Everything about California State University San Marcos totally explained
California State University San Marcos (also
CSUSM or
Cal State San Marcos) is a campus of the
California State University (CSU) system located in
San Marcos, California, a suburban town in north
San Diego County. It was founded in
1989 as the 20th CSU campus and was the first after nearly 30 years. The first class was admitted in 1990.
History
Efforts by community and political leaders to attract a state university to
North County date back to 1968. In 1978, state legislator William A. Craven (1921-1999) won state funding for a North County satellite campus of
San Diego State University. In
1989, Gov.
George Deukmejian signed another Craven bill which established a CSU campus in San Marcos.
The state purchased land in San Marcos, including the former Prohoroff Poultry Farms chicken ranch. The hillside site lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) due east of the
Pacific Ocean and 35 miles (40 km) due north of downtown San Diego. Today the campus comprises 304 acres (123 ha).
Bill Stacy was appointed president in June 1989. During the 1989-1990 academic year, Stacy hired 12 "Founding Faculty," who played an important role in the university's early years and today are memorialized in Founders Plaza.
CSUSM admitted upper division students and held classes from September 1990 through August 1992 in rented facilities in a San Marcos business park, alongside the North County campus of San Diego State. Groundbreaking for the permanent campus occurred on
February 23,
1990. Classes began at the current campus in August
1992. Craven Hall was the third instructional building opened in December 1992, and the largest building up to that time at 155,000 square feet.
Since 1992, the campus has been growing steadily. Major additions over the subsequent decade include the Foundation Classroom Buildings (December 1996), University Hall (1998), a second Science building (August 2002) and the Arts building (August 2002). The largest building to date is Kellogg Library, opened January 2004 with nearly 200,000 square feet. The most recent addition is Markstein Hall (January 2006), home of the College of Business Administration.
President and Faculty
The university has had four presidents:
The university opened in 1990 with the 24 faculty. Today it employs 200 tenure-track and tenured faculty out of a total of 980 employees.
Academics
Originally, the university admitted only upper division students; enrollment in 1990-1991 was 448. The first freshman students entered in
1995, when enrollment totalled 3,642.
The university's enrollment (as of Fall 2006) was approximately 8,461 students; about two-thirds of the students were from
San Diego County. Enrollment is projected to surpass 12,000 students in 2010 and 18,000 students by 2020. The campus master plan calls for an eventual enrollment of 25,000.
The university has three colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, and Education. In the 2002-2003 academic year, the most popular majors were Business Administration, Liberal Studies and the Multiple Subject (Elementary) Credential. The latter two majors are mainly used by those planning on becoming
K-12 teachers.
The university is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for both Bachelors and Masters degree programs, receiving initial accreditation in 1993. The university is undergoing its seven year review, having just completed the Capacity and Preparatory Review visit in March 2007, and is expected to finalize the process in spring 2009 following the Educational Effectiveness Review. The school reduced the number of units needed to graduate. Some have criticized this policy change stating that students won't receive a liberal and broad education.
The school is rated as less selective by US News and World Report, and is ranked as a third tier Master's Level College for the western region. It's incoming freshman have an average GPA of 3.12.
Campus culture
The school is a commuter campus, but approx. 600 students live in on-campus residence halls. Co-curricular programs and activities are sponsored by Associated Students, Incorporated, Student Life and Leadership, the Clarke Field House/University Student Union, and the University Village Apartments. There are more than 100 student organizations. The school attracts many students from the local community colleges like Palomar, as well as from the North San Diego County, Southern Orange County, and Southern Riverside County region.
The school paper is called "The Pride."
In 2008, for the fourth straight year, Cal State San Marcos won first place in the nationwide RecycleMania contest.
The school is a typical commuter campus. It is referred to California State University Stair Master (CSUSM) because of its location on a hill.
From February through April 2008 seven gang members were arrested at an apartment complex right next to the university that houses many students. They were a street gang that was selling cocaine, exsticy, and methamphetamines to students. San Marcos Blvd is a high crime area where many students have had there cars broken into according to the San Diego Sheriffs Department. A local bar where many students hung out was closed after a recent shooting.
Athletics
The original mascot of the campus was established as the "Tukwut," the name for the California
mountain lion in the language of the Luiseño
Native American tribe. However, a
1999 student referendum selected the more generic "Cougars" as the name for all [CSUSMsports teams].
The school's team sports are very limited with only teams in golf, cross country, and track & field (women's and men's teams in each), soccer (men's and women's), women's softball, and men's baseball. The official colors of the Cougars are bright/royal blue and white. In the early years, burgundy was used sparingly as an accent. Cougar athletic teams compete as independents in Region II of the
NAIA. The school recently hired their first coaches in Baseball (Dennis Pugh) who coached at a local high school for decades, and Soccer (Ron Pulvers). In 2007, in the Softball program's second year, the school hired former UCLA All-American (Kelly Warren) who was previously the Associate Head Coach at San Diego State University.
Steve Scott (aka "The Miler") is the Cougars' Cross Country and Track & Field coach.
The school has no football or basketball teams.
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