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California State University, Sacramento (also known as Sacramento State or Sac State) is a public university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 located in the city of Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. It is part of the California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 system. The university has a total enrollment of approximately 29,000 students.

The 2007 US News and World Report collegiate rankings ranked Sacramento State as the 57th-best Masters-level university in the West.

efforts to get a four-year university in Sacramento date back to the 1920s, however Bay Area politics prevented the founding until 1947.






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California State University, Sacramento (also known as Sacramento State or Sac State) is a public university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 located in the city of Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. It is part of the California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 system. The university has a total enrollment of approximately 29,000 students.

The 2007 US News and World Report collegiate rankings ranked Sacramento State as the 57th-best Masters-level university in the West.

History


Early History

The efforts to get a four-year university in Sacramento date back to the 1920s, however Bay Area politics prevented the founding until 1947. The University's colors green and gold symbolize the green of the foothills and trees, and gold for discovery.

The university was founded as Sacramento State College in 1947 during a time of intense demand for higher education after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. At the time of its founding, Sac State shared space at Sacramento Junior College
Sacramento City College

Sacramento City College is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 22,197 for the Spring 2008 semester....
.

By 1953, the school had moved to its permanent location on the banks of the American River
American River

The American River located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for being the site of Sutter's Mill, Ordinal direction of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush....
. Jackrabbits were a problem in the early years and landscapers were permitted to shoot them on sight. Sacramento State became part of the California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 system in 1960, and in 1972, the university changed its name to California State University, Sacramento.

The university underwent a major expansion in the Korean War
Korean War

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953....
 years, with the 'heart' of the campus residing in what was then Douglass Hall, Shasta Hall, and buildings housing the Math, Science, and History departments. These buildings are now scheduled for demolition, which will soon create a campus greenbelt spanning from the library to the dorms.

Sac State came within hours of being deliberately flooded in 1986, as officials contemplated blowing floodgates to avoid a massive levee failure in Sacramento
Sacramento

Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
.

Golden Era

Sac State
The period between 1984 and 2003 marked unprecedented growth and budget stability for the University. During this period, the campus nearly doubled in size with the construction of over nearly a dozen academic and service buildings. These include (but are not limited to):
  • University Union expansion
  • Mendocino Hall
  • Riverside Hall
  • Mariposa Hall
  • Library expansion
  • Placer Hall
  • Two Parking garages
  • New Hornet Bookstore (the bookstore recently moved to another new location)
  • Lassen Hall expansion
  • Perimeter road (which eased traffic congestion)


After the construction of Placer Hall, many of the remaining buildings were renamed for California counties. The administration building was aptly renamed "Sacramento Hall".

Sacramento State hosted the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
. Events were held at Hornet Stadium
Hornet Stadium

Hornet Stadium is a 21,195 seat American football stadium in Sacramento, California. It is located at California State University, Sacramento. It was completed in 1969....
 in the Alex Spanos
Alex Spanos

Alexander Gus Spanos, is an United States real estate developer and self-made billionaire of Greeks origin who owns the San Diego Chargers....
 Sports Complex.

Present time

Recently built were the Alumni Center, a continuing education building, a facility for University-licensed public radio stations, the Academic and Information Resource Center (AIRC), and a third parking garage.

In 2004, the school decided to re-brand itself and is now known as Sacramento State (Sac State for short); though students had been referring to the school by this name for years. The official name of the university remains California State University, Sacramento. The terms "CSUS," "Cal State Sacramento", "CSU, Sacramento", and "CS Sacramento" are no longer appropriate per the new Identity Style Guide. The University also adopted a new logo and seal. These replaced the previous design based on the Seal of California
Seal of California

The Great Seal of the State of California was adopted at the California U.S. state Constitutional Convention of 1849 and redesigned in 1937. The seal features the Roman goddess Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and war; a Brown bear feeding on grape vines, representing California's wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture;...
.

In addition, the exact shades of Sacramento States' colors of green and gold were formalized in the 2005 Style Guide:

Color Pantone
Pantone

Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System , a proprietary color space...
 Web Color
Web colors

Web colors are colors used in designing world wide web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors.Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents....
 Red, Green, Blue
343 #00563F (0,86,63)
4515 #BCAD75 (188,173,117)
872 Not applicable Not applicable


Future of Sacramento State - Destination 2010

Sacramento State is in the midst of a huge fundraising effort for its "Destination 2010" campaign, part of its master plan to upgrade the campus to accommodate a growing Sacramento regional population. One of the major additions will be the Recreation and Wellness Center which will be run by the University Union. The Recreation and Wellness Center will be a multi-use facility with courts, weight and fitness rooms, climbing wall, indoor track and a new student health center. Students will be able to exercise, participate in group recreational activities, access healthcare services, study and socialize. Located at the north end of Hornet Stadium and near key campus destinations such as the Union, Library and Parking Structure III, the Center will be a a resource for alumni, faculty and staff. At , it will offer a host of fitness, recreation, and athletic opportunities.

Destination 2010 is an initiative that aims to make Sacramento State a university of choice for prospective students and employees throughout the West. Sac State plans to become a premier metropolitan university and a destination campus. Nearly six decades after its founding, Sacramento State has evolved into a respected regional institution. It attempts to produce graduates who will be leaders in their fields and communities. One in 26 residents of the six-county Sacramento region is a Sacramento State graduate. The University directly and indirectly contributes more than $900 million to the region’s economy annually.

Campus leaders have defined Destination 2010 as follows:

Through Destination 2010, Sac State hopes to:
  • Foster excellent academic and student programs by:
    • Recognizing diversity as vital to developing the “New California”
    • Recruiting the best faculty
    • Continually assessing and strengthening our academic and related co-curricular offerings
    • Utilizing the best in teaching and learning technology
    • Providing comprehensive student services and programs
  • Build a welcoming campus by:
    • Developing beautiful and inviting grounds and facilities
    • Becoming a regional event destination
    • Offering public-friendly campus retailing
    • Create a dynamic physical environment by:
  • Planning effectively and improving our infrastructure
    • Providing excellent academic facilities and support centers
    • Developing residential options for students, faculty and staff
    • Building state-of-the-art campus-life facilities
  • Develop community support by:
    • Increasing Sac State's visibility
    • Expanding Sac State's advocacy base
    • Encouraging broader community financial support


Campus


On-campus

As the sixth largest campus of the 23 state universities in California, the campus is composed of in the city of Sacramento. It lies adjacent to U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California....
.

The campus is bordered by the American River to the East, Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the West, Folsom Boulevard to the South and H Street to the North. The North end of campus is dominated by the Goethe Arboretum
Goethe Arboretum

The Charles M. Goethe Arboretum, established in 1959, is a botanical garden situated on the north end of the Sacramento State University campus, at 6000 J Street, Sacramento, California....
 and residence halls.

Sacramento State has 3,000 trees, with flower gardens, miles of trails stretching along the nearby river parkway, and student housing with recreational areas such as Lake Natoma
Lake Natoma

Lake Natoma is an intermediate lake in between Nimbus Dam and Folsom Dam. It is a recreational lake for rowing, kayaking, and swimming. Powerboats are not permitted....
 and Old Sacramento, in addition to its on-campus housing. The best time to tour the campus are during the fall months or early spring, as the colors of the thousands of trees make a display.

Guy West Bridge, a pedestrian bridge built to scale of the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S....
, spans the nearby American River
American River

The American River located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for being the site of Sutter's Mill, Ordinal direction of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush....
.

It also contains more than 30 research and community service centers such as the Center for California Studies, the Institute for Social Research
Institute for Social Research

The Institute for social research is a research organization covering topics such as sociology and continental philosophy, best known as the institutional home of the Frankfurt School....
, the Center for Collaborative Policy, the Center for Small Business,and the Office of Water Programs.

Sac State was once home to a large chicken
Chicken

The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....
 population in the 1990s. Sac State now has a large population of wildlife. Recently reported by students were a large population of squirrels. There has also been reports of a small population of ducks and turkeys that roam the campus now and then.

At the northeastern edge of campus are the dormitories which can currently accommodate 1,100 students with an additional 606 beds currently under construction. Southwest of the campus is the Upper Eastside Lofts located near the light rail station at Folsom Boulevard and 65th Street and is owned by University Enterprises. The lofts can accommodate an additional 443 students and is a short walk from campus via Hornet Tunnel.

Off-campus


Sacramento State Aquatic Center
One of the top rowing facilities in the entire country. Located at Lake Natoma
Lake Natoma

Lake Natoma is an intermediate lake in between Nimbus Dam and Folsom Dam. It is a recreational lake for rowing, kayaking, and swimming. Powerboats are not permitted....
, east of the university, it hosts various regional and national meets including the annual Pacific Coast Rowing Championships. Classes are offered in boating and other water-sports for its students and community members. The aquatic center was also part of San Francisco's failed bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
.

Center for Collaborative Policy
Provides services for public disputes at the state, regional, and local levels, ranging from conflicts between agencies to multi-party disputes on major policies. Its methods are mediation, negotiation, and consensus-building. It tries to reach solutions satisfying everyone while avoiding traditional adversarial processes.

Julia Morgan House and Gardens
Located three miles (5 km) west of Sac State and was designed by famous architect Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan

Julia Morgan was an United States architect. The architect of over 700 buildings in California, she is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California....
. It was donated to the school in 1966 by Sacramento philanthropist and eugenicist Charles Goethe
Charles Goethe

Charles M. Goethe was an United States Eugenics, entrepreneur, land developer, philanthropist, conservationist, founder of the Eugenics Society of Northern California, and a wiktionary:native and lifelong resident of Sacramento, California....
 and was placed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 in 1982. The school remodeled the house in 2000 honored by the California Heritage Council. Sac State uses the home hosting lectures, small meetings, conferences, community events, and it is available for public special events such as receptions and weddings. The home's west wing houses the Life Center and provides health and fitness classes for seniors.

Sacramento State Placer Campus
Sacramento State recently purchased of land near Roseville, California
Roseville, California

Roseville is a city in Placer County, California, California, United States, located in the Sacramento metropolitan area of Sacramento, California....
 for a satellite campus. The campus is hoped to break ground soon, and will likely have an emphasis on technology, business, and teacher education. President Alexander Gonzales said the campus may eventually grow in to a separate CSU university.

Academics


Colleges

The University comprises the following colleges:
CollegeDean
Dr. Jeffrey Mason
Dr. Sanjay Varshney
Dr. Vanessa Sheared
Dr. Emir Macari
Dr. Marilyn Hopkins
Dr. Jill Trainer
Dr. Otis Scott
Dr. Alice Tom
Sac State offers 60 undergraduate degrees and 40 graduate degrees. Its largest academic program is teacher education
Teacher education

refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the school and classroom....
, followed by business
Business

A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide good s and/or Service to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalism economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners....
, criminal justice
Criminal justice

Criminal justice is the system of practices, and organizations, used by national and local governments, directed at maintaining social control, Deterrence and controlling crime, and sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties....
, communication studies
Communication studies

Communication studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time....
, psychology
Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
, and computer science
Computer science

Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems....
.

The student-to-faculty ratio is about 21 to 1 with more than 70 percent of classes having under 30 students. About 80 percent of full-time faculty hold a doctorate.

Most transfer students come from two-year colleges, and about 750 international students from 80 nations.

The school has the largest cooperative education program in the entire state. Students from all majors are placed in paid positions while simultaneously receiving academic credit. Many students work in government-related internships and fellowships. Approximately 36 percent of students work as volunteers.

Its criminal justice program is the biggest on the western half of the US.

There is a joint-graduate degree program with the McGeorge School of Law
McGeorge School of Law

McGeorge School of Law is a private, American Bar Association-accredited law school in the Oak Park, Sacramento, California neighborhood of the city of Sacramento, California, California, commonly known as "Pacific McGeorge" as it is graduate school of the University of the Pacific ....
, the law school division of the nearby University of the Pacific.

Capital Fellows Program

Sacramento State also works with the California State government to host the Capital Fellowship program through the . The Center administers the Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship
Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship

HistoryThe California State Assembly Fellowship Program, founded in 1957, is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious legislative fellowship programs....
, Executive Fellowship
Executive Fellowship

The Executive Fellowship Program is sponsored by the California State University, Sacramento Center for California Studies and the Office of the Governor to provide an experiential learning opportunity in California state government....
, Judicial Administration Fellowship
Judicial Administration Fellowship

The Judicial Administration Fellowship Program is administered by the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State and co-sponsored by the California Judicial Council....
, and California Senate Fellows
California Senate Fellows

The California Senate Fellows program was established in 1973 to provide participants with insight into the legislative process. The program's primary goals include exposing people with diverse life experiences and backgrounds to the legislative process and providing research and other professional staff assistance to the Senate....
  programs. These programs, known collectively as the Capital Fellows Programs, are nationally recognized. The 18 Assembly Fellows, 18 Senate Fellows, 18 Executive Fellows and 10 Judicial Administration Fellows receive an outstanding opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California. The ranks of former fellows and associates include a Justice of the California Supreme Court, members of the United States Congress and the State Legislature, a deputy director of the Peace Corps, corporate executives, and local government and community leaders.

Athletics

Sacramento State's colors are green
Green

Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520?570-Nanometre....
 and gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
 and its mascot is the Hornet
Hornet

Hornets are the largest eusociality wasps, that reach up to 45 millimetres in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex , which is proportionally larger in Vespa; and by the anteriorly rounded gasters ....
. Sacramento State sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (I-AA for football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
) in the Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I, with college football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision....
. In all sports, the university has a rivalry with the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public university research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system....
 (UC Davis). The football game is called the Causeway Classic
Causeway Classic

The Causeway Classic is the annual College football game between the University of California, Davis and the California State University, Sacramento....
 and is played for the Causeway Carriage
Causeway Carriage

The Causeway Carriage is a Victorian era carriage awarded to each season's winner of Causeway Classic College football game between the University of California, Davis and the California State University, Sacramento ....
, referring to the fact that the schools are connected by the long Yolo Causeway
Yolo Causeway

The Yolo Causeway is a 3.2-mile long elevated highway viaduct on Interstate 80 that crosses the Yolo Bypass floodplain and connects the cities of Sacramento, California and Davis, California....
 bridge over Yolo Bypass
Yolo Bypass

The Yolo Bypass is one of two flood bypasses in the Sacramento Valley located in Yolo County, California and Solano County, California Counties....
 floodway. More recently, the rivalry was officially expanded to include the Causeway Cup, which includes all sports the teams play in.

The school sponsors about 450 student-athletes. Male students compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Female students compete in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. Scholarships are offered in all sports. The football and track and field teams compete in Hornet Stadium
Hornet Stadium

Hornet Stadium is a 21,195 seat American football stadium in Sacramento, California. It is located at California State University, Sacramento. It was completed in 1969....
 while volleyball, men's and women's basketball and the gymnastics teams call Colberg Court home.

Most athletic teams compete in the Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I, with college football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision....
. Sac State is the only school from California in the Big Sky Conference, but there are teams from Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 and gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
 are part of the Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ....
 while men's soccer is part of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I....
 and Softball
Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
 is part of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference
Pacific Coast Softball Conference

The Pacific Coast Softball Conference is an NCAA Division 1 conference that only sponsors women?s softball....
.

In 2003 and from 2005 to 2007, the university hosted the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hornet Stadium
Hornet Stadium

Hornet Stadium is a 21,195 seat American football stadium in Sacramento, California. It is located at California State University, Sacramento. It was completed in 1969....
.

The Sacramento State Marching Band


The Sacramento State Marching Band is the official marching band of the university. It is also known as The Spirit of Sacramento. The subgroup of the band is The Sacramento State Hornet Revue. The band is under the direction of Dr. Clay Redfield.

Sacramento State Fight Song: ""


Fight Hornet Fight
Fight Hornet Fight

"Fight, Hornet, Fight!" is the official fight song of California State University, Sacramento. It is most widely known for being played by the Sacramento State Marching Band after scores at Sacramento State football games, and during the band's pre-game and halftime shows....
 was composed by Don McDonald in 1949.
Fight on, Sacramento State
Fight on to victory
The Hornet is on the wing,
The foe will know that we can show them
We’re meant for fame and glory,
All the World will know
The Hornet’s NEST is BEST in the WEST (Shout) BY TEST!
Sacramento State, (Shout) LET’S GO!!!


Sacramento State Alma Mater: "All Hail to Sacramento"

All Hail to Sacramento
Your colors green and gold;
We'll Hail our Alma Mater,
As on the years do roll;
She stood by us through trials,
A beacon to our way;
With hearts both proud and grateful
We sing of thee this day.
All Hail! All Hail! All Hail!
All Hail to Sacramento State
Our Alma Mater true.


Auxiliary Organizations

Sacramento State currently has six auxiliary organizations:

Capital Public Radio, Inc.


KXPR and KXJZ
Sacramento State owns and operates multiple public radio stations throughout California in close cooperation with Capital Public Radio. KXPR
KXPR

KXPR is a classical music-formatted radio station in the Sacramento, California area. The station is closely linked to sister-station KXJZ , and the stations recently swapped signals to their current configuration....
 plays mostly classical music
Classical music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
, KXJZ
KXJZ

KXJZ is a public radio station in Sacramento, CA. It airs programming from National Public Radio and other public radio producers and distributors, as well as locally produced news and public affairs programs, jazz and blues....
 offers news and talk programming, along with music including jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 and blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
, and both carry programming from National Public Radio
National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
.

University Enterprises, Inc.


University Enterprises Development Group


University Union


The University Foundation at Sacramento State


Associated Students Inc.

Associated Students Inc. is the official student government
Students' union

A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools....
 body for Sacramento State, ostensibly through California Education Code . Students elect the Board of Directors, which consists of the President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of University Affairs, Vice President of Academic Affairs, a representative from each of the academic colleges, a representative for undeclared students, and a representative for graduate students.

KSSU 1580 AM
KSSU 1580AM is a non-profit free format radio station at Sacramento State and part of Associated Students. The radio station has only a 3-watt
WATT

WATT is a radio station broadcasting a News radio-Talk radio-Sports radio format. Licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1945....
 signal and is not strong enough to broadcast much farther than the campus, but it can be heard all over the world at . KSSU is maintained and funded by the Associated Students. KSSU.COM has formed itself into being one of the premier college radio stations in North America. In 2007 the station won Music Director of the year from the College Music Journal and then returned to New York for the award show in 2008 with 8 nominations for awards by CMJ. In 2008 KSSU.COM was also nominated for College Radio Station of the Year by MTVU.

State Hornet

The State Hornet serves as Sacramento State's student newspaper. The State Hornet publishes 14 or 15 issues each semester and produces content for a daily Web site. The online edition, , carries the content of the print edition, posted Wednesday mornings, and publishes unique content to the site as generated by the staff. The 1999-2000 staff of the newspaper, led by Editor-in-Chief David Sommers and Faculty Advisor Sylvia Fox, was awarded the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award, considered to be the highest national honor in collegiate journalism and unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
s of student journalism." The newspaper is formally administered by the in the College of Arts and Letters.

Student clubs and organizations

Sac State has a wide selection of social and academic clubs and organizations. Each are dedicated to help students of similar interests bond together by common goals and aspirations. They make up a wide range of opportunities to be involved. They often represent national, international, local and regional organizations. Some also promote certain cultures or multiculturalism. Clubs and organizations are overseen by .

Transportation

Sacramento State provides its own buses known as Hornet Express shuttles, and works in conjunction with the Sacramento Regional Transit District
Sacramento Regional Transit District

The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as the RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area....
 for longer distances to and from campus. A Sacramento State student can use these resources for free with their student one card.

The Sacramento light rail
Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail transit public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than Passenger_rail_terminology#Heavy_rail and rapid transit systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than street-running tram systems....
 system was originally proposed to run through the library quad. However then-president Donald Gerth vetoed the proposal over concerns for student safety.

Sacramento State is planning a bus-rapid transit system similar to the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
, which will go through campus, to light rail, and nearby apartment complexes.

The school is situated just north of US 50.

Notable alumni


Entertainment, news, and the arts

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    Carlos Alazraqui

    Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is a Argentine American actor, comedian, Impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!....
     - actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
    , comedian
    Comedian

    A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
     - "Reno 911!
    Reno 911!

    Reno 911! is an United States comedy television program on Comedy Central that debuted in 2003 in television. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary television series shows, specifically COPS , with comic actors playing the police officers....
    "
  • Antoinette "Butterscotch" Clinton, finalist, America's Got Talent
    America's Got Talent

    America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a "talent" show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million....
    , season 2 (currently an undergraduate)
  • Creed Bratton
    Creed Bratton

    Creed Bratton is an actor and former member of The Grass Roots. He is best-known as a cast member on the NBC comedy series The Office ....
     - actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
    , "The Office"
  • Kurt Caceres
    Kurt Caceres

    Kurt Caceres is an United States actor. He is best known for his role as Hector Avila on the hit Fox Broadcasting Company drama Prison Break....
     - actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
  • Joe Carnahan
    Joe Carnahan

    Joseph Aaron Carnahan is an American Independent film film director best known for his films Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, Narc and Smokin' Aces....
     - film director
    Film director

    A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
     - "Smokin' Aces
    Smokin' Aces

    Smokin' Aces is a 2007 action film, written and directed by Joe Carnahan, set in Lake Tahoe, and primarily shot at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa ....
    "
  • Giselle Fernández
    Giselle Fernández

    Giselle Fern?ndez is an United States television journalist. Her appearances on network television include as reporter and guest anchor for CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, NBC Today, NBC Nightly News, regular host for Access Hollywood, and guest on Dancing with the Stars....
     - former KTLA
    KTLA

    KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of The CW Television Network....
     Morning News     host
  • Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks

    Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
     - actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
    /director
    Film director

    A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
    /producer
    Film producer

    A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
  • Kristine Hanson
    Kristine Hanson

    Kristine Hanson is an American television Presenter who also was Playboy magazine's Playmate for the September 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan....
     - American television broadcaster/Playboy Playmate of the Month September, 1974
  • David Hodo
    David Hodo

    David "Scar" Hodo is the 'construction worker ' character in the music band , Village People. He is one of three original members still performing with the group ....
     - founding member of the Village People
    Village People

    Village People are a concept disco group formed in the late 1970s. The group is well known for their on-stage costumes as for their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics....
  • Lester Holt
    Lester Holt

    Lester Holt is an United States anchorman for NBC News' weekend NBC Nightly News and co-anchor of Weekend Today with Amy Robach....
     - weekend anchor for the flagship broadcast NBC Nightly News
    NBC Nightly News

    NBC Nightly News is the daily evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 3, 1970....
     and co-anchor of the weekend edition of Today
  • Kayden Kross
    Kayden Kross

    Kayden Kross is an United States pornographic actress. Kross has also modeled under the alias of Jenna Nikol....
     - Adult Film actress
  • Joan Lunden
    Joan Lunden

    Joan Lunden is an American television personality. She was the co-host of American Broadcasting Company's Good Morning America from 1980 through 1997....
     (formerly known as Joanie Blunden) - former co-host of Good Morning America
    Good Morning America

    Good Morning America is an Daytime Emmy Awards breakfast television talk show that is broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network, debuting on November 3, 1975....
  • Billy Marshall Stoneking
    Billy Marshall Stoneking

    Billy Marshall Stoneking is an Australian-United States poet, playwright, filmmaker, and teacher. His son C.W. Stoneking is a musician....
     - Well-known Australian/American poet, filmmaker, writer, script editor and film teacher/mentor.
  • Bobby McFerrin
    Bobby McFerrin

    Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is a ten-time Grammy Award-winning jazz-influenced a cappella vocal performer and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"....
     - composer and Grammy award-winning musician ("Don't Worry, Be Happy
    Don't Worry, Be Happy

    "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is the title and principal lyric of a song by musician Bobby McFerrin. In September of 1988, it became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and held that position for two weeks....
    ")
  • Bridget Marquardt
    Bridget Marquardt

    Bridget Christina Marquardt is an United States television personality, glamour model, and actress. She is best known for her role on the reality television series The Girls Next Door, which depicts her life as one of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner's girlfriends....
     - girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
    Hugh Hefner

    File:Hefner 1973 .jpgHugh Marston Hefner , sometimes known simply as Hef, is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises....
    , featured on the E!
    E!

    E!: Entertainment Television is an United States cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. From November 2006 onwards, it became wholly owned by Comcast....
     TV show The Girls Next Door
    The Girls Next Door

    The Girls Next Door, also known as The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, is an United States reality television series broadcast on the E! cable television television network....
  • Charlie Peacock
    Charlie Peacock

    Charlie Peacock is an United States singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician, and author. He is often noted as a unique musical and lyrical voice,intelligent, innovative,and difficult to categorize....
     - Singer
  • Brian Posehn
    Brian Posehn

    'Brian Posehn' is an United States of America actor and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBC Just Shoot Me!, as a cast member of HBO's Mr....
    - stand-up comedian
  • Mel Ramos
    Mel Ramos

    Though primarily a figurative Painting, Mel Ramos has experimented freely with Realism and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. A few of his works embody both formats....
     - artist
  • Rick Rossovich
    Rick Rossovich

    Rick Rossovich is an United States actor.Rossovich was born Frederic Enrico Rossovich in Palo Alto, California. His brother, Tim Rossovich, is a former professional football player and also an actor....
     - actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
  • Stevie Scott - semi-finalist on American Idol (season 5)
    American Idol (Season 5)

    The fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell returned to judge, and Ryan Seacrest returned to host....
  • Rene Syler
    Rene Syler

    Ren? Syler cohosted The Early Show from October 2002, when it debuted in its four-anchor format, until she was terminated from the program in late 2006....
     - former host of the The Early Show
    The Early Show

    The Early Show is an United States television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday....
     on CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
  • Jack Cassinetto
    Jack Cassinetto

    Jack Cassinetto is a prolific California plein air artist of the tonalism movement, painting primarily Northern California landscapes such as Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Gold Country, the Northern California Coast, and the American River and Sacramento River....
     - plein air painter


Politicians and government


  • Janice Rogers Brown
    Janice Rogers Brown

    Janice Rogers Brown is a United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She previously was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court of California, holding that post from May 2, 1996 until her appointment to the D.C....
     - Federal Appeals Court
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals and was created by United States Congress with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982....
     judge
    Judge

    A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law,which is operated by the local, state, and/or federal government....
  • Christopher Cabaldon
    Christopher Cabaldon

    Christopher L. Cabaldon is an American politician from California who serves as mayor of West Sacramento, California and is a former President/CEO of EdVoice, a Sacramento based education non-profit advocacy group....
     - West Sacramento Mayor
  • Edward Chavez
    Edward Chavez

    Edward Chavez has been the mayor of Stockton, California since January 2005. Chavez was the Chief of Police in Stockton prior to becoming mayor....
     - Mayor of Stockton
    Stockton, California

    Stockton is a city in California and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California . Stockton's population estimate for January 1, 2008, according to the California Department of Finance, is 290,141....
  • Lloyd Connelly
    Lloyd Connelly

    Lloyd G. Connelly is a Sacramento County, California Superior Court Judge.Before his appointment as a judge, Connelly was a Democratic Party politician, serving as a member of the California State Assembly from 1982 until 1992....
     - Sacramento County Judge
  • Ward Connerly
    Ward Connerly

    Wardell Anthony Connerly is an United States political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regents of the University of California....
     - former University of California
    University of California

    The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
     regent
    Regent

    A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
     and political activist
  • Mervyn Dymally - former Lieutenant Governor of California
    Lieutenant Governor of California

    The Lieutenant Governor of California is a statewide constitutional officer elected separately from the Governor who serves as the "vice-executive" of California....
  • Bill Emmerson
    Bill Emmerson

    Bill Emmerson is a Republican Party California State Assemblyman representing District 63 in the Inland Empire . He was first elected in November 2004....
     - California State Assemblyman
  • Noreen Evans
    Noreen Evans

    Noreen Evans represents the 7th Assembly district of California. She is a United States Democratic Party. Prior to being elected to the Assembly, she served on the Santa Rosa, California city council from 1996 until 2004....
     - California State Assemblywoman
  • Victor H. Fazio
    Victor H. Fazio

    Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. usually known as Vic Fazio is a former Democratic Party United States House of Representatives from California....
     - former member of the United States Congress
    United States Congress

    The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
  • Cathleen Galgiani
    Cathleen Galgiani

    Cathleen Galgiani has represented California's 17th Assembly District since December 2006. She is a United States Democratic Party. Prior to her election, she served as the chief of staff to her predecessor, Barbara Matthews....
     - California State Assemblywoman
  • Wally Herger
    Wally Herger

    Walter William Herger, Jr. , United States of America politician with Swiss roots , has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district....
     - Member of Congress
  • Karen Humphrey
    Karen Humphrey

    Karen Humphrey was a local news reporter, who later became mayor of Fresno, California between 1989 and 1993. She was Fresno's first female mayor. She lost re-election to businessman Jim Patterson, not only losing in the primary, but only receiving 18% of the vote, and finishing third overall....
     - Former Fresno Mayor
  • Phil Isenberg - Former Assemblyman, Sacramento Mayor
  • Grantland Johnson
    Grantland Johnson

    Grantland L. Johnson is a Sacramento-area politician and former Secretary of California's Health and Human Services Agency, the first African-American to hold the position....
     - Former California Cabinet official
  • Patrick Johnston
    Patrick Johnston (American politician)

    Patrick Johnston is a former Democratic Party state legislator in the State of California. He served in the California State Assembly from 1981 until 1991 and in the California State Senate from 1991 until 2000, primarily representing San Joaquin County, California....
     - Former California State Legislator
  • Bill Leonard
    Bill Leonard

    William R. Leonard is a Republican Party United States politician who has been a member of the California State Board of Equalization since his election to the board in 2002....
     - State Board of Equalization Member, former legislator
  • Lloyd Levine
    Lloyd E. Levine

    Lloyd Edward Levine is a United States Democratic Party politician who represented California's 40th State Assembly district between December 2002 and November 2008....
     - Member of the California State Assembly
  • Daniel Logue
    Daniel Logue

    Daniel Logue is a United States Republican Party Assemblyman who represents California's 3rd State Assembly district. He was first elected in November of 2008....
     - Member of the California State Assembly (elect)
  • Douglas Lorenz
    Douglas Lorenz

    Douglas Lorenz is the Advisory Board Director of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group with the aim of developing the libertarianism wing of the Republican Party ....
     - Republican Party
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     activist
  • Cathy Mitchell
    Cathy Mitchell

    Cathy Mitchell is a California politician and a member of the United States Democratic Party. She served as California Secretary of State during the month of March in 2005....
     - Former Acting California Secretary of State
  • George A. Plescia - California State Assemblyman
  • Richard Rainey
    Richard Rainey

    Richard Rainey was a Republican politician from Walnut Creek, California, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served in the California State Assembly from 1992 until 1996 and then served in the State Senate from 1996 until 2000 when he was defeated for reelection by Tom Torlakson, a Democratic Assemblyman from Antioch....
     - Former California State Legislator
  • Joe Serna - the late Sacramento Mayor


Business

  • Dale Carlsen
    Dale Carlsen

    Dale R. Carlsen founded The Sleep Train Mattress Center in 1985, and has guided the company to become the largest retailer of mattress on the West Coast of the United States, and one of the top three in the United States....
     - Sleep Train Mattress Centers founder
  • Angelo Tsakopoulos
    Angelo Tsakopoulos

    Angelo Tsakopoulos is a prominent real estate developer in Sacramento, California and the founder and owner of AKT Development. Tsakopoulos was fined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for a violation of the Clean Water Act....
     - real estate mogul


Authors and academics

  • Ann Bannon
    Ann Bannon

    Ann Bannon is an American author who wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels from 1957 to 1962 known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. The books' enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction"....
     - Lesbian Pulp Fiction Author, later professor at CSUS
  • Richard Ebeling
    Richard Ebeling

    Richard M. Ebeling is an United States of America libertarianism author, and was president of the Foundation for Economic Education from 2003 to 2008....
     - Libertarian Author, President of the Foundation for Economic Education
  • Chester Gorman
    Chester Gorman

    Chester F. Gorman was an American anthropologist and archaeologist.Born in Oakland, California, he grew up on his parent's dairy farm in Elk Grove, California....
     - Anthropologist
  • Janet Nichols Lynch
    Janet Nichols Lynch

    Janet Nichols Lynch is the author of seven books, including a novel, a short story collection, two young adult novels, one juvenile novel, and two nonfiction books about music....
     - American writer and Professor
  • Erica Olson Jeffrey, author of Omaha Beach and translator of several French comic books and graphic novels
  • Richard J. Maybury - famous economist and author on the topics of International Business, Law, History, and juris naturalism
    • Laura Moriarty
      Laura Moriarty

      Laura Moriarty is an American poet and novelist. Moriarty was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and has lived in Northern California since 1966....
       - Poet and Novelist
  • Tukufu Zuberi
    Tukufu Zuberi

    Tukufu Zuberi was born on April 26, 1959 in Oakland, California. He is one of the stars in the PBS program History Detectives. He is also Director of the Center for Africana Studies, Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology department at the University of Pennsylvania....
     - Professor and Chairman of the Sociology Department, University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania

    The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....


Athletes

  • Marko Cavka
    Marko Cavka

    Marko Cavka is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent in the National Football League. Cavka was selected by the Jets in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft....
     - offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats

    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats....
     of the Canadian Football League
    Canadian Football League

    The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
  • Aaron Garcia
    Aaron Garcia

    Aaron Garcia is a quarterback for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League. He played college football at California State University, Sacramento....
     - quarterback
    Quarterback

    Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
     for the New York Dragons
    New York Dragons

    The New York Dragons are an Arena Football League team who were formed in 1995 as the Iowa Barnstormers. In 2001, the team relocated to New York....
     of the AFL
    Arena Football League

    The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
  • John Gesek
    John Gesek

    John Christian Gesek, Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Oakland Raiders, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Washington Redskins....
     - former National Football League offensive lineman
  • Tyronne Gross
    Tyronne Gross

    Tyrone Gross is a National Football League running back....
     - running back
    Running back

    A running back is the position of a player on an American football or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the History of American football positions#Offensive Backfield....
     for the San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Joel Jones
    Joel Jones

    Joel Jones-Camacho is a Puerto Rican American professional basketball player. Jones has played in the NCAA, National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Bayam?n Cowboys and Ponce Lions, and internationally in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Shandong Lions....
     - member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team
  • Lorenzo Lynch
    Lorenzo Lynch

    Lorenzo Lynch is a former American professional football player. A 5'9", 197 lbs. cornerback from Sacramento State, Lynch played in 11 NFL seasons for three teams....
     - former NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     defensive back
    Defensive back

    In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage....
  • Buck Martinez
    Buck Martinez

    John Albert "Buck" Martinez is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball, and currently a television baseball commentator. He also managed USA Baseball at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006....
     - 17-year MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     catcher
    Catcher

    Catcher is a Baseball positions played in baseball. The catcher crouches behind home plate and receives the ball from the pitcher. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the catcher is assigned the number 2 ....
  • Lonie Paxton
    Lonie Paxton

    Leonidas E. Paxton III born March 13, 1978 in ) is an American football long snapper for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2000....
     - lineman for the New England Patriots
    New England Patriots

    The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats" by sports writers and fans, are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
  • Ricky Ray
    Ricky Ray

    Ricky Ray is a Canadian football and American football quarterback who has played in the Canadian Football League and af2, as well as spending time on a roster in the National Football League....
     - quarterback
    Quarterback

    Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
     for the Edmonton Eskimos
    Edmonton Eskimos

    The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship thirteen times, including an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2005 Grey Cup....
     of the Canadian Football League
    Canadian Football League

    The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
  • Charles Roberts - running back
    Running back

    A running back is the position of a player on an American football or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the History of American football positions#Offensive Backfield....
     for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League
    Canadian Football League

    The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
  • Kato Serwanga
    Kato Serwanga

    Kato E. Serwanga is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, California State University, Sacramento and the University of the Pacific ....
     -- NFL cornerback from 1998-2003
  • Wasswa Serwanga
    Wasswa Serwanga

    Wasswa Serwanga is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League and Arena Football League. He played one season for the San Francisco 49ers and two for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL, and one for the Los Angeles Avengers of the AFL....
     -- NFL cornerback from 1999-2003
  • Daimon Shelton
    Daimon Shelton

    Daimon Shelton is a professional American football player who currently plays for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League. A 6'0", 262 lbs....
     - nine-year NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     fullback
    Fullback (American football)

    In American football, a fullback is a position in the offensive backfield. Traditionally, the duties of a fullback are split between power running and blocking for the quarterback on passing plays, and the running back on running plays....
  • Brandon Smith - running back
    Running back

    A running back is the position of a player on an American football or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the History of American football positions#Offensive Backfield....
     for the Calgary Stampeders
    Calgary Stampeders

    The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship six times, most recently in 96th Grey Cup....
     of the Canadian Football League
    Canadian Football League

    The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
  • Miranda Van Atta - United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     national women's inline hockey
    Inline hockey

    Inline hockey, often referred to simply as roller hockey in the United States, is a team sport played on a smooth plastic surface, such as Game court, intended to allow for least resistance with the puck and players' wheels....
     team team member


Sports figures (non athletes)

  • Darren Arbet
    Darren Arbet

    Darren Arbet is an Arena Football League head coach for the San Jose SaberCats. He has a career record of 109-45, including 3 titles, ArenaBowl XVI, ArenaBowl XVIII, and ArenaBowl XXI....
     - coach for the San Jose SaberCats
    San Jose SaberCats

    The San Jose SaberCats are an Arena Football League team that began play as a 1995 expansion team. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Conference....
     of the AFL
    Arena Football League

    The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
  • Brian Katz - Sacramento State men's basketball coach
  • Greg Knapp
    Greg Knapp

    Greg Knapp is the offensive coordinator for the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks. He was named to the position in January, 2009, by new head coach Jim L....
     - offensive coordinator
    Offensive coordinator

    An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a American football team who is in charge of the offense . Generally, along with his defensive coordinator, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach....
     for the Oakland Raiders
    Oakland Raiders

    The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the AFC West of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Mike Lange
    Mike Lange

    Mike Lange is the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 2001, he received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding work as an National Hockey League broadcaster....
     - sports broadcaster and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
    Hockey Hall of Fame

    The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame....
  • Angus McClure - assistant coach at the University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los Angeles

    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
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Notable faculty


Current

  • Alexander Gonzalez
    Alexander Gonzalez

    Alexander Gonzalez, PhD is the President at Sacramento State University which is located in the eastern section of Sacramento, California. He has been the president at Sac State since 2003....
     - University President and Professor of Psychology
  • Joseph Palermo
    Joseph Palermo

    Dr Joseph A. Palermo is an Associate Professor of History at Sacramento State University, an author and a commentator.He received his undergraduate degree in Sociology and Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz, a Masters degree in History from San Jose State University and a Masters and Doctorate in American History from Cornell University....
     - Associate Professor of History
  • S. David Zuckerman
    S. David Zuckerman

    S. David Zuckerman is assistant professor at California State University, Sacramento and editor of Communication, Comparative Cultures and Civilizations, published by Hampton Press and the Jean Gebser Society....
     - Professor of Communication Studies (2003-present)
  • Perry Heedley - Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Preetham Kumar B - Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering


Emeritus

  • Ann Bannon
    Ann Bannon

    Ann Bannon is an American author who wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels from 1957 to 1962 known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. The books' enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction"....
     - Professor of English, Associate Dean in College of Arts and Sciences
  • Arthur L. Costa
    Habits of mind

    The Habits of Mind are a collection of 16 thinking dispositions designed to help people develop their critical and creative thinking skills. The Habits were developed by Professor Arthur L....
     - Professor
  • Paul Goldstene
    Paul Goldstene

    Paul N. Goldstene, a retired professor of the Government Department at California State University Sacramento, is an acclaimed author and teacher of Political Theory....
     - Professor of Government
  • Stephen L. Harris - Professor and Chair of Humanities and Religious Studies
  • Norman J. Hunt
    Norman J. Hunt

    Norman J. Hunt was a composer, conducting, arranger, and performer in the big band era, covering a wide range of musical styles including european classical music, jazz, and was a featured soloist on many recordings and performances globally....
     - Professor and Chairman in the Music Department
  • Wes Jackson
    Wes Jackson

    Wes Jackson is the founder and current president of The Land Institute.Jackson was born and raised on a farm near Topeka, Kansas. After earning a BA in biology from Kansas Wesleyan University, an MA in botany from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in genetics from North Carolina State University, Wes Jackson established and served as ch...
     - Professor of Environmental Science
  • Frank Kofsky
    Frank Kofsky

    Frank Kofsky was an USA Marxist historian, author, and Professor of History at California State University, Sacramento, from 1969 until his death....
     - Professor of History
  • Joe Serna, Jr.
    Joe Serna, Jr.

    Joe Serna, Jr. was a civil rights activist and mayor of Sacramento, California, USA from 1992 until his death....
     - Professor of Government
  • Miklos Udvardy
    Miklos Udvardy

    Miklos Dezso Ferenc Udvardy was a biologist and biogeographer. He was born on March 23, 1919 in Debrecen, Hungary to Miklos Udvardy and Elizabeth Komlossy....
     - Professor of Biological Sciences
  • Angus Wright
    Angus Wright

    Angus Wright is professor emeritus of environmental studies, California State University, Sacramento, and author of The Death of Ramon Gonzalez: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma....
     - Professor of Environmental Science


Former

  • Paul Carter Harrison
    Paul Carter Harrison

    Paul Carter Harrison is an United States playwright and professor....
     - Professor of Theater (1970-1972)
  • Enrique Herrscher
    Enrique Herrscher

    Enrique G. Herrscher is an Argentina economists, systems scientists and professor at the University of Buenos Aires....
     - Fulbright Professor in Residence of Economics
  • R. Joseph Hoffmann
    R. Joseph Hoffmann

    R. Joseph Hoffmann is a historian of religion, chair of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, Associate Editor of the journal Free Inquiry and founding editor of CSER's Review, CAESAR: A Journal of Religion and Human Values....
     - Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies (1989-1991)
  • Phil Isenberg - Graduate School of Public Policy
  • Jolene Koester
    Jolene Koester

    Jolene Koester, who holds a Ph.D. in speech communication, is the fourth president of California State University, Northridge . The Board of Trustees of the California State University formally announced her appointment as president on November 16, 1999, and she took office on July 1, 2000....
     - Professor of Communication Studies and Provost


Famous visitors

Famous icons to have visited Sacramento State include:
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was an United States pastor, activist and prominent leader in the African-American African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
  • Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix

    James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
  • Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow

    Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....
  • Oliver Stone
    Oliver Stone

    William Oliver Stone is an United Statesn film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier, and his work continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially....
  • Jesse Jackson
    Jesse Jackson

    Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activism and Baptist Minister of religion. He was a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997....
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
  • Wangari Maathai
    Wangari Maathai

    Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai is an environmentalism and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for ?her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.? Maathai was an elected member of National Assembly of Kenya and served as Assistant Minister for Natural environment and Na...
  • John Kerry
    John Kerry

    John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
  • Stokely Carmichael
    Stokely Carmichael

    Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael , also known as Kwame Toure, was a Trinidad and Tobago-United States black activist active in the 1960s African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
  • Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson

    Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an United States Emmy Award-winning and Academy award-nominated actor. Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the classic sitcom Cheers as Woody Boyd....


University presidents

  • Guy A. West (1947 - 1965)
  • F. Blair Mayne (1965 - 1965)
  • Stephen L. Walker (1965 - 1966)
  • Robert Johns (1966 - 1969)
  • Otto Butz (1969 - 1970)
  • Bernard L. Hyink (1970 - 1972)
  • James G. Bond (1972 - 1978)
  • Lloyd Johns (1978 - 1983)
  • Austin J. Gerber (1983 - 1984)
  • Donald R. Gerth (1984 - 2003)
  • Alexander Gonzalez
    Alexander Gonzalez

    Alexander Gonzalez, PhD is the President at Sacramento State University which is located in the eastern section of Sacramento, California. He has been the president at Sac State since 2003....
     (2003 - Present)


Points of interest

  • C. M. Goethe Arboretum


External links

  • by Eric Vega, Professor of Chicano Studies at California State University at Sacramento