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The Diaz Compean Student Union (officially the Ramiro Compean and Lupe Diaz Compean Student Union) is a student center along the Paseo de César Chávez on the campus of San Jose State University, in San Jose, California. Completed in 1969 and renovated in 2016, it functions as an event center, a place for student engagement, and a place ...
After a private normal school closed in San Francisco after only one year, politicians John Swett and Henry B. Janes sought to establish a normal school for San Francisco's public school system, and approached George W. Minns to be the principal for the nascent institution [14] [15] The normal school began operations in 1857 and became known as the Minns Evening Normal School.
San Jose State Spartans (1989–present) San Jose Lasers ( ABL ) (1996–1998) The Provident Credit Union Event Center , formerly and more commonly known as the Event Center Arena , [ 1 ] is a complex consisting of an indoor arena and a fitness club on the main campus of San José State University in downtown San Jose, California .
San Jose State Spartans (1933–present) San Jose Earthquakes (NASL/WSA) (1974–1988) San Francisco Bay Blackhawks/San Jose Hawks (WSA/APSL/USISL) (1989–1993) San Jose Clash/Earthquakes (1996–2005) Bay Area/San Jose CyberRays (2001–2003) Silicon Valley Football Classic (2000–2004) San Francisco Dragons (2008)
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library or the King Library) is an 8-story [1] public library and university library, located in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. [2]
However, in 1974, the California legislature voted to change the school's name to San José State University. [25] In 1999, San Jose State and the City of San Jose agreed to combine their main libraries to form a joint city-university library located on campus, the first known collaboration of this type in the United States.
During this period, the school underwent several transformations: becoming San Francisco State Teachers College in 1921, San Francisco State College in 1935. [10] The shift to the current Lake Merced campus began during the Great Depression, when the site was still owned by Spring Valley Water Company. In 1939, SF State President Alexander ...
Thirty-two people have led San Jose State since its founding including eight principals, 15 presidents, five acting presidents, and four interim presidents. [2] The longest-serving president of the university was Thomas William MacQuarrie, who held the office for twenty five years from 1927 to 1952.