California State University, Stanislaus
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Former names | Stanislaus State College (1957–85) |
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Motto | Engaging - Empowering - Transforming |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1957 |
Parent institution | California State University system |
Endowment | $16.1 million (2020)[1] |
President | Ellen Junn |
Students | 10,741 (Fall 2020)[2] |
Undergraduates | 9,643 (Fall 2020)[2] |
Postgraduates | 1,098 (Fall 2020)[2] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Suburban, 228 acres (92 ha) |
Colors | Red and gold |
Nickname | Warriors |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II – CCAA |
Mascot | Titus |
Website | www |
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California State University, Stanislaus (Stanislaus State, Stan State) is a public university in Turlock in Stanislaus County, California. It is part of the California State University system. It was established in 1957 and is also the only campus in the system to offer a bachelor's degree in cognitive studies. The university offers 45 Bachelor's degrees, 17 Master's degrees, one Doctoral degree (Doctor of Education), and 6 teaching credentials.[3][4]
History[]
In 1957, the California State Legislature established what was then called Stanislaus State College as the 15th campus of the CSU system.[5] Because Turlock was better known at the time for its turkeys than its aspirations towards higher education, Clark Kerr highlighted this event in his memoirs as an example of how the state colleges had become vulnerable to pork barrel politics in the state legislature. This was one of several reasons behind the creation of the California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960.[6]
Classes began on the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in September, 1960, and the college moved to its current location five years later. The college was first accredited in 1964. It gained university status and its current name in 1986, and received a ten-year accreditation by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) in 1999 and 2010.[7] In 2019, the Commission reaffirmed Stanislaus State's accreditation for eight years, with a visit scheduled in 2027.[8]
In 1974, the university established an extension program at the campus of San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton in neighboring San Joaquin County. In 1998 the Stanislaus State-Stockton Center expanded and moved to its own permanent campus in downtown Stockton.
Academics[]
Fall freshman statistics[9][10][11][12][13][14]
2017 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
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Freshman applicants | 13,656 | 5,804 | 5,763 | 5,387 | 4,896 | 4,421 |
Admits | 9,654 | 4,280 | 4,158 | 4,128 | 3,726 | 3,460 |
% admitted | 70.6 | 73.7 | 72.1 | 76.6 | 76.1 | 78.2 |
Enrolled | 3,040 | 1,224 | 1,109 | 1,251 | 1,029 | 966 |
GPA | 3.26 | 3.26 | 3.25 | 3.30 | 3.24 | |
SAT composite (out of 1600) | 923 | 924 | 925 | 930 | 943 |
California State University, Stanislaus offers 45 undergraduate programs, 17 master's degree programs and 2 graduate certificate programs, 6 school credential programs and a doctoral degree program in Educational Leadership.[15][16] Its academic disciplines are clustered within four colleges:
- College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- College of Business Administration
- College of Education, Kinesiology and Social Work
- College of Science
Several individual programs, across the four colleges, have achieved and maintain accreditation by professional accreditation bodies.[17] Stanislaus State's College of Business Administration is accredited by the AACSB.[18] Its Human Resource Management program has the nation's top student testing success rate.[19] In fall 2012, Stanislaus State launched an online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program, the first fully online AACSB-accredited MBA program offered in the state of California.[20]
The university library building was originally named for founding president Dr. J. Burton Vasché. The library currently holds over 370,000 volumes, 841 print journal subscriptions, access to 141 electronic databases, and a growing number of electronic journals, video recordings, and compact discs.[21] The University Library also contains a Children's collection, which has more than 5,900 titles of children's literature. The library offers access to more than 70 electronic databases and also contains federal, state, and local documents.
As of fall 2017, the five most popular bachelor's degrees Programs are: BS Business Administration, BA Psychology, BA Liberal Studies, BA/BS Biological Sciences, and BA Criminal Justice.
Resources[]
The university has several resources available for students. The Tutoring/Writing Center is located in the Vasche Library and offers individual and group tutoring. Some of the services available include essay planning, organization, development and revision, writing across the curriculum, ESL, and WPST test preparation.[22] The university also has a bookstore that features marble herms by sculptor Andrew Wilson alongside other artwork, as well as a university police department and financial aid office. The New Stanislaus State Student Center is scheduled to open Spring 2020.
Rankings[]
Academic rankings | |
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Regional | |
U.S. News & World Report[23] | 30 |
Master's University class | |
Washington Monthly[24] | 9 |
National | |
Forbes[25] | 434 |
THE/WSJ[26] | 501–600 |
2022 USNWR departmental rankings[27] | |
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Social Work | 196 |
Part-time MBA | 206-273 |
Public Affairs Programs | 218 |
The 2022 USNWR Best Regional Colleges West Rankings ranks Stanislaus 6 on Top Performers on Social Mobility, 12 on Top Public Schools, 14 on for best Colleges for Veterans, and 332 in Nursing (tie).
Cal State Stanislaus was ranked the No. 10 college in the United States by the 2015 Social Mobility Index college rankings.[28]
In 2020, Cal State Stanislaus was ranked 1st for "Best Bang for the Buck" out of 215 schools in the U.S. western region.[29]
Athletics[]
Stanislaus State, in the Division II of the NCAA, competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Stanislaus State fields 14 sports for men and women for the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Fall sports for men include soccer and cross country. Fall sports for women are soccer, volleyball and cross country. The winter sport for men is basketball and for women it is basketball and indoor track and field. Spring sports for men include baseball, golf, and track and field. Spring sports for women include softball, track and field, and tennis. Stan State also sponsors a competitive cheer team, which has competed at the NCA National Championships since 2017. Besides both being located in the east of California, but one in the south and the other in the north, Stanisaus and San Bernardino have competed heavily as conference rivals.
Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena[]
Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena (aka Warrior Gym) is a 2,000-seat multi-purpose, built in 1978, which is the home arena for the university's Warriors basketball and volleyball teams. It was also briefly the home of the defunct Big Valley Shockwave of the American Basketball Association. In the 2010–2011 season the name of the basketball arena was changed to Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena.[30]
Student life[]
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* All levels, freshman through graduate | 2021 [32] | 2018 [31] | 2010 [31] | 2000 [31] |
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African American | 2% | 2.2% | 3% | 3% |
Asian American | 9% | 7.3% | 10% | 8% |
Filipino American | Null | 1.8% | Null | Null |
Pacific Islander | 1% | 0.5% | 1% | 0% |
White European Americans | 20% | 22.6% | 36% | 49% |
Native American/American Indian | 0% | 0.3% | 1% | 1% |
Hispanic and Latino Americans | 58% | Null | 35% | 23% |
Mexican American/Chicano | Null | 48.7% | Null | Null |
Other Latino American | Null | 4.7% | Null | Null |
Multiracial Americans | 3% | 3.3% | 3% | Null |
Non-resident alien | 4% | 3.5% | 2% | 1% |
Unknown | 4% | 5.0% | 11% | 15% |
The university has a Hmong Students Association. In 2004 the association and a former member led the Project Ready for School to help children arriving in the United States from a Thai refugee camp for preparing for school.[33]
As of fall 2018 CSU Stanislaus had the third largest enrollment percentage of Mexican Americans in the California State University system.[31]
Greek life – sororities and fraternities[]
Greek life at CSUS includes:[34]
Organization | Symbol |
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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia | ΦΜΑ |
Sigma Alpha Iota | ΣΑΙ |
Organization | Symbol |
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Alpha Xi Delta | ΑΞΔ |
Phi Mu | ΦΜ |
Phi Sigma Sigma | ΦΣΣ |
Organization | Symbol |
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Alpha Pi Sigma | ΑΠΣ |
Organization | Symbol |
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Delta Phi Gamma | ΔΦΓ |
Lambda Sigma Gamma | ΛΣΓ |
Phi Lambda Rho | ΦΛΡ |
Sigma Omega Phi multicultural sorority | ΣΩΦ |
Upsilon Kappa Delta | ΥΚΔ |
Organization | Symbol |
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Kappa Sigma | ΚΣ |
Nu Alpha Kappa | ΝΑΚ |
Omega Delta Phi | ΩΔΦ |
Tau Kappa Epsilon | ΤΚΕ |
Theta Chi | ΘΧ |
Organization | Symbol |
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Omega Nu Omega (co-ed) | ΩΝΩ |
Controversy[]
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Sarah Palin's selection as the keynote speaker at Stanislaus State's main fundraising event in 2010 resulted in the most successful fundraiser in the campus's history. It provoked speculation and debate when the university refused to disclose her speaking fee and certified public accountants representing Clendenin Bird & Company from Modesto, California were called in to do an internal audit regarding the investigation. The event was organized by a school foundation.[35]
Notable people[]
Alumni[]
- Susan Eggman – Currently serving in the California State Senate
- Steve Andrade – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
- Gregorio Billikopf – professor and author
- Dennis Cardoza – U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district
- Gary Condit (B.A., 1972)[36] – former Congressman from California, initially implicated in the Chandra Levy murder case, before being cleared.
- Leo Dottavio – Reality television personality, actor, and comedian, known for his performance on The Bachelorette Season 14
- Carrie Henn – Child actress who starred in Aliens
- Rusty Kuntz – former Major League Baseball outfielder and 1984 World Series Champion; current Kansas City first base coach
- Rico Oller (1980) – former California State Senator
- Jasmine Sandlas – Indian-American playback singer, television personality, performer, and songwriter
Faculty[]
- As'ad AbuKhalil – Professor of Political Science
- Richard Weikart – Professor of History, fellow at the Discovery Institute
References[]
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- ^ "Search CSU Degrees". Archived from the original on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
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- ^ Kerr, Clark (2001). The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780520223677.
- ^ [2].Institutional Accreditation- California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
- ^ "WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
- ^ New Students
- ^ CSU APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS REPORTS, FALL 2012
- ^ http://www.csustan.edu/ir/documents/CDS_2012-2013-FINAL.pdf
- ^ http://www.csustan.edu/ir/documents/c3t2.ftfresh.college_sat_001.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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- ^ [4].Majors & Programs Designed for Success- California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Specialized Accreditation". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
- ^ [5] Archived 2012-02-21 at the Wayback Machine. Accreditation- College of Business Administration, California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
- ^ http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/stanislaus.html | Stanislaus State economic impact report
- ^ [6]. Stanislaus State To Offer the First Fully Online AACSB Accredited Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in California. Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
- ^ [7]. California State University Stanislaus 2009–2010 Catalog (Page 11). Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Tutoring Center". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ^ "Best Colleges 2021: Regional Universities Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Rankings -- Masters Universities". Washington Monthly. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "America's Top Colleges 2021". Forbes. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2021". The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "California State University–Stanislaus - U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ CollegeNET. "Social Mobility Index 2015 - CollegeNET". Socialmobilityindex.org. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ "2020 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings: West". Washington Monthly. 28 August 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Stanislaus State Athletics - Facilities (old)". Warriorathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ^ a b c d e "Ethnicity Enrollment Profile". www.calstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ^ "Ethnicity Enrollment Profile". www.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Carlson, Cheri. "Students Try to Ease Hmong Transition." Merced Sun-Star. Thursday July 15, 2004. Local A01.
- ^ "Clubs & Organizations". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- ^ Los Angeles times Sarah Palin's Cal State Stanislaus fundraiser brings in record donations, officials say
- ^ CONDIT, Gary Adrian - Biographical Information
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Coordinates: 37°31′30″N 120°51′21″W / 37.52500°N 120.85583°W
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