Mills College

Mills College

      private liberal arts institution of higher education for women in Oakland, California, U.S. Men may study in the graduate-level programs. Mills College offers more than 30 undergraduate majors in English and foreign literatures, languages, and cultures; ethnic and women's studies; fine arts; natural sciences; mathematics and computer science; social sciences; creative writing; and education. Master's degrees are available in art, dance, education, English, interdisciplinary computer science, liberal studies, management, creative writing, and music; a doctorate in educational leadership is also offered. Mills has cross-registration programs with 12 California institutions, exchange programs with 15 American colleges, and study abroad programs in 20 countries. Facilities include the Jane Baerwald Aron Art Center (home of the Mills College Art Museum), the Women's Leadership Institute, and the Center for Contemporary Music. Total enrollment is approximately 1,200.

      Mills College grew from the Young Ladies' Seminary established at Benicia, California, in 1852. Teaching missionaries Cyrus Mills and his wife, Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills (Mills, Susan Lincoln Tolman), bought the school in 1865, obtained farmland at Oakland for the campus, and in 1877 deeded the school to a board of trustees. In 1885 the school became a college, claiming to be the first women's college west of the Rocky Mountains. It began offering graduate courses in 1920. Among its notable teachers were Dean Rusk (Rusk, Dean), later U.S. secretary of state, and composer Darius Milhaud (Milhaud, Darius). Milhaud's students at Mills included composer William Bolcom (Bolcom, William) and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (Brubeck, Dave).

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