California State University, Fullerton

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The California State University, Fullerton ( CSUF also, Fullerton State or Cal State Fullerton called ) is a State University in Fullerton, Orange County in the U.S. state of California. With 35,970 students, it is one of the largest universities in the California State University system.

History

The CSUF was founded in 1957 as Orange County State College and adopted in September 1959 with 452 students at that time the teaching on. 1962, the name was changed to Orange State College in 1964 and California State College at Fullerton. In June 1972, she finally received its current name.

Since the turn of the millennium, the university has grown rapidly. What led to the CSU Fullerton during the fall semester with 37,130 students, the highest number of enrollments had all 23 locations of the CSU.

Courses of Study

The courses offered umfass among other

  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Health and Human Development
  • Engineering and computer science
  • Communication Sciences
  • Arts
  • Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Education
  • Economics

Sports

The sports teams are called the CSUF Titans. The university is a member of the Big West Conference. On the grounds of the University is the titanium high school, in the play the volleyball and basketball teams.

The choice of the elephant, the Tuffy the Titan was named as the mascot of the university dates from the early 1960s as the campus the first university - elephant race of human history hosted. The event attracted 10,000 spectators, 15 pachyderm, a telegram from Richard M. Nixon and worldwide coverage.

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