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Image:Churchill College Cambridge - Central area and Hepworth.jpg Churchill College Image:Chufront.jpg Main Entrance Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and was founded in 1960 as the national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill. Churchill is situated on the outskirts of the town away from the traditional centre of old Cambridge, but close to the University’s main new development zone. Its 160,000 m² (42 acres) of grounds make it physically the largest of all the colleges.
Cambridge University Radio is broadcast from Churchill College.
HistoryIn 1955, on holiday in Sicily soon after his resignation as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill discussed with Sir John Colville and Lord Cherwell the possibility of founding a new institution. Churchill had been impressed by MIT and wanted a British version, but the plans evolved into the more modest proposal of creating a Scientific and Technological based college within the University of Cambridge. Churchill wanted a mix of non-scientists to ensure a well rounded education and environment for scholars and fellows. The first postgraduate students arrived in October 1960, and the first undergraduates a year later. Full College status was received in 1966.
BuildingsIn 1958, a 42 acre (170,000 m²) site was purchased to the west of the city centre, which had previously been farmland. After a competition, Richard Sheppard was appointed to design the new college. Building was completed by 1968 with nine main residential courts, separate graduate flats and a central building consisting of the dining hall, buttery, combination rooms and offices. The dining hall is the largest in Cambridge and formals can cater for up to 420 guests. In the centre of the college is the Churchill Archives Centre, opened in 1974 to provide a home to Sir Winston’s papers (and also more recently endowed with papers from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock) alongside those of eminent scientists and engineers, including Rosalind Franklin and Sir Frank Whittle. In 1992, the Møller Centre for Continuing Education was built on the Churchill site, designed by Henning Larsen. At the farthest end of the college is the Chapel. The idea of having a religious building within a modern, scientifically-oriented, academic institution deeply annoyed some of the original fellows, reputedly leading to the resignation of Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick in protest. Eventually a compromise was found: the chapel was sited away from the other buildings, and funded and managed separately from the rest of the College itself, being tactfully referred to as “the Chapel at Churchill College”. The chimney of the heating system at the front of the college substitutes visually for the missing chapel tower. According to the anecdote, Crick had agreed to become a fellow on the basis that no chapel be placed in Churchill. A donation was later made by Lord Beaumont of Whitley to Churchill College for the establishment of one, and the majority of fellows voted for it. Winston Churchill reputedly wrote to Crick, saying that no-one need enter the chapel except under free will so it need not be a problem. Crick, in short order, replied with a letter containing 10 guineas saying that if that were the case, here were 10 guineas for the establishment of a brothel. MastersThe Mastership of Churchill College is a Crown appointment. To date the College has had six Masters:
EntsImage:Students on Hepworth, Churchill College.jpg Students relaxing on ‘The Hepworth’ following a formal Every week of the Michaelmas and Lent terms, Churchill is host to The Pav, a weekly music event unusual for Cambridge events in that it is free and open to all university members. (The name Pav originates from the pavilion buildings of the college where the event was originally held. Since 1992 the Pav has been held in the main bar area.) In the early years of the college’s foundation, the college held a ball in May Week, in common with many older colleges. However, more recently Churchill has held a Spring Ball every February. Past themes have included Back in the Day (2007), Karishma (2006), Showdown (2005), Arabian Nights (2004), Hakuna Matata (2003) and Ocean Bound (2002). In 2007 the theme was Back In The Day, featuring the legendary TV presenter of Fun House, Pat Sharp.[3] During May Week the college JCR organise a free garden party. Students of the College run Churchill Casino, a charitable casino organisation who can provide professional casinos at various social events. Churchill Casino is frequently hired for Cambridge May Balls as well as balls at Oxford University and corporate events. ArtImage:Churchill College, Hepworth.jpg Hepworth’s Four square walk-through is large enough for many students to work and play on—which they are allowed to do The college contains many examples of modern artwork including:
There are also works by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Patrick Caulfield, Sir Peter Blake, and Daphne Hardy Henrion. Mistry’s piece can be found at the front of college. Sir Anthony Caro’s Forum [5] used to stand near it but it was removed before the start of the 2004-2005 academic year. In January 2007 its place was taken by Beast Alerted 1, a sculpture by British sculptor Lynn Chadwick. TraditionsImage:Dining Hall.jpg Churchill’s Dining Hall is the largest in Cambridge. In special formal meals such as Matriculation Dinner or Audit Feast the master usually raises a toast, first to The Queen and then to “Sir Winston”. In other Formal Halls a toast to “Sir Winston” and then to "The Queen" is often raised spontaneously and informally by one of the students once the fellows have left. Notable past and present fellowsSee also Category:Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge
Nobel laureates
Notable alumniSee also Category:Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
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