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California State University company history timeline

1996

CSU Board of Trustees designated 1996 as the "Year of the Alumni" and selected Cal State LA alumnus Larry Adamson '74 as the first "Alumnus of the Year."

1998

Cal State LA’s Mini Baja vehicle (car #7) won first place overall at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 1998 Mini Baja West competition.

1999

Cal State LA’s Mini Baja vehicle (car #38) finished first place overall at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 1999 Mini Baja West competition, winning first place awards in the endurance and acceleration challenges as well.

The Division of Continuing Education opened the Pasadena Training Center as home to the Center on Child Welfare--established in 1999 by the University’s School of Health and Human Services.

2000

BalletFest 2000, Southern California’s first summer ballet festival, is inaugurated on the Cal State LA campus.

2000 - A second Student Trustee position is created.

2001

Cal State L.A. alumna Rosario Marin ’83 confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2001, and sworn in as the 41st Treasurer of the United States on August 16, 2001.

2004

Placing seventh overall, Cal State L.A.’s Mini Baja vehicle (car #23) was California’s first-place winner at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 2004 Mini Baja West competition.

2005

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Carlos Gutiérrez as the 2005 United States Professor of the Year in the Master’s University and College category.

2005 - California State University, Hayward is renamed California State University, East Bay.

In 2005, the CSU was authorized to independently offer Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree programs for educational administrators.

2006

Groundbreaking for the future Los Angeles Regional Crime Laboratory (formally named as the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in 2006) serving the entire Los Angeles community.

2009

Achieving 1,092 miles per gallon, Cal State LA’s student-built supermileage vehicle, Super Eagle, placed third at the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Supermileage® competition in Marshall, Michigan.

2010

2010 - The California State University celebrates its 50th anniversary.

2011

Cal State LA’s Golden Eagle Pinball Machine won first place in the university division at the 2011 AeroDef Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference Manufacturing Challenge, an exciting hands-on competition to engage future generations in technology and manufacturing.

2012

William L. Belan, an emeritus professor of music at Cal State LA, awarded a 2012-13 Fulbright award to travel to Costa Rica.

2013

2013 - The Cal State Concurrent Enrollment Program debuts.

2014

2014 - The CSU STEM VISTA Program launches to increase the number of students, especially from underrepresented communities, graduating with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees.

2014 - The California State University surpasses 3 million living alumni, marking the milestone with the “Class of 3 Million" celebration.

2018

2018 - For the first time in the CS​U's history, a majority of the campus presidents are female, with 12 of the 23 campuses being led by women.

The 12 women presidents of the CSU in 2018.​

2020

In May 2020, it was announced that all 23 institutions within the CSU system would host majority-online courses in the Fall 2020 semester as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on education.

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