History of Eleanor Roosevelt College

1988      

• Fifth College welcomes its first class of 390 students
• Making of the Modern World Sequence debuts as hallmark of the College’s General Education
• Students are housed in residence halls near Veterans Hospital known as Camp Snoopy
• UC San Diego’s International House opens in Fifth College Pepper Canyon Apartments

1993

• Intercultural Communications Workshop created by ERC Residence Life

1994

• Fifth College renamed Eleanor Roosevelt College

1999

• ERC Community Outreach Effort’s Spring Breakaway launched

2002

• Rock ‘N Roosevelt Concert established by Student Council at ERC

2003

• Eleanor Roosevelt College’s current campus opens with 23 buildings including residence halls, apartments, an administrative building, Café Ventanas, and the Great Hall

2004

• ERC International Migration Studies Minor established
• Sunday Suppers initiated by International House

2007

• First full-time Faculty Director appointed to MMW

2008

• ERC Human Rights Minor established

• MMW Global Seminars (summer program abroad) launched

2010

• ERC Global Health Minor established

2011

• ERC Undergraduate Research Conference introduced
• Re-designed MMW sequence (MMW11-15) began

• MMW Transfer Sequence (MMW21-22) began 

2012

• Global Service & Research (GSR) Academic Sequence, with its experiential Break Away Global Service (“BAGS”) began

2014

• ERC1 First Year Experience course began
• MMW Transfer Sequence becomes upper division (MMW121-122)