California State University, Bakersfield

California State University, Bakersfield
Former names
 California State College, Bakersfield (1965–82)
Motto It's your university...
Type Public
Established 1965
Endowment $23.4 million (2015)[1]
President Horace Mitchell
Academic staff
 370 [Fall 2012][2]
Administrative staff
 497 [Fall 2012][2]
Students 8,720[3]
Undergraduates 7,544
Postgraduates 1,176
Location Bakersfield, California, United States
Campus Suburban, 375 acres (152 ha)
Colors Blue and Gold[4]
         
Athletics NCAA Division I – WAC
Nickname Roadrunners
Affiliations Cal State System
Website www.csub.edu

California State University, Bakersfield (often abbreviated CSUB or shortened to CSU Bakersfield) is a public university located in Bakersfield, California, United States, and was founded in 1965. CSUB opened in 1970 on a 375-acre (152 ha) campus, becoming the 19th school in the 23 campus California State University system. The university offers 91 different Bachelor's degrees, 20 types of Master's degrees, and 12 teaching credentials. The university does not confer Doctoral degrees.[5][6]

In the Winter 2013 academic quarter, 8,111 undergraduate and graduate students attended CSUB, at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the satellite campus, Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster, California. The university is a heavily dominated commuter campus serving the city of Bakersfield. CSU Bakersfield's petroleum geology program is the only one offered by a public university west of the Rockies.[7] Cal State Bakersfield was ranked the 20th top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings.[8]

History

The Walter Stiern Library, CSUB

CSUB owes its founding to the Donahoe Higher Education Act of 1960, which formalized the creation of the CSU system, initially as the "California State Colleges" system. The areas in the southern San Joaquin Valley had been demanding a four-year university since the 1950s. After considering several locations, including nearby Delano and parts of Kings and Tulare County, a steering committee decided on Bakersfield because at the time it was the largest isolated metropolitan area in the United States without a four-year university. Their decision was turned into a bill by Bakersfield's State Senator Walter W. Stiern, ratified by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Pat Brown

Under these rules, the school was founded as California State College, Bakersfield in 1965. It opened for classes in September 1970. In 1982 the California State College system became the California State University system and the school changed to its present name.

Athletics

CSU Bakersfield is currently a NCAA Division I school. The Roadrunners began the transition process in 2006 and became a full Division I member in July 2010. Following a period as one of a tiny number of Division I independents, CSU Bakersfield joined the Western Athletic Conference in July 2013 for most sports.[9] For wrestling, CSUB competes in the Pac-12 conference. CSUB wrestling is the institution's original Division-I sport and has placed 3rd (1996) and 8th (1999) in the NCAA D-I Wrestling Championships.[10][11] The men's basketball team competes at the Rabobank Arena in downtown Bakersfield, while the women's basketball team plays on campus at the Icardo Center. The men will return to campus when the 2011–12 season begins in November.

On June 1, 2006, Cal State Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell formally announced that CSUB is raising $6 million over a five-year period for the additional costs for the athletics program. Part of the additional costs is to start a baseball program and women's golf program.[12] In September 2011, CSUB accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference for baseball.

Rudy Carvajal was CSUB's Athletic Director from 1972 until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2010. In 2005, Carvajal received the prestigious CSU Wang Family Award. Under Carvajal's leadership, CSUB has 30 national championships and received the Sears Directors Cup in 1998.[13] Nearly 60,000 people attend NCAA sporting events at CSU Bakersfield.[14]

On May 17, 2007, CSUB announced that Bill Kernen would be the school's first baseball coach, with the school's first official season beginning in Spring of 2009.[15]

On Jan. 8, 2011 Jeff Konya assumed the position of Athletic Director.[16]

Athletic achievements

National Division II championships

Student life

Admissions

Fall Freshman Statistics[17][18][19][20][21]

  2014
preliminary 		2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Freshman Applicants 6,695 5,123 6,638 5,872 5,300 4,303
Admits 4,597 4,260 3,880 3,513 2,994
% Admitted 89.73 64.18 66.08 66.20 69.50
GPA 3.20 3.11 2.98 3.03

In Fall of 2013, CSUB enrolled its largest freshman class of over 1,300 students.[22]

Clubs and organizations

CSUB has more than 90 official student clubs and organizations (including 7 Greek Organizations including Phi Sigma Sigma, Gamma Phi Beta, Nu Phi Chi, Theta Sigma Chi, Kappa Delta Nu, Delta Zeta Tau, Kappa Sigma). The Associated Students Inc. (ASI) is the recognized student government and is known for having an active role on campus. CSUB's campus has a Student Union and a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) Recreation Center.[23]

CSUB is predominantly a commuter school, drawing its student body from a mix of recent high school graduates in the local area and working people returning to school or pursuing a degree part-time. In Fall 2006, CSUB received its highest enrollment of first-time freshmen of approximately 820. The university official credit "move to Division I" for the increase of younger students.[24] While the majority of students live off-campus, the campus dorms can accommodate up to 324 students, or under 5% of the 2002 enrollment figure of 7,700. Space in the dorms has historically been plentiful, with single-occupancy rooms often available and one entire dorm devoted to faculty offices through the mid-1990s. However, space is now impacted and usually fills up quickly. New dorms are currently in progress and will open late 2015[25]

The six buildings comprising the dorm complex are each named after locations in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel: Rivendell, Rohan, Entwood, Numenor, Dobry, and Lorien. Dorm facilities include a first floor lounge in each building, a dining commons, a swimming pool, a sand volleyball court, a pond, and a parking lot.[26] CSUB is in the initial stages of building new dorms (referred to as Living Residences) on the northeast side of campus.[27]

Tradition

The CSUB Fight Song and Alma Mater were selected through a structured contest initiated by the student government, Associated Students Inc. (ASI). The winner of the Fight Song Contest was a current music student, Gwendolyn Wilcox, and the winner of the Alma Mater Contest was a CSUB alumnus and current high school music instructor, Bill Ingram.[28]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ As of June 30, 2015. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2014 to FY 2015" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. 2016.
  2. 1 2 http://www.calstate.edu/hr/employee-profile/documents/Fall2012CSUProfiles.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.csub.edu/irpa/_files/Student%20and%20Campus%20Data/Fast%20Facts%20-%20Fall%202014.pdf
  4. ↑ CSUB Identity Guide (PDF). CSUB.edu. 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. ↑ Search CSU Degrees
  6. ↑ http://degrees.calstate.edu/uploads/55/64/5564d4b6ec1584227ca2d1054c759f0f/Credential-Programs-08212012.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/bakersfield.html| economic impact report
  8. ↑ CollegeNET. "Social Mobility Index 2015 - CollegeNET". Socialmobilityindex.org. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  9. ↑ THE MOVE TO NCAA DIVISION I – GoRunners.com—Official Web Site of the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners
  10. ↑ http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201996.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201999.pdf
  12. ↑ Evans, Jeff (July 26, 2006). "Historic signing: Bellows first to join golf team". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  13. ↑ Loveless, Jaclyn. "AD is 4th CSUB Wang winner". Cal State Today. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  14. ↑ CSUB's economic impact report
  15. ↑ "Bill Kernen Bio". GoRunners.com. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  16. ↑ "Jeff Konya To Become Roadrunner Director of Athletics Jan. 8". GoRunners.com. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  17. ↑ Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment
  18. ↑ Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment
  19. ↑ Archived October 2, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑
  21. ↑ "Newsroom CSU Chancellor's Office" (PDF). Calstate.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  22. ↑ http://www.csub.edu/irpa/_files/Student%20and%20Campus%20Data/Fast%20Facts%20-%20Fall%202013.pdf
  23. ↑ Facilities Planning Development & Operations – BAS CSUB
  24. ↑
  25. ↑ Welcome to CSUB Residential Life
  26. ↑ Archived January 6, 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ↑ Cal State Today Spring 2006
  28. ↑ Cal State Today Spring 2005
  29. ↑ "Biography". Roy Ashburn. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  30. ↑ "About Kevin". KevinMcCarthy.House.gov. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  31. ↑ "Tito Ortiz UFC Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2014.
  32. ↑ "Tito Ortiz Bio". TitoOrtiz.com. Retrieved 2008-03-21.

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