Berkeley College, Yale University

Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, opened in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 14 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Bishop 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. Built on the site of a group of buildings known from the 1890s until 1933 as the Berkeley Oval, the college was renovated in 1998. It is distinct for having two courtyards connected by an underground tunnel.

For other uses, see Berkeley College (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
Berkeley College
Residential college at Yale University
Yale University
Coat of arms of Berkeley College
Location205 Elm Street
Coordinates41.3106°N 72.9279°W / 41.3106; -72.9279
NicknameBerkeleyites
MottoEsse est percipi (Latin)
Motto in EnglishTo be is to be perceived
Established1934
Named forBishop George Berkeley
ColorsRed, white
Sister collegeDunster House at Harvard University
HeadDavid Evans
DeanBrianne Bilsky
Undergraduates450 (2013-2014)
MascotThundercock
Websitewww.yale.edu/berkeley
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