San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University has promoted educational excellence for more than a century. Established as a vocational school for teachers, it became the first such institute in the United States to require a high school diploma. As the school expanded its curriculum, it became San Francisco State Teachers College (1921), San Francisco State College (1935), and San Francisco State University (1972). Known as �the City�s University,� San Francisco State is situated on a park-like campus in the southwest corner of San Francisco. The school�s motto��experience teaches��communicates its pragmatic approach to education, and SFSU has developed many internationally respected programs over the years. The school�s fascinating history includes complete destruction by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, as well as a five-month student/faculty strike during the late 1960s, which resulted in the founding of the first School of Ethnic Studies (1969) in the United States.