| California State University, Fullerton | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Vox Veritas Vita (Latin) |
| Motto in English | "Voice, Truth, Life" |
| Established | 1957 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | US $19.0 million[1] |
| President | Willie Hagan[2] |
| Academic staff | 1,900 |
| Students | 36,156 (Fall 2011)[3] |
| Location | Fullerton, California, United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 236 acres (96 ha) |
| Former names | Orange County State College (1959-1962) Orange State College (1962-1964) California State College at Fullerton (1964-1972) |
| Colors | Navy Blue, Orange, and White |
| Nickname | Titans |
| Mascot | Tuffy the Titan |
| Affiliations | California State University system; Big West Conference (NCAA Division I) |
| Website | www.fullerton.edu |
California State University, Fullerton (also known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton) is a public university located in Fullerton, California. During the Fall 2007 semester, Cal State Fullerton enrolled a record-setting 37,130 students, the highest enrollment of the 23 campuses in the California State University system.[4] As of Fall 2008, the University was the third largest in the state of California, just below UCLA and CSULB.
CSUF's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Cal State Fullerton Titans. They are members of the Big West Conference.
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In 1957, Cal State Fullerton became the twelfth State College in California to be authorized by the State Legislature as a degree granting institution. The following year, a site was designated for the campus to be established in northeast Fullerton. The property was purchased in 1959. This is the same year that Dr. William B. Langsdorf was appointed as the founding president of the school.
The University was originally named Orange County State College. Classes began with 452 students in September, 1959. The name of the school was changed to Orange State College in July 1962. In 1964, the name of the school was changed for a second time to California State College at Fullerton. In June 1972, the final name change occurred and the school became California State University, Fullerton.
The university grew rapidly in the 2000 decade. The Performing Arts Center was built in January 2006, and in the summer of 2008 the newly constructed Steven G. Mihaylo Hall as well as the new Student Recreation Center opened their doors. In the fall of 2008, the Performing Arts Center was renamed Joseph A.W. Clayes III Performing Arts Center, in honor of a $5 million pledge made to the University by the trustees of the Joseph A.W. Clayes III Charitable Trust. Since 1963, the curriculum has expanded to include many graduate programs, as well as numerous credential and certificate programs.
The choice of the elephant as the University’s mascot, dubbed Tuffy the Titan, dates to the early 1960s when the campus hosted "The First Intercollegiate Elephant Race in Human History." The May 11 event attracted 10,000 spectators, 15 pachyderm entrants, a telegram from Richard M. Nixon, and worldwide news coverage.
On July 12, 1976, Edward Charles Allaway, a campus janitor with paranoid schizophrenia, shot nine people, killing seven, in the University Library (now the Pollak Library) on the Cal State Fullerton campus.[5]
On October 13, 1984, Edward Cooperman, a physics professor, was shot and killed by his former student, Minh Van Lam, in McCarthy Hall.[6]
Cal State Fullerton was built on the site of former citrus groves in northeast Fullerton. It is bordered on the east by the 57 Freeway, on the west by State College Boulevard, on the north by Yorba Linda Boulevard, and on the south by Nutwood Avenue.
Although established in the late 1950s, much of the initial construction on campus took place in the late 1960s, under the supervision of noted artist and architect Howard van Heuklyn, who gave the campus a striking, futuristic architecture (buildings like the Pollak Library south, Titan Shops, Humanities, McCarthy Hall). This was in response to the numerous Googie buildings in the Fullerton community. The library houses the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Collection.
The campus is also home to the renowned Fullerton Arboretum, located in the northeast section of the campus. It has gained nationwide fame in recent years for the Arboretum's highly successful efforts in breeding the Titan Arum plant, which the school sponsors in honor of its sports team, the Titans. In 2006, the Arboretum successfully bred four blooming specimens.
The campus has undergone many additions. Since 1993, the campus has added the College Park Building, Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, University Hall, the Titan Student Union, the Student Recreation Center, the Nutwood Parking Structure, the State College Parking Structure, Dan Black Hall, Joseph A.W. Clayes III Performing Arts Center West, Phase II Housing, the Grand Central Art Center, and Pollak Library North.
The university operates a satellite campus located in Irvine, California approximately 10 miles south of the original Fullerton location, A Grand Central Art Center In Downtown Orange County (Santa Ana), and a Garden Grove Center.[7]
CSUF has announced plans to expand into the area south of Nutwood Avenue, to construct a project called CollegeTown, which would integrate the surrounding residential areas and retail spaces into the campus.[8]
CSU Fullerton is the only campus in California that offers the Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in school nursing.[9]
Cal State Fullerton's academic departments and programs are organized into 8 colleges:
| University rankings (overall) | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Forbes[10] | 430 |
| Regional | |
| U.S. News & World Report[11] | 33 (West) |
| Master's University class | |
| Washington Monthly[12] | 135 |
Cal State Fullerton participates in the NCAA Division I Big West Conference. They have 13 national championships in eight different sports. (1970, Women's Basketball (CIAW); 1971, 1972, 1974 Men's Gymnastics; 1971 Cross country team; 1973 Women's Fencing; 1989, Men's Bowling; 1979, Women's Gymnastics; 1979, 1984, 1995, 2004 Baseball; 1986; Softball). Their baseball team is a perennial national powerhouse with the most national titles (four) of any CSF program.
In the spring semester of 2008, Student Recreation Center opened. It is a $40.6-million, two-story, 95,000-square-foot (8,800 m2) facility created for recreational purposes. It consists of a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) gym, a rock wall, a multimedia cardio room, indoor track, and outdoor pools.
In 1960, CSUF became Orange County's first college to have a Greek system. [20] Since then, the school has seen many different Fraternities and Sororities established on campus. In August 2011, the university added a $143 million housing complex, which included five new residence halls, a convenience store and a 565-seat dining hall called the Gastronome.[21]
| Undergraduate | U.S. Census[23] | |
|---|---|---|
| Caucasian | 31% | 73.9% |
| Black | 3% | 12.1% |
| Asian | 21% | 4.3% |
| Hispanic | 30% | 14.5% |
| Native American | 0.37% | 0.9% |
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