San Francisco State University

Image:Graduating class, State Normal School at San Francisco, June 1906.jpg{{Main|History of San Francisco State University}}

In 1857, the San Francisco Board of Education created the San Francisco Weekly Normal School, also known as the Minns' Evening Normal School.{{Cite web |title=Which Came First?: San Francisco State or San Jose State? |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/048.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/Pages/history.aspx |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Steffens |first=Kate |title=SJSU Research Guides: San Jose State Normal Training School History: Minns' Evening Normal School, 1857-1862 |url=https://libguides.sjsu.edu/c.php?g=1315864&p=9677406 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=libguides.sjsu.edu |language=en}} In 1862, it became the California State Normal School, the first postsecondary institution established by the state. Only six students were enrolled on its first day. By 1866, enrollment had increased to 384.{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: Long Narrative of SF State |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/long.htm |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}

In 1867, the principal of Girls' High School and Normal School, Ellis Holmes, realized that the California State Normal School was not meeting the demand for teachers. The city approved the addition of a new year-long teacher-training program to his high school's curriculum, for girls who wanted to pursue a career in education. This program is what would eventually become San Francisco State University. When the California State Normal School was moved to San José in 1871, Girls' High became the only publicly-supported teacher-training institution.

In 1895, the teaching program was split from the school and became San Francisco City Normal School. Due to a lack of funding, the school closed in 1898. A group of teachers, students, and supporters pressured the California State Legislature to convert it into a state-funded institution.

On March 22, 1899, the California State Legislature approved the creation of the San Francisco State Normal School, with an appropriation of $10,000.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Celebrates 100 Years of Opportunity and Academic Innovation in the Bay Area |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/047.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}} Frederic Lister Burk was appointed as the first president and chose the school's motto, Experientia Docet.{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial history |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/textonlycent/time/short/pres.htm |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}} The school rented space in a building on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento Streets and 31 women were enrolled in the first year.{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: 1899 |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/1899.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite book |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNMeZDpp25oC |title=San Francisco State University |date=2007-10-03 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-3589-6 |page= |language=en}}

The 1906 earthquake and fire forced the school to relocate from Nob Hill to a temporary campus at the Grant School in Oakland. Ten days after the earthquake, President Burk found a new site for the school at a property bound by Laguna, Haight, Buchanan, and Hermann Streets.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=A look at where SFSU's former campus was |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/105672/city/a-look-at-where-sfsus-former-campus-was/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

In 1921, the school began offering Bachelor's degree options and was renamed San Francisco State Teachers College.{{Cite book |last=Pollak |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gH56DwAAQBAJ |title=The Playing Grounds of College Football: A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today |date=2018-11-16 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3260-5 |pages=346 |language=en}} Teachers Colleges in California received authorization to grant Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1923.

In 1924, construction for new buildings started on vacant land at the school's site. The campus consisted of four Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings designed by George McDougall, a California state architect.{{Cite web |title=National Register #07001391: San Francisco State Teacher's College in San Francisco, California |url=https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat2007001391.asp |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=noehill.com}}{{Cite web |title=SAN FRANCISCO STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE |url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=CA State Parks |language=en}}

In the 1930s, overcrowding became an issue at the campus. It had been designed for 1500 students, but had to accommodate about 3000. In 1938, students rallied for a new campus with non-wooden buildings, due to fears from the city's earthquake and fire in 1906.{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Amy |title=SFSU is a pioneer for protests, but do they actually create change? |url=https://xpressmagazine.org/24341/all/sfsu-is-a-pioneer-for-protests-but-do-they-actually-create-change/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Xpress Magazine}} By 1939, land near Lake Merced had been acquired to build a new campus, but plans were paused due to World War II. Many students took part in the war, causing enrollment to decline.{{Cite web |last=Project |first=Western Neighborhods |title=Streetwise: Celebrating San Francisco State |url=http://www.outsidelands.org/streetwise-sf-state.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.outsidelands.org |language=en}}

During the 1920s and '30s, State Teachers Colleges expanded beyond being only vocational schools to train teachers. They were formally authorized to offer four-year liberal arts curriculums and renamed State Colleges in 1935.{{Cite book |last=Gerth |first=Donald R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4J-QwAACAAJ&q=liberal%20arts%20mclane |title=The People's University: A History of the California State University |date=2010 |publisher=Berkeley Public Policy Press |isbn=978-0-87772-435-3 |language=en}} So, the school became known as San Francisco State College.

In 1949, master's degrees were authorized to be offered.

San Francisco State College became part of the California State College system established under the Donahoe Higher Education Act in 1960. In Fall 1965, the Experimental College was started by students, in an effort to teach untraditionally. In 1927, over 2000 students enrolled in courses offered by the Experimental College. The original Experimental College stopped operating after 1969.{{Cite web |title=A Revised History of the Experimental College - 1960's to present {{!}} SF State's Experimental College |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/exco/rev_history_20230915 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}

In 1967, 1968, and 1969, there were many demonstrations, including the Third World Liberation Front strike at SF State, longest student strike in American history, which lasted from November 6, 1968 to March 20, 1969.

Also in 1969, Richard Oakes led a group of SF State students in the occupation of Alcatraz Island And a 763-bed, 15-story dorm building, Verducci Hall, was built near Lake Merced Boulevard.

In 1971, campus-based childcare at SF State was approved by the California State Colleges board of trustees. On October 10, 1972, the Associated Students Lilliput Childcare Center opened, providing childcare to students who are parents and the general public. It's now called the AS Early Childhood Education Center.{{Cite web |title=Early Childhood Education Center |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/early-childhood-education-center |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}

In 1972, the state government enacted a bill which renamed the California State Colleges to "The California State University and Colleges". As a result, SF State was renamed California State University, San Francisco. The awkward new name was very unpopular with students. When said out loud, CSUSF often drew the humorous response "Gesundheit," and was frequently confused with CCSF, USF, and UCSF.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Noel |title=What's in a Name? Plenty, Schools Say |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 21, 1973 |pages=3, 24, 25}} Available via ProQuest Historical Newsstand. The university was soon renamed San Francisco State University in 1974.File:Cesar Chavez Student Center, November 29, 2023.jpg

President Romberg secured a permanent federal lease for 25 acres of shoreline in Tiburon for just $1 in 1978.{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: 1978 |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/1978.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}} The Romberg Tiburon Campus would eventually expand to 53 acres.

In 1983, Chia-Wei Woo became the 11th president of the university. Woo was the first Chinese-American to head a major American university.{{Cite web |title=Centennial Historical Presidents: Chia Wei Woo |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/woo.htm#:~:text=When%20he%20became%20SF%20State's,programs%20and%20activities%20at%20SFSU. |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}

After suffering damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Verducci Hall was permanently closed.{{Cite web |date=March 23, 1999 |title=Big bang propels San Francisco State University into its second century |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/101.htm |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}

In 1993, the College of Extended Learning (now College of Global and Professional Education) opened the Downtown Center in San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch, at 425 Market St.{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Gerald D. |date=1999-12-16 |title=S.F. State trumpets downtown campus |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/S-F-State-trumpets-downtown-campus-3270898.php |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=CT Insider |language=en-US}}

On March 28, 1999, construction began on the Village at Centennial Square, a low-rise, mixed-use complex. The same day, Verducci Hall was imploded after it sustained damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and sat vacant for a decade.

In 2007, the Downtown Campus was opened at 835 Market Street, with nearly 47,000 square feet of classroom space in Westfield San Francisco Centre.{{Cite web |last=Berlin |first=Kyran |title=SF State evaluates new locations for Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/96511/campus-original/sf-state-evaluates-new-locations-for-downtown-campus/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

In 2009, the Children's Campus opened to provide childcare, primarily to faculty and staff.{{Cite web |title=Open Enrollment at Children's Campus at SF State {{!}} Children's Campus |url=https://childrenscampus.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=childrenscampus.sfsu.edu}}

The first Rhythms Music Festival happened in March 2011.{{Cite web |last=Sheffer |first=Devery |title=ASI-sponsored Rhythms Music Festival kicks off tomorrow in the Annex |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/25791/latest/life/rhythms-festival-history-annex/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} The annual music festival is held in a building known as the Annex.{{Cite web |title=Rhythms |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/rhythms |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}

In 2013, the Science Building was found to have "unsafe levels" of airborne mercury, lead and asbestos in the basement. Over $3.6 million was spent for remediation of the pervasive contamination. University administration terminated several employees who reported the contamination, resulting in several wrongful termination and whistle-blower lawsuits, including one by the recently hired director. In July 2014, Cal/OSHA cited the university for various health and safety violations in the Science Building, which included SFSU failing to locate asbestos in the building and warn employees about the hazards of mercury.{{Cite news |title=SFSU fired whistleblower who exposed Science Building scandal |language=en-US |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfsu-fired-whistleblower-exposed-science-building-scandal/ |access-date=2018-10-26}}{{Cite news |title=SFSU attorneys ordered to release Science Building scandal emails |language=en-US |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfsu-attorneys-ordered-release-science-building-scandal-emails/ |access-date=2018-10-26}}

In March 2016, a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlQ4H0Kdg8 video of a student being attacked for having dreadlocks] went viral and sparked discussions about cultural appropriation.{{Cite web |title=Roommate of woman in viral dreadlocks video at SF State speaks out |url=https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-state-university-fight-dreadlock-confrontation-sfsu-dreadlocks-cultural-appropriation/1269086/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-31 |title=The white student who was harassed over his dreadlocks has spoken out |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/white-san-francisco-student-cory-goldstein-defends-his-dreadlocks-after-being-harassed-by-black-student-a6960941.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}File:Student walkout October 25, 2023.pngIn response to the College of Ethnic Studies being underfunded since 2008, four students held a ten-day hunger strike from May 2–11, 2016, resulting in one hospitalization. The strike ended when President Leslie Wong agreed to commit nearly $500,000 to the college and meet a portion of their demands.{{Cite web |last=Herrera |first=Jack |title=10-day hunger strike = victory for SFSU students |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2016/05/22/10-day-hunger-strike-victory-for-sfsu-students/37417869/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

The Experimental College was revived in Fall 2017. One-unit courses are created and taught by students.{{Cite web |date=2017-12-11 |title=Pilot Program Revives 1960s Experimental College at S.F. State |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11635657/pilot-program-revives-1960s-experimental-college-at-s-f-state |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}

Also in 2017, a group of Jewish students and local residents accused SFSU of encouraging antisemitism and excluding Jewish student pro-Israel activist groups from campus activities.{{Cite news |last=Pine |first=Dan |date=2017-08-05 |title=Investigation: SF Hillel 'improperly excluded' from student fair |language=en-US |work=J. |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2017/08/04/investigation-finds-hillel-improperly-excluded-sfsu-student-fair/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}{{Cite web |date=2019-03-22 |title=A Reluctant Campus Acknowledges Zionism |url=https://www.commentary.org/jonathan-marks/san-francisco-state-university-reluctant-campus-acknowledges-zionism/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Commentary Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=2017-06-20 |title=Lawsuit says Jewish students 'intimidated' at SF State |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lawsuit-says-Jewish-students-intimidated-at-11231442.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}} The students filed two lawsuits focusing on the disruption of a speech by Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat in 2016. One suit was dismissed and the other was settled.

In May 2019, Lynn Mahoney became the first woman to become president of SF State in a permanent capacity.{{Cite web |title=Lynn Mahoney {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/leadership/presidents/Pages/mahoney.aspx |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}} Mary Ward had served as an acting president in the summer of 1927, after the death of Archibald Anderson.{{Cite web |title=Centennial Historical Presidents: Mary Ward |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/ward.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}

On September 23, 2020, SFSU faculty Rabab Abdulhadi and Tomomi Kinukawa hosted a discussion on Zoom titled "Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, and Resistance."{{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, and Resistance - Event - Arab America |url=https://www.arabamerica.com/events/whose-narratives-gender-justice-and-resistance/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929012250/https://www.arabamerica.com/events/whose-narratives-gender-justice-and-resistance/ |archive-date=September 29, 2020 }} The event's speakers included Leila Khaled, a Palestinian political activist and plane hijacker. Zoom and YouTube canceled the broadcast due to Khaled's history of violent actions towards civilians. Facebook also removed a page for the event.{{Cite news |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=2022-03-15 |title=Tensions over ethnic studies continue at S.F. State as president vetoes faculty decision siding with professor |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Tensions-over-ethnic-studies-continue-at-SF-State-17004728.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-27 |title=Zoom refuses to stream university event featuring member of terrorist organization |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/25/zoom-refuses-stream-university-event-featuring-member-terrorist-organization |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927005246/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/25/zoom-refuses-stream-university-event-featuring-member-terrorist-organization |archive-date=September 27, 2020 }}{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=James |date=2020-09-24 |title=Zoom cancels talk by Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled at San Francisco State University |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453935/zoom-facebook-youtube-cancel-talk-leila-khaled-san-francisco-state-university |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Verge |language=en}} President Mahoney wrote a [https://jweekly.com/2020/09/14/s-f-state-president-i-condemn-hate-but-cherish-a-diversity-of-opinions/ letter] about the incident. A second event titled "Whose Narratives? What Free Speech for Palestine?" was scheduled for April 23, 2021, and was also blocked.{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Sarah |date=2021-04-22 |title=Zoom cancels another academic event with Leila Khaled, again raising questions about company's role in the classroom |url=https://www.thefire.org/news/zoom-cancels-another-academic-event-leila-khaled-again-raising-questions-about-companys-role |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.thefire.org |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Greschler |first=Gabriel |date=2020-09-04 |title=Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak at S.F. State |language=en-US |work=J. |url=https://jweekly.com/2020/09/04/jewish-groups-condemn-plans-for-palestinian-hijacker-leila-khaled-to-speak-at-s-f-state/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}

In 2022, the new Downtown Campus opened on the fifth floor of 160 Spear St., replacing the Downtown Campus at 835 Market Street.{{Cite web |title=New Downtown Campus - We Moved! {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/news/we-moved |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}

On April 6, 2023, former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines visited SFSU for a Turning Point USA student chapter event and spoke publicly about her campaign against transgender athletes in women's sports.{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Adriana |date=2023-04-07 |title=Riley Gaines visit to SF State results in trans-rights activist protest |work=Golden Gate Xpress |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/102298/latest/news/riley-gaines-visit-to-sf-state-results-in-trans-right-activist-protests/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408063639/https://goldengatexpress.org/102298/latest/news/riley-gaines-visit-to-sf-state-results-in-trans-right-activist-protests/ |archive-date=2023-04-08}}{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Alexandra |date=2023-03-28 |title='Spiritual warfare': Riley Gaines speaks against trans women in women's sports at on-campus event |work=The Pitt News |url=https://pittnews.com/article/180047/news/spiritual-warfare-riley-gaines-speaks-against-trans-women-in-womens-sports-at-on-campus-event/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405182257/https://pittnews.com/article/180047/news/spiritual-warfare-riley-gaines-speaks-against-trans-women-in-womens-sports-at-on-campus-event/ |archive-date=2023-04-05}} This sparked a protest.{{Cite news |last=Regimbal |first=Alec |date=2023-04-07 |title=Anti-Lia Thomas activist whisked away by police amid protest at San Francisco State |work=SFGATE |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/riley-gaines-speech-san-francisco-state-university-17884740.php |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407214044/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/riley-gaines-speech-san-francisco-state-university-17884740.php |archive-date=2023-04-07}} After the event, Gaines said she had been struck during the protest.{{cite web |date=April 7, 2023 |title=Former college swimmer says she was assaulted at an event opposing the inclusion of trans women in women's sports |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/former-ncaa-swimmer-riley-gaines-assault-san-francisco-state-university/index.html |website=CNN}}

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In September, October, and November, students and staff held numerous demonstrations in response to the Gaza war, tuition increases, layoffs, and budget cuts.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Adriana |title='Stop the hike,' SFSU students oppose tuition increase |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/103729/latest/news/stop-the-hike-sfsu-students-oppose-tuition-increase/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-13 |title=Facing $1.5B deficit, California State University to hike tuition 6% annually for next 5 years |url=https://apnews.com/article/california-state-university-deficit-tuition-hike-billion-2e8fc00c9cf88f11e910932a09f336df |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Preetina |date=2023-10-12 |title=Organizing Against Massive Layoffs at San Francisco State University |url=https://www.calfac.org/organizing-against-massive-layoffs-at-san-francisco-state-university/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=California Faculty Association |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |title=Walkouts Protesting 'Gaza Genocide' Planned on Campuses Across U.S. |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2023-10-25/ty-article/.premium/walkouts-protesting-gaza-genocide-planned-on-campuses-across-u-s/0000018b-66b9-d326-a39b-66b9b8130000 |access-date=2023-11-25}}

SFSU faculty members participated in a strike led by the California Faculty Association across the CSU system on January 22, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-20 |title=California Faculty Association to strike next week at Cal State campuses - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-faculty-association-to-strike-next-week-at-cal-state-campuses/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Ryan |title=Cal State System Strike Begins, Ends in 1 Day |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/labor-unionization/2024/01/23/cal-state-system-strike-begins-and-ends-one-day |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Matthew |date=2024-01-22 |title=California State Universities reach tentative agreement with faculty and staff - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/california-state-universities-reach-tentative-agreement-with-staff/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}} Faculty had held earlier demonstrations in an effort to prevent layoffs and receive a 12% raise.{{Cite web |last=Pratap |first=Ishaan |title=CFA hosts rally to save SFSU faculty jobs |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104825/campus-original/cfa-hosts-rally-to-save-sfsu-faculty-jobs/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}{{Citation |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=The other side: Q&A With CFA-SFSU Brad Erickson |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104489/multimedia/the-other-side-qa-with-cfa-sfsu-brad-erickson/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}

About 500 people attended a rally on April 29, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. After the rally, some protestors began an encampment, following protests and encampments at universities in other parts of the United States and in other countries.{{Cite web |last=Cramer |first=Luke |title=SFSU begins encampments in solidarity with Palestine, joining a nationwide movement |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/106449/campus-original/sfsu-begins-encampments-in-solidarity-with-palestine-joining-a-nationwide-movement/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}{{Cite news |last=Asimov |first=Nanette |title=Protesters rally at S.F. State University, calling for cease-fire and Israel divestment |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-state-protesters-rally-monday-intifada-19428913.php |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}} The encampment ended on May 15 after protestors reached a divestment agreement with university leaders.{{Cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Cami |title=Pro-Palestine encampment, SFSU reach divestment agreement |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/106782/latest/pro-palestine-sfsu-encampment-reach-divestment-agreement/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

• 1901 – First graduating class consisting of 36 women.
• 1923 – First Bachelor of Arts degree awarded
• 1930 – Became four-year school[http://www.sfsu.edu/~puboff/sfsufact/archive/0809/sftoday.htm SF State Facts 2009–2010], San Francisco State University
• 1929 – Grace Hackett became the first known African-American to graduate from the school
• 1949 – Master's degree first offered
• 1972 – Received university status
• 1974 – Renamed San Francisco State University
• 1975 – Cesar Chavez Student Center opened its doors to students
• 1983 – Chia-Wei Woo became the first Chinese-American to head a major American university{{Cite news |last=Mathews |first=Jay |date=1983-11-29 |title=Asian-Americans In Ascendancy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/11/29/asian-americans-in-ascendancy/14b4444f-b520-4b2c-a6f5-468dd8d0d07b/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
• 1999 – Celebrated 100th anniversary{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/03/21/SC99837.DTL|title= 1899–1999 '100 Years of Opportunity' A century and 185,020 degrees after its humble beginnings, San Francisco State University proudly celebrates its legacy of service, activism and diversity |last=Hoover|first=Ken|date=March 21, 1999|work=San Francisco Chronicle|pages=SC-1|access-date=December 10, 2009}}
• 2019 – Lynn Mahoney became the university's first female president in a permanent capacity{{Cite web |title=Biography {{!}} Office of the President {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://president.sfsu.edu/biography |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=president.sfsu.edu}}

{{Main|Main Campus of San Francisco State University}}

San Francisco State University's main campus is located on the West Side of San Francisco, in the southwestern part of the city. To its north are Lowell High School and Stonestown Galleria. Parkmerced is south of the campus. 19th Avenue and the Ingleside neighborhood are to its east and Lake Merced and TPC Harding Park are to its west.{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://m.sfsu.edu/home/map/index |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=m.sfsu.edu}}

San Francisco State University's original campus was on Nob Hill, where it was established as the San Francisco State Normal School on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento Streets. The 1906 earthquake and fire forced a relocation to Buchanan and Haight Streets, where the institution would remain for several decades.{{Cite web |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |title=LibGuides: SFSU Archives: Campus Landscape |url=https://libguides.sfsu.edu/sfstatearchives/campusgardens |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=libguides.sfsu.edu |language=en}} During this period, the school underwent several transformations: becoming San Francisco State Teachers College in 1921, San Francisco State College in 1935.{{Cite web |last=Project |first=Western Neighborhods |title=Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Episode 145: San Francisco State |url=https://outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP145_San_Francisco_State |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.outsidelands.org |language=en}}

The shift to the current Lake Merced campus began during the Great Depression, when the site was still owned by Spring Valley Water Company. In 1939, SFSU President Alexander Roberts and student body president Clifford Worth explored the undeveloped property, which at the time consisted mainly of sand dunes dotted with trees and underbrush. Worth proved instrumental in securing the campus's future, successfully lobbying the state Legislature to fund the land purchase. His efforts culminated on July 12, 1939, when the state committed to purchasing 57 acres from the City of San Francisco.{{Cite web |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |title=LibGuides: SFSU Archives: Campus Landscape |url=https://libguides.sfsu.edu/sfstatearchives/campusgardens |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=libguides.sfsu.edu |language=en}} The campus opened for classes for Fall 1953, before it was formally dedicated in October 1954.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Celebrates 100 Years of Opportunity and Academic Innovation in the Bay Area |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/047.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}} Since then, it has expanded to 144.1 acres.

The campus is under the jurisdiction of San Francisco State's University Police Department.{{Cite web |title=DIVISION OF CAMPUS SAFETY {{!}} Division of Campus Safety |url=https://campussafety.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=campussafety.sfsu.edu}}

File:PXL 20231128 010409313.jpg|Marcus Hall

File:Burk Hall Nov 29, 2023.jpg|link=|Burk Hall

File:SFSU Administration Building.jpg|Administration Building

File:Mashouf Wellness Center, Nov. 27, 2023.png|Mashouf Wellness Center

File:Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building Nov 29 2023.jpg|link=|Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building

File:SFSU Library Nov 28, 2023.jpg|link=|Library Building

File:SFSU Library 1.jpg|A seating area in the J. Paul Leonard Library

File:The Quad at SFSU.jpg|link=|The Quad

File:Open24.jpg|link=|Open24

File:Thornton and Hensill Halls.png|Thornton Hall and Hensill Hall

File:SFSU Humanities Building.jpg|Humanities Building

File:SFSU Student Housing.png|Student housing

In addition to the main campus, the university also has three satellite campuses.

File:Downtown Campus classroom Oct, 27, 2023.pngThe Downtown Campus located on the fifth floor of 160 Spear St., in San Francisco, California.{{Cite web |title=Downtown Campus {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/downtowncampus |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}} It is used and managed by the Lam Family College of Business and the College of Professional & Global Education (formerly College of Extended Learning). The campus spans approximately 15,850 square feet.

SF State has maintained facilities in Downtown San Francisco since the 1950s. The current Downtown Campus replaces the previous, underused campus that was located in the San Francisco Centre.{{Cite web |last=Berlin |first=Kyran |title=SF State evaluates new locations for Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/96511/campus-original/sf-state-evaluates-new-locations-for-downtown-campus/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} The old Downtown Campus was a replacement for the Downtown Center located at 425 Market Street.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Xplainer: Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/105259/xplainer/xplainerdowntown-campus/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

The campus has a student lounge, a computer lab, and study rooms.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Downtown Campus {{!}} Lam Family College of Business |url=https://cob.sfsu.edu/resources/graduate-programs/facilities |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cob.sfsu.edu}} A portion of 160 Spear St.'s 12th floor was part of the campus until 2024.

The 7.1-acre Sierra Nevada Field Campus is located in Sierra County, near Yuba Pass and the Sierra Valley, at 35400 Hwy 49 in Calpine, California. It is over 200 miles north of the main campus.{{Cite web |title=February 13, 2023 {{!}} CampusMemo |url=https://campusmemo.sfsu.edu/february-13-2023 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=campusmemo.sfsu.edu |language=en}}

Established in 1949, the campus was originally named Camp Leonard after SFSU's fifth president J. Paul Leonard. It started as a training facility for recreation leaders and added a children's camp in 1951.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Xplainer: Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/109182/xplainer/xplainer-sierra-nevada-field-campus/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} Basic plumbing was installed in 1953. The first three-unit college course was taught there in 1961. In 1970, under William Hammerman's leadership, it transitioned from a children's camp to a college-wide field campus.

The campus is currently funded primarily through its summer workshops and programs, with additional support from a nonprofit called Friends of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus.{{Cite web |title=Friends of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus – photo by Sarah Rabkin |url=https://friendsofsnfc.org/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=friendsofsnfc.org}} The existing buildings are the original structures from 1949.

The campus offers three to seven-day courses and workshops to students as well as the general public.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the San Francisco State Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2021-12-15 |website=SF State Sierra Nevada Field Campus}}{{Cite web |title=Classes & Workshops {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/classes-workshops |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}} Accredited, one-unit courses are processed by the College of Professional & Global Education. Workshops are not for credit and processed by the University Corporation. The campus is also used for research by graduate students of the College of Science and Engineering.{{Cite web |title=Scholarships {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/scholarships |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}

The campus operates from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend each year. The campus offers 35–40 different courses each summer through two programs: accredited classes through the College of Professional & Global Education, and non-credit workshops through the University Corporation.

Due to its remote location, there is no cell service and extremely limited internet access at the campus. Accommodations at the campus consist of tents with mattresses. Students and visitors can to bring their own tents or vehicles to sleep in, or stay off campus.{{Cite web |title=FAQs {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/faqs |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Gallery {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/gallery-0 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}} The campus has a moderately high elevation of about 5522 feet or 1683 meters.{{Cite web |title=Sierra Nevada Field Campus {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Elevation Finder |url=http://elevation.maplogs.com/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=elevation.maplogs.com}}

There are three buildings at the campus.{{Cite web |title=Sierra Nevada Field Campus · 35400 CA-49, Sierra City, CA 96124 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sierra+Nevada+Field+Campus/@39.6250371,-120.5794328,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x809c739e8a9b3551:0x3a94f3d625d8f70b!8m2!3d39.625033!4d-120.5768579!16s%2Fg%2F1ptz0975g?entry=tts |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Sierra Nevada Field Campus · 35400 CA-49, Sierra City, CA 96124 |language=en}}

• Director's Cabin
• Staff Cabin
• Dining Hall

{{Main|San Francisco State University Romberg Tiburon Campus}}

File:Romberg Tiburon Campus pier Oct30, 2023.pngThe Romberg Tiburon Campus is a 53.7-acre research campus located in Marin County, at 3150 and 3152 Paradise Drive in Tiburon, California. It is home to the only marine and environmental science lab on San Francisco Bay.{{Cite web |title=Romberg Tiburon Campus |url=https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu/content/romberg-tiburon-campus |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=Estuary & Ocean Science Center}}

The Tiburon branch of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's Marine Invasions Lab{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=SI OCIO Web |date=2015-08-24 |title=The Tiburon Branch of the Marine Invasions Lab - Conducting World-class research on the US West Coast Since 2000 |url=https://serc.si.edu/tiburon-branch-marine-invasions-lab-conducting-world-class-research-us-west-coast-2000 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |language=en}} and the offices for the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are also located there.{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Kurtis |date=2023-06-10 |title=The only marine science lab on San Francisco Bay is at risk of closing. Here's what's at stake |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/tiburon-marine-lab-18136787.php |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}

File:Research Vessels Romberg Tiburon Campus Oct30, 2023.png

The campus was a former U.S. Navy base. SF State has operated a marine lab on the site since 1978, when it began acquiring the land from the federal government for $1, under the condition that the site be used for education.

A master plan is being currently being drafted for the campus. It has never had a master plan formally prepared and adopted by the campus or the CSU Board of Trustees. An approved master plan and certified environmental impact statement are required before the university can begin significant construction projects at the campus.{{Cite web |title=Campus Planning at San Francisco State University {{!}} Campus Planning |url=https://plan.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=plan.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Romberg Tiburon Campus Master Plan {{!}} Campus Planning |url=https://plan.sfsu.edu/rtcmp |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=plan.sfsu.edu}}

The campus will soon close due to financial struggles.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=SFSU's Romberg Tiburon Campus to close amidst budget cuts |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/109990/campus/sfsus-romberg-tiburon-campus-to-close-amidst-budget-cuts/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

File:Inside Delta Hall, Oct30, 2023.png

There are eight occupied buildings at the campus.{{Cite web |title=Estuary & Ocean Science Center {{!}} Facilities Services |url=https://facilities.sfsu.edu/eoscenter |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=facilities.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Visit Our Offices {{!}} San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |url=https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/visit-our-offices |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu}}

• Bay Conference Center (BCC){{Cite web |title=Bay Conference Center {{!}} Estuary & Ocean Science Center |url=https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu/bcc |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=eoscenter.sfsu.edu}}
• Delta Hall
• Estuary Hall
• Farallon Hall
• Greenhouse
• Ohrenschall Guest House
• N. Barracks
• S. Barracks

San Francisco State University is part of the California State University system. The CSU is governed by a 25-member Board of Trustees who oversee the system's chancellor.{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}} The president of SFSU reports to the chancellor and oversees six cabinet units. Cabinet units collaborate via 16 committees and work in conjunction with three semi-independent 501(c)(3) organizations that support the university.{{Cite web |title=About Campus Governance {{!}} Administration & Finance |url=https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/campus-governance |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=adminfin.sfsu.edu}} Each cabinet, except the Office of the President, is led by a vice president.{{Cite web |title=Administrative Officers < San Francisco State University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/about-sfsu/admin-officers/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=bulletin.sfsu.edu}} The vice president of Academic Affairs is also university's provost and oversees 15 administrative units, including the university's seven colleges. Each college is led by a dean and consists of departments, led by department chairs, and schools, led by directors.{{Cite web |title=About Academic Affairs {{!}} Academic Affairs and the Office of the Provost |url=https://academic.sfsu.edu/about-aa |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=academic.sfsu.edu}} Departments and schools are at the same administrative level.

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• Frederic Lister Burk (1899–1924){{Cite journal |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |date=2019-02-01 |title=San Francisco State University Archives |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/ch/article/96/1/33/33533/San-Francisco-State-University-Archives |journal=California History |language=en |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=33–45 |doi=10.1525/ch.2019.96.1.33 |s2cid=166317280 |issn=0162-2897}}[http://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/burk.htm Centennial Historical Presidents], San Francisco State University
• Archibald B. Anderson (1924–1927)
• Mary A. Ward (Acting President, 1927){{Cite web |title=President Mary A. Ward |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/ward.htm |website=University Communications, SFSU}}
• Alexander C. Roberts (1927–1945)
• J. Paul Leonard (1945–1957){{Cite news |date=1995-03-01 |title=J. Paul Leonard, 93, University President |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/01/obituaries/j-paul-leonard-93-university-president.html |access-date=2022-08-04 |issn=0362-4331}}
• Glenn Dumke (1957–1961){{cite web |date=July 1, 1989 |title=Dr. Glenn S. Dumke, 72, Is Dead; Was California Universities' Head |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DA163DF932A35754C0A96F948260 |access-date=2008-11-23 |work=The New York Times }}
• Frank L. Fenton (1961–1962)
• Paul A. Dodd (1962–1965)
• Stanley F. Paulson (1965–1966)
• John Summerskill (1966–1968)
• Robert R. Smith (1968)
• S. I. Hayakawa (1968–1973)
• Paul F. Romberg (1973–1983)
• Chia-Wei Woo (1983–1988)
• Robert A. Corrigan (1988–2012)
• Leslie Wong (2012–2019){{cite news |last=Asimov |first=Nanette |date=May 11, 2012 |title=Leslie Wong is named president of S.F. State |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Leslie-Wong-is-named-president-of-S-F-State-3550577.php |work=SFGATE |location=San Francisco |access-date=2018-08-13 }}
• Lynn Mahoney (2019–present){{cite news |date=May 22, 2019 |title=Lynn Mahoney Appointed President of San Francisco State University

|url=http://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/lynn-mahoney-appointed-president-san-francisco-state-university}}

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The university has a four-year graduation rate of 29% and a six-year graduation rate of 48.8%.{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2024 |title=Institutional Research 4-year Graduation Rate Data |url=https://webfocus.sfsu.edu/ibi_apps/run.bip?BIP_REQUEST_TYPE=BIP_RUN&BIP_folder=IBFS%253A%252FWFC%252FRepository%252FPublic%252FRe&BIP_item=TRAD_GRAD4.htm}}{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2024 |title=Institutional Research 6-year Graduation Rate Data |url=https://webfocus.sfsu.edu/ibi_apps/run.bip?BIP_REQUEST_TYPE=BIP_RUN&BIP_folder=IBFS%253A%252FWFC%252FRepository%252FPublic%252FRe&BIP_item=TRAD_GRAD4.htm}} The student-faculty ratio at SFSU was 22.6:1 in Spring 2024.{{Cite web |title=Student-to-Faculty Ratios |url=https://webfocus.sfsu.edu/ibi_apps/run.bip?BIP_REQUEST_TYPE=BIP_LAUNCH&BIP_folder=IBFS%253A%252FWFC%252FRepository%252FIR_Public%252FProgReview%252FSFR_CourseLevel%252F&BIP_item=SFR.htm |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=webfocus.sfsu.edu}}

As of 2024, the university has 1,834 faculty comprising 783 tenured or tenure-track faculty, 1039 lecturers, and 12 counselors.

The university's seven colleges are:

• College of Liberal & Creative Arts{{Cite web |title=College of Liberal & Creative Arts {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://lca.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=lca.sfsu.edu}}
• Lam Family College of Business{{Cite web |title=Innovate Sustainably. Lead Responsibly. {{!}} Lam Family College of Business |url=https://cob.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cob.sfsu.edu}}
• College of Ethnic Studies{{Cite web |title=College of Ethnic Studies {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu}}
• College Health and Social Sciences{{Cite web |title=College of Health & Social Sciences {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://chss.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=chss.sfsu.edu}}
• College of Science and Engineering{{Cite web |title=The College of Science & Engineering (CoSE) {{!}} College of Science & Engineering |url=https://cose.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cose.sfsu.edu}}
• Graduate College of Education{{Cite web |title=Graduate College of Education {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://gcoe.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=gcoe.sfsu.edu}}
• College of Professional & Global Education{{Cite web |title=College of Professional and Global Education (CPaGE) {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Bay Area, California Continuing Education / Extension Classes + Certificates |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}

SFSU offers 126 bachelor's degree programs across its seven colleges.

The most popular undergraduate majors are Business Administration, Psychology, Biology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice Studies, Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education, Cinema, Physical Education, and Nursing.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Majors |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/san-francisco-state-university/majors/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Niche |language=en}}

The College of Health and Social Sciences also offers accelerated Bachelor of Science degrees in nursing in partnership with the City College of San Francisco and College of San Mateo.{{Cite web |title=ADN-BSN {{!}} School of Nursing |url=https://www.nursing.sfsu.edu/adn-bsn |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.nursing.sfsu.edu}}

SFSU offers 37 blended bachelor's and master's degree programs, called San Francisco State Scholars programs.{{Cite web |title=SF State Scholars (Blended Bachelor's +Master's) Programs {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/scholars-4-1-program |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}} The programs provide students an accelerated path to a graduate degree by allowing students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior years.

The university offers 106 master's degree programs across six colleges: College of Liberal & Creative Arts, Lam Family College of Business, College of Ethnic Studies, College Health and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, and Graduate College of Education.{{Cite web |title=Find Your Graduate Program {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/find-your-graduate-program |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}}

The Graduate College of Education offers two doctoral programs: Ph.D in special education, in partnership with University of California, Berkeley and Ed.D in Educational Leadership.{{Cite web |title=Joint Doctorate in Special Education {{!}} Department of Special Education |url=https://sped.sfsu.edu/content/joint-doctorate |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=sped.sfsu.edu}} The College of Health and Social Sciences offers a DPT program in partnership with University of California, San Francisco. The Graduate College of Education also offers 22 teaching credential programs.

The original Experimental College, known as E.C., was created in 1965 and lasted until 1969. The revived Experimental College, known as EXCO, allows students to create curriculums and teach one-unit courses about any topic. EXCO is part of the Department of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning.{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning {{!}} Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |last=Cortes |first=Luis |title=SFSU Experimental College offers course that teaches cyber hacking, lifestyle and cooking techniques |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/103675/campus-original/sfsu-experimental-college-a-offers-course-that-teaches-cyber-hacking-lifestyle-and-cooking-techniques/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

People without formal admission to the university can enroll in undergraduate or graduate courses on a space-available basis, through the College of Professional & Global Education's Open University program. Up to undergraduate 24 units can be applied towards a bachelor's degree or six units towards a master's degree at SF State. The program costs $395 per unit and is open to everybody except SFSU students. This is the university's concurrent enrollment program.{{Cite web |title=Open University {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/openuniversity |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}

ElderCollege is a noncredit program provided by the College of Professional & Global Education that allows people aged 50 and older to sit in on courses on a space-available basis, with the approval of an instructor. There are no official records of enrollment, attendance, or grades as ElderCollege students participate only for their personal benefit.{{Cite web |title=ElderCollege at San Francisco State University {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Courses for Mature Learners {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/eldercollege |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}} ElderCollege students are expected to attend regularly and participate, but are not expected to take exams or write papers.{{Cite web |title=eldercollege.pdf {{!}} Powered by Box |url=https://sfsu.app.box.com/s/4mkn17lm8obtuu1pt64sjrk93nmgiutn |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=sfsu.app.box.com |language=en-US}}

SFSU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, was founded in 2003. OLLIs are education organizations for older adults that are operated independently. SFSU's OLLI provides six-week courses and "mini courses" intended for people 50 and older, but people under 50 may join.{{Cite web |title=About OLLI {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/about |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/faq |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}} The courses are not for credit. OLLI does not use SFSU's semester calendar and has its own five-session academic calendar in which six-week courses are taught; the sessions are spring, summer, late summer, fall, and winter.{{Cite web |title=Session Dates {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/session-dates |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}} Membership is required to attend six-week courses, while mini courses are open to non-members. Mini courses consist of one to three class meetings and are offered six months per year: January, March, May, July, September, and December.{{Cite web |title=OLLI SF State Courses {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/courses |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}} Courses are either on Zoom or in person at SFSU's Downtown Campus.{{Cite web |title=OLLI SF State Courses {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/mini |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}} OLLI also offers interest groups and social events.{{Cite web |title=Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/index.php/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}

The university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.{{cite web|title=SF State WASC Accreditation|url=http://air.sfsu.edu/wasc/accreditation|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101124011/http://air.sfsu.edu/wasc/accreditation|url-status=dead}} Its colleges and programs are accredited by various commissions.{{Cite web |title=Accreditation {{!}} Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/accreditation |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}

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| USNWR_NU = 204

| Forbes = 137

| Wamo_NU = 76

| QS_W = 1201-1400

| USNWR_W = 1494

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In 2024, SFSU was ranked the 26th top university in the United States by PayScale and CollegeNET's Social Mobility Index university rankings.{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Social Mobility Index |url=http://socialmobilityindex.org/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=Social Mobility Index |publisher=CollegeNET and PayScale}}

The Sutro Library, a branch of the California State Library, houses the largest collection of genealogical records west of Salt Lake City.{{cite news |last=McGrane |first=Sally |date=August 26, 2001 |title=Family Matters / Learning about relatives -- near and far -- expands our sense of self |url=http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Family-Matters-Learning-about-relatives-near-2885163.php |work=SFGATE |location=San Francisco |access-date=2017-09-23 }}

The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, founded in 1954, are housed within the College of Liberal and Creative Arts and contain the nation's largest publicly-accessible collection of poetry on tape.{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=The Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives |url=https://poets.org/listing/poetry-center-american-poetry-archives |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Poets.org}}

In Fall 2023, SFSU's total enrollment was 23,700. This included 20,673 undergraduate students and 3,027 postgraduate students (2,746 graduate students and 281 earning second baccalaureate degrees). 96% of undergraduate students enrolled at the university in 2022 were California residents.

SFSU uses Cal State Apply, the centralized application system for all 23 CSU campuses. There is a $70 fee per application, but fee waivers are available.{{Cite web |title=How To Apply {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/apply/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}}

The university does not use school rank, personal statements and essays, letters of recommendation, legacy status, or standardized test scores in the admissions process.{{Cite web |title=College Navigator - San Francisco State University |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=san+francisco+state+university&s=all&id=122597#admsns |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=nces.ed.gov}}

Once admitted, students pay tuition set by the CSU and fees set by SFSU. The tuition paid by a student depends on whether they're a California resident, the number of units they're enrolled in, and the type of program they're enrolled in.{{Cite web |title=Fees and Expenses < San Francisco State University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/fees-financial-aid/fees-expenses/#undergraduatescheduleoffeestext |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=bulletin.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Fees and Expenses < San Francisco State University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/fees-financial-aid/fees-expenses/#graduatescheduleoffeestext |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=bulletin.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Fees and Expenses < San Francisco State University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/fees-financial-aid/fees-expenses/#certificatescheduleoffeestext |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=bulletin.sfsu.edu}} Fees set by SFSU fund various campus programs.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Xplainer: Fall 2024 tuition and fees |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/107607/xplainer/xplainer-fall-2024-tuition-and-fees/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

CSU employees and their dependents may have their campus fees and part of their tuitions waived.{{Cite web |title=Employee Fee Waiver & Tuition Reduction Program {{!}} Human Resources |url=https://hr.sfsu.edu/employee-fee-waiver-tuition-reduction-program |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=hr.sfsu.edu}} Eligible veterans and their children may have their tuition and fees waived.{{Cite web |title=College Fee Waiver |url=https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetServices/Pages/College-Fee-Waiver.aspx |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=CalVet}}

The university's financial aid office estimates that housing costs will be the bulk the cost of attendance.{{Cite web |title=Cost of Attendance {{!}} Office of Student Financial Aid {{!}} SF State |url=https://financialaid.sfsu.edu/cost-of-attendance |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=financialaid.sfsu.edu}} 64% of students receive some form of financial aid including grants, work-study awards, and loans.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University 2023-2024 Viewbook |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Viewbook2023_accessable.pdf |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=San Francisco State University}}

In 2021, SFSU was ranked fifth for diversity nationwide and third for diversity in the western U.S. by the Wall Street Journal.{{Cite web |title=Wall Street Journal ranks SF State top 5 for diversity nationwide {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/archive/news-story/wall-street-journal-ranks-sf-state-top-5-diversity-nationwide.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite news |date=2021-11-17 |title=Top Colleges in the West for Diversity |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-colleges-in-the-west-for-diversity-11637100489 |access-date=2023-11-26 |issn=0099-9660}}

SFSU has the second largest Asian and Filipino American enrollment percentage in the CSU system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|title=Ethnicity Enrollment Profile|website=www.calstate.edu|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025201228/https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|url-status=dead}}

As of December 2024, SFSU has 288 formally recognized student organizations.{{Cite web |title=- GatorXperience |url=https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=sfsu.campuslabs.com}} In order to receive funding, student organizations must be formally recognized by the Office of Student Activities & Events.{{Cite web |title=Reregister a Club/Organization {{!}} Student Activities & Events |url=https://activities.sfsu.edu/202021-returning-student-club-registration |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=activities.sfsu.edu}} 49 Greek life organizations are formally recognized.{{Cite web |title=Greek Life at SF State {{!}} Student Activities & Events |url=https://activities.sfsu.edu/greek-life-sf-state |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=activities.sfsu.edu}}

SFSU has three on-campus housing neighborhoods: the Central Neighborhood, which only houses first-year students, and the North and South Neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are further divided into housing communities.{{Cite web |title=Residential Community Overview {{!}} University Housing |url=https://housing.sfsu.edu/residential-community-overview |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=housing.sfsu.edu}} Also Parkmerced, a planned neighborhood consisting of high-rise and low-rise apartments, is located immediately south of the university.{{Cite web |title=Student Living |url=https://www.parkmerced.com/studentliving |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Parkmerced |language=en-US}}

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Student Health Services, or SHS, operates out of the Student Health Center.{{Citation |title=Making the most of the Health Center at SFSU | date=November 30, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_-suHfwjo |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Student Health Services - San Francisco State University - LocalWiki |url=https://localwiki.org/sfsu/Student_Health_Services |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=localwiki.org}} Primary care, vaccinations, x-rays, pharmacy services, gynecology services, and STI testing are some of the services provided.{{Cite web |title=Student Health Services {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://health.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=health.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Sexual Health Services at Student Health Services - San Francisco State University - LocalWiki |url=https://localwiki.org/sfsu/Sexual_Health_Services_at_Student_Health_Services |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=localwiki.org}} Many of the services are low-cost or provided at no charge to students.{{Cite web |title=Nutrition Clinic {{!}} Health Promotion & Wellness |url=https://wellness.sfsu.edu/nutrition-clinic |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=wellness.sfsu.edu}} In 2023, state law required abortion services to be provided at all SHS locations, which are located at all CSU campuses.{{Cite web |last=Alonso |first=Johanna |title=Abortions on Campus |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/24/california-universities-launch-abortion-services |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}} SHS is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The main recreation facility at SF State, Mashouf Wellness Center, opened in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Green-designed Mashouf Wellness Center opens its doors {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/archive/news-story/green-designed-mashouf-wellness-center-opens-its-doors.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=news.sfsu.edu}} It is named after Manny Mashouf, who donated $10 million towards the $86.5 million construction costs.{{Cite web |last=Dunaway |first=Dayvon |title=Future wellness center named after alumni donor |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/60609/latest/news/mashouf-wellness-center-named/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} The LEED Platinum certified, 118,700-square-foot facility features two heated pools, a hot tub, a sauna, a 41-foot climbing wall, fitness studios, exercise equipment, an indoor running track, a racquetball court, a two basketball courts, a multipurpose activities court.{{Cite web |title=Mashouf Wellness Center {{!}} Campus Recreation |url=https://campusrec.sfsu.edu/MWC |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=campusrec.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Mashouf Wellness Center |url=https://www.wrnsstudio.com/project/san-francisco-state-university-mashouf-wellness-center/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=WRNS Studio |language=en-US}} It was also the university's first LEED rated building.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-19 |title=San Francisco State University, Mashouf Wellness Center by WRNS Studio |url=https://www.dexigner.com/news/31703 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=www.dexigner.com |language=en}}

In addition, the university's Gymnasium building has a pool and multi-use spaces. The building is mostly used for basketball, volleyball, badminton, and indoor soccer events.{{Cite web |title=Gymnasium {{!}} Campus Recreation |url=https://campusrec.sfsu.edu/Gymnasium |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=campusrec.sfsu.edu}}

Named after the university's fourth president, the J. Paul Leonard Library houses a collection that includes government documents, maps, sound and visual recordings, in addition to books.{{Cite web |title=Library Facts & Figures {{!}} J. Paul Leonard Library |url=https://library.sfsu.edu/library-facts-figures |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=library.sfsu.edu}} Approximately 75% of the library's circulating collection is stored in its 45-foot-tall library retrieval system, which was installed between 2008 and 2012, when the library building underwent a renovation and expansion, adding more than 140,000 square feet; also, the addition of the system, which can store approximately a million items, removed the need for book stacks, freeing up space for other uses.{{Cite web |last=Boul |first=Bruce |date=2012-04-12 |title=J. Paul Leonard Library and Sutro Library {{!}} Higher Education |url=https://hmcarchitects.com/news/j-paul-leonard-library-and-sutro-library/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=HMC Architects |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Michelle |title=UPDATE: SF State library installing doors, windows during final stages of construction |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/7656/uncategorized/library-update/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Inside the Library Retrieval System |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/105120/campus-original/inside-the-library-retrieval-system/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

The library building was constructed in three phases in 1953, 1959 and 1971 and used to only house the J. Paul Leonard Library. After the expansion and renovation, the Sutro Library was moved to the fifth and sixth floors of the building.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University J. Paul Leonard Library {{!}} Higher Education |url=https://hmcarchitects.com/portfolio/higher-education/san-francisco-state-university-j-paul-leonard-library/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=HMC Architects |language=en-US}}

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The Sutro Library is a branch of the California State Library on the main campus of the university. The foundation of the library's collection was assembled by former San Francisco mayor Adolph Sutro. The library was deeded to the State of California by Sutro's heirs with the stipulation that it never leave the city limits of San Francisco, filling his desire to provide the city with a public research library. It was formally given to California State Library in 1913, and opened to the public in 1917.{{Cite web |title=San Francisco Call 28 December 1917 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19171228.2.201&srpos=7&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22sutro+library%22-------1 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}} Notably, half of the Sutro collection survived the "Great Fire" after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.{{Citation |title=Sutro Library, California State Library |work=The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue |year=2011 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230360341.0063 |access-date=2020-09-22 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |doi=10.1057/9780230360341.0063 |isbn=978-0-230-36034-1}}{{Cite book |last=Dillon |first=Richard H. |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31210025350297 |title=The anatomy of a library. |date=1970 |publisher=[Sacramento? |hdl=2027/uc1.31210025350297}} Collection highlights include 125,000 rare books, antiquarian maps, and archival collections, as well as a genealogical library.

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The student government is known as Associated Students Inc. of SF State.{{Cite web |title=Associated Students: Your Student Government {{!}} Dean of Students (DOS) |url=https://dos.sfsu.edu/associated-students-your-student-government |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=dos.sfsu.edu}} Associated Students provides funding for student organizations and operates the Cesar Chavez Student Center, the Early Childhood Education Center, two food pantry programs, a book loan program, a weekly farmers' market, and many other programs and events.{{Cite web |title=Associated Students |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Palma |first=Oscar |title=A guide to Associated Students' 13 programs for financial assistance, childcare and more |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/100091/campus-original/a-guide-to-associated-students-13-programs-for-financial-assistance-childcare-and-more/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}

The Cesar Chavez Student Center was built in the mid-1960s with a capacity of 12,000 students.{{cite book |last= Yee|first=Roger |issue=1 |author-link= |date= 2002|title=Educational Environments |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9kds0NbA0UC |location= |publisher=HarperCollins |page= |isbn=978-1-58471-061-5}} Around 2002, it was renovated and expanded to 142,160 square feet across five floors with a capacity of over 30,000. The building includes staff and student offices, a 500-seat auditorium, conference rooms, an art gallery, a multi-cultural center, student lounges, restaurants, a bookstore, and additional restrooms. In 2003, the Filipino American Community Mural at the center was unveiled, becoming the first Filipino-American mural on a CSU campus.{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |editor=Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales |editor2=E.J.R. David |editor3=Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal|date=September 13, 2022 |title= The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bmN7EAAAQBAJ|location= |publisher= Sage Publications|page=674 |isbn=9781071828977}}

Project Rebound is a special admissions and support program for formerly incarcerated people.{{Cite web |title=Project Rebound |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/project-rebound |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Associated Students SFSU|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2024 |title=Project Rebound |url=https://future.sfsu.edu/programs/project-rebound}} It was founded by John Irwin, a professor of sociology, in 1967.{{Cite web |last=Al-Khasib |first=Sabeen |title=Road to Redemption: Project Rebound |url=https://thepioneeronline.com/47101/campus/road-to-redemption-project-rebound/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=The Pioneer}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-29 |title=Project Rebound Celebrates 50 Years of Educating Former Prisoners |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11619934/project-rebound-celebrates-50-years-of-educating-former-prisoners |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KQED |language=en-us}} After Irwin served five years at Soledad State Prison in the 1950s for armed robbery, he wanted to create a program that provided educational support to people like him.{{cite book |last1= Bates|first1=Kristin A. |last2= Swan| first2= Richelle S.|author-link= |date=March 28, 2023 |title= Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHeoEAAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=SAGE Publications |page= |isbn=9781071862278}} The program has grown since its founding at SFSU, with 15 CSU campuses now having Project Rebound programs.{{Cite web |title=History of Project Rebound |url=https://www.csueastbay.edu/projectrebound/history-of-project-rebound.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.csueastbay.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Project Rebound {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/student-success/project-rebound |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}

The annual event started as a joke when a student, Franko Ali, made a Facebook group called "RAVE IN THE ANNEX – Approved if 15,000 SF State Students join this group."{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/174380578116 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.facebook.com}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Destroy Lonely to headline 13th Annual Rhythms Music Festival |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/106404/ae/destroy-lonely-to-headline-13th-annual-rhythms-music-festival/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} Over 5,000 people joined. In 2010, a year after Ali made the group, he was elected to the student government. A three-day music festival resulted. The first festival took place in March 2011.

Del the Funky Homosapien, and K Theory also performed in 2012. In 2020, the event was planned to be held at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion instead of the Annex but was canceled due to the pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Destroy Lonely to headline 13th Annual Rhythms Music Festival |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/106404/ae/destroy-lonely-to-headline-13th-annual-rhythms-music-festival/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} In 2021, the festival was held over Zoom.{{Cite web |title=RHYTHMS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021: Opener Show |url=https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/7020676 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=sfsu.campuslabs.com |language=en}} Phony Ppl also performed in 2022. Redveil also performed in 2024.

Associated Students hosted the annual San Francisco State College Folk Festival from 1962 to 1970.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/san-francisco-1966-folk-festival|title = San Francisco 1966 Folk Festival Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images}}*https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-may-02-1966-p-2/

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• http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_SF_State_College.htm{{Cite web |title=That Be-Bop-A-Lula Cat – Jungle Records |url=https://junglerecords.fi/tuote/vincent-gene-that-be-bop-a-lula-cat/}} The 2nd Annual Folk Festival included performances by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections - Libraries - Northwestern University |url=https://digitalcollections.library.northwestern.edu/items/7dac2f01-b9d5-44a7-8be5-5660c4d90271}}File:SFSU Bike Repair Station.jpg

SFSU was designated by the League of American Bicyclists as a bronze-level bicycle friendly university in 2016.{{Cite web |title=SF State on a roll to becoming a more bike-friendly university {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/archive/news-story/sf-state-roll-becoming-more-bike-friendly-university.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2023 |title=All Current BFU Awards through 2023 |url=https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BFU_Award_List_2023_ALL_BY_STATE.pdf |access-date=May 28, 2024 |website=League of American Bicyclists}}

From 1996 to 2017, there was a staffed, enclosed bike storage area in a parking garage the rear of the Gymnasium building.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-04 |title=Fall 2015 Issue 11 by Golden Gate Xpress - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/goldengatexpress/docs/merged_0bb825e69ff445 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Bike Parking & Routes {{!}} PARKING & TRANSPORTATION |url=https://parking.sfsu.edu/bike-parking-routes |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=parking.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPVhEkwj5Y |title=SFSU: Campus bike barn |date=2011-03-09 |last=unofficialcampustour |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}} The Bike Barn had the capacity for up to 200 bicycles, skateboards, and scooters.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-01 |title=One New California Bicycle Friendly University: S.F. State - Streetsblog California |url=https://cal.streetsblog.org/2016/12/01/one-new-california-bicycle-friendly-university-s-f-state |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=cal.streetsblog.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Support for Sustainable Transportation {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Scorecard {{!}} Institutions {{!}} STARS Reports |url=https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/san-francisco-state-university-ca/report/2017-02-15/OP/transportation/OP-18/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |language=en-US}} It was closed due to lack of usage and funding.{{Cite web |title=Support for Sustainable Transportation {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Scorecard {{!}} Institutions {{!}} STARS Reports |url=https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/san-francisco-state-university-ca/report/2018-06-08/OP/transportation/OP-18/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |language=en-US}} It suffered from a lack of funding, maintenance, and publicity before it closed.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-30 |title=Students Suggest Ways to Get Peers Biking to SF State University - Streetsblog San Francisco |url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/09/29/students-suggest-ways-to-get-peers-biking-to-sf-state-university |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=sf.streetsblog.org |language=en}}

Golden Gate Xpress is the university's daily online student newspaper.{{Cite web |title=Golden Gate Xpress |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}{{Cite web |title=Department of Journalism {{!}} College of Liberal & Creative Arts |url=https://journalism.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=journalism.sfsu.edu}} The university's newspaper has changed names several times, but its history can be traced back to 1899.{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/about/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} Golden Gate Xpress has been awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press, College Media Association, and the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.{{Cite web |title=ACP - Pacemaker 100 |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2021/07/08/pacemaker-100/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Awards and Honors {{!}} Department of Journalism |url=https://journalism.sfsu.edu/awards-and-honors |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=journalism.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |last=jstone |date=2023-10-31 |title=CMA 2023 Pinnacle Award Winners |url=https://collegemedia.org/cma-2023-pinnacle-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=College Media Association |language=en-US}}

Xpress Magazine is a free student magazine published during the fall and spring semesters. Four issues are published per semester, two of which are also printed. The magazine was originally known as Prism and dates back December 1969. In October 1999, the magazine was published for the first time under its current name.{{Cite web |title=Xpress Magazine |url=https://xpressmagazine.org/about-2/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Xpress Magazine}} Xpress Magazine has been awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press.{{Cite web |title=ACP - ACP names top student magazines |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2022/09/26/2022-magazine-pacemaker-finalists/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}

The university's Strategic Marketing and Communications department publishes SF State Magazine. The semiannual publication is mailed to over 80,000 alumni.{{Cite web |title=SF State Magazine {{!}} CASE |url=https://www.case.org/awards/circle-excellence/2021/sf-state-magazine |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.case.org |language=en}}

Since 1950, undergraduate students in the Creative Writing department have published Transfer Magazine, featuring literature and art by SFSU students.{{Cite web |title=Transfer 119.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/17GLpYP_qeb1tBWj-ilK-16Ip9YYpI-qd/view?pli=1&usp=embed_facebook&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Google Docs}}{{Cite web |title=Alumni & Student Publications & Department Publications {{!}} Department of Creative Writing |url=https://creativewriting.sfsu.edu/alumni-student-publications-department-publications |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=creativewriting.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-28 |title=Arielle Jones; Fiction Editor of Transfer Magazine and Runway Model |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/san-francisco/arielle-jones-fiction-editor-transfer-magazine-and-runway-model/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}

Creative Writing graduate students have published Fourteen Hills, an international literary journal, since 1994.{{Cite web |date=2009-03-12 |title=Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review |url=https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/fourteen_hills_the_sfsu_review |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Poets & Writers |language=en}}

Students enrolled in Urban Planning and Studies courses at the university have been publishing Urban Action, an annual journal consisting of research papers, photo essays, and other works. The journal started in 1979.{{Cite web |title=Urban Action Journal {{!}} School of Public Affairs & Civic Engagement |url=https://pace.sfsu.edu/urban-action-journal |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=pace.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=About the Journal {{!}} Urban Action |url=https://journals.calstate.edu/ua/about |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=journals.calstate.edu}}

Since 2016, the Department of English Language and Literature has published Sutro Review: SF State Journal for Undergraduate Composition, an academic journal for writing and art by undergraduates, edited by graduate students.{{Cite web |title=Sutro Review {{!}} Department of English Language and Literature |url=https://english.sfsu.edu/sutro-review |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=english.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.sutroreview.com/about.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Sutro Review |language=en}}

KSFS is a college radio station run by Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) students, streaming online, at 100.7 on Comcast Cable radio in San Francisco, and at 88.1 FM near or at the main campus.*{{cite web|url=http://userwww.sfsu.edu:80/~ksfs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406081440/http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ksfs/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2005|title=KSFS|date=6 April 2005|website=sfsu.edu|via=archive.org|access-date=10 September 2018|df=mdy-all}}

• {{cite web|url=http://baylindo.com/bayradio|title=radio Guide|website=baylindo.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentPrint.aspx?id=7160|title=Media List|website=City of Berkeley|access-date=10 September 2018}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/local/KSFS-1007-FM/1442410465982100/|title=KSFS 100.7 F.M|website=facebook.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/RADIO-WAVES-2558460.php|title=RADIO WAVES|date=4 December 2005|website=sfgate.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}{{Cite web |title=KSFS Radio: Embrace the Chaos |url=https://www.becamedia.net/home/ksfsradio/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=SF State News |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2004/fall/161.htm |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}

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The university's intercollegiate athletics teams, the Gators, compete in NCAA Division II and are a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (wrestling competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference). SFSU fields 12 sports: men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's baseball, wrestling, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and softball.

The Gators have also produced 13 National Football League players, including Billy Baird, Elmer Collett, Maury Duncan, Carl Kammerer, Douglas Parrish, and Floyd Peters. Mike Holmgren got his collegiate coaching start as the team's Offensive Coordinator in 1981. The football program ended in 1995.

SF State has produced three Major League Baseball players, two of whom became All-Stars (former Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson, and former Brewers and Red Sox outfielder Tommy Harper). The soccer program has had one player enter the professional ranks. Jared MacLane played in the soccer Professional First Division in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

SF State Wrestling sent a wrestler to a national championship meet every year from 1963–64 to 2016–17.{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2017 |title=WRE {{!}} Season concludes at NCAA Regionals |url=http://www.sfstategators.com/news/2017/2/25/wrestling-wre-season-concludes-at-ncaa-regionals.aspx?path=wres |access-date=2017-03-28 |website=SF State Athletics}}

As of 2024, the Gators have earned one NCAA team championship at the Division II level, a 1997 wrestling championship.{{cite web |title=Championships Summary |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |access-date=March 3, 2024 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association}}{{Cite web |title=Division II Wrestling Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/2016-17/D2.pdf |access-date=19 August 2019 |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association}}

In the early 20th century, collegiate sports at SFSU became more popular, creating a need for a team name, and the search for a mascot started in 1921.{{cite book |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |author-link= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d2ZlX0SwMVIC |title=San Francisco State University |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738555669 |location= |page=35}} The university's newspaper at the time, the Bay Leaf, asked for suggestions for a mascot.{{Cite web |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |title=LibGuides: SFSU Archives: Mascot |url=https://libguides.sfsu.edu/sfstatearchives/mascot |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=libguides.sfsu.edu |language=en}} Students suggested an alligator named "Golden Gater" in reference to the Golden Gate.{{Cite web |title=Alli the Gator {{!}} New Student & Family Programs |url=https://newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu/alli-gator |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Why is SF State's mascot a 'Gator?' |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/why-is-sf-states-mascot-a-gator/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KRON4 |language=en-US}} Students voted in favor of the name and the alligator choice was finalized in 1931, but after numerous misspellings by the newspaper, use of "Golden Gator" stuck.{{Cite web |title=Why is SF State's mascot a Gator? - Library Help |url=https://sfsu.libanswers.com/specialcollections/faq/374281 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=sfsu.libanswers.com}} In the beginning, two female students were chosen each year as alligator mascots. The mascot's name was shortened to the Gator, and became Alli Gator in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Alli Gator gets a glow up {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/news/alli-gator-gets-glow |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}

{{Main|List of San Francisco State University people}}SF State's past and present faculty and alumni include 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, 16 Academy Award winners, 49 Emmy Award winners, 10 Grammy Award winners, 12 Tony Award laureates.{{cite web |date=2022 |title=About the University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/about-sfsu/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |publisher=San Francisco State University}}

File:Shima and Mazor cropped.jpg|Stanley Mazor, co-inventor of the microprocessor

File:Yvonne Cagle.jpg|Yvonne Cagle, NASA astronaut

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File:Ben&Donald-1-cropped.jpg|Ben Fong-Torres, journalist for Rolling Stone and the San Francisco Chronicle

File:Rep. Kevin Mullin official portrait, 118th Congress (1).jpg|Kevin Mullin, U.S. Congressman, 2022–present

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File:BDWongNYCJune08.jpg|BD Wong, actor

File:Mohammad Javad Zarif 2014.jpg|Mohammad Javad Zarif, Former Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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File:Oscar Zeta Acosta, Las Vegas 1971.jpg|Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, politician, novelist and activist

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File:Ronnie Schell.JPG|Ronnie Schell, comedian and actor, co-starred as Duke on Gomer Pyle: USMC

File:NOFX @ Arena Joondalup (12 12 2010) (5272638037).jpg|Michael Burkett, a.k.a. Fat Mike, lead vocalist for NOFX

File:Michael Medved in 2016.jpg|Michael Medved, author and radio talk show host

File:Nina Hartley AEE 2013.jpg|Nina Hartley, pornographic actress, activist and educator

File:Jose Antonio Vargas 2018.jpg|Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and CSU trustee

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