California State University, East Bay
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California State University, East Bay (also known as CSUEB, Cal State East Bay, and formerly known as California State University, Hayward) is a campus of the California State University system. Founded in 1957, the university has expanded to two campuses, with the main campus located in Hayward and a secondary, independent branch in Concord, center in Oakland, with executive MBA programs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Moscow, and Graz, Austria.
HistoryIn its lifetime, the university has gone through several changes in mission and scope, and has changed its name four times. It was founded as a two year institution granting only Associate Degrees, known as the State College for Alameda County, with its primary mission to serve the higher education needs of southern Alameda County. Its construction was part of the California Master Plan for Higher Education as proposed by Clark Kerr and the original site for the school was Pleasanton, California. The campus was moved to Hayward before plans were finalized due to the efforts of Assemblymember Carlos Bee and other boosters from the Hayward community. At the time of its founding in 1957, classes were held on the campus of Hayward High School. In 1961, the school was moved to its present location in the Hayward Hills and renamed Alameda County State College. In 1963, the name was changed to California State College at Hayward, and when it was granted university status in 1972 the name was changed to California State University, Hayward. Name changeThe California State University Board of Trustees approved a proposal to rename the campus to California State University, East Bay on January 26, 2005. The name was chosen to reflect the university's new, broader mission to serve the region of the greater East Bay. Some students and alumni expressed outrage at the name change. While all 23 CSUs serve a region, nineteen are named for the city or county where the main campus resides. Two of the four remaining CSUs have pseudo place names and one (the California Maritime Academy) has no place name. The name change proposal was largely in response to a market survey of private donors. By comparison, all ten UCs, including UC Merced, younger than CSUEB, are named for the city and/or county of the main campus. [1]. The campus' Associated Student Board went so far as to proclaim "no confidence" in University President Norma S. Rees. Officers KilledOn Tuesday May 31, 1977, Officer Stanley Henney and Officer Gary Hart of the Hayward State University Police Department were shot and killed by a fellow officer in the Hayward State University police station. The officer shot Hart and Henney, and wounded a third officer. Officer Henney was a 14-year veteran of the California State University Hayward Police Department. Officer Hart had been a member of the California State University Hayward Police Department for one year.[2] CampusCSUEB's main campus is located in Hayward. Warren Hall, its signature building on top of the Hayward hills, overlooks the scenic eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area. The building is visible from cities throughout the Bay Area, serving as a landmark for Hayward and the surrounding East Bay. CSUEB also has a campus in Concord in Contra Costa County, and a professional development center in Oakland. Continuing education programs are available at all three locations. CSUEB is also known for its Solar Energy Project. Solar panels were installed on four campus rooftops and are used to generate supplemental power during peak periods and is one of the largest photovoltaic systems in Northern California. Since its completion in 2004 the University has received recognition on a regional and national level for the project; those include:
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Pioneer Amphitheatre
Since 2004, the Pioneer Amphitheatre on campus has been home of the KBLX Stone Soul Picnic, a day long festival of R&B, soul and Urban Adult Contemporary music, featured performers have included Ronald Isley, The Whispers, Teena Marie, the late Rick James, and The O'Jays. OrganizationPresidentsOn May 17 2006 Mohammad Qayoumi succeeded Norma S. Rees as president of the university. Qayoumi is the first Afghan-American to lead a major American university.[3]
AcademicsThe university is best known for its College of Business and Economics; a strong Education Department, where a large percentage of California teachers receive their certification; and the thriving Music Department where the CSUEB Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dave Eshelman(retired June 2007), holds annual performances in Yoshi's at Jack London Square in Oakland and frequently tours Europe and parts of South America. The Biotechnology Program developed at CSUEB affords the university a status as the center of research and development in the Life sciences, Bioinformatics and technologies for the East Bay. CSUEB also participates in the Internet2 project, a collaboration led by over 200 U.S. universities, private industries, and governments to develop advanced network technologies for research and higher education in the 21st century. CSUEB offers 38 undergraduate degree programs and 28 Masters degree programs in addition to its teacher education program. The university also has a doctoral program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) held in cooperation with the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University and San José State University. The academic departments of the University are organized into four colleges:
Academic achievementsThe 1995 September issue of Success Magazine reported the university as one of the 25 best business schools for entrepreneurs. The ranking was based on four key criteria: qualifications of faculty, entrepreneurship curriculum, academic standards and student scores, and quality and depth of resources. The CSUEB College of Business and Economics is ranked as the up and comers of the 25 schools to watch by Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University. The University was also ranked 8th among Top Regional Public Schools in the West in U.S. News and World Report's 1999 America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2003, the College of Business and Economics was ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the Top Business Schools in the West. The Princeton Review selected California State University, East Bay, as a "Best in the West" college in 2005. Student lifeThe university's Department of Communications publishes a weekly newspaper called The Pioneer, its name referring to the school mascot, Pioneer Pete. The paper is staffed by faculty and students.[4] Athletics
CSUEB holds concurrent membership in NCAA Division III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The men's and women's basketball, cross country and golf teams compete in the California Pacific Conference of the NAIA. The baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's water polo, women's swimming, and women's volleyball teams compete in NCAA Division III as independents.[5] National Championships In 1972 and 1981, the women's outdoor track and field team won national championships. The first was an outright championship, and the second was as a member of the AIAW Division 3. In 1979 and 1980 the women's cross country team won AIAW Division 3 national championships. Hall of Fame The CSUEB Athletics Hall of Fame includes a Major League Baseball player, an Olympian, several national record holders, and many All-Americans.[6]
Mascot The mascot of the university is the Pioneer. At the inception of the athletic program in 1961 the student body chose a spacesuit clad Space Pioneer as the mascot. In the years since the mascot was shortened to the Pioneers and took a more terrestrial image; first as a frontiersman with a coonskin cap and then as a forty-niner who is reminiscent of Yosemite Sam. In the 1980s the student body voted to change the mascot to the Vampires, but the decision was overturned by then-president Ellis McCune. In 2005 there was talk of changing the mascot along with the university's name change. The original plan was to unveil the new mascot by the end of the 2004-2005 academic year. However, there was little student support for a mascot change; a majority of the students and faculty were in favor of keeping the Pioneer as the school mascot while supporting a redesign of the Pioneer image. A final decision on whether or not to keep the Pioneer as the mascot of the university was to be reached before the 2006-2007 academic year. Associated Students Inc.Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) is a student-run and student-owned organization that represents the student body at California State University, East Bay. Elected by the California State University, East Bay student body, the 15-member ASI Board of Directors is the governing body of Associated Students, Inc. The Board makes policy and oversees the fiscal responsibility of ASI. Additionally, the Board assists the University in planning, implementing, and evaluating campus programs, events, and curriculum. ASI currently has four departments: ASI Presents, ASI Business Office, Student Government, and the Early Childhood Education Center.[7] Greek letter organizations
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