California State University, Stanislaus (Stanislaus State, Stan State) is a

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Turlock Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Its estimated 2019 population of 73,631 made it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County after Modesto. History Founded on December 22, 1871, by prominent grain farmer Jo ...

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. It is part of the

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system. It was established in 1957 and is also the only campus in the system to offer a

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in cognitive studies. The university offers 45

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, 17

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, one

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(

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), and 6

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s. Stanislaus State is a

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History

In 1957, the California State Legislature established what was then called Stanislaus State College as the 15th campus of the CSU system. Because Turlock was better known at the time for its

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than its aspirations towards higher education,

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highlighted this event in his memoirs as an example of how the state colleges had become vulnerable to pork barrel politics in the state legislature. This was one of several reasons behind the creation of the

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of 1960. Classes began on the

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Fairgrounds in September, 1960, and the college moved to its current location five years later. The college was first accredited in 1964. It gained university status and its current name in 1986. In 1974, the university established an extension program at the campus of

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in Stockton in neighboring

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. In 1998 the Stanislaus State-Stockton Center expanded and moved to its own permanent campus in downtown Stockton.

Academics

Fall freshman statistics

California State University, Stanislaus offers 45 undergraduate programs, 17 master's degree programs and 2 graduate certificate programs, 6 school credential programs and a doctoral degree program in Educational Leadership. Its academic disciplines are clustered within four colleges: *College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences *College of Business Administration *College of Education, Kinesiology and Social Work *College of Science Several individual programs, across the four colleges, have achieved and maintain accreditation by professional accreditation bodies. Stanislaus State's College of Business Administration is accredited by the

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. Its Human Resource Management program has the nation's top student testing success rate. In fall 2012, Stanislaus State launched an online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program, the first fully online AACSB-accredited MBA program offered in the state of California. CSUSbookstore

The university

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building was originally named for founding president Dr. J. Burton Vasché. The library currently holds over 370,000 volumes, 841 print journal subscriptions, access to 141 electronic databases, and a growing number of electronic journals, video recordings, and compact discs. The University Library also contains a Children's collection, which has more than 5,900 titles of children's

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. The library offers access to more than 70 electronic databases and also contains

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, and local documents. As of fall 2017, the five most popular bachelor's degrees Programs are BS Business Administration, BA Psychology, BA Liberal Studies, BA/BS Biological Sciences, and BA Criminal Justice.

Resources

The university has several resources available for students. The Tutoring/Writing Center is located in the Vasche Library and offers individual and group tutoring. Some of the services available include essay planning, organization, development and revision, writing across the curriculum,

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, and WPST test preparation. The university also has a bookstore that features marble

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by sculptor Andrew Wilson alongside other artwork, as well as a university police department and financial aid office. The New Stanislaus State Student Center is scheduled to open Spring 2020.

Rankings

The 2023 '' U.S. News & World Report'' Best Regional Colleges West Rankings ranked Stanislaus 4 on Top Performers on

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, 9 on Top

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s, 12 on for best Colleges for

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, and 293 in

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(tie). The 2022 '' U.S. News & World Report'' Best Regional Colleges West Rankings ranked Stanislaus 6 on Top Performers on

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s, 14 on for best Colleges for

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(tie). In 2020, Cal State Stanislaus was ranked 1st by ''

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'' for "Best Bang for the Buck" out of 215 schools in the U.S. western region.

Athletics

Stanislaus State, in the Division II of the

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, competes in the

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(CCAA). Stanislaus State fields 14 sports for men and women for the

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, winter, and spring seasons. Fall sports for men include

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and cross country. Fall sports for women are

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and cross country. The winter sport for men is

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and for women it is

and indoor track and field. Spring sports for men include

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golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

, and

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. Spring sports for women include

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, track and field, and

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. Stan State also sponsors a competitive cheer team, which has competed at the NCA National Championships since 2017. Besides both being located in the east of California, but one in the south and the other in the north, Stanisaus and

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have competed heavily as conference rivals.

Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena

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. In the 2010–2011 season the name of the basketball arena was changed to Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena.

Student life

The university has a

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Students Association. In 2004 the association and a former member led the Project Ready for School to help children arriving in the United States from a

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refugee camp for preparing for school. As of fall 2018 CSU Stanislaus had the third largest enrollment percentage of Mexican Americans in the California State University system.

Greek life – sororities and fraternities

Greek life at CSUS includes:

Controversy

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's selection as the keynote speaker at Stanislaus State's main fundraising event in 2010 resulted in the most successful fundraiser in the campus's history. It provoked speculation and debate when the university refused to disclose her

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and certified public accountants representing Clendenin Bird & Company from Modesto, California were called in to do an internal audit regarding the investigation. The event was organized by a school foundation.

Notable people

Alumni

* Susan Eggman – Currently serving in the

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* Nancy Stoyer - Scientist who assisted in the discovery of 5 elements * Steve Andrade –

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pitcher for the

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– professor and author *

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– U.S. Representative for

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murder case, before being cleared. * Leo Dottavio – Reality television personality, actor, and comedian, known for his performance on '' The Bachelorette Season 14'' *

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– Child actress who starred in ''

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– former

outfielder and 1984 World Series Champion; current Kansas City first base coach *

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(1980) – former California State Senator *

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- Emmy Award-winning casting director, producer and former host of the show

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- Actor who starred in shows including

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and

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Faculty

As'ad AbuKhalil As'ad AbuKhalil ( ar, أسعد أبو خليل) (born 16 March 1960) is a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. AbuKhalil is the author of ''Historical Dictionary of Lebanon'' (1998), ''Bi ...

– Professor of Political Science * Richard Weikart – Professor of History, fellow at the Discovery Institute

Notes

References

External links

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Cal State Stanislaus Athletics website
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