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About Mills College

Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college located in Oakland, which is the county seat of Alameda County, situated in the US state of California, having a population estimated at a number of nearly 447 000 inhabitants, during the 2010 census, fact which makes it the 41st-largest city in the USA.

Mills College was founded in 1885 and offers more than 40 undergraduate and 23 graduate degrees and certificate programs. It was the 1st women's college west of the Rockies, and was initially founded in Benicia as a young ladies' seminary, being moved to its present location in 1871. It currently has an enrollment of approximately 1500 students and a faculty of 191.

Athletics

Mills' athletic teams are known as the Cyclones and they compete in 7 intercollegiate sports - soccer, rowing, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming and volleyball - in NCAA Division III and the California Pacific Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Their distinctive colors are blue, gold and white, and their mascot is the Cyclone.

Notable Alumni

Among Mills' noteworthy alumni, there is also actress Olivia de Havilland, geneticist Eloise R. Giblett M.D., award winning journalist Meredith May, award winning poet Dorianne Laux and Governor of Washington and chair of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Dixy Lee Ray.