California State University, San Bernardino

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California State University, San Bernardino
Established	1965
Type	Public
Endowment	US $14.2 million (2008)[1]
President	Albert K. Karnig
Faculty	470
Students	17,646 (Fall 2008)[2]
Location	San Bernardino, California , United States
Campus	Suburban in San Bernardino; rural in Palm Desert
Colors	Blue (Pantone 300)      Black      White[3]
Mascot	Coyote
Affiliations	California State University system
Website	csusb.edu

California State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB, is a state-funded university in the suburban "University District" in San Bernardino, California, and is part of the 23-campus California State University System. CSUSB was founded in 1965. Enrollment annually tops 17,000. CSUSB's satellite campus in Palm Desert, founded in 1986, is notable for having been built entirely with private funds.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Campus 3.1 San Bernardino Campus 3.2 Palm Desert Campus 4 Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum 5 Student demographics 6 Athletics 7 Development - Fundraising 8 Distinguished alumni 9 References 10 External links

[edit] History

Amid grape vineyards, brush and wildlife, Cal State San Bernardino opened in 1965 with 293 students and 30 faculty members. Two years later, 59 students received degrees as the new college graduated its first class. Today, the university has more than 17,000 students and some 65,000 alumni. John Pfau, the college’s founding president who began doing the early groundwork for the new college in 1962, served for 20 years and was succeeded by Anthony Evans, who served as the university’s president from 1982-1997. CSUSB’s third president, Albert Karnig, began his 12th year as the university’s top leader in fall 2008.

The Pfau Library, named after the university’s first president, sits at the very center of the campus and can be seen as drivers travel north on University Parkway onto campus. Other distinctive university landmarks include the clock tower that rises above the Santos Manuel Student Union, the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum and the rounded, steel-rimmed architecture of Coussoulis Arena, a modern 4,000-plus seat sports and events venue.

[edit] Academics

Cal State San Bernardino was named a 2009 Best College in the Western Region by The Princeton Review, ranking CSUSB among the top 25 percent of universities across the nation.

The university offers 100 degree, credential and certificate programs and is organized into five academic colleges:

• College of Arts and Letters
• College of Business and Public Administration
• College of Education
• College of Natural Sciences
• College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Many CSUSB programs have earned specialized national accreditation, including business, which was the first in the Inland Empire to gain such accreditation at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Its business and entrepreneurship programs are nationally recognized, as evidenced by CSUSB's 2006 ranking of fourth in the United States for graduate entrepreneur programs. The university's College of Business and Public Administration was also listed in the 2008 edition of The Princeton Review's "Best 290 Business Schools."

CSUSB was the top-ranked public institution and No. 1 in California. Its National Security Studies master of arts program [1] is highly respected,^[4] as are programs in accounting and finance, computer science and engineering, geographic information and decision sciences, health, psychology and public administration, among many others.

Initiated in 2002 by university president, Albert Karnig, the President’s Academic Excellence Scholarship program invites the top 1 percent of graduating high school seniors in San Bernardino County to attend Cal State San Bernardino. The program provides a full scholarship, including tuition, books and a small stipend, to eligible students and is renewable for up to four academic years. The program is designed to attract the best and brightest students to CSUSB who might otherwise be lured to colleges outside the area. Their presence has enriched the academic environment of the university and contributes significantly to the local business, cultural and civic environment after they graduate. As of fall 2008, there were 140 enrolled presidential scholars.

The first major donor to this program was Evelyn Magnuson, who extended her legacy in 2008 through a planned gift making CSUSB a beneficiary of her $2.4 million estate.

A recent addition to the CSUSB academic offering is its first doctoral program[2]. The Ed.D. in educational leadership is a rigorous, research-based program that prepares pre-K through 12 and community college leaders with the critical skills of analysis, inquiry, research and evaluation that contribute to the study, development and implementation of educational reforms.^[5]

The university is one of the region's largest teacher-training institutions. CSUSB science students are readily accepted into the most prestigious medical schools in the country. In addition, CSUSB's advanced accounting students provide free tax preparation services to local residents who earn less than $60,000 or who are elderly or disabled.^[6]

CSUSB's theatre department is known for staging diverse and award-winning productions. ^[7]

Cal State San Bernardino is No. 1 in the United States among universities awarding bachelor's degrees in math to Hispanic students, according to the magazine Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.

Overall, the magazine lists CSUSB as 12th in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanics and 20th in awarding master's, as reported in its May 4 issue. The magazine also listed Cal State San Bernardino as seventh in awarding bachelor's degrees in protective services to Hispanic students.

[edit] Campus

[edit] San Bernardino Campus

Built atop 441 acres (1.78 km²) of bedrock on the city’s north side, CSUSB is framed to the north by the San Bernardino Mountains. The hills are a dramatic backdrop and contrast to the modern new buildings, wide lawns, clean spaces and airy, park-like feel of the campus. For years, students have voted Cal State San Bernardino one of the most beautiful in the 23-campus CSU system.

More than 1,300,000 square feet (121,000 m²) of new facilities have been built to meet students' academic and social needs. Campus residential housing provides more than 1,500 beds. A new College of Education building opened in 2008.^[8] The Santos Manuel Student Union has doubled in size in recent years, and a new 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m²) Student Recreation and Fitness Center was recently completed. Other academic buildings constructed recently include the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chemical Sciences buildings.^[9]

Cal State San Bernardino's Coyote Radio is the connection for music, local news, talk and campus information, and is one of only 50 college stations around the world listed as an official iTunes college station.^[10] Coyote Radio recently became the home and partner to Isla Earth, the award-winning radio science program.

CSUSB boasts the Coussoulis Arena, one of the largest indoor arenas in San Bernardino and Riverside counties as well as the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, one among only 4 percent of museums in the United States that are accredited by the American Association of Museums.

[edit] Palm Desert Campus

In 1984, the College of the Desert, a public two-year community college in Palm Desert, began exploring bringing a CSU campus to the Coachella Valley. Subsequent negotiations led to establishing the temporary Coachella Valley Center of Cal State San Bernardino. The center began offering external degree programs in fall 1986 on land leased by the College of the Desert.

In 1992, the city of Palm Desert offered to donate land for a permanent satellite center that might one day become a CSU campus. In 1994, the CSU Board of Trustees authorized the chancellor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Palm Desert and its redevelopment agency to accept and acquire land. It designated 200 acres (0.81 km²) for a possible future CSU campus, with 40 acres (160,000 m²) designated as the site for the permanent off-campus center. The remaining 160 acres (0.65 km²) would be held pending determination by the trustees that the center should become an independent campus.

The permanent campus located on Cook Street (33°46′34″N 116°21′16″W / 33.77611°N 116.35444°W / 33.77611; -116.35444) is home to upper division and graduate students throughout the Coachella Valley and Joshua Tree areas. Housing the campus originally at College of the Desert led to a partnership that continues to develop in many ways. The majority of Palm Desert Campus undergraduate students transfer from College of the Desert.

A health sciences building for the four-year nursing program opened on the Palm Desert Campus in October 2008.^[11]

The unique public-private partnership at CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus has drawn national attention and was featured in a front page story in the Sunday, Aug. 5, 2003, edition of the New York Times.

[edit] Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum

The Fullerton Art Museum's permanent collections consist of three distinct kinds of art: ancient, ceramic, and contemporary. A world-class collection of about 200 Egyptian artifacts and a smaller selection of Italian pottery are part of the museum's permanent holdings. Rotating shows feature artists from throughout the region and country, and one gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the work of the school's own art students. The museum celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006 and received accreditation by the American Association of Museums in 2008. ^[12]

[edit] Student demographics

CSUSB ranks No. 1 among the 23 California State University campuses in first-to-second-year retention of African American students and ranked No. 3 in the retention of Latino students. Designated as a Hispanic-serving institution, the university ranks No. 1 in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees in math to Hispanic students. ^[13].

Enrollment has increased by more than a third in recent years, and freshman enrollment has doubled. More than 70 percent of CSUSB students are the first generation of their families to attend college. Latino and African American student enrollments are the third highest of any university in California. CSUSB students are awarded on average 13 percent of CSU system scholarships, despite representing only 4 percent of the CSU's enrollment. Fifty-seven percent of full-time undergrads at CSUSB receive sufficient scholarships and grants to pay all fees and another 10 percent pay less than the full fees.

Demographics of student body

	Undergraduate
African American	12.1%
Asian American	9.3%
White American	32.0%
Hispanic American	35.0%
Native American	0.7%
International	2.1%
Ethnicity unreported/unknown	10.8%

Enrollment by ethnicity, 2008[14]	Undergrads	Male	Female	Grads	Male	Female	Total
African American	1,697	471	1,226	380	115	265	2,077
American Indian	97	33	64	26	7	19	123
Hispanic American	5,431	1,786	3,645	986	300	686	6,417
Asian American	1,150	468	682	241	98	143	1,391
White	4,023	1,563	2,460	1,471	532	939	5,494
Other Ethnicity	401	182	219	211	90	121	612
Not stated/Unknown	1,148	435	713	384	151	233	1,532
Total	13,947	4,938	9,009	3,699	1,293	2,406	17,646

[edit] Athletics

In 2009, CSUSB intercollegiate athletics celebrates its 25th anniversary. Established in 1984, the program offers men's and women's basketball and soccer, men's golf and baseball and women's softball, tennis, cross country, water polo and volleyball. The school's athletic mascot is the Coyote and the school colors are blue (Pantone 300) and black.

The Coyotes play in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in the NCAA's Division II. The men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams play in the Coussoulis Arena, and the baseball team plays at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in downtown San Bernardino.

Since its start in 1984, Coyote athletics has seen teams take many local and regional championships and finish high up in national tourneys. The men’s soccer team went to the NCAA Division III national semifinals in 1987 and captured the university’s first NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association title in 1991. In 1997, Scott Householder grabbed the university’s sole national championship to date with a 273 for 72 holes, a record that still stands. Men’s golf has finished third in the national tournament three times in its history.

In baseball, the men’s team took West Region titles in 1990 and 1991. The men’s basketball team has three West Region titles to its credit along with eight CCAA championships and one trip to the NCAA national semifinals. The CSUSB women’s volleyball team has taken six CCAA and three West Region titles, went to the NCAA Division Ii semifinals in 2003 and, in 2008, advanced to the finals, narrowly losing its shot at a first national championship by two points. The Coyote men’s basketball team has won seven California Collegiate Athletic Association titles.

[edit] Development - Fundraising

The 2007-2008 academic year was the most successful fundraising year in the history of the university – with $49 million in cash, gifts-in-kind and deferred gifts contributed by individuals, corporations and foundations. This total was the third highest in the California State University system, where giving rose 35 percent for the year.

Almost 70 percent of CSUSB students receive financial aid, of which 50 percent do not pay any tuition.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Distinguished alumni

Cal State San Bernardino alumni are helping drive the economy, government and culture. CSUSB graduates live and work in California, generating more than $635 million in earnings for the state economy annually.

Founded in 1967, the CSUSB Alumni Association [3] offers Cal State San Bernardino graduates opportunities for meaningful involvement with the university and promotes the interests and goals of alumni, students and the campus community to ensure that CSUSB's reputation continues to grow.

There are currently five CSUSB alumni serving in the California Legislature:

• Anthony Adams, B.A. political science 1999 - California State Assemblyman, 59th district
• John Benoit, M.P.A. 1993 - California State Senate, 37th district
• Wilmer Amina Carter, B.A. English 1972, M.A. education 1976 - California State Assemblywoman, 62nd district
• Paul Cook, M.P.A. 1996 - California State Assemblyman, 65th district
• Pedro Nava, B.A. sociology 1993 - California State Assemblyman, 35th district

Other distinguished alumni include:

• Craig Arnold, B.A., psychology 1983; senior vice president, Eaton Corporation and president of the Fluid Power Group of Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH

• Robert T. Bouttier, B.A. business administration 1977; president/chief operating officer, Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

• Appannagari "Dev" GnanaDev, M.D., M.B.A. 2001; medical director and chairman of the department of surgery at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, Calif.

• Joriz De Guzman, B.S. computer science with High Honors 2005; youngest student ever to graduate from CSUSB at age 15

• Lou Monville, B.A. communication 1994; member, CSU Board of Trustees; vice president, O'Reilly Public Relations, Riverside, Calif.

• Nicole Cerwin Nichols, B.A. communication 1991; senior vice president of communications and strategy for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Formerly senior vice president of entertainment communications for Disney/ABC Television Group.

• Lex Reddy, M.B.A. 1988, master of science, health services administration 1996; president of Prime Healthcare Services Inc. in Southern California

• Lee D. Roberts, B.A. biology 1974, B.A. economics 1975; former president and CEO of FileNet Corporation, Costa Mesa, Calif.

• Mark E. Seay, B.A. criminal justice 2004; former NFL wide receiver; Community Relations Representative, Stater Bros. Markets, San Bernardino, Calif.

• Larry Sharp, M.B.A. 2003; president and CEO of Arrowhead Credit Union, San Bernardino, Calif.

• Jean Stephens, M.B.A. 1991; CEO of RSM International, London, England

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cal State San Bernardino Web site
• Palm Desert Campus
• CSUSB Athletics Web site
• Coyote Radio
• Art Department
• Theatre Arts Department
• Music Department
• Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
• CSUSB Alumni Association

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