with an emphasis on sustainable agricultural practices and laboratory experiments. University House serves as the university president's residence.
The census-designated place is in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District.
=== 21st century construction ===
In the summer of 2018, a dormitory-style student community was completed at the corner of Slack Street and Grand Avenue. This development includes seven 3- to 5-story concrete-framed freshman residence hall buildings with 1,475 beds and an adjacent four-level parking structure. Community spaces feature a café, community room, game room, mail room, welcome center, offices, and maintenance shop. Additional site improvements provide a large open space for activities and group events, volleyball and basketball courts, and outdoor gathering areas.
The Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics was dedicated on November 1, 2013. This $119 million, six-story building replaced the aging "spider" Science Building 52 with a new 189,000-square-foot …
