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For the railway station that serves the campus, see California State University, Los Angeles (LACMTA station).
California State University, Los Angeles
File:CSULA seal.png
Former names
Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (1947-64)
California State College at Los Angeles (1964-72)
MottoVox Veritas Vita (Latin, "Voice Truth Life" - Speak the truth as a way of life.)
TypePublic university
Established1947[1]
Endowment$13.2 million[2]
PresidentJames M. Rosser[3][4]
ProvostAshish Vaidya[5]
Academic staff
1,031
Undergraduates16,008 [6]
Postgraduates4,611 [6]
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
CampusUrban, 175 acre (0.7 km²)
ColorsBlack & Gold    
AffiliationsCalifornia State University system
MascotGolden Eagle
Websitewww.CalStateLA.edu

California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or CSLA) is a public comprehensive university, part of the California State University (CSU) system. The campus is located in the eastern region of Los Angeles, California, United States, in the University Hills district, facing the San Gabriel Mountains, at the center of Los Angeles metropolitan area just five miles (8 km) from Los Angeles civic and cultural center. It is located next to two major interstate highways: Interstate 10 and Interstate 710.

Overview

Serving approximately 21,000 students primarily from the greater Los Angeles area,[7] CSULA has more than 215,000 alumni. CSULA operates year round on the quarter system. Four quarters, each 11 weeks in duration. Cal State L.A. is organized into six colleges that incorporate 50 academic departments and divisions offering a variety of majors.[8] The six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs. CSULA is home to the critically acclaimed Luckman Jazz-Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 11.[9]

The 175-acre (0.71 km2) hilltop campus core is home to the nation's first Charter College of Education, a NASA-funded SPACE program, Rockefeller-supported humanities center, a National Science Foundation funded environmental research center and other award-winning engineering programs. U.S. News has ranked CSULA's undergraduate business program as one of the best in the nation. The School of Nursing is considered to be one of the best in the state of California.

The Charter College of Education has awarded more teaching credentials in the state of California than any other public institution, and includes an innovative program designed to train teachers for the specific demands of urban schools. Cal State L.A. also has the nation's largest early/pre-teen collegiate program, and one of the few and the longest-operating graduate Criminal Justice and Criminalistics program west of the Mississippi river. The Television, Film, and Media Studies program is one of the foremost film schools in the CSU system, coordinating film and TV production experiences with the neighboring Hollywood film industry. The university awards more bachelor's degrees to Hispanics than any other California college or university. It is also among the highest of any college or university in the United States today.

It is also home to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), a prestigious arts high school, notable for being the only arts high school in Los Angeles that allows for students from any district within Los Angeles County to attend. Classrooms are shared with Cal State L.A., however, LACHSA activities tend to be separate from those of Cal State L.A's. Notable LACHSA alumni include singer Josh Groban, actress Jenna Elfman,[10] actor/singer Corbin Bleu, and UCLA Athletics senior executive Ron "Country Club" Kobata.

History

CSULA main walkway

The campus is nestled among rolling hills on a site that once housed one of California's 36 original adobes, built in 1776 by Franciscan missionaries and destroyed by fire in 1908. These lands once were part of a Spanish land grant known as Rancho Rosa Castilla, given to Juan Batista Batz, a Basque rancher from northern Spain who settled here in the 1850s.[11] The inspiration for the name of the rancho, according to local historians, was the wild roses that once grew near the ranch home. The main drive through the campus is known as Paseo Rancho Castilla, in acknowledgment of the University's historic heritage.

CSULA was founded on July 2, 1947 by an act of the California legislature and opened for classes as "The Los Angeles State College" (LASC) on the campus of Los Angeles City College (LACC). In 1949, the Los Angeles State College was reconstituted by the Legislature as "The Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences." In 1964, the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges changed the name of the college to the "California State College at Los Angeles," and in 1968 to "California State College, Los Angeles" (CSCLA), when it became part of the California State College (CSC) system. In 1972, CSCLA was awarded University status and was renamed California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).[12]

From 1947 to 1955, the college shared the campus of the Los Angeles City College but the shared-campus experiment proved to be unwieldy and the college moved to its present campus of one hundred and seventy-five acres in the northeastern section of the City of Los Angeles, five miles (8 km) east of the Civic Center.[13]

In 1952 the state propos a new satellite campus for CSULA, at the time known as Los Angeles State College, and in July 1958, the campus separated from CSULA and was renamed San Fernando Valley State College (Now known as California State University, Northridge).[14][14]

Since 1954, CSULA has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The University's credential programs are approved by the Commission for Teacher Credentialing Committee on Accreditation.

In 1968 CSULA established the nation’s first Chicano Studies department.

The original mascot of the school was the Diablo. In 1980, new university President James Rosser adopted a new mascot, Eddie the Golden Eagle, designed to be more reflective of the campus' highly diverse community. The theme was extended to student facilities such as the student union and bookstore, The Trident Shop.[15]

A Statue of Confucius, a gift of the Republic of China in Taiwan, was dedicated June 1987. The statue was moved to a new campus location in summer 2005. Its home is now on the grassy area, south of the State Playhouse.

CSU Chancellor and Trustees approve development of Cal State L.A.'s Charter School of Education, creating the first such school of higher education in the nation in 1993.

University Presidents

Presidents of CSULA Years as President
1 P. Victor Peterson 1947-49
2 Howard S. McDonald 1949-62
3 Albert D. Graves 1962-63
4 Franklyn A. Johnson 1963-65
5 John A. Greenlee 1965-79
6 James M. Rosser 1979 to date

Campus life and cost of university

Demographics of student body [16][17][18]
Undergraduate
African American 7.2%
Asian American 18.4%
White American 9.8%
Hispanic American 48.6%
Native American 0.1%
International 5.6%
Ethnicity unreported/unknown 10.3%

Cal State L.A. has one of the lowest tuition fees, even though quarterly fees have nearly doubled since the 2001-02 academic year. Tuition and fees for in-state is $4,851 and $13,779 for out-of-state with a student:Faculty ratio 22:1. Classes are scheduled weekdays from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. and on Saturdays.

Near the edge of the city of Los Angeles, adjacent to the western San Gabriel Valley cities of Alhambra and Monterey Park, the Campus affords views of the mountains to the north, the San Gabriel Valley to the east, metropolitan Los Angeles to the west, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Catalina Island to the south.

The Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, the campus' northern gateway, was dedicated in 1994. An architectural tour-de-force, the buildings house a 1,152-seat theater, art gallery and the black box Intimate Theatre, completed in 2004.

Construction on a $30 million University-Student Union (U-SU) building has recently been completed, the facility offers a place for students and faculty to congregate and interact before or after class. It replaces the 1975 U-SU building that was closed down in 2004, due to seismic concerns. The U-SU, with a theatre, a fitness center, and an array of other services dedicated to the student body. Its meeting rooms connect to those of The Golden Eagle via a third floor bridge. The Golden Eagle includes a food court, a Barnes and Noble operated bookstore and major conference facilities. The university food court is owned by Pepsi-Co, offering a selection of fast food chain restaurants that include El Pollo Loco, Carl's Jr., Rice Garden, Juice It Up, and Kikka Sushi. The new U-SU facility houses additional selection of fast food that includes Sbarro and Starbucks. In addition to this there are different places inside the campus serving food and coffee. CSULA virtual tour

CSU Los Angeles is one of only eight institutions in North and South America selected as a Rockefeller Foundation humanities fellowship residency site.[19]

Popular mountain and desert resorts are within a two-hour drive, and beaches are less than an hour away by car.

Cal State L.A. students, faculty, and staff can get a wireless connection to the Internet by interconnected Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the campus. See wireless coverage map here.

Associated Students

Associated Students Incorporated (A.S.I.) is the student government of California State University, Los Angeles. A.S.I. is governed by a student Board of Directors who is elected each year by the student body of Cal State L.A. A.S.I. represents the interest of the student body and act as the officially recognized voice of the students. In addition, A.S.I. sponsors a number of campus events and activities using mandatory student fees. A.S.I. Official Website

Eagle Advocates aka Lobby Corps

Eagle Advocates, or A.S.I.'s Lobby Corps, is the sole student advocacy group representing the entire student body of the school. Each CSU campus has a Lobby Corps and is open to all students. Students are trained in advocacy and lobbying throughout the school year. A focus is aimed at the State Legislature although local and federal issues are followed as well. A.S.I. Lobby Corps Website

Student housing

Further information: Louis Lesser

From 1964 to 1972, developer Louis Lesser built six off-campus, 10-story high-rise residential halls to house 3,600 students. The 176-acre (0.71 km2) campus lacked space for horizontal expansion, following the California State University expansion plan started in 1959. This doubled the university's housing capacity, making Cal State L.A. the largest in the California State University system. Maxwell Starkman & Associates, AIA, of Beverly Hills, designed the development plan. Unlike other components of the Cal State University system being developed in the 1960s, the residence halls were privately financed by Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc. The first on-campus housing was opened on June 1984, and three years later, a second residential life complex was opened. CSULA has a student-housing complex where students can rent a house at double occupancy for $655.00 per month (as of November 2009). During 1984 Summer Olympics that took place in Los Angeles CSULA student houses were upgraded and expanded because it housed the athletics of the 1984 Summer Olympics.[20][21] Lesser also pioneered “underground parking”, with his Cal State L.A. development, at the time considered unusual enough to merit a separate newspaper section header, “Parking Underground”, which described a two-level underground parking lot as a “concept” of “subterranean spaces”.[21][22]

Parking and Public Transportation

The Golden Eagle

Cal State L.A.'s parking received press coverage for pioneering the concept of underground parking; to deal with the limitations of ground space for expansion under the initial California State expansion plans of the early 1960s. Developer Louis Lesser developed "underground parking” in his off campus residential housing development for the university in 1964, with only a two level underground parking structure considered so unusual as to merit a separate newspaper section header, “Parking Underground”, and calling the parking “subterranean spaces." [21]

Cal State L.A. now has ample parking spaces for its students and staff. Student permits for parking at Cal State L.A. cost about $90 (as of Spring 2010) for a one quarter parking permit.

Cal State L.A. is uniquely commuter friendly. There are several large parking structures, and surface lots for automobiles. In addition, the school is home to the first commuter rail station on a college campus, the CSULA station on Metrolink's San Bernardino Line, which opened in October 1994. Southern California’s only campus Metrolink station, second only to Union Station as L.A.’s busiest. The school is also accessible from the California State University, Los Angeles station on the El Monte Busway; both stations are located at the south end of the campus. Metro Local lines 665, 71, and 256, as well as neighborhood shuttles serve the school.

Academics

CSU Los Angeles has repeatedly been named by U.S. News & World Report as having one of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate business schools. U.S. News & World Report also rates the engineering program in its America's best colleges issue among the nation’s best undergraduate programs for more than a decade. Cal State L.A. is the only highly ranked public undergraduate (master’s-awarding) university in the greater Los Angeles area.[19] The 2008 issue ranked Cal State L.A.'s engineering program 34th.[23] Cal state L.A. is one of only six CSU programs in the top ranked tier of engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Since 2000, when it began surveying nursing graduate programs, U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” issues have listed the nursing graduate program among the top programs in California.[19]

For two consecutive years, CSU Los Angeles has had the largest group of students from the CSU selected for the 2008-09 Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship. Since 2008, 32 students have been granted $3,000 each to pursue doctoral studies in music, the sciences, language, literature, and education.[19]

The CSU Los Angeles student delegation garnered top awards in all categories at the 2009 annual National Model United Nations conference in New York. The student team received both “Outstanding Delegation” and “Outstanding Position Papers”—the highest honors a delegation can receive.[19]

Having established the nation’s first Chicano Studies Department in 1968, today, CSU Los Angeles is a top source of bachelor’s and master’s degrees for Hispanic students in California.[19]

Faculty

It includes the first United States Presidential Award recipient in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring and 12 faculty members honored with CSU Outstanding Professor Awards—more than any other university in the 23-campus system.

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program recognized seven CSU Los Angeles professors over the past two years, giving them the opportunity to research and teach at universities in Qatar, Hong Kong, Japan, Iceland, Togo, and Cyprus. In 2009, the CSU Los Angeles Fulbright contingent was one of the largest in the country, ranked in the top 10 nationally out of the more than 400 universities in the program.

The "Solar Eagle" and "Super Eagle" Competitions

The college of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology (ECST) has achieved international recognition with its advanced vehicles. The College was funded by NASA to advance aerospace technology and space research.[19] Cal state L.A's Team Solar Eagle has built three cars that competed in solar car races in the United States and Australia, winning a national championship at the American Solar Challenge in 1997. The 1997 champion Solar Eagle III was the first solar and only Hot Wheels (r) reproduction of a student-built vehicle.[24] The Solar Eagle II is on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

The ultra-high gas mileage car ECST Super Eagle won the American Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) 2004 mileage competition with a tested fuel consumption of 1,615 miles per gallon. The faculty team advisor, James Ettaro, was honored by the SAE. The Solar Eagle and Super Eagle are the latest in a long line of solar-powered cars and other super-efficient vehicle technologies.

Cal State L.A.'s NASA University Research Center is the first and only of its kind in the state of California.

On August 2006 Cal State L.A. became the first university west of the Mississippi and second overall to achieve successful flight powered by fuel cells. The unmanned aerial vehicle was developed by a team of mechanical engineering students working in Cal State L.A.'s Multidisciplinary Flight dynamics and Control Laboratory.[25]

Programs

Early Entrance Program

The Early Entrance Program (EEP) is an early college entrance program for gifted individuals of middle school and high school ages a unique educational program that is specifically designed to permit young, highly gifted students to enroll in college as full time students. The Early Entrance Program was established at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State L.A) in 1982. The Program allows qualified students as young as 11 years of age, the opportunity to excel at the university level. The average entering age is currently 13.5 years and all EEP students must be under the age of 16 by June 1 of the year in which they apply. The program maintains a population of approximately 150 full-time highly gifted teen-age students known as "EEPsters." Every year, approximately 100 gifted students from all over the United States apply to EEP. However, each fall, only 25-40 applicants are admitted, after being screened by the SAT-like American College Test (ACT) and undergoing a rigorous assessment period called a "Provisional Quarter." CSULA PEEPs

Forensic Sciences

CSULA has had a growing forensic science program, which has been a part of the University curriculum since the founding of the school. CSULA is home of one of the few and the longest-operating graduate Criminal Justice and Criminalistics program west of the Mississippi river.[26] The university’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics is located in the new Los Angeles Regional Crime Lab. The new Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center, which was dedicated on May 11, 2007, jointly house the LAPD’s Scientific Investigation Division, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department Scientific Services Bureau and CSULA Criminal Justice and Criminalistics programs.[27] This partnership form the California Forensic Science Institute at CSULA. The California Forensic Science Institute mission is to serve the Los Angeles Regional Crime Laboratory.[28]

Sea Floor Engineering

CSULA also has a comprehensive seafloor-engineering program.[29] Research is conducted at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center in Port Hueneme, California.[30] In 2003, Civil engineering professor Mark Tufenkjian led CSULA to receive over half a million dollars in grant money. The award of $594,253 is the largest grant ever received by CSULA's Department of Civil Engineering.[31]

Cal State L.A. Bottled Water

The CSULA Eagle Spring water, sold on campus, is the result of a unique partnership between the University’s administration and the College of Business and Economics. Together the two branches of the University worked together to develop a product that would appeal to student body and still be cost affordable. The college has developed “experiential” learning projects, which students participate in during their final years of schooling. The University’s water bottle project is one such opportunity, recognizing that there is only so much they can teach students from out of a book.[32][33]

Desert Studies Center

The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University located in Zzyzx, California in the Mojave Desert. The purpose of the Center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment. Is officially operated by the California Desert Studies Consortium, a consortium of 7 CSU campuses: Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach, San Bernardino, Northridge, Domingues hills and Los Angeles.

Campus Media

University Times

The University Times is a student-run newspaper. The first student newspaper, at that time called The College Times, was published in June 1948 for the first time. In 1965 The College Times was named the best newspaper by California Intercollegiate Press. On October 2, 1972 The College Times changed its name to University Times, in accordance with the change in university status.

In January 2007, The University Times changed its publication schedule from a twice-weekly paper to a weekly paper, publishing on Tuesdays. The format change to a style similar to the alternative newspaper, LA Weekly, allowed for a greater number of pages to run and allow more in-depth coverage of news stories relevant to the student body and surrounding community.

During the summer of 2007, the University Times underwent a transition period as the paper started a merger process with its new online presence, Cool State. The paper scaled back production to four issues at the end of the summer quarter and began to gear up for a formal re-launching with the start of the Fall Quarter. The paper is currently published once a week on Thursday.

Cool State Radio

Cool State Radio is a student run internet radio station based out of CSULA. Cool State Radio or CSR for short has been broadcasting media since its creation in July 2008. CSR currently is restructuring and anticipates a full re-launch by midyear in 2010. CSR’s media can be accessed through CSR’s audio page web page at Cool State Radio.

Greek life

Excluding the Greek Council and Order of Omega, as of Fall 2005, the CSULA Campus is home to fourteen “social” fraternal organizations, seven fraternities and seven sororities. Within that population there are three IFC fraternities, two NPHC fraternities, one statewide Latino fraternity, one International Latino Fraternity, one Armenian fraternity, two NPC sororities, two NALFO sororities, two (2) local sororities, Alpha Theta Pi, Delta Phi Sigma, and one statewide Asian sorority. The representative governing body of the Greek system is the CSULA Greek Council. It is advised and regulated by the university through the Center for Student Involvement, a division of CSULA’s University-Student Union. This division is under the auspices of both the University-Student Union and the Department of Student of Affairs. CSULA’s Greek System began with the establishment of the Alpha Theta Pi Sorority on November 15, 1948. It has grown into a vast social network of collegiate men and women composed of chapters that are local, statewide, national, and international.

Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon are the nationally and internationally based social fraternities of the CSULA Greek System, otherwise known as the IFC Fraternities. The parent organizations of Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Lambda Beta are members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. Delta Zeta and Alpha Sigma Tau are the sorority equivalencies of the IFC fraternities, otherwise known as NPC Sororities. Their parent organizations are members of the National Panhellenic Conference, a governing body for 26 women's national and international sororities. Also, Delta Phi Sigma Sorority Inc. a diverse leadership and social organization founded on unity and leadership is a local sorority established since 1991.

CSULA is host to five Latino Greek-lettered organizations: The largest Latino based Fraternity in the nation Sigma Lambda Beta, Lambda Theta Nu, Lambda Theta Alpha and Gamma Zeta Alpha. Each of these organizations are NALFO organizations or those whose parent organizations are members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations with the exception of Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc., who has maintained association with both NALFO and NIC but is no longer committed to either on a national standard. Additionally, CSULA is also home to Beta Gamma Nu a local fraternity. Recently with the continuing growth of Latino organizations on campus, CSULA has become the home for Delta Sigma Chi co-ed Fraternity Inc the only Latino Co-Ed social fraternity at California State University, Los Angeles.

Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma are the Black Greek-letter fraternities on the CSULA campus, also known as NPHC fraternities. Delta Sigma Theta and Zeta Phi Beta are the Black Greek Sororities on CSULA, also known as NPHC sororities. Their parent organizations are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. It promotes interaction through forums, meetings and other mediums for the exchange of information and engages in cooperative programming and initiatives through various activities and functions.

Additionally, CSULA is home to one statewide Asian Greek-letter sorority, Kappa Zeta Phi, and one statewide Armenian Greek-letter fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Omega and Asian fraternity and sorority from Philippines Kappa Rho Kappa.

Athletics

The Golden Eagles are member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and compete on the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The university fields eleven intercollegiate teams for men or women in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Indoor Track, and outdoor Track and Field.[34][35] CSULA also had a Football program, which was disbanded in 1978.

The Eagles Nest is home to the Cal State L.A. basketball and volleyball teams. The arena seats just over 3,200 fans at full capacity. In 1984, the Eagles Nest hosted the Summer Olympics judo competition. In July 1984 the Olympic Mural, “Olympic Fantasy,” a mosaic tile work by muralist Guillermo “Bill” Granizo, was installed on west side of the arena in remembrance of the event.[36][37][38]

File:Vinson.jpg
CSULA Men's Basketball
Women's Sports Men's Sports
Basketball Baseball
Soccer Basketball
Tennis Soccer
Volleyball Track and Field (outdoor)
Cross-Country
Track and Field (Indoor)
Track and Field (outdoor)

Fight song

New Fight Song

Golden Eagles!
We're behind you all the way.
Golden Eagles!
Black and Gold is here to stay.
Golden Eagles!
Now it's on to win the day.
We will fight, fight, fight.
Fight with all our might for Cal State L.A.!

- Revision by Fran Baxter in 2008 [39]

Old Fight Song

Go, Diablos!
We're behind you all the way.
Go, Diablos!
Black and Gold is here to stay.
Go, Diablos!
Now it's on to victory.
We will fight, fight, fight.
Fight will all our might for LASC!

- Composed by Fran Baxter in 1951

Trivia

University Seal

The University Seal has as its motif the outline of the State of California, with a sunburst indicating the location of the University within the city of Los Angeles. The open book symbolizes the educational purpose of the University, with the numerals indicating the date of founding. The original design for the seal, created by John R. Siebon, was accepted by the Associated Students as their official emblem in November 1949, and was adopted officially by the President of the University and the Executive Council in April 1953.

University Mace

The University Mace is a ceremonial piece symbolizing the authority under which the University is chartered. It is identified with the Office of the President and is carried in academic processions for commencements and other official University gatherings. The honor of serving as mace-bearer is accorded to the Chair of the Academic Senate.

The University Mace, first used at the annual commencement exercises in June 1960, was designed and executed by Hudson Roysher, Emeritus Professor of Art. The head of the mace bears the seal of the University. The crowning ornament on the head depicts three buds of the bird of paradise, official flower of the City of Los Angeles. The buds represent the arts, letters, and sciences. The design at the foot of the mace is derived from the poppy, floral emblem of the State of California. The decorative bands encircling the mace symbolize the mountainous terrain of Southern California.

A-frame sculpture

Since 1982, a wooden A-frame sculpture in title “Time Line for Forgotten Ancestors” has been displayed on the lawn west of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library’s Palmer Wing, across from the bookstore. It was donated to the CSULA Art Department by artist Michael Davis. The sculpture was supposed to face the sun, so it can create a very specific shadow but the university installed it wrong destroying its main purpose.[40]

Future developments

File:CSULA Biological Sciences Building.jpg
La Kretz Hall

The University has several construction projects slated for the next five years. Classes are underway in La Kretz Hall; the first wing of the Wallis Annenberg Integrated Sciences Complex, constructed on the site of the university's former tennis and basketball courts. Construction has begun on the second wing of the Complex, which will add another 94,000 gross-square-feet of lab space, instructional space and the Dean’s Suite.

A two-story single building, 30,000 gross-square-feet Corporate Yard to house Shipping and Receiving, Materials Management, Campus Stores, Facilities Planning and Construction, Environmental Health and Safety, and Facilities Services is planned to replace existing aging facilities at the south entrance of the campus. A space assignment plan and schedule is being prepared to handle interim operations during construction.

The fence surrounding the north-end parking lot close to the Welcome Center contains the footprint for a 16,000 gross-square-foot, single-story Public Safety building. This improved location will enable Public Safety and Parking Services to better serve the campus' and visitors’ needs. The current home of Public Safety is one of the “temporary” bungalows constructed 50 years ago.

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) design for its future home — a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2), three-story building - is being reviewed for final approval. This facility on the north side of campus will serve the 600 LACHSA students as well as benefit CSULA, as a shared-use facility.

Fundraising is underway to match the award of $2.2 million from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to support the construction of a Hydrogen Fueling Station on campus. The station will operate as a teaching resource for classes on alternative energy and fuel systems, as well as a public accommodation selling and dispensing hydrogen to those driving fuel cell vehicles. CSULA is one of only three organizations in the state to be awarded CARB funding for such a facility.[41]

Notable alumni

Entertainment alumni

Political alumni

Sports alumni

Notable professors

Trustee Professor

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  • CSULA's Welcome Board
    CSULA's Welcome Board
  • Bronze sculpture of CSULA's Golden Eagle mascot (Eddie)
    Bronze sculpture of CSULA's Golden Eagle mascot (Eddie)
  • CSULA's Welcome Center
    CSULA's Welcome Center
  • Cafe Dolcini located near King Hall
    Cafe Dolcini located near King Hall

References

  1. ^ Established History Retrieved on July 12, 2009
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  3. ^ CSULA President Biographie Retrieved on July 12, 2009
  4. ^ CSULA President Retrieved on July 12, 2009
  5. ^ [1] Retrieved on August 20, 2009
  6. ^ a b "College Portraits, CSULA".
  7. ^ http://www.calstatela.edu/student/prospect.htm
  8. ^ Degrees, Credentials, program, colleges CSULA
  9. ^ 2009-2010 Factoids Retrieved on July 11, 2009
  10. ^ LACHSA - Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
  11. ^ http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainf1.php,
  12. ^ Chapter 1 Retrieved on June 6, 2010
  13. ^ LACC 75th Anniversary - History
  14. ^ a b http://www.csun.edu/aboutCSUN/history/
  15. ^ 2009 Golden Eagle mascot gets a make-over Retrieved on September 10, 2009
  16. ^ 2009 Demographics of student body Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  17. ^ 2007-2008 Demographics of student body Retrieved on July 11, 2009
  18. ^ 2006 Demographics of student body Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  19. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html Cal State L.A's economic impact report
  20. ^ Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1963, “High Rise Developer Defends Loss of View to Convenience”
  21. ^ a b c Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1964, Tom Cameron, “$118 Million Going Into Expansion at L.A. State” Cite error: The named reference "LAT15Mar64" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  22. ^ Housing
  23. ^ [http://www.cefns.nau.edu/Academic/CS/misc_docs/UG_engineering_ranking_08.pdf Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs spring 2008] Retrieved on October 03, 2009
  24. ^ 2009-2010 Factoids Retrieved on July 17, 2009
  25. ^ Flight power by fuel cells
  26. ^ http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html Cal State L. A.'s Economic Impact Report
  27. ^ http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/hhs/crim_jus/ school of criminal justice and criminalistics
  28. ^ http://www.cal-fsi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 California Forensic Science Institute
  29. ^ Yee, E. Tufenkjian, M.R. Soto, M. Janer, J. Nevarez, V. "The Naval Seafloor Engineering Research Program at California State University, Los Angeles". OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE. Retrieved 2008-08-27.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/nserp/
  31. ^ http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/03-04/031015-la.shtml
  32. ^ CSULA Eagle Spring Water
  33. ^ [2]
  34. ^ Cal State L.A. Athletics
  35. ^ Cal State L.A. Athletics - Cal State L.A. Finishes 21st In Nation In Directors Cup
  36. ^ History of Cal State L.A.
  37. ^ History of California State University, Los Angeles
  38. ^ Other pockets of history on campus:
  39. ^ Fight Song Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  40. ^ http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2009/greenlee-history.php Other pockets of history on campus:
  41. ^ Cal State L.A. Hydrogen Fueling Station Retrieved on July 14, 2009
  42. ^ Alumni Lee Baca Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  43. ^ Alumni James A. Bell Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  44. ^ Alumni Samuel Durrance Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  45. ^ Alumni Warren Bryant Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  46. ^ "Longs CEO Bryant named Almunus of the Year at Cal State L.A." Contra Costa Times. October 23, 2008.
  47. ^ Alumni Kent Twitchell Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  48. ^ Alumni Joseph Wambaugh Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  49. ^ Alumni Earl G. Yarbrough Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  50. ^ Alumni Elizabeth M. Devine Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  51. ^ Alumni Rosario Marin Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  52. ^ Alumni Stephen Cooley Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  53. ^ Alumni Diane Watson Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  54. ^ Alumni Maxine Waters Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  55. ^ Alumni Billie Jean King Retrieved on July 10, 2009
  56. ^ 2008 www.hispanicbusiness.com Retrieved on July 11, 2009
  57. ^ Christopher Isherwood adjunct professor December 9, 2009
  58. ^ CSULA News and Information from the president's office (see welcome) Retrieved on July 11, 2009

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