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San Jose State University
- Location & Contact Information
- Address, Directions, & Map:
- One Washington Square, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Telephone Numbers: 408-924-1000
- Official Website: [1]
- Address, Directions, & Map:
- History & Memorable Moments
What is now called San José State was founded by the California Legislature on May 2, 1862, as the California State Normal School when the state of California took over the Minns' Evening Normal School, also known as the San Francisco Normal School, a city funded normal school in San Francisco, California. The school moved to San José in 1871, and was given Washington Square Park at Fourth and San Carlos Streets to locate its campus, where it remains to this day. [1]
In 1881, the first branch campus of the California State Normal School was announced, which later became the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). To commemorate San José's identity as the original California State, the bell pictured at right was forged with the words "California State Normal School, A.D. 1881". After creation of the Los Angeles campus, the San José campus was officially known as the California State Normal School, San José. Six years later in 1887, the school was renamed the "State Normal School" by the California Legislature. [1]
In 1921, the school's name was changed to the State Teachers College at San Jose. In 1935, the State Teachers Colleges became the California State Colleges, administered from the State Department of Education in Sacramento. As a result, the school's name was changed again, this time to San Jose State College. In 1961, the California State Colleges became a separate entity (later the California State University (CSU) system). In 1972, SJSC was granted university status, and the name was changed to California State University, San José. However, in 1974, the California Legislature decided to change the school's name to "San José State University". (Note the addition of the acute accent in "José", reflecting the original Spanish spelling.) [1]
The Justice Studies Department has the distinction of being the first degree-granting program in criminal justice in the United States. The department was founded as the Police School in 1930. A stone monument with a plaque sit close to the site of the original Police School near Tower Hall. [1]
In 1942, the old gym (now named Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, after judo coach Yosh Uchida) was used to register and collect Japanese Americans before sending them to internment camps. Ironically, Uchida's parents and siblings were among those processed in the building. [1]
In 1972–1973 the Economics Department experienced political turmoil. The Administration conducted a purge of left-leaning professors. For several years thereafter, the Economics Department was under censor by the American Association of University Professors. [1]
The English Department has sponsored the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest since 1982. [1]
In 1999, San José State and the City of San José agreed to combine their main libraries to form a joint City/University library located on campus, the first known collaboration of this type in the United States. The combined library faced opposition, with critics stating that the two libraries have very different objectives and that the project would be too expensive. Despite opposition, the project proceeded, and the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Library opened on-time and on-budget in 2003. The new library has won several national awards since its initial opening in 2003. [1]
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- Chekfa, Abdulla (September 2001 - Present)
- Fleischer, Samuel X. (January 2002 - Present)
- Thornburg, Stacey (January 1994 - Present)
- User, Confidential (June 1996 - April 2000)
- Alumni Directory
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- Places of Worship
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