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Undergraduate Colleges /
San Francisco State University |
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Table of Contents |
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History |
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- 1899 - Founded as San Francisco State Normal School
- 1901 - First graduating class
- 1921 - SF Normal School became the SF State Teachers College
- 1923 - First bachelor of arts degree awarded
- 1935 - Renamed San Francisco State College
- 1966 - Beginning of the era of campus riots led by university-subsidized organizations,
including the Students for a
Democratic Society, the Black Students Union, and the Third World
Liberation Front and marked by counter-protests and wide spread charges of corruption and election fraud in the student
newspaper, the Daily Gater, edited by Rolling Stone co-founder Ben Fong-Torres.
- 1972 - Received University status as California State University, San Francisco
- 1974 - Renamed San Francisco State University
- 1999 - Celebrated 100th birthday
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Interesting Fact |
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In 1960, fewer than 8% of adults in the U.S. had graduated from college. Today, nearly 30% of all adults have graduated from college. |
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