San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. It is located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, California near Lake Merced, Fort Funston, and only a mile north of Daly City. The university awards bachelor's degrees in 116 areas of specialization and master's degrees in 95. It offers a Ph.D. and Ed.D. in education with a concentration in special education, jointly with the University of California, Berkeley.
In the autumn of 2003, approximately 29,686 students were enrolled in the university, of which 73.7% were undergraduate students and 26.3% were graduate students.
San Francisco State University
| Motto | Experientia Docet |
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| Established | 1899 |
| School type | Public |
| President | Robert A. Corrigan |
| Location | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Enrollment | 21,000 undergraduate, 7,000 graduate |
| Faculty | 1,646 |
| Campus | Urban, 106 acres (0.4 km²) |
| Mascot | Gators |
| Website | www.sfsu.edu |
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Academics
The university's colleges are Behavioral and Social Sciences, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Ethnic Studies, Extended Learning, Health and Human Services, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies and Science and Engineering.
Famous Alumni
- Annette Bening - actress
- Dean Biersch - founder of the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
- Willie Brown - member of the California State Legislature and former mayor of San Francisco, California
- David Carradine - actor, best known for the television series Kung Fu
- Dana Carvey - comedian, best known for his characterizations in Saturday Night Live and the Wayne's World franchise.
- Peter Coyote - actor
- Saeb Erekat -Chief Palestinian negotiator to Israel
- Gregory Fischbach - founder of Acclaim Entertainment, a videogame company
- Ernest J. Gaines -novelist
- Andreas Glocker - founder of Sirius Connections
- Danny Glover - Lethal Weapon actor
- Charles Hall - inventor of the waterbed
- Delroy Lindo -actor
- Johnny Mathis - musician
- Manny Mashour - founder of bebe Inc. clothing retail shops
- Stan Mazor - while at Intel under the direction of Marcian Hoff, helped to design the first microprocessor with Federico Faggin.
- Frances Mayes -author of Under the Tuscan Sun.
- Anne Rice -novelist.
- Mario Savio -famous free speech atcivist.
- Ronnie Schell -actor
History
- 1899 - Founded as San Francisco State Normal School
- 1901 - First graduating class
- 1923 - First bachelor of arts degree awarded
- 1921 - SF Normal School became the SF State Teachers College
- 1935 - Renamed San Francisco State College
- 1972 - Received University status as California State University, San Francisco
- 1974 - Renamed San Francisco State University
- 1999 - Celebrated 100th birthday
External link
- San Francisco State University (http://www.sfsu.edu/)
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