The San Francisco State of Mind
For more than a century, SF State has reflected the forward thinking of the city in which it is located. The University was the first in the nation to establish an International Relations Department, a Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives in a university setting as well as the only College of Ethnic Studies in the U.S. In addition to these historical firsts, SF State is best known for its pioneering commitment to equity and social justice.
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Climate Change
Since its Gold Rush beginnings, the city of San Francisco has been internationally known as a place of innovation. The same came be said of San Francisco State University. From its roots in 1899 as a teacher-training school to its recognition today as a major urban university, SF State has reflected the forward thinking of the city in which it's located. This is a place where change is always in the air.
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Limitless Horizons
The students and faculty at San Francisco State University represent a range of ethnic groups, cultures, and life experiences. In fact, it's been said that when you walk across this campus, you experience the world.
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Daily Discoveries
When she's not peering through one of the world's most powerful telescopes, Debra Fischer is opening minds to the wonders of the cosmos inside her classroom at San Francisco State University. An internationally renowned planet-hunter, Fischer, an associate professor of astronomy, has helped locate more than 150 of the 250-plus planets found outside our solar system. At SF State, she is encouraging the next generation of astronomers to make their own scientific discoveries.
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Creativity Soars at SF State
Guiding gifted poets, playwrights and fiction writers is a long-standing tradition at SF State. Graduates of the Creative Writing Department include best-selling authors Anne Rice, Po Bronson and Ernest Gaines, Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Schultz and Carol Muske-Dukes, California's poet laureate.
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The Campus of the Future
SF State's master plan envisions a future campus with more green space, new housing, teaching and research facilities, improved connections to the surrounding community and a continued commitment to environmental sustainability. The goal: "become the nation's preeminent public university."
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Training the Leaders of Tomorrow
At SF State, where alumnus Willie L. Brown, Jr.'s political career was launched with the help of mentors, friends and professors, the new Willie L. Brown, Jr. Leadership Center is educating and preparing students to meet the 21st century challenges of governing and managing cities, counties and regional governments and organizations.