California State University, San Bernardino

California State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB, is a state-funded university in the suburban "University District" in San Bernardino, California, and is part of the 23-campus California State University System. CSUSB was founded in 1965. Enrollment annually tops 17,000. CSUSB's satellite campus in Palm Desert, founded in 1986, is notable for having been built entirely with private funds. Amid grape vi... more

California State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB, is a state-funded university in the suburban "University District" in San Bernardino, California, and is part of the 23-campus California State University System. CSUSB was founded in 1965. Enrollment annually tops 17,000. CSUSB's satellite campus in Palm Desert, founded in 1986, is notable for having been built entirely with private funds. Amid grape vineyards, brush and wildlife, Cal State San Bernardino opened in 1965 with 293 students and 30 faculty members. Two years later, 59 students received degrees as the new college graduated its first class. Today, the university has more than 17,000 students and some 65,000 alumni. John Pfau, the college’s founding president who began doing the early groundwork for the new college in 1962, served for 20 years and was succeeded by Anthony Evans, who served as the university’s president from 1982-1997. CSUSB’s third president, Albert Karnig, began... less