our private nonprofit college offers a rich curriculum of 22 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs, and is noted for its curricular interdisciplinarity, breadth of programs, and commitment to social responsibility. Spread across two distinct campuses in the Bay Area, students experience immersive, interdisciplinary exposure that emphasizes theory and practice, helping them to gain the creative confidence and entrepreneurial skills needed for contemporary creative practice. Graduates are highly sought after by companies such as Pixar/Disney, Apple, Intel, Facebook, Gensler, Google, IDEO, Autodesk, Mattel, and Nike. Many alumni have launched their own successful businesses, and alumni work is featured in major collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MoMA New York, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, SFMOMA, The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., The Library of Congress, and Tate Modern in London. Founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer, CCA is currently expanding its San Francisco campus with new student housing and a new building by award-winning architecture firm Studio Gang. 1906: Following the destruction of his home and workshop in the San Francisco earthquake, German-born cabinetmaker and art teacher Frederick H. Meyer speaks at a meeting of the local Arts and Crafts Society about his idea for a new "practical art school." 1907: Frederick Meyer establishes the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts in the Studio Building on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. Initial faculty salaries range from $40 to $60 per month. 1908: The school is renamed California School of Arts and Crafts and graduates its first class of five students. Many of these graduates had been students of Meyer's at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco. Having outgrown its location, the school moves to 2130 Center Street in Berkeley. 1910: The school moves again to 2119 Allston Way, site of the old Berkeley High School. 1922: With enrollment increasing following the influx of veterans of World War I, Meyer searches for a permanent home for the college. He purchases the four-acre James Treadwell estate in Oakland for $60,000. For the next four years, Meyer leads a crew of student, faculty, and alumni to transform the rundown estate into a campus. The Meyer family moves into the top floor of the Treadwell mansion (now called Macky Hall). 1926: The school completes its move to the new campus at 5212 Broadway, where it remains today. 1968: Two major buildings on Oakland campus are completed. Founders Hall, honoring Frederick and Laetitia Meyer, Isabelle Percy West, and Perham Nahl, houses the library, media center, and classrooms. Martinez Hall, honoring teacher Xavier Martinez, houses the painting and printmaking programs. 1973: The Noni Eccles Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center opens. 1977: Macky Hall is placed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1985: First Apple computers arrive on campus. 1987: Design and architecture programs move to leased space on 17th Street in San Francisco. 1989: The Oliver Art Center, including the 3,500-square-foot Tecoah Bruce Galleries, opens on the Oakland campus. 1995: The college launches the comprehensive Campaign for CCAC to raise funds for the renovation of a new San Francisco campus and programmatic initiatives. The college purchases a building in lower Potrero Hill to create new permanent San Francisco campus. 1996: First phase of the renovation of the new San Francisco campus completed. Design and architecture programs move to new building. 1998: The college establishes the Institute for Exhibitions and Public Programs, now called CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Noted artist residency program Capp Street Project becomes part of the Institute for Exhibitions and Public Programs. Center for Art and Public Life is established. 1999: The college celebrates the completion of the San Francisco campus with an opening gala. The new 160,000-square-foot campus includes the Logan Galleries, the Tecoah Bruce Galleries, individual studio spaces for graduate students, Simpson Library, Timken Hall, instructional studios and classrooms, and academic and administrative office space. 2001: Institute for Exhibitions and Public Programs is renamed Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in honor of philanthropist Phyllis Wattis. 2002: New student housing facility Clifton Hall opens on Oakland campus. 2003: Center for Art and Public Life receives $5 million endowment—largest gift in history of the college. Reflecting the breadth of its programs, the college changes its name to California College of the Arts. New Graduate Center opens on San Francisco campus. 2008: The college completes the $27.5 million Centennial Campaign to fund financial aid endowment, facilities improvements, and academic programs. 2011: The college purchases a two-and-a-half-acre (approximately 102,000 square feet) vacant lot from Greyhound Lines, Inc. in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco for future growth. 2016: The college announces plans to expand its campus in San Francisco and selects Studio Gang to design the new campus. 2018: Blattner Hall opens at 75 Arkansas Street near San Francisco campus. CCA has more student housing than ever before. Construction begins at 188 Hooper, the future residence hall for 500 students.