California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...
in
Hayward, California
Hayward () is a city located in Alameda County, California in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda Coun ...
. The university is part of the 23-campus
California State University
The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...
system and offers 136 undergraduate and 60 post-baccalaureate areas of study. Founded in 1957, California State University, East Bay has a student body of almost 14,000. As of Fall 2021, it had 863 faculty, of whom 358 (41%) were on the tenure track.
The university's largest and oldest college campus is located in Hayward, with additional campus-sites in the nearby cities of
Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
and
Concord
Concord may refer to:
Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
.
With multiple campuses across the
East Bay
The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa countie ...
region of the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
, the school changed its name from California State University, Hayward to its present name in 2005.
Cal State East Bay is a
Hispanic-serving institution
A Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) is defined in federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or more total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) stude ...
and an
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution.
History
The university was established as State College for
Alameda County
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(Alameda State College), with its primary mission to serve the higher education needs of both
Alameda County
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and
Contra Costa County
) of the San Francisco Bay
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. Its construction was part of the
California Master Plan for Higher Education The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team appointed by the Regents of the University of California and the California State Board of Education during the administration of Governor Pat Brown. UC President ...
as proposed by
Clark Kerr
Clark Kerr (May 17, 1911 – December 1, 2003) was an American professor of economics and academic administrator. He was the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and twelfth president of the University of California.
Bi ...
and the original site for the school was
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In 200 ...
. The campus was moved to Hayward before plans were finalized due to the efforts of State Assembly member
Carlos Bee and other boosters from the Hayward community, including S.E. Bond Jr, and E. Guy Warren, namesake of
Warren Hall
E. Guy Warren Hall, commonly known as Warren Hall, was a 13-story building at California State University, East Bay. It was the signature building of the campus in Hayward, California, overlooking the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Are ...
.
At the time of its opening in 1959, classes were first held on the campus of
Sunset High School and then
Hayward High School. With the addition of the school, higher education in the San Francisco Bay Area became more accessible. To the south was San Jose State College (now
San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...
) serving the South Bay counties. To the west was San Francisco State College (now
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
) serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. To the north is
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's d ...
, serving
Marin
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People
* Marin (name), including a list of persons with the given name or surname
* MaRin, in-game name of professional South Korean ''League of Legends'' player Jang Gyeong-hwan (born 19 ...
,
Napa and
Sonoma counties.
Chabot College
Chabot College (Chabot or CC) is a public community college in Hayward, California. It is part of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District.
History
Chabot College was the first college opened by the Chabot- Las Positas Community Colle ...
, a part of the
California Community College
The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California.California Education CodSection 70900(added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988Assembly Bill No. 1725 sectio ...
system, opened nearby in Hayward in 1961.
The university has undergone numerous transitions in its history, making name changes accordingly. 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. The school was granted university status in 1972, changing its name to California State University, Hayward. In 2005, the university implemented a new, broader mission to serve the eastern San Francisco Bay Area and adopted the name California State University, East Bay. The proposal to rename the campus to California State University, East Bay was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees on January 26, 2005.
Presidents
Cathy Sandeen, an Oakland native and alumnus of two other
California State University
The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...
institutions:
Humboldt State University
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universi ...
(
B.S.
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
in
Speech Pathology
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''summa cum laude'') and
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
(
M.A.
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
in
Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts), became the sixth president of CSU East Bay on January 4, 2021, following the announcement of her appointment to the position by the Board of Trustees on October, 29, 2020.
She previously served as chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Prior to her time at UAA, Sandeen served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension from 2014 to 2018. In that role, she served as leader and chief administrator and was responsible for the academic, financial and administrative activities of two statewide higher education institutions.
List of former presidents
* Fred F. Harcleroad (1959–1967)
* Ellis E. McCune (1967–1990)
* Norma S. Rees (1990–2006)
* Mohammad H. Qayoumi (2006–2011)
* Leroy M. Morishita (2011–2020)
Campus
![Csueb view](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Csueb_view.jpg)
The school's main campus is located in Hayward, California on a plateau east of the
Hayward fault
The Hayward Fault Zone is a right-lateral strike-slip geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes. This fault is about long, situated mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs ...
that overlooks the southeast part of the city.
CSUEB also has a campus in Concord, California in
Contra Costa County
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, and a professional development center in Oakland.
Continuing education
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programs are available at all three locations.
For 40 years,
Warren Hall
E. Guy Warren Hall, commonly known as Warren Hall, was a 13-story building at California State University, East Bay. It was the signature building of the campus in Hayward, California, overlooking the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Are ...
was CSUEB's signature building; the building was visible from cities throughout the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
and served as a landmark for Hayward and the surrounding Eastern San Francisco Bay Area. Warren Hall was rated the least earthquake-safe building in the California State University system by the CSU Seismic Review Board. In January 2013 the CSU Board of Trustees authorized $50 million to demolish the former administrative building and replace it with a new structure. Warren Hall was demolished by implosion on August 17, 2013. Construction for the new 67,000 square foot-building began in November 2013,
and doors opened in December 2015 on the completed structure.
California State University, East Bay 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
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially us ...
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 $3.4 million rebate from
PG&E
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, in San Francisco, California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 milli ...
, 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
On April 8, 2010, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a fuel cell project of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) allowing Cal State East Bay's Hayward campus to become one of the first college campuses in Northern California to have a fuel cell. Once installed, the waste heat generated by the fuel cell will be converted into hot water to be used in campus buildings.
Since 2004, the
Pioneer Amphitheatre
The Pioneer Amphitheatre is an amphitheatre located at the north-eastern corner of the Hayward Hills Campus of California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California. The venue is managed by the Sequoia Management Group. In addition to outd ...
on campus has been home of the
KBLX
KBLX-FM (102.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Berkeley, California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned by Salt Lake City-based Bonneville International. The radio studios and offices are along Junipero Serra Bou ...
Stone Soul Picnic, a day-long festival of
R&B,
soul
In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being".
Etymology
The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...
and
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on ...
music. Featured performers have included
Ronald Isley
Ronald Isley (; born May 21, 1941) is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.
Early life
Born in 1941 to Sally ...
,
The Whispers
The Whispers is an American group from Los Angeles, California, who have scored hit records since the late 1960s. They are best known for their two number one R&B singles, " And the Beat Goes On" in 1980 and "Rock Steady" in 1987. The Whispers ...
,
Teena Marie
Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010), known professionally as Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the sta ...
,
Rick James
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in ...
, and
The O'Jays
The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the minor hi ...
. California State University, East Bay's Associated Student Incorporated also hosts concerts with artists like
Lupe Fiasco
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco ( ), is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, ''Lupe Fiasco's ...
and
Goapele
Goapele Mohlabane (; born July 11, 1977), is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Her name means ''to move forward'' in Setswana, a Southern African language.
Early life
Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled pol ...
.
In 2005, Cal State East Bay began to build three new facilities: the Wayne and Gladys Valley Business and Technology Center (VBT), the Pioneer Heights student housing expansion and the University Union annex. The VBT center was dedicated on in February 2007, making it the first new academic building on the Hayward Campus in more than 30 years. The building houses programs in business, technology management, engineering, multimedia, science, and online degree programs. An expansion to Pioneer Heights was dedicated in fall 2008. Student housing was able to accommodate more than 450 new residents and offer a dining commons. An annex to the existing University Union opened in January 2007.
Construction continued with the anticipated dedication of the new Student Services and Administration building in Summer 2010
and the Recreation and Wellness Center in Fall 2010.
The campus is home to the C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology, created in 1975. The museum, open to the public, has rotating exhibits, and archives including records of 18 Bay Area archaeological sites.
Academics
The university is best known for its 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 California State University, East Bay Jazz Ensemble, directed by
Dave Eshelman (retired June 2007), holds annual performances in
Yoshi's
Yoshi's (also known as Yoshi's Jazz Club and Yoshi's Oakland) is a nightclub located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in Berkeley, later moving to Claremont Avenue i ...
at
Jack London Square
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in Oakland and frequently tours
Europe
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and parts of
South America
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. The Biotechnology Program developed at California State University, East Bay affords the university a status as the center of research and development in the
Life sciences
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,
Bioinformatics
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and
technologies
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for the
Eastern San Francisco Bay Area.
California State University, East Bay also participates in the
Internet2
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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.
California State University, East Bay offers 48 undergraduate degree programs and 34 Master's degree programs in addition to its teaching credential program.
The university also has a doctoral program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) held in cooperation with the
University of California, Berkeley
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,
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
and
San José State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...
. The most popular undergraduate majors are:
Business administration
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,
Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
,
Health science
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences:
Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple acad ...
,
Kinesiology
Kinesiology () is the scientific study of human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, biomechanical, pathological, neuropsychological principles and mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health ...
,
Criminal justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the Rehabilitation (penology), rehabilitation of o ...
,
Biological sciences
Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary ...
,
Sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
,
Computer science
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, Human development,
Fine art
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.
The five most popular majors for 2019 graduates.
*
Business Administration
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and
Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
, General at 21%
*
Health
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Professions and Related Programs at 16%
*
Social Sciences
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at 10%
*
Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
, General at 10%
*
Family
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and
Consumer Economics
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and Related Services, Other at 6%
The academic departments of the university are organized into four colleges. Two of these are
Liberal Arts
Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...
colleges,
*College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS)
*College of Science
and two of these are vocational colleges:
*College of Business and Economics
*College of Education and Allied Studies (CEAS)
First year students are put into Freshman Learning Communities which help students to:
*earn higher GPAs
*develop superior writing and communication skills
*graduate reliably in four years.
Rankings
The
Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
and U.S.
News & World Report ranked CSUEB 5 & 7 for Greatest
Diversity
Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to:
Business
*Diversity (business), the inclusion of people of different identities (ethnicity, gender, age) in the workforce
*Diversity marketing, marketing communication targeting diverse customers
* ...
and ValueColleges.com and Study.com 3 & 27 Best Online Schools.
Student life
The university's Department of Communications publishes a weekly newspaper called ''The Pioneer'', its name referring to the school
mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fi ...
, Pioneer Pete. The paper is staffed by faculty and students. East Bay is a diverse state university as indicated by the annual headcount report. As of fall 2018 CSU East Bay has the largest enrollment percentage of Filipino Americans, the second largest enrollment percentage of Pacific Islanders, African Americans and non-residents in the Cal State system.
Associated Students Incorporated
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) is a student-run and student-owned organization that represents the student body at California State University, East Bay. Elected by the California State University, East Bay student body, the 15-member ASI Board of Directors is the governing body of Associated Students, Inc. The Board makes policy and oversees the fiscal responsibility of ASI. Additionally, the Board assists the university in planning, implementing, and evaluating campus programs, events, and curriculum. ASI currently has four departments: ASI Presents, ASI Business Office, Student Government, and the Early Childhood Education Center. In 2007 the university administration did not allow ASI to hold a student referendum on increasing student fees to fund a recreation and wellness center. It substituted 'alternative consultation'. In 2008, the administration again did not allow ASI to hold a referendum on increasing student fees to fund athletic scholarship for a move to Division II sports. Again, it substituted 'alternative consultation'.
Greek letter organizations
Fraternities
*ΑΚΩ (Alpha Kappa Omega, Alpha chapter)
*
ΔΧ (Delta Chi, Hayward chapter)
*
ΓΖΑ (Gamma Zeta Alpha, Tau chapter)
*
ΛΘΦ (Lambda Theta Phi, Gamma Omicron chapter)
*
ΣΔΥ (Sigma Delta Upsilon, Hayward chapter)
*
TKE (Tau Kappa Epsilon, Upsilon Psi chapter)
*ΖΩ (Zeta Omega, Alpha chapter)
Sororities
*ΑΚΟ (Alpha Kappa Omicron, Beta chapter)
*
ΑΦ (Alpha Phi, Eta Delta chapter)
*
ΛΣΓ (Lambda Sigma Gamma, Alpha Beta chapter)
*
ΛΘΑ (Lambda Theta Alpha, Zeta Zeta chapter)
*
ΛΘΝ (Lambda Theta Nu, Alpha Tau chapter)
*ΚΞ (Kappa Xi) (Alpha chapter)
*
ΣΣΣ (Sigma Sigma Sigma, Epsilon Alpha chapter)
*
ΘΛΨ (Theta Lambda Psi, Alpha chapter)
Co-ed fraternities
*
ΑΦΩ (Alpha Phi Omega, Omicron Zeta chapter)
*
ΔΣΠ (Delta Sigma Pi, Zeta Tau chapter)
NPHC
*
ΑΚΑ (Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Xi Pi chapter)
*
ΑΦΑ (Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Xi Pi chapter)
*
ΔΣΘ (Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Epsilon Nu City-wide chapter)
*
ΙΦΘ (Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Beta Upsilon chapter)
*
ΚΑΨ (Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Nu Sigma chapter)
*
ΩΨΦ (Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Alpha Rho chapter)
*
ΣΓΡ (Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, Sigma Omicron chapter)
*
ΦΒΣ (Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Delta Beta chapter)
*
ΖΦΒ (Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Tau Mu chapter)
Athletics
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The Cal State–East Bay (CSUEB) athletic teams are called the Pioneers. The university is a member of the
Division II level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA), primarily competing in the
California Collegiate Athletic Association
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon UC ...
(CCAA) for most of their sports since the 2009–10 academic year; while its women's water polo teams compete in the
Western Water Polo Association
The Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) is a single sport intercollegiate college athletic conference sponsoring men's and women's water polo. The WWPA is affiliated with the NCAA, and includes 15 member institutions, mostly in California, with ...
(WWPA). The Pioneers previously competed in the
California Pacific Conference
The California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Don Ott. Conference leadership is shared among the member ins ...
(Cal Pac) of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA) from 1998–99 to 2008–09.
CSUEB competes in 15 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, track & field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball and water polo.
Mascot
The mascot of the university is the Pioneer. At the inception of the athletic program in 1961 the student body chose an astronaut as the mascot. In the years since, the mascot took a more terrestrial image; first as a frontiersman with a coonskin cap and then as a
cowboy
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named Pioneer Pete. In October 2018, the Pioneer Pete image was retired, although the university retains the concept of students being "Pioneers".
Water polo
The
NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
The NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 2001 season. Seven conferences have teams competing in women's water polo: the Big West Conference, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the single-sport Golden Coast Conferen ...
of Effective Division I sports is open to members of all three NCAA divisions and Only East Bay and
CSU Monterey Bay
California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB or Cal State Monterey Bay) is a public university in Monterey County, California. Its main campus is located on the site of the former military base Fort Ord, straddling the cities of Seaside and ...
from the CCAA participate in the Western Water Polo Association.
Soccer
In 1988 the women's soccer team won the
NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship
The NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship is an American intercollegiate college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the Division II women's national champion.
The Division II C ...
. The Pioneers of CSU East Bay has earned 2 NCAA team championships at the Division II level.
Accomplishments
* Women's (1)
** Soccer (1): 1988
* Men's (1)
**
Outdoor track and field
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(1): 1977
Notable people
Alumni
![Bill-Lockyer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bill-Lockyer.jpg)
Among the more than 130,000 CSUEB alumni are:
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Brian A. Arnold,
U.S. Air Force
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general.
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George Barlow, poet
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Ted Barrett
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, an umpire in Major League Baseball
*
Frank Beede, former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman and 2010 NFL Teacher of the Year
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Mike Bellotti
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, college football analyst for ESPN television broadcasts
*
Greg Blankenship
Gregory Allen Blankenship (born March 24, 1954) is a former American football linebacker who played one season in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Early life
Blankenship was born in Vallejo, California and ...
, former American football linebacker who played one season in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers
*
Sue Burns
Sue Burns (August 9, 1950 – July 19, 2009) was an American businesswoman who was the senior general partner (principal owner and largest shareholder) of the San Francisco Giants baseball franchise.
Early life
Burns was born in Anchorage, Alaska ...
, an American businesswoman who was the senior general partner (principal owner and largest shareholder) of the San Francisco Giants
*
Ellen Corbett
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, a Democratic politician now living in
Hayward
*
Tom Coughlin
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, former vice chairman of
Walmart
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*
Mark Curry, actor and comedian
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Natalie Del Conte, co-hosts the technology news podcast Buzz Out Loud
*
George Fernandez
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, retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League
*
Ted Griggs
Ted Griggs (born October 24, 1960) was President, Group Leader and Strategic Production and Programming, NBC Regional Sports Network, overseeing CSN New England, CSN Philadelphia, TCN, and CSN Mid-Atlantic. Prior to that position, Griggs worked as ...
, President of
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
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*
Elihu Harris
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, Chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, former Oakland City Mayor
*
Sara M. Harvey
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, an American costume designer, and an author of clothing history and fiction
*
J.R. Havlan, comedy writer on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and recipient of six Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program".
*
Glenn Henry, computer industry executive and cofounder of Centaur Technology
*Eric Hughes, assistant coach, Toronto Raptors and former assistant coach of the Washington Huskies
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James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) He met his wife Dawn in the Mt. Eden High School show choirBlank, Matthew"The Genie of Broadways Aladdin James Monroe Iglehart"playbill.com, March 18, 2014 and they married in 2002.
Filmography ...
, Tony Award-winning actor
*
Larry Johannessen
Larry R. Johannessen (1947–2009) was an American educator, academic, and author.
Early life and military service
Johannessen was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. When he went to register for classes in high school, his counselor scheduled ...
, NIU English professor
*
Jay Kleven
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,
Major League Baseball
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catcher
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Suzy Kline, author of children's books series, ''Horrible Harry'' and ''Herbie Jones''
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Scott Kriens
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Early life and education
Kriens received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from California State University, East Bay, in Hayward, California, in 1979. ...
, chairman and CEO of
Juniper Networks
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*
Roger Lim
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Education and early career
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, he graduated from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in Psychology. As a ...
, American-Asian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*
Bill Lockyer
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, former
State Attorney General
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,
California State Treasurer
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*
Mark Mastrov
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Career
The 24 Hour Fitness began in 1983 as a one-club operation called 24 Hour Nautilus. M ...
, founder of
24 Hour Fitness
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, part-owner of the
Sacramento Kings
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*
Howard McCalebb
Howard McCalebb (born May 13, 1947, in Indianola, Mississippi) is an American abstract sculptor.
Early life and education
He received his M.F.A. in sculpture from Cornell University in 1972, and his B.A. in sculpture from California State Uni ...
, African-American abstract sculptor
*
Farzaneh Milani
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, Iranian-American scholar and author
*
Joe Morgan
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, two-time Sports Emmy Award winner, former
Cincinnati Reds
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great and Hall of Fame second baseman, analyst for ESPN's
Sunday Night Baseball
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The games are preceded most weeks by the studio show ''Baseball Tonight: ...
*
Kristen Morgin, sculptor
*
Natali Morris
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Background ...
, technology news journalist and online media personality
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Steven T. Murray
Steven T. Murray (1943–2018) was an American translator from Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian. He worked under the pseudonyms Reg Keeland and McKinley Burnett when edited into UK English. He translated the bestselling ''Millennium'' s ...
, American translator from Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian. He has worked under the pseudonyms Reg Keeland and McKinley Burnett when edited into UK English
*
Louis Navellier, Wall Street icon and trustee of the Cal State East Bay Education Foundation
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Susan B. Neuman Susan Neuman is an educator, researcher, and education policy-maker in early childhood and literacy development. In 2013, she became Professor of Early Childhood and Literacy Education, and Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at NYU's S ...
, prominent educator, researcher, and education policy-maker in early childhood and literacy development
*
Landon Curt Noll
Landon Curt Noll (born October 28, 1960) is an American computer scientist, co-discoverer of the 25th Mersenne prime and discoverer of the 26th, which he found while still enrolled at Hayward High School and concurrently at California State Univ ...
, American computer scientist
*
Greg Petersen
Greg Petersen is an American soccer coach.
Player
Petersen attended CSU East Bay where he played as goalkeeper on the men’s soccer team. In 1984, he was named to the First Team All Conference team.
Coach
In 1990, Petersen became an assistan ...
, an American soccer coach
*
Mario R. Ramil, former Associate Justice of the
Hawaii State Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of ...
*
Bruce Sagan
Bruce E. Sagan (born March 29, 1954, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American Professor of Mathematics at Michigan State University. He specializes in enumerative, algebraic, and topological combinatorics. He is also known as a musician, ...
, mathematics professor at Michigan State University and folk musician
*
Christopher Seufert
Christopher Seufert (born 1967) is a documentary film producer and director, and photographer based in Chatham, Massachusetts. His production company is Mooncusser Films.
His film work has appeared on HBO, VH-1, the Discovery Channel, the Histor ...
, filmmaker
*
Phil Snow
Phillip Snow (born December 22, 1955) is an American football coach who was last the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.
Early years
Born in Woodland and raised in Winters, both in northern California ...
, assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University
*
Phil Sykes, former college and professional ice hockey player
*
Chester Lovelle Talton, provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in the Episcopal Church
*
Nicholas Vasallo
Nicholas Roy Vasallo (born October 28, 1979) is an American composer. In 1997, Vasallo graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, where he began his musical career as an electric guitarist and vocalist in a hardcore band cal ...
, composer, founder of the
post-metal
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group
Antagony
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,
film score
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career,
and concert works
lecturer for the CSUEB Music Department
*
Alex Vesia
Alexander Victor Vesia (born April 11, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Miami Marlins in 2020.
Early life
Vesia was born in Alpine, Ca ...
, pitcher for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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*
Timothy P. White, chancellor of the University of California, Riverside
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Dawn Monique Williams, American theatre director
*
Jennifer Wolch, dean of the College of Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley
*
Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang (Chinese Traditional: 楊謹倫, Simplified: 杨谨伦, Pinyin: ''Yáng Jǐnlún''; born August 9, 1973) is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions a ...
, comic book artist
Faculty
*
Clayton Bailey
Clayton George Bailey (March 9, 1939 – June 6, 2020), was an American artist who worked primarily in the mediums of ceramic and metal sculpture.
Early life and education
Clayton George Bailey was born on March 9, 1939 in Antigo, Wisconsin. In ...
, artist, professor emeritus of art
*
Larry Bensky
Larry Bensky (born May 1, 1937) is a literary and political journalist with experience in both print and broadcast media, as well as a teacher and political activist. He is known for his work with Pacifica Radio station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, Cal ...
, radio show host, lecturer in the communications department
*
Stephen D. Gutierrez, professor of English and director of creative writing
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Dave Eshelman, director of jazz studies
*
Mel Ramos
Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.
Born in Sacramento, California, to ...
, professor emeritus of art, noted
Pop Art painter
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Dakin Matthews
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, actor, emeritus professor of English
*
John V. Robinson
John V. Robinson (born 1960) is an American writer and photojournalist who specializes in photographing heavy construction work with a focus on bridge construction and the men and women who do the work. Robinson goes onto construction sites and d ...
, 2006
Guggenheim Fellow
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, photographer, and author
*
Theodore Roszak, professor emeritus of history and author of the seminal 1968 book, ''
The Making of a Counter Culture
''The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition'' is a work of non-fiction by Theodore Roszak originally published by Doubleday & Co. in 1969.
Roszak "first came to public prominence in 1 ...
''
*
Raymond Saunders, professor emeritus of art
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Allan Temko
Allan Bernard Temko (February 4, 1924 – January 25, 2006) was an architectural critic and writer based in San Francisco.
History
Born in New York City and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey, Temko served as a U.S. Navy officer in World War II, ...
, architecture critic, teacher of
city planning
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References
External links
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Official athletics website
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East Bay
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California State University, East Bay
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Universities and colleges in Alameda County, California
Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Educational institutions established in 1957
1957 establishments in California
Universities and colleges in Contra Costa County, California