Jontay Porter College

Benjamin F. Porter College, known colloquially as Porter College, is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is located on the lower west side of the university, south of Kresge College and north of Rachel Carson College. The college was founded in 1969 as College Five and formally dedicated on November 21, 1981. On that day the …
Benjamin F. Porter College, known colloquially as Porter College, is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is located on the lower west side of the university, south of Kresge College and north of Rachel Carson College. The college was founded in 1969 as College Five and formally dedicated on November 21, 1981. On that day the college was given the motto Ars Longa, Vita Brevis, and a series of college symbols, including a faculty mace and a college bell, were inaugurated.
  • Motto: Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
  • Motto in English: Life is short, Art endures
  • Type: Residential college
  • Established: 1969
  • Provost: Sean Keilen
  • Undergraduates: 1,526
  • Address: University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Santa Cruz, California
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