1. My Town and University Palo Alto, UC Santa Cruz and San Diego By Sean Ojakian

2. My Town - Palo Alto Palo Alto means “tall tree” in Spanish and is named after a tree by the same name located at the entrance to the city Founded in 1889 From City Website - “Palo Alto’s residents are highly educated, politically aware and culturally sophisticated”

3. Palo Alto Information Located in San Francisco Bay Area 35 Miles South of San Francisco 15 Miles North of San Jose Known as “Birth Place of Silicon Valley”

4. Assorted Numbers Population: 59,900 peoples Land Area: 61 Square Kilometers Positioned 37.39 degrees north of the equator and 122.13 degrees west of the prime meridian 23 feet above sea level 4,133 acres in dedicated parkland Humidity (relative mean): 68%

5. More Information Public School System - 12 Elementary Schools, 3 Middle Schools, 2 High Schools Adjacent to Stanford University http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/ for even more information http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/

6. A Few Pictures

7. More Pictures!

8. Some Maps

9. My Old University - UCSC UCSC = University of California, Santa Cruz Located in the Monterey Bay Area Opened in 1965 Current Enrollment - 14,000 student (95% Undergraduate)

10. UCSC - Exciting Facts Nine Colleges Located in the Santa Cruz Hills Incredibly ISOLATED Lots of Greenery (i.e. trees and shrubbery) Mascot - Banana Slug (anti-school spirit)

11. Some Pictures Cowell CollegeCrown & Merill College Oakes CollegeBaskin

12. Some More Pictures Entrance to Campus Porter CollegeBike Path Oaks College

13. My University - UCSD Some Numbers… First General Grad Student in 1960 First Undergraduate Students in 1964 Fall 2001 Undergrad Enrollment - 17,514 Fall 2001 Grad Enrollment - 2,735 Geographic Origins - 95% from CA, 63% from LA or San Diego, 2% from outside US Main Campus spans 1,202 acres

14. More UCSD Information Lots of sun