California State University, East Bay

Motto	Ad astra per aspera (Latin, To the stars through aspiration.)
Established	1957
Type	Public university
President	Norma S. Rees
Faculty	677
Undergraduates	8,540
Location	Hayward, California United States
Campus	Suburban, 200 acres (main campus)
Mascot	Pioneers
Website	www.csueastbay.edu

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 continuously added to its full spectrum of Baccalaureates and Master's degrees for its undergraduate and graduate students, ranging from studies in Anthropology and Biochemistry to Sociology and Urban Studies. Image File history File links Csueb_wordmark. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... The city of Hayward highlighted within Alameda County Hayward is a city located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length   - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  402. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... California State University The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, human or person) consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ... Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of life, a bridge between biology and chemistry that studies how complex chemical reactions give rise to life. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ...

History

In its lifetime, the university has gone through five names, and consequently four name changes. Originally, it was 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. Alameda County is a suburban county in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ... The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr, during the administration of Gov. ... Clark Kerr (May 17, 1911 – December 1, 2003) was the first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1952–1958) and the 12th President of the University of California (1958–1967). ... Official website: http://www. ...

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 its fourth name, California State University, Hayward.

The California State University Board of Trustees approved the proposal to rename the campus to its current name on January 26, 2005. The name California State University, East Bay was chosen to reflect the university's new, broader mission to serve the region of the greater East Bay [1]. There was quite a bit of outrage concerning the name change from the students and the alumni. The campus' Associated Student Board went so far as to proclaim "no confidence" in University President Norma S. Rees. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

At the 2005 Fall Convocation, Dr. Rees announced her retirement from the University; she will retire from her position at the end of 2006 academic year.

Presidents of California State University, East Bay

• Fred F. Harcleroad (1959-1967)
• Ellis E. McCune (1967-1990)
• Norma S. Rees (1990- )

Overview

Aerial shot of the Hayward Hills Campus

CSUEB's main campus is located in Hayward, California. 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 the city of San Francisco and Oakland, 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. Image File history File linksMetadata CSUEBAerial. ... Image File history File linksMetadata CSUEBAerial. ... The city of Hayward highlighted within Alameda County Hayward is a city located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length   - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  402. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... Concord is a city located in Contra Costa County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,780. ... Location Location of Contra Costa County within California. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Adult education. ...

The university is best known for its world-renowned 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, holds annual performances in Yoshi's [2] 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. Dave Eshelman Dave Eshelman (b. ... Reconstruction of Jack Londons Alaskan Hut in Jack London Square Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Biology is a branch of science, dealing with the study of life. ... Making sense of the huge amounts of DNA data (pictured) produced by gene sequencing projects is just one of the tasks faced by bioinformatics. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... The East Bay, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, lies on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay, and includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. ...

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.

The university publishes a weekly periodical called The Pioneer, its name referring to the school mascot, Pioneer Pete. Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ...

Academics

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: University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as California, Cal, UCB, UC Berkeley, The University of California, or simply Berkeley) is a public, coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. ... San José State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system. ...

• College of Business and Economics
• College of Education and Allied Studies
• College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
• College of Science

Notable Achievements

The 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. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is one of the worlds leading research institutions in science and technology, as well as in numerous other fields, including management, economics, mathematics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university in Stanford, California, USA. It is incorporated as The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior 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, BusinessWeek ranks the business school a top business school in the west. The Princeton Review selected California State University, East Bay, as a "Best in the West" college in 2005. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ... The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit U.S. company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), such as the SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in...

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: A solar cell, a form of photovoltaic cell, is a device that uses the photoelectric effect to generate electricity from light, thus generating solar power (energy). ...

• A $3.4 million rebate from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the largest rebate issued to date for solar power installation.
• The 2004 Business Environmental Achievement Award from the Hayward City Council.
• The 2004 Green Power Leadership Award at the National Green Power Marketing Conference.
• A 2005 Exceptional Project Award from the Western Council of Construction Consumers.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern California. ...

Athletics

"Pioneer Pete" and some CSUEB athletes

CSUEB holds concurrent membership in NCAA Division III and the 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, women's water polo, women's swimming and women's volleyball teams compete in NCAA Division III as independents. Image File history File links CSUEBPioneerPete. ... Image File history File links CSUEBPioneerPete. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... NAIA is an acronym (or an initialism) that can refer to the following: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States. ... The California Pacific Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ...

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 1980's the student body voted to change the mascot to the Vampires, but the decision was overturned by then president Ellis McCune. Yosemite Sam in the short 14 Carrot Rabbit. ...

In 2005 there was talk of changing the mascot along with the recent 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 as 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 will be reached before the 2006-2007 academic year.

Notable alumni

• Tom Coughlin, 1972 graduate, former Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart
• Mark Curry, actor and comedian
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California
• Mark Mastrov, founder of 24 Hour Fitness
• Joe Morgan, former Major League Baseball player and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Mario R. Ramil, former Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court

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External links

• Official website
• Cal State East Bay, Contra Costa Campus
• Cal State East Bay’s Oakland Conference Center - also called Oakland Professional Development and Conference Center http://theoaklandcenter.com
• Official press release regarding the name change to CSU, East Bay