vitality and spirit.

Photo: Students throwing a rainbow array of colored paper in the air during an athletic rally.

Slide 6: Science & Research

Text: Berkeley's research programs, which rank among the best in the world, give students the opportunity to study with top experts in many fields. Students also have access to some of the same laboratories, libraries, and specialized equipment used in Berkeley's groundbreaking research -- as well as the exceptional minds behind it.

Photo: A geology and geophysics graduate student holding Mexican volcanic rock.

Slide 7: Humanities & Social Sciences

Text: Berkeley's acclaimed humanities and social science programs seek to deepen students' understanding of themselves and the world. The campus's renowned libraries, museums, and research centers reflect this commitment to intellectual and social engagement.

Photo: Students sitting in a circle on a grassy field.

Slide 8: Visual & Performing Arts

Text: The arts are a central, thriving force in campus life, both as a field of study and a mode of enjoyment. Cal Performances brings a staggering variety of music, dance, and theater arts to campus from around the world, and campus museums house thousands of paintings, sculptures, and cinema titles.

Photo: Student ballet dancers practicing in a campus dance studio.

Slide 9: Libraries

Text: With nine million volumes, Berkeley's library holdings are the fourth largest in North America and contain some of the finest research collections in the United States. There are more than 30 libraries on campus, serving students, faculty, staff, and the broader community.

Photo: Students studying in Doe Library (the campus's main library).

Slide 10: Wired Campus

Text: Berkeley encourages students to explore the Internet's growing significance. Projects like the Interactive University, a K-12 outreach program, mobilize the power of the Internet to create change, while web-savvy faculty and world-class academic programs prepare students for the changing workplace.

Photo: An animation adapted from The Campanile Movie, a digital film directed by professor Paul Debevec. The animation shows a wire model of the Campanile turn into a color rendering of this campus landmark.

Slide 11: Student Life

Text: Whether tutoring youth in the local community, skiing in Tahoe, or playing saxophone in the Cal Band, Berkeley students have unlimited opportunities for nonacademic exploration. With more than 500 student groups on campus, Cal students are never without new skills, sports, or interests to pursue.

Photo: Students in the Cal Band practicing their instruments on the football field.

Slide 12: Cal Athletics

Text: A proud member of the PAC-10 Conference, Cal boasts one of the nation's finest intercollegiate athletic programs with 26 teams, more than 46 national team championships, and 101 NCAA individual titles. All students can participate in the campus's comprehensive intramural sports program and take advantage of its gymnasiums, pools, weight rooms, and squash, handball, racquetball, and tennis courts.

Photo: Fans cheer on the Bears at a Cal football game at Memorial Stadium.

Slide 13: Park-Like Setting

Text: Known for its architectural and historical landmarks, the 1,232-acre Berkeley campus preserves much of the tranquil beauty of California's early years. The campus is an oasis of lush vegetation, flowing streams, and spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay and the Berkeley hills.

Photo: A photo of Valley Life Sciences building with trees and Strawberry Creek in the foreground.

Slide 14: Bay Area

Text: The San Francisco Bay Area -- most of which is accessible via public transit -- offers an extraordinary array of cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities. Students and campus visitors also enjoy exploring the city of Berkeley, particularly the color and vitality of nearby Telegraph Avenue.

Photo: The Bay Bridge at night shot from the East Bay with the San Francisco skyline in the background.

Slide 15: Cal's Ongoing Legacy

Text: "What we are as a University will be determined by how we enhance and transform the lives of all people -- those who become a part of this University that we cherish and the many more whom we, as a public institution, also serve." Attribution: Robert M. Berdahl, Chancellor

Photo: A sunset shot of the Campanile with the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

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