San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. It is located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, California near Lake Merced, Fort Funston, and only a mile north of Daly City.

History

• 1899 - Founded as San Francisco State Normal School
• 1901 - First graduating class
• 1921 - SF Normal School became the SF State Teachers College
• 1923 - First bachelor of arts degree awarded
• 1935 - Renamed San Francisco State College
• 1966 - Beginning of the era of campus riots led by university-subsidized organizations, including the Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Students Union, and the Third World Liberation Front and marked by counter-protests and widespread charges of corruption and election fraud in the student newspaper, the Daily Gator, then edited by Rolling Stone co-founder Ben Fong-Torres.
• 1972 - Received University status as California State University, San Francisco
• 1974 - Renamed San Francisco State University
• 1999 - Celebrated 100th birthday