California State University, Long Beach

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The college was established in 1949 by California governor Earl Warren, to serve the rapidly expanding post-World War II population of Orange and Southern Los Angeles counties. The institution was first named as Los Angeles-Orange County State College. Peter Victor Peterson was its first president.California Department of Education, p. 153. It offered 25 courses, taught by 13 faculty members, in two apartment buildings at 5381 Anaheim Road in Long Beach. In June 1950, the a $1 million, {{convert|322|acre|ha}} plot of land was purchased as a permanent campus for the renamed Long Beach State College, following an "overwhelming" vote from the city's population. Student enrollment subsequently grew rapidly.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Carl W. McIntosh was named the college's second president in 1959.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-22-me-mcintosh22-story.html "Carl McIntosh Dies at 94." Los Angeles Times. January 22, 2009.] Accessed August 14, 2013. While McIntosh was president, the school's enrollment surged from about 10,000 to over 30,000,[http://www.daily49er.com/news/2009/01/26/former-csulb-president-dies-at-age-94/#sthash.U38Ms2BQ.dpuf Vega, Frances. "Former CSULB President Dies at Age 94." Daily 49er. January 26, 2009.] Accessed August 13, 2013. and he rapidly expanded and revamped the curriculum. McIntosh tripled the number of faculty and constructed 30 new campus buildings. Although the 1960s were a period of deep unrest on American college campuses, McIntosh's collegial governing style, gentle public demeanor, and willingness to permit peaceful protest on campus helped preserve Long Beach State College relatively serene social climate.[http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20090121/carl-mcintosh-94-was-former-cal-state-long-beach-president Butler, Kevin. "Carl McIntosh, 94, Was Former Cal State Long Beach President." Long Beach Press-Telegram. May 19, 2013.] Accessed August 14, 2013. In 1964, the school changed its name to California State College at Long Beach. In 1967, the California state legislature revamped the state college system. As part of these changes, the university was renamed California State College, Long Beach in 1968 and became closely integrated into the California State College system.Teacher Education Programs in the United States: A Guide, p. 36.

In 1965, CSULB hosted the first International Sculpture Symposium to be held both at a higher education institution and in the United States. Six international and two American sculptors many of the on-campus installations. The event received national media attention from major newspapers, including The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-getty-cal-state-long-beach-sculpture-park-20150324-column.html|title=Why the Getty is giving Cal State Long Beach's 1960s sculpture park a fresh look|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 26, 2015|first=Carolina A. |last=Miranda|access-date=April 5, 2015}}

McIntosh departed for Montana State University in 1969, and was succeeded by President Steve Horn. The California State University Board of Trustees elevated the school to university status in 1972, along with 12 other state college campuses, based on total enrollment, size of graduate programs, complexity and diversity of majors and number of doctorates held by faculty at each college. Later that year, the campus opened the largest library facility in the then 19-campus CSU system: a modern six-story building with a seating capacity of nearly 4,000 students.

In 1995, President Robert Maxson initiated the privately funded President's Scholars Program, providing selected qualified California high school valedictorians and National Merit finalists and semi-finalists with a full four-year scholarship package, including tuition, a book stipend, and housing. {{As of|2010|May}}, over 1000 students have accepted the scholarship.{{cite web|url=http://karl.papubs.csulb.edu/news-events/story.cfm?hackid=1014 |title=Cal State Long Beach Welcoming Incoming Class of 52 New President's Scholars to Campus This Week |access-date=September 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114064256/http://karl.papubs.csulb.edu/news-events/story.cfm?hackid=1014 |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }} For applicants for fall 2010, National Achievement Program Semifinalists/Finalists and National Hispanic Recognition scholars were also considered.{{cite web |url=http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/presidents_scholars/application_process/ |title=Application Process, President's Scholars Program, CSULB |publisher=Csulb.edu |access-date=February 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201193829/http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/presidents_scholars/application_process/ |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}

In August 2020, CSULB unveiled its new shark mascot, Elbee, following a 2019 student-led process that selected the shark as Beach's new mascot. While Elbee is a shark, the university's Division I intercollegiate athletics program remains "Beach Athletics". As of 2022, the university was classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" in recognition of the university's evolution from a master's-level comprehensive institution to one that awards doctorates and conducts a significant amount of research.{{Cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Janis|date=2022-01-20 |title=CSULB elevated to Doctoral University: High Research Activity designation |url=https://www.csulb.edu/news/article/csulb-elevated-to-doctoral-university-high-research-activity-designation |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=California State University, Long Beach |language=en}}

The campus spans {{convert|323|acre|ha}} across 84 buildings, and is located {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} from the Pacific Ocean. CSULB is located at 1250 Bellflower Boulevard. It is bounded by East 7th Street to the south, East Atherton Street to the north, Bellflower Boulevard to the west, and Palo Verde Avenue to the east.

The architecture of the campus is mainly of the International style (designed primarily by architect Edward Killingsworth). It is minimalist. It has earned design awards and awards from gardening societies. The integration of landscaping and architecture is apparent at the school's theater complex, where a dense grove of ficus trees is planted in such a way that it forms a continuation of the pillar-supported canopy at the theater's entrance. The university's registration offices are located in the open courtyard of Brotman Hall, which is "roofed" by a similar jungle-like canopy.

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The University Student Union (USU) building is located at the center of campus. The three-story glass building occupies roughly {{convert|180000|sqft|m2}}, housing numerous offices, and offering more casual attractions, including a study lounge, a ballroom, a food court, a bowling alley, an arcade, and a movie theater.

The Rec and Wellness Center is an extensive all-purpose athletic center covering about {{convert|125000|sqft|m2}} on North Campus. It was completed in 2010. It includes facilities for fitness programs and aerobics classes, courts for volleyball, basketball, badminton, rock climbing walls, an indoor track, a student lounge, and much more. The center is funded and managed by CSULB's Associated Students, Incorporated{{cite web |url=http://www.asirecreation.org |title=ASI Recreation |access-date=September 17, 2010}} (ASI).

49er basketball and volleyball games are currently played in the iconic, eighteen-story Walter Pyramid (formerly known as the Long Beach Pyramid) located on north campus. The Pyramid is a sporting complex that can accommodate over 5,000 fans, including temporary seating and standing room. Two sections of interior stands are fitted with large hydraulic lifts that can lift the seating elements 45 degrees into the air, creating room for five volleyball courts or three basketball courts.{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeachstate.com/local/facilities/pyramid.html |title=The Pyramid | access-date=July 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991001194755/http://www.longbeachstate.com/local/facilities/pyramid.html |archive-date=October 1, 1999 }} The Pyramid is home to the Southern California Summer Pro League, a noted showcase for current and prospective NBA basketball players.

The University Art Museum's permanent collection contains primarily abstract expressionist paintings, works on paper, and an outdoor sculpture garden that began in 1966. The UAM was the first accredited museum in the CSU system.{{Cite journal| last = Melrod| first = George | title = University Galleries: Los Angeles Region | journal = Art LTD. | page = 45 | publisher = Lifescapes Publishing, Inc. | date = January–February 2010 | issn = 1941-8558 |url=http://www.artltdmag.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1262633830&archive=&start_from=&ucat=28&|access-date=March 3, 2010}} In addition, the museum's Gordon F. Hampton collection is housed at the Downtown Los Angeles law offices of Sheppard Mullin.{{cite web|title=Art|url=http://www.sheppardmullin.com/industries-31.html|work=Sheppard Mullin |publisher=Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton|access-date=August 23, 2010}}

The campus is also home to the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, a 1,074-seat theater named after CSULB alumni Richard and Karen Carpenter.

The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is an artistic retreat of solitude and beauty. Among its many picturesque attractions, the Garden features a large pond populated with koi.

{{wide image|Csulb10-pano.jpg|1090px|align-cap=center|Panoramic view of the campus's sports fields, prior to the construction of the SRWC.}}

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The campus is built on the ancient Tongva village and burial site known as Puvungna ("the place of the gathering" or "in the ball"), which is a sacred site for the Tongva and Acjachemen.{{Cite book |last=Loewe |first=Ronald |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/950751182 |title=Of sacred lands and strip malls : the battle for Puvungna |date=2016 |isbn=978-0-7591-2162-1 |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|pages=1–3 |oclc=950751182}} In 1974, the now twenty-two acre site was added to the National Register of Historic Places after the site was uncovered in the development of the nearby Japanese Garden.

From 1992 to 1995, CSULB attempted to challenge this designation in order to commercially develop the site into a strip mall and student housing. The Tongva people filed a lawsuit and initiated a protest, which involved physically occupying the land day and night to stave off bulldozers even while threatened with arrest by campus officials.{{cite web|url=http://www.csulb.edu/~eruyle/puvudoc_0000_about.html |title=About Puvungna |publisher=Csulb.edu |access-date=February 9, 2014}}

In 2019, the university dumped dirt and debris onto the site and drove heavy equipment over the ground in the construction of a new student housing development. This was received negatively by the Tongva and Acjachemen, who organized in an attempt to preserve the site from future damage.{{Cite web |last=Deetz |first=Nanette |title=Acjachemen Nation Bring Litigation against Cal State University Long Beach to Save Sacred Site Puvugna |url=https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/acjachmen-nation-and-40-groups-bring-litigation-against-cal-state-university-long-beach-to-save-sacred-site-puvugna |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Native News Online |date=March 14, 2021 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=CSULB under fire for dumping dirt, trash on sacred Native American grounds |url=https://abc7.com/native-american-tribe-cal-state-long-beach-csulb/5588837/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=ABC7 Los Angeles |language=en}} The site remains a natural area with a few trees.

The university, in its push to support climate sustainability, installed solar panels on the Brotman Hall building and the Facilities Management canopy parking in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://clubesp.googlepages.com/CSULBSolarPanels091007.pdf|title=CSULB's installation of solar panels|publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com|access-date=September 10, 2007|archive-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226014105/http://clubesp.googlepages.com/CSULBSolarPanels091007.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The Environmental Science & Policy Club (ES&P Club){{cite web |url=http://clubesp.googlepages.com |title=clubesp |publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-date=October 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031140147/http://clubesp.googlepages.com/ |url-status=dead }} has brought support to environmental awareness and sustainability through club activities, such as coastal clean-ups, hikes, plant-restoration project, tabling, conferences, guest speakers, & Kaleidoscope. In 2006, the ES&P Club supported the installation of waterless urinals in the university's men's restrooms.{{cite web|url=http://clubesp.googlepages.com/WaterConservation042006.pdf|title=Water Conservation at CSULB|publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226014103/http://clubesp.googlepages.com/WaterConservation042006.pdf|url-status=dead}} The ES&P Club hosts an annual Earth Week celebration each April, including documentary screenings, discussions, and speaker series.{{cite web|url=http://clubesp.googlepages.com/WetlandsConservationistVisit042607.pdf|title=Wetland Discussion at CSULB|publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com|access-date=April 26, 2007|archive-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226014106/http://clubesp.googlepages.com/WetlandsConservationistVisit042607.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://clubesp.googlepages.com/2007EarthWeekEvent042407.pdf|title=EarthWeek at CSULB|publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com|access-date=April 24, 2007|archive-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226014104/http://clubesp.googlepages.com/2007EarthWeekEvent042407.pdf|url-status=dead}}

In addition, there has been a push in recent years to revive the organic gardens on campus, culminating in 2015 with the launch of the Grow Beach University Gardens, a student-led ASI sub-group that promotes organic gardening and sustainable agriculture on campus. The new garden boxes are part of a campus-wide effort to provide a natural, organic, and convenient garden right on campus for student and faculty use.{{cite news|last1=Austrie-Brown|first1=Ashley|title=Grow Beach University Garden|url=http://www.asicsulb.org/beachfront/advocacy/152-growbeachuniversitygarden|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412170901/http://www.asicsulb.org/beachfront/advocacy/152-growbeachuniversitygarden|archive-date=April 12, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Patton|first1=Amy|title=Grow Beach! Update|url=http://www.daily49er.com/news/2015/01/26/grow-beach-update/#sthash.nsPVhJ7b.2MUkXLZa.dpbs}}

The university "has a comprehensive energy management program incorporating real-time metering and energy-saving technologies such as the EnergySaver, which provides a more sophisticated alternative to turning off the lights by automatically varying the voltage to the ballasted fixtures and reducing the power consumed, while maintaining appropriate lighting levels."{{cite web|url=http://csuchico.edu/sustainablefuture/practices/Chico-DST-final-041905.pdf|title=Decisions for a Sustainability Tomorrow|publisher=Clubesp.googlepages.com|access-date=April 19, 2005}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University located in Zzyzx, California in the Mojave Desert. The purpose of the center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment. It is operated by the California Desert Studies Consortium, a consortium of 7 CSU campuses: Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach, San Bernardino, Northridge, Dominguez Hills and Los Angeles.

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CSULB comprises three Liberal Arts colleges:

• College of the Arts
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

and five vocational colleges:

• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Health & Human Services
• College of Continuing & Professional Education

Together, the colleges offer a total of 81 baccalaureate degrees, 67 master's degrees, 16 education-related credential programs, and three doctoral degrees (two joint and one independent).Introduction to the Institutional Report: [http://www.ced.csulb.edu/accreditation/introduction/index.html Overview of the Institution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023214805/http://www.ced.csulb.edu/accreditation/introduction/index.html |date=October 23, 2007 }}. College of Education. Retrieved August 10, 2007

California State University, Long Beach is amongst the most applied to campuses in the California State University system, receiving over 70,000 applicants with an average acceptance rate of 45%. In the Fall 2023 cohort, California State University, Long Beach saw over 79,000 applications from first-time freshmen, while more than 37,000 were granted admission. The average GPA of the admitted students was 3.95.

For masters and doctoral programs in the Fall 2023 cohort, the school received over 10,733 applications, while 3,270 applicants were granted admission. The admit yield was 56%.

In 2021, CSULB ranked No. 2 in Washington Monthly's College Guide and Rankings{{Cite web |last=dblock |date=2021-08-29 |title=2021 Master's University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021college-guide/masters |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}} of master's-level universities. However, it has since fallen out of the rankings. By 2024, CSULB did not appear in the top 100.{{Cite web |title=2024 Master's University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/masters/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}

In 2021, The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranked CSULB 8th in the nation for Campus Diversity. The category ranking, called "environment" by the publication, assessed the percentage of Pell Grant recipients, the racial and ethnic diversity of students and faculty, and the proportion of students who come from outside the United States.

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The university has three student publications: the Long Beach Current (until 2024 known as the Daily Forty-Niner),{{cite news |last1=Farfan |first1=Sam |title=New beginnings: Why CSULB's Daily Forty-Niner is now the Long Beach Current |url=https://issuu.com/daily-49er/docs/lbc24_1_ |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=Long Beach Current |date=August 19, 2024 |pages=10–11}} 22 West Magazine{{cite web|url=https://www.22westmedia.com/magazine |title=22 West Magazine - California State University, Long Beach |publisher=Lbunion.com |access-date=February 9, 2014}} (formerly The Long Beach Union Newspaper) and DIG Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.digmagonline.com/ |title=Dig Magazine : Csulb'S Monthly Student Magazine |publisher=Digmagonline.com |access-date=February 9, 2014}}

The first issue of the campus newspaper was published on November 11, 1949 as "The Forty-Niner." The newspaper was renamed on September 3, 1975, as the Daily Forty-Niner, and then rebranded to Long Beach Current on August 19, 2024.It publishes Monday through Thursday during the fall and spring semesters, and once weekly during the summer sessions. It was one of the first college newspapers in the country to have an Internet edition, starting in August 1994.

22 West Magazine, which is partially student-funded, and affiliated with ASI, publishes every month during fall and spring semesters. It began on April 22, 1977, when it was formed in response to the Daily 49er. The Union Weekly focuses on being an alternative voice on campus and features a satirical section called "The Grunion" (not to be confused with the Long Beach paper the Grunion Gazette). During the late 1970s through 1980s, the Union was a daily newspaper, giving heavy competition to the Daily 49er. Journalism majors who worked on the "Union" did so under a pseudonym as it was a practice forbidden by the dean of the Journalism department.

DIG Magazine, the campus magazine, has gone through many changes throughout the years. It started off as The Lantern, a magazine for night-time students, before transforming to UniverCity in 1973. Then, it turned into University Magazine. In the early 2000s, the magazine transformed to DIG Magazine as a music magazine before transitioning to a general art & culture magazine. Today, the magazine features interesting people and groups within the community, and discusses topics that concern students' interests.

The California State University Long Beach Foundation owns the KKJZ non-commercial broadcast license of 88.1 FM, a jazz and blues radio station. Global Jazz, Inc., an affiliate of Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc., programs and manages the radio station. In 2015, Global Jazz moved the station thirty miles from Long Beach to West Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/2015/04/03/kkjz-leaves-csulb-campus/|title=KKJZ Leaves CSULB Campus|date=April 3, 2015}} While KKJZ began as a radio station exclusively playing Jazz and Blues music it has recently expanded its playlist to include Rhythm and Blues artists.

22 West Radio is a free format, student run internet radio station at CSU, Long Beach. It is also an HD Radio station via 88.1 HD3 {{as of|2013|lc=y}}. The radio station is operated year-round. The station has been around in various forms since the mid-1970s, then known as KSUL (which went defunct after 1981). 22 West Radio is a department of Associated Students, Incorporated at CSULB and is both funded and regulated by them.{{cite web|url=https://www.22westmedia.com/radio|title=WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO – KBEACH RADIO – California State University, Long Beach|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/|archive-date=August 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}

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The $70 million Student Recreation and Wellness Center is located on the northeast side of campus.{{cite web|title=Student Recreation & Wellness Center|url=http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/students/uosr/Campus_Tours/Hot_Spots_@_The_Beach/srwc.htm|publisher=California State University, Long Beach|access-date=July 3, 2018}} It opened in fall 2010.

There are several national sororities and fraternities on campus. Sigma Chi's expulsion in 2018 caused controversy within the student body.{{cite web|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/fraternity-cuts-ties-with-csulb-amid-sexual-misconduct-investigations|title=Fraternity cuts ties with CSULB amid sexual misconduct investigations|date=December 9, 2018}}

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Long Beach State competes in NCAA Division I in 18 sports teams and plays competitively in baseball, cross country, softball, track and field, women's tennis, and women's soccer, as well as both men's and women's basketball, volleyball, water polo and golf teams. The university is a founding member of the Big West Conference, and also competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for sports not sponsored by the Big West.

In the realm of sports the school is branded as "Long Beach State". "Beach", which had long been unofficially used to refer to Long Beach State and its sports teams as it is the only university on the West Coast with the word "Beach" in its name, became the official athletic program brand name in the 2020–21 school year. One can see the cheer "Go Beach!" written on many CSULB products around campus and on the large water tower near the entrance to the campus.

The school colors have been black and gold since 2000, when they were changed by a student referendum (after George Allen changed the football uniform colors) from the original brown and gold.{{cite web|title=Traditions|url=http://www.longbeachstate.com/trads/traditions.html|work=Long Beach State website|access-date=February 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818163746/http://www.longbeachstate.com/trads/traditions.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Long Beach State is home to one of the top women's volleyball teams in the nation. Long Beach State has won three national titles in women's volleyball, in 1989, 1993 and 1998. The 1998 women's team was the first team in NCAA Division I history to have an undefeated season. The team's most famous alumna is Misty May-Treanor, who won three Olympic gold medals in Beach Volleyball in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Long Beach is also the only California State University to participate in the Golden Coast Conference for Men's Water polo not sponsored by the Big West Conference the Division Long Beach participates for in NCAA Division I.

Because of the proximity to California State University, Fullerton, the schools are considered rivals. The rivalry is especially heated in baseball with the Long Beach State baseball team also having a competitive college baseball program.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dirtbags-titans-rivalry-20170608-story.html|title=Rivalry between Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton should reach new heights with a trip to Omaha on the line|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2019|last1=Helfand|first1=Zach}}

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CSULB has more than 320,000 alumni {{as of|2018|lc=y}}.{{cite web|title=CSULB is taking Beach Pride on the Road|date=November 16, 2018|url=https://www.csulb.edu/alumni/regional-alumni|access-date=January 1, 2019|publisher=California State University, Long Beach}}

Alumni have written, acted and directed screenplays that have attracted Oscar-caliber talent. David Twohy (BA) co-wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award winning film The Fugitive.{{efn|The Fugitive was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won for Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones).}} Linda Woolverton (BA 1974{{cite web|url=http://www.cota.csulb.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.didyouknow|title=Did you Know?|date=December 10, 2014|publisher=College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach}}) wrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning,{{efn|The Lion King was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won for Best Original Score.}}{{efn|Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture and five other Academy Awards, and won for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.}} Disney animated films Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, and the live-action 2010 film Alice in Wonderland. J. F. Lawton (BA{{cite news |title=Alumnus Donates Camera to FEA|publisher=California State University, Long Beach – Film & Electronic Arts Department|date=January 10, 2008}}) wrote the screenplay to Pretty Woman. Mark Steven Johnson (BA 1989) has co-written and directed the films Daredevil and Ghost Rider. Actor Crispin Alapag notably on Big Time In Hollywood FL, Ray Donovan, General Hospital and VR Troopers Power Rangers.

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Current and former mayors of Long Beach Robert Garcia and Beverly O'Neill are alumni.

Former students have won at least five Academy Awards. Steven Spielberg (Class of 1969, BA 2002{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-31-me-graduate31-story.html |title=Spielberg to Add B.A. to His Resume |last=Chavez |first=Stephanie |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 31, 2002 |access-date=November 19, 2015}}) won two Oscars for Best Directing for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan and has directed a number of other successful movies such as Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park. Former industrial design major John Dykstra, who has been nominated five times for Academy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.csulb.edu/misc/beachreview/archives/2005/fall/intouch2.htm|publisher=California State University, Long Beach, in the alumni magazine The Beach Review|title=In Touch|date=Fall 2005|access-date=May 7, 2010|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606112023/http://www.csulb.edu/misc/beachreview/archives/2005/fall/intouch2.htm|url-status=dead}} won two Oscars for his special effects work on the George Lucas film Star Wars and the Sam Raimi film Spider-Man 2. Deborah L. Scott (BA{{cite web|title=Her art does go on, and it fits 'Titanic' costume designer matched clothing with era|work=New York Daily News|author=Lewis Beale|date=March 17, 1998|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1998/03/17/1998-03-17_her_art_does_go_on__and_it_f.html}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) won{{cite magazine |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/titanic/cast/132077|magazine=TV Guide|title=Titanic: Cast and Details}} an Oscar for costume design for the James Cameron film Titanic.

File:Carpenters - Nixon - Office.png and Richard Carpenter (Honorary Doctorate, 2000) of The Carpenters]]

Emmy Award-nominated director Chris Carter (BA 1979) created the series The X-Files, which garnered several awards during its nine seasons on television. Former student Steve Martin, whose philosophy classes at the university inspired him to become a professional comedian,"He majored in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach (which Steven Spielberg would attend a few years later). ... 'I was romanticized by philosophy. I thought it was the highest thing you could study. At one point I wanted to teach it.' And then along came Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher whose Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus redefined and reduced the scope of the discipline. Says Martin: 'As I studied the history of philosophy, the quest for ultimate truth became less important to me, and by the time I got to Wittgenstein it seemed pointless. Then I realized that in the arts you don't have to discover meaning, you create it. There are no rules, no true and false, no right and wrong. Anyway, these were the musings of a 21-year-old kid.'" {{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,965275,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204081238/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,965275,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|work=Time magazine|title=Sensational Steve Martin|date=August 24, 1987}} is an Emmy Award winner and a Disney Legend.

Alumni and former students have also participated in the world of sports. Jason Giambi, Evan Longoria, Troy Tulowitzki, Harold Reynolds, Jered Weaver, Steve Trachsel, and Jason Vargas have all been selected to play in the Major League Baseball All Stars games. Matt Duffy won the World Series with the 2014 San Francisco Giants and continues to play with the Los Angeles Angels. Jeff McNeil of the New York Mets won the 2022 NL batting title with an average of .326. Golfer Mark O'Meara (BA 1980) won the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. Craig Hodges is a two-time NBA Champion, Terrell Davis is a two-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and Billy Parks played five seasons in the NFL. Diver Pat McCormick{{cite web|url=http://www.csulb.edu/programs/50th/alumni.html|title=50th Anniversary Celebration – California State University, Long Beach – Distinguished Alumni|year=1999|publisher=Csulb.edu|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315171050/http://www.csulb.edu/programs/50th/alumni.html|url-status=dead}} won four gold medals in two consecutive Olympics (Helsinki and Melbourne), and Misty May-Treanor (BS 2002) won three gold medals in women's beach volleyball in three other consecutive Olympics (Athens, Beijing, and London). High Jumper Dwight Stones set the World Record while a student at Cal State Long Beach, in addition to winning the bronze medal at both the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and 1976 in Montreal. Track and Field athlete Bill Green (BA 1984) set the United States and NCAA record three times in the hammer throw, and placed 5th at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Former students Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter (Class of 1972, Honorary Doctorate 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/99-00/000519-LB.shtml|title=Richard Carpenter, James Gray Receive Honorary Doctorate Degrees At California State University, Long Beach Commencement Ceremonies|date=May 19, 2000|publisher=California State University, Long Beach|author=Public Affairs Offices/Campus News, California State University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528165932/http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/99-00/000519-LB.shtml|archive-date=May 28, 2010}}) of the Carpenters are the namesakes of the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, a 1,065-seat performance hall on the campus of the university{{cite web |url=http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/uosr/Campus_Tours/Hot_Spots_@_The_Beach/part.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729015028/http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/uosr/Campus_Tours/Hot_Spots_@_The_Beach/part.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2012|title=Hot Spots @ The Beach – Carpenter Performing Arts Center|author=California State University, Long Beach|publisher=California State University, Long Beach}} that also houses an exhibit on the Carpenters.{{cite web|url=http://www.carpenterarts.org/carpenterexhibit.html|title=About – Richard & Karen Carpenter Exhibit|author=Carpenter Performing Arts Center|publisher=Carpenter Performing Arts Center|access-date=May 7, 2010|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704064121/http://carpenterarts.org/carpenterexhibit.html|url-status=dead}} Richard Carpenter's college instructor and choir director Frank Pooler inspired him in choral arrangement, and both Karen and Richard participated in Pooler's choir. Pooler also introduced Richard to fellow undergraduate and future song-writing collaborator John Bettis.{{cite web |url=http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/Album_gold_35th_anniversary.htm|title=Carpenters Gold – 35th Anniversary – Album Notes|publisher=The Carpenters (official website) and A&M Records |author=Richard Carpenter|date=October 2003}} Another undergraduate, Wesley Jacobs, would join the Carpenters as a musical instrumentalist. The Carpenters sold over 100 million records, won three Grammy Awards out of eighteen nominations, and created numerous gold and platinum albums.

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