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is a constituent college of the
University Of Cambridge , founded in
1584 by Sir
Walter Mildmay . Mildmay, a
Puritan , originally intended Emmanuel to be a college of training for
Protestant preachers to rival the successful
Catholic theological schools that had trained
Dominican friars for years. Emmanuel still has a few theological students, but has broadened itself to include students of a wide variety of subjects, and opened its doors to women in
1979 .
Emmanuel graduates had a large involvement in the settling of North America. Of the first 100
University graduates in New England, one-third were graduates of Emmanuel College.
Harvard University , the first college in
North America , was named after
John Harvard (B.A.,
1632 ), who was an Emmanuel graduate.
Other
Alumni of Emmanuel include:
Emmanuel College is also noted as the home of a wide variety of
Duck species, including the
Mallard , the
Carolina , the
Mandarin , the
Pintail , the
Tufted , and the
Wigeon . The more exotic species were donated to the college by a former Master as a gift to the college at the beginning of his term. There is also a fine example of a
Chinese Plane Tree in the College grounds.
Emmanuel College, or '
' as it is known throughout the University, attracts large numbers of undergraduate applications due to its reputation as being a 'friendly college' (although several other colleges also claim this title). Emmanuel topped the 'Tompkins Table' in
2003 and
2004 , which ranks colleges according to end-of-year examination results.
It is also one of the wealthier colleges at Cambridge with an estimated
Financial Endowment of £68m (
2003 ).
In February 2006,
Rev. Jeremy Caddick, the Dean of Emmanuel College, announced that Emmanuel's
Chapel would be open to the blessing of
Same-sex Civil Partnerships - becoming the first in the
Church Of England to do so. Emmanuel's chapel is not under the formal jurisdiction of the
Local Church of England
Bishop , and did not have to obey a
House Of Bishops ruling against such blessings. Only members and alumni of the college may be blessed in this way. The decision was supported both by the College council and the students' union.
The Emmanuel College Students' Union (ECSU) provides a bar, common room and funding for sports and other societies, as well as acting as the channel of communication between the students and the College.
The daily business of ECSU is managed by the Executive, or 'Exec', members of which have specific responsibilities. The Exec is elected on a yearly basis at the end of
Michaelmas Term.
