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 | former_name            = San Francisco State Normal School (1899–1921)<br>San Francisco State Teachers College (1921–1935)<br>San Francisco State College (1935–1972)<br>California State University, San Francisco (1972–1974)<br>
 | motto                  = ''Experientia Docet'' ([[Social:Latin|Latin]])
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 | type                   = Public research university
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 | endowment              = $140.8 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $354.6 million (2023)<ref>As of August 31, 2023.  {{cite web |url=https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/UBC%20Presentation%20Feb.%202023.pdf |title=University Budget Committee August 31, 2023 Presentation |publisher=San Francisco State University |year=2023}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 1,398 (2022) <ref name="SF State Facts"/>
 | faculty                = 1,905 (2022) <ref name="SF State Facts">{{cite web|url=https://marcomm.sfsu.edu/sf-state-facts|title= SF State Facts |publisher=San Francisco State University |year=2022}}</ref>
 | president              = Lynn Mahoney
 | provost                = Amy Sueyoshi
 | students               = 25,046 (2022)<ref name="SF State Facts"/>
 | undergrad              = 21,868 (2022)<ref name="SF State Facts"/>
 | postgrad               = 3,178 (2022)<ref name="SF State Facts"/>
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'''San Francisco State University''' ('''San Francisco State''', '''SF State''' and '''SFSU''') is a public research university in {{wipe|San Francisco}}. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is part of the [[Organization:California State University|California State University]] system.

It offers 119 bachelor's degree programs, 105 master's degree programs, and 3 doctoral degree programs, along with 22 [[Social:Teaching credential|teaching credential]] programs among seven colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://degrees.calstate.edu/csu_degree_search2?noCache=894:1358370133 |title=Search CSU Degrees |publisher=Degrees.calstate.edu |access-date=2014-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctoral Programs {{!}} Graduate College of Education |url=https://gcoe.sfsu.edu/programs/doctoral |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=gcoe.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Credential Programs {{!}} Graduate College of Education |url=https://gcoe.sfsu.edu/programs/credential |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=gcoe.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The 144.1-acre main campus is located in the southwest part of the city, less than two miles from the Pacific coast.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=SF State Facts {{!}} Strategic Marketing and Communications |url=https://marcomm.sfsu.edu/sf-state-facts |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=marcomm.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The university has 12 [[Social:Varsity team|varsity athletic teams]] which compete at the NCAA Division II level.

San Francisco State is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity."<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |date=2022 |title=San Francisco State University |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=122597 |access-date=February 18, 2022 |publisher=[[Organization:Indiana University|Indiana University]]}}</ref> It is also a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) and is eligible to be designated as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander serving institution (AANAPISI).

San Francisco State's past and present faculty and alumni include 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, 16 Academy Award winners, 49 Emmy Award winners, 10 Grammy Award winners, 12 Tony Award laureates, 4 billionaires, and 1 [[Astronaut|astronaut]].<ref name="SF State Honors">{{cite web |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/about-sfsu/ |title=About the University |publisher=San Francisco State University |date=2022 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Graduating class, State Normal School at San Francisco, June 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Graduating class, State Normal School at San Francisco, June 1906]]

=== 19th Century ===
In 1857, the San Francisco Board of Education created the San Francisco Weekly Normal School,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Which Came First?: San Francisco State or San Jose State? |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/048.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/Pages/history.aspx |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> also known as the Minns' Evening Normal School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steffens |first=Kate |title=SJSU Research Guides: San Jose State Normal Training School History: Minns' Evening Normal School, 1857-1862 |url=https://libguides.sjsu.edu/c.php?g=1315864&p=9677406 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=libguides.sjsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> In 1862, it became the California State Normal School, the first postsecondary institution established by the state.<ref name=":6" /> Only six students were enrolled on its first day. By 1866, enrollment had increased to 384.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: Long Narrative of SF State |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/long.htm |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

In 1867, the principal of Girls' High School and Normal School, Ellis Holmes, realized that the California State Normal School was not meeting the demand for teachers. The city approved the addition of a new year-long teacher-training program to his high school's curriculum, for girls who wanted to pursue a career in education. This program is what would eventually become San Francisco State University. When the California State Normal School was moved to San José in 1871, Girls' High became the only publicly-supported teacher-training institution.<ref name=":7" />

In 1895, the teaching program was split from the school and became San Francisco City Normal School.<ref name=":7" /> Due to a lack of funding, the school closed in 1898.<ref name=":5" /> A group of teachers, students, and supporters pressured the California State Legislature to convert it into a state-funded institution.<ref name=":7" />

On March 22, 1899,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Celebrates 100 Years of Opportunity and Academic Innovation in the Bay Area |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy98/047.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref> the California State Legislature approved the creation of the '''San Francisco State Normal School,''' with an appropriation of $10,000. Frederic Lister Burk was appointed as the first president and chose the school's motto, ''Experientia Docet''.<ref name="SFSU Centennial history">{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial history |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/textonlycent/time/short/pres.htm |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The school rented<ref name=":7" /> space in a building on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento Streets and 31 women were enrolled in the first year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: 1899 |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/1899.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNMeZDpp25oC |title=San Francisco State University |date=2007-10-03 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-3589-6 |language=en}}</ref>

=== 20th Century ===
The 1906 earthquake and fire forced the school to relocate from Nob Hill to a temporary campus at the Grant School in Oakland.<ref name=":0" />

In 1921, the school began offering Bachelor's degree options and was renamed '''San Francisco State Teachers College'''.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Pollak |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gH56DwAAQBAJ |title=The Playing Grounds of College Football: A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today |date=2018-11-16 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3260-5 |pages=346 |language=en}}</ref> Teachers Colleges in California received authorization to grant Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1923.<ref name=":6" />

Also in 1921, construction for a new campus started at a property bound by Laguna, Haight, Buchanan and Hermann Streets. The campus consisted of four Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings designed by George McDougall, a California state architect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Register #07001391: San Francisco State Teacher's College in San Francisco, California |url=https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat2007001391.asp |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=noehill.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAN FRANCISCO STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE |url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=CA State Parks |language=en}}</ref>

In 1924, Burk died and Archibald B. Anderson took over as acting president.

There were three presidents of the teachers college in 1927. Anderson served until his death in the summer of that year. Then, Mary A. Ward, the Dean of Women, served as acting president until the fall, when Alexander C. Roberts was appointed president.

In the 1930s, overcrowding became an issue at the campus. It had been designed for 1500 students, but had to accommodate about 3000. When the Hetch Hetchy project was completed in 1934, the city no longer needed land near Lake Merced for a reservoir. By 1939, the land had been acquired to build a new campus, but plans were paused due to World War II. Many students took part in the war, causing enrollment to decline.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Project |first=Western Neighborhods |title=Streetwise: Celebrating San Francisco State |url=http://www.outsidelands.org/streetwise-sf-state.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.outsidelands.org |language=en}}</ref>

During the 1920s and '30s, State Teachers Colleges expanded beyond being only vocational schools to train teachers. They were formally authorized to offer four-year liberal arts curriculums and renamed State Colleges in 1935.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gerth |first=Donald R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4J-QwAACAAJ&q=liberal%20arts%20mclane |title=The People's University: A History of the California State University |date=2010 |publisher=Berkeley Public Policy Press |isbn=978-0-87772-435-3 |language=en}}</ref> So, the school became known as '''San Francisco State College'''.<ref name=":1" />

When veterans started returning in 1945, the Vets Village, a housing complex, was built at the site of the new campus. Some students commuted from there to the campus at Buchanan and Haight Streets.<ref name=":8" /> In the same year, J. Paul Leonard became president after Alexander C. Roberts retired.<ref name="SFSU Centennial history"/>

In 1949, master's degrees were authorized to be offered.<ref name=":9" />

In 1951, the Gymnasium building was the first major building to be completed at the current campus near Lake Merced. The Creative Arts building was built second. The campus opened for classes for Fall 1953, before it was formally dedicated in October 1954.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

From 1957 to 1961, Glenn S. Dumke was president of San Francisco State.

San Francisco State College became part of the [[Organization:California State University|California State College]] system established under the Donahoe Higher Education Act in 1960.<ref name=":7" /> Dumke resigned to become the system's vice chancellor for academic affairs, before becoming the second chancellor of the system for 20 years.

In Fall 1965, the Experimental College was started by students Cynthia Carlson, Donna Michaelson, Sharon Gold, and James Nixon, in an effort to teach untraditionally. In 1927, over 2000 students enrolled in courses offered by the Experimental College.<ref name=":7" /> The original Experimental College stopped operating after 1969.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=A Revised History of the Experimental College - 1960's to present {{!}} SF State's Experimental College |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/exco/rev_history_20230915 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

==== Demonstrations of the 1960s ====

===== 1967 =====
On May 2, 1967, 60 students staged a sit-in protest in President John Summerskill's office, opposing the practice of providing students' academic standing to the Selective Service System. On June 22 of the same year, students and faculty picketed administrative offices to protest the California State College Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke's directive to continue providing students' academic standings.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2014-11-29 |title=San Francisco State College Strike Collection-Bibliography of Secondary Source Materials |url=http://www.library.sfsu.edu/exhibits/strike/case3-text.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034818/http://www.library.sfsu.edu/exhibits/strike/case3-text.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}</ref>

On November 6, James Vaszko, the campus editor of the Gater, the student newspaper at the time, was assaulted by members of the Black Student Union.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2018-10-30 |title=San Francisco State University Black Student Union (BSU) Attack Gater campus newspaper editor, James Vaszko, San Francisco, CA, November 6, 1967 |url=https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.530 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Cleveland Museum of Art |language=en}}</ref> This event became known as the Gater Incident. In an interview the day after the assault, Vaszko said he had no idea why it happened, but something was said during the incident about the Gater not running a photo of the BSU candidate for homecoming queen. However, the Gater had included a photo of the candidate. The District Attorney's office issued arrest warrants on November 9 for three individuals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jim Vaszko - Bay Area Television Archive |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/236345 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=diva.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

About 450 students participated in a protest on December 2, against President Summerskill and the Vietnam War.<ref name=":10" />

On December 6, students protested against the suspension of students in the Gater incident. During the protest, students broke into the Administration building.<ref name=":10" />

===== 1968 =====
President Summerskill announced his resignation, effective in September, on February 22.<ref name=":10" />

The Third World Liberation Front was a coalition of the Black Students Union, the Latin American Students Organization, the Filipino-American Students Organization, and El Renacimiento. They occupied the school's YMCA office on March 23.<ref name=":10" />

On May 21, in the Administration building, approximately 400 students held a sit-in protesting various issues, including an end to AFROTC on campus and the hiring of nine minority faculty members. After nine hours, police were called to remove the students. 26 people were arrested.<ref name=":10" />

Students protested again on May 23. On the following day, Chancellor Dumke asked President Summerskill to resign immediately. Robert Smith, a professor of education, was appointed president on June 1.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":7" />

On September 10, George Mason Murray, a graduate student in English and Black Panther Minister of Education, was hired as a teaching assistant to teach introductory English classes for 400 students.<ref name=":10" />

President Smith announced the creation of a Black Studies Department and named Dr. Nathan Hare, a professor of sociology, as acting chair on September 18.<ref name=":10" />

On September 26, after Murray allegedly made inflammatory remarks at [[Organization:California State University, Fresno|Fresno State College]] and San Francisco State, the California State College Trustees voted to ask President Smith to reassign George Murray to a non-teaching position.

Smith refused, causing Chancellor Dumke to order him to suspend Murray on October 31. On the same day, the Black Student Union Third World Liberation Front threatened to strike on November 6 and presented their 15 demands.<ref name=":10" /> The demands were not met, and a lengthy student strike erupted. It was the longest student strike in American history.

On November 13, 1968, the campus closed after a week of confrontations between students and police. On November 18, the California State College Trustees ordered Smith to reopen the campus. The faculty didn't want to reopen the campus, but met for a convocation to discuss the issues. On November 26, Black Student Union leaders confronted Smith and the faculty during the convocation. Smith resigned the same day.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=S.F. STATE STRIKE 1968-69 CHRONOLOGY - FoundSF |url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=S.F._STATE_STRIKE_1968-69_CHRONOLOGY |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.foundsf.org}}</ref>

On December 2, S. I. Hayakawa was appointed president. On his first day, he climbed onto a [[Engineering:Sound truck|sound truck]] positioned at 19th and Holloway Avenues. and pulled out the speaker wires. According to a student who was inside the truck, "he was so mad, you could see the foam on his mouth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=From semantics to the U.S. Senate, S.I. Hayakawa |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb5q2nb40v&chunk.id=div00208&brand=oac4&doc.view=entire_text |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=oac.cdlib.org}}</ref>

On December 10, Mayor Joseph Alioto organized a citizen's committee to help end the strike.<ref name=":23" />

The school closed for the holidays a week early, on December 13.<ref name=":23" />

Also during that month, two bombs were discovered on campus. One was in the Administration building and the other was in the Psychology building (now Ethnic Studies and Psychology building).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bombs at SF State - Bay Area Television Archive |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/209208 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=diva.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

===== 1969 =====
On January 4, 1969, President Hayakawa banned meetings and gatherings on campus and limited picketing activities to the perimeter of the campus.<ref name=":23" /> Picketers ignored the ban.<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |date=2020-07-30 |title=Ethnic Studies: Born in the Bay Area from History's Biggest Student Strike |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11830384/how-the-longest-student-strike-in-u-s-history-created-ethnic-studies |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}</ref>

About 350 teachers who were part of the American Federation of Teachers picketed around the campus on January 6.<ref name=":23" />

On January 23, over 500 people had gathered on campus for a rally. Police surrounded the protestors and arrested hundreds of them, backing up San Francisco's court system for months.<ref name=":24" />

On March 5, Timothy Peebles, a freshman, set off a bomb in the Creative Arts building at night. The bomb injured his hands and face.<ref>{{Cite web |title=stdin: [sixties-l] SF State Bombings, Radical Campus Chaplains, |url=http://lists.village.virginia.edu/lists_archive/sixties-l/3125.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=lists.village.virginia.edu}}</ref><ref name=":23" />

The strike officially ended on March 20, after an agreement was signed by representatives of the Black Student Union, the Third World Liberation Front, and the school.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":23" /><ref name=":24" /> The school agreed to establish the first College of Ethnic Studies in the country, housing the departments of American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, [[Biography:Black people|Black]] Studies, and La Raza Studies, and to accept almost all nonwhite applicants for the Fall 1969 semester.<ref name=":24" />

==== 1970s and onwards ====
In 1972, the State Colleges system was designated "The California State University and Colleges." 14 colleges met the criteria established by the Board of Trustees and the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, including San Francisco State, which was renamed '''California State University, San Francisco.'''<ref name=":6" /> This name was not popular with students, and the university was soon renamed '''San Francisco State University''' in 1974.<ref name=":7" />

Hayakawa resigned in 1973. This led to the appointment of Paul F. Romberg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State Faculty Protests Selection of Hayakawa's Successor {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/7/17/san-francisco-state-faculty-protests-selection/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>

The Student Union building (now Cesar Chavez Student Center) was opened in 1975.<ref name=":7" /> It was designed by Paffard Keatinge-Clay.

President Romberg secured a permanent federal lease for 25 acres of shoreline in Tiburon for just $1 in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SFSU Centennial History: 1978 |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/1978.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The Romberg Tiburon Campus would eventually expand to 53 acres.

In 1983, [[Biography:Woo Chia-wei|Chia-Wei Woo]] became the 11th president of the university. Woo was the first Chinese-American to head a major American university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centennial Historical Presidents: Chia Wei Woo |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/woo.htm#:~:text=When%20he%20became%20SF%20State's,programs%20and%20activities%20at%20SFSU. |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

On May 14, 1985, a pipe bomb in a purse was found in the Business/Ethnic Studies Building (now Business Building).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1985-05-14 |title=Ticking Bomb Found on Campus in San Francisco |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-14-mn-19005-story.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State College Campus Guide |url=https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A110322?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=813b0bb1deec19f40c52&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=1&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1 |access-date=November 29, 2023}}</ref> A US Army bomb disposal team removed it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bomb at SF State College - Bay Area Television Archive |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/187246 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=diva.sfsu.edu}}</ref> In September that year, Coy Ray Phelps was arrested and charged for the attempted bombing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1985-09-21 |title=S.F. Man Held in One Bombing, Three Attempts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-21-me-2375-story.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Phelps had also planted bombs in four other locations in San Francisco, but only one exploded at the offices of the local Humanist Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Coy Ray Phelps, Defendant-appellant, 35 F.3d 573 (9th Cir. 1994) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/35/573/605457/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=March 22, 2002 |title=Man's release a mistake, judge rules / Found insane, he escaped bomb charges |url=https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Man-s-release-a-mistake-judge-rules-Found-2862590.php |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=SF Gate}}</ref> On September 17, 1986, Phelps was placed in a psychiatric facility after being found [[Social:Insanity defense|not guilty by reason of insanity]]. He was released in 1999, but after starting a website that advocated for murdering Black people and Jewish people, a panel of three judges ruled that he should not have been released in the first place, and he was rearrested in 2002.<ref name=":22" /> He appealed the ruling, but his case was dismissed in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phelps v. United States, 92 F. App'x 539 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/phelps-v-united-states-34 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=casetext.com}}</ref> On September 23, 2015, he was released from the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inmate Locator |url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.bop.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Judge |first=EDWARD M. CHEN, District |title=U.S. v. PHELPS {{!}} No. CR-85-00899 EMC. {{!}} By EDWARD... {{!}} 20151125994{{!}} Leagle.com |url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20151125994 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Leagle |language=en}}</ref>

In 1993, the College of Extended Learning (now College of Global and Professional Education) opened the Downtown Center in San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch, at 425 Market St. <ref name=":7" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Gerald D. |date=1999-12-16 |title=S.F. State trumpets downtown campus |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/S-F-State-trumpets-downtown-campus-3270898.php |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=CT Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Cesar Chavez Student Center, November 29, 2023.jpg|thumb|Cesar Chavez Student Center]]

In 1994, a mural depicting Malcolm X was painted on the Student Union building, commissioned by the Pan-African Student Union and African Student Alliance. The mural's border contained yellow [[Star of David|Stars of David]] and dollar signs mingled with skulls and crossbones and near the words "African Blood." The next week, after demonstrations on both sides, the university's administration had the mural painted over, and subsequently sand blasted.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 22, 1994 |title=Malcolm X Mural Is Marred Amid Dispute on Its Content |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE1D61038F931A15756C0A962958260}}</ref> Two years later, a new Malcolm X mural was painted, without the controversial symbols.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chronicle of Higher Education |url=http://chronicle.com/che-data/articles.dir/art-42.dir/issue-44.dir/44a00603.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430052401/http://chronicle.com/che-data/articles.dir/art-42.dir/issue-44.dir/44a00603.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2009 |website=chronicle.com}}</ref>

In 1995, San Francisco State alumni [[Biography:Geoffrey Marcy|Geoff Marcy]] and Paul Butler discovered two new Jupiter-sized planets within 35 light-years of Earth, including one that could contain elements for organic life. They discovered another planet about 40 light years away less than three months later.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lemonick |first=Michael D. |date=1996-01-29 |title=IS SOMEONE OUT THERE? |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,984043,00.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Space Scientist: Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/space-scientist-geoff-marcy-and-paul-butler |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Discover Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

=== 21st Century ===
In 2007, the Downtown Campus was opened at 835 Market Street, replacing the Downtown Center. The campus had nearly 47,000 square feet of classroom space in Westfield San Francisco Centre. The campus was used for courses in the College of Extended Learning and Lam Family College of Business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berlin |first=Kyran |title=SF State evaluates new locations for Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/96511/campus-original/sf-state-evaluates-new-locations-for-downtown-campus/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>

The first Rhythms Music Festival happened in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheffer |first=Devery |title=ASI-sponsored Rhythms Music Festival kicks off tomorrow in the Annex |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/25791/latest/life/rhythms-festival-history-annex/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> The annual music festival is held in a building known as the Annex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhythms |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/rhythms |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2013, the Science Building was found to have "unsafe levels" of airborne mercury, lead and asbestos in the basement as a result of reports that pesticide-laden Native American artifacts were previously stored with a material now known to be highly hazardous. Over $3.6 million was spent for remediation of the pervasive contamination. University administration terminated several employees who reported the contamination, resulting in several wrongful termination and whistle-blower lawsuits, including one by the recently hired director. In July 2014, Cal/[[Organization:Occupational Safety and Health Administration|OSHA]] cited the university for various health and safety violations in the Science Building, which included SFSU failing to locate asbestos in the building and warn employees about the hazards of mercury.<ref>{{Cite news |title=SFSU fired whistleblower who exposed Science Building scandal |language=en-US |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfsu-fired-whistleblower-exposed-science-building-scandal/ |access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=SFSU attorneys ordered to release Science Building scandal emails |language=en-US |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfsu-attorneys-ordered-release-science-building-scandal-emails/ |access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> SFSU previously ran into trouble with its Environmental Health and Safety program when the director prior, Robert Shearer, was accused of accepting bribes from a waste disposal firm in exchange for at least $4 million in university funds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contractor Pleads Guilty to 118 Counts of Bribery Involving Former SFSU Official |url=http://sfappeal.com/2015/04/contractor-pleads-guilty-to-118-counts-of-bribery-involving-former-sfsu-official/ |access-date=2018-10-26 |website=sfappeal.com |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2016, a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlQ4H0Kdg8 video of a student being attacked for having dreadlocks] went viral and sparked discussions about [[Philosophy:Cultural appropriation|cultural appropriation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roommate of woman in viral dreadlocks video at SF State speaks out |url=https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-state-university-fight-dreadlock-confrontation-sfsu-dreadlocks-cultural-appropriation/1269086/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-31 |title=The white student who was harassed over his dreadlocks has spoken out |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/white-san-francisco-student-cory-goldstein-defends-his-dreadlocks-after-being-harassed-by-black-student-a6960941.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

In response to the College of [[Philosophy:Ethnic studies|Ethnic Studies]] being underfunded since 2008, four students held a ten-day hunger strike from May 2–11, 2016, resulting in one hospitalization. The strike ended when President Leslie Wong agreed to commit nearly $500,000 to the college and meet a portion of their demands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrera |first=Jack |title=10-day hunger strike = victory for SFSU students |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2016/05/22/10-day-hunger-strike-victory-for-sfsu-students/37417869/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Experimental College was revived in Fall 2017. One-unit courses are created and taught by students.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-11 |title=Pilot Program Revives 1960s Experimental College at S.F. State |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11635657/pilot-program-revives-1960s-experimental-college-at-s-f-state |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}</ref>

Also in 2017, a group of Jewish students and local residents accused SFSU of encouraging antisemitism, and excluding Jewish student pro-Israel activist groups from campus activities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pine |first=Dan |date=2017-08-05 |title=Investigation: SF Hillel 'improperly excluded' from student fair |language=en-US |work=J. |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2017/08/04/investigation-finds-hillel-improperly-excluded-sfsu-student-fair/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-22 |title=A Reluctant Campus Acknowledges Zionism |url=https://www.commentary.org/jonathan-marks/san-francisco-state-university-reluctant-campus-acknowledges-zionism/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Commentary Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=2017-06-20 |title=Lawsuit says Jewish students 'intimidated' at SF State |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lawsuit-says-Jewish-students-intimidated-at-11231442.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> The students filed two lawsuits focusing on the disruption of a speech by Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat in 2016. One suit was dismissed by a federal judge in 2018.<ref name="Egelko">{{Cite web |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=2022-03-15 |title=Tensions over ethnic studies continue at S.F. State as president vetoes faculty decision siding with professor |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Tensions-over-ethnic-studies-continue-at-SF-State-17004728.php |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> Another lawsuit was settled in 2019 and included provisions for a $200,000 university fund to promote viewpoint diversity, a new coordinator of Jewish Student Life position for at least four years, and an independent consultant to review the university's non-discrimination policies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martos |first=Shaylyn Cortney |title=Protesters denounce CSU settlement over Zionism |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/88125/latest/news/protesters-denounce-csu-settlement-over-zionism/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>

In May 2019, Lynn Mahoney became the first woman to become president of San Francisco State in a permanent capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynn Mahoney {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/leadership/presidents/Pages/mahoney.aspx |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> Mary Ward had served as an acting president in the summer of 1927, after the death of Archibald Anderson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centennial Historical Presidents: Mary Ward |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/ward.htm |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

On September 23, 2020, SFSU faculty Rabab Abdulhadi and Tomomi Kinukawa hosted a discussion on [[Software:Zoom|Zoom]] titled "Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, and Resistance."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, and Resistance - Event - Arab America |url=https://www.arabamerica.com/events/whose-narratives-gender-justice-and-resistance/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929012250/https://www.arabamerica.com/events/whose-narratives-gender-justice-and-resistance/ |archive-date=September 29, 2020 }}</ref> The event's speakers included Leila Khaled, a Palestinian political activist and plane hijacker, and Laura Whitehorn, an American political activist and domestic bomber. Zoom and YouTube canceled the broadcast due to Khaled's history of violent actions towards civilians. Facebook also removed a page for the event.<ref name="Egelko"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-27 |title=Zoom refuses to stream university event featuring member of terrorist organization |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/25/zoom-refuses-stream-university-event-featuring-member-terrorist-organization |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927005246/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/25/zoom-refuses-stream-university-event-featuring-member-terrorist-organization |archive-date=September 27, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=James |date=2020-09-24 |title=Zoom cancels talk by Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled at San Francisco State University |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453935/zoom-facebook-youtube-cancel-talk-leila-khaled-san-francisco-state-university |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> President Lynn Mahoney wrote a [https://jweekly.com/2020/09/14/s-f-state-president-i-condemn-hate-but-cherish-a-diversity-of-opinions/ letter] about the incident. A second event titled "Whose Narratives? What Free Speech for Palestine?" was scheduled for April 23, 2021, and was also blocked. The event had nine speakers scheduled, including Khaled, Whitehorn, and Sekou Odinga, an activist and former Black Panther.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Sarah |date=2021-04-22 |title=Zoom cancels another academic event with Leila Khaled, again raising questions about company's role in the classroom |url=https://www.thefire.org/news/zoom-cancels-another-academic-event-leila-khaled-again-raising-questions-about-companys-role |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.thefire.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greschler |first=Gabriel |date=2020-09-04 |title=Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak at S.F. State |language=en-US |work=J. |url=https://jweekly.com/2020/09/04/jewish-groups-condemn-plans-for-palestinian-hijacker-leila-khaled-to-speak-at-s-f-state/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref>

In 2022, the new Downtown Campus opened on the fifth floor and a part of the 12th floor of 160 Spear St., replacing the Downtown Campus at 835 Market Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Downtown Campus - We Moved! {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/news/we-moved |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The campus now only occupies the fifth floor.

In 2024, the Science & Engineering Innovation Center opened for the spring semester. The center includes a new 125,000 square-foot building and a renovated 54,000 square-foot building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University raises $10 million for new science building {{!}} Catalyze the Future |url=https://catalyze.sfsu.edu/catalyze/SFState-Genentech-SEIC |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=catalyze.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

==== Demonstrations of 2023 and 2024 ====
On April 6, 2023, former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines visited SFSU for a Turning Point USA student chapter event and spoke publicly about her campaign against transgender athletes in women's sports.<ref name="XPress 2023">{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Adriana |date=2023-04-07 |title=Riley Gaines visit to SF State results in trans-rights activist protest |work=Golden Gate Xpress |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/102298/latest/news/riley-gaines-visit-to-sf-state-results-in-trans-right-activist-protests/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408063639/https://goldengatexpress.org/102298/latest/news/riley-gaines-visit-to-sf-state-results-in-trans-right-activist-protests/ |archive-date=2023-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Alexandra |date=2023-03-28 |title='Spiritual warfare': Riley Gaines speaks against trans women in women's sports at on-campus event |work=The Pitt News |url=https://pittnews.com/article/180047/news/spiritual-warfare-riley-gaines-speaks-against-trans-women-in-womens-sports-at-on-campus-event/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405182257/https://pittnews.com/article/180047/news/spiritual-warfare-riley-gaines-speaks-against-trans-women-in-womens-sports-at-on-campus-event/ |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> Protesters attended the event and were peaceful. After the event concluded, more protesters arrived.<ref name="SFGate 2023">{{Cite news |last=Regimbal |first=Alec |date=2023-04-07 |title=Anti-Lia Thomas activist whisked away by police amid protest at San Francisco State |work=SFGATE |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/riley-gaines-speech-san-francisco-state-university-17884740.php |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407214044/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/riley-gaines-speech-san-francisco-state-university-17884740.php |archive-date=2023-04-07}}</ref><ref name="XPress 2023" /> Gaines was escorted by university police officers to shelter in a classroom.<ref name="SFGate 2023" /><ref name="XPress 2023" /> Video clips were posted to social media, including by Gaines, that appear to show protesters chanting, shouting, and holding signs.<ref name="SFGate 2023" /> After the event, Gaines said she had been physically struck twice by a person during the protest.<ref name="CNN 2023">{{cite web |date=April 7, 2023 |title=Former college swimmer says she was assaulted at an event opposing the inclusion of trans women in women's sports |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/former-ncaa-swimmer-riley-gaines-assault-san-francisco-state-university/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref><ref name="SFGate 2023" /> Soon after the event, the university police stated that no arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing.<ref name="CNN 2023" />
[[File:Tuition Hike Rally September 11, 2023.png|thumb|Students at San Francisco State University rallied and marched in protest of the CSU tuition increase on September 11, 2023.]]
On September 11, about 300 students rallied and marched against the CSU system's proposed tuition increase.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Adriana |title='Stop the hike,' SFSU students oppose tuition increase |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/103729/latest/news/stop-the-hike-sfsu-students-oppose-tuition-increase/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> On September 15, CSU's Board of Trustees voted in favor of the plan to reduce the system's $1.5 billion deficit with annual tuition increases of 6%, starting from the 2024–2025 academic year to the 2028–2029 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Multi-Year Tuition Proposal {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/attend/paying-for-college/tuition-increase/Pages/proposed-tuition-adjustments.aspx |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-13 |title=Facing $1.5B deficit, California State University to hike tuition 6% annually for next 5 years |url=https://apnews.com/article/california-state-university-deficit-tuition-hike-billion-2e8fc00c9cf88f11e910932a09f336df |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

After years of declining enrollment, budget cuts were announced on August 31, totaling $11 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Stephanie |title=Budget cuts hit all colleges totaling over $11 million |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/103697/campus-original/budget-cuts-hit-all-colleges-totaling-over-11-million/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> The university is also facing a $9 million budget deficit. A plan to eliminate the deficit calls for cutting the equivalent of 125 full-time positions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 31, 2023 |title=University Budget Committee August 31, 2023 Presentation |url=https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/UBC%20Presentation%20August%202023%20complete%20slideshow%20v2.1.pdf |access-date=November 25, 2023 |website=University Budget Committee}}</ref> The California Faculty Association said it would result in the layoff of about 325 part-time lecturers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Preetina |date=2023-10-12 |title=Organizing Against Massive Layoffs at San Francisco State University |url=https://www.calfac.org/organizing-against-massive-layoffs-at-san-francisco-state-university/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=California Faculty Association |language=en-US}}</ref> 

On October 11, the CFA held a practice rally against the tuition increase and possible layoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=CFA rally against tuition increase and working conditions |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104337/campus-original/cfa-rally-against-tuition-increase-and-working-conditions/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> 

On October 26, the CFA and the university's Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter led about 300 students and faculty in a rally and march against layoffs and the tuition increase.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=CFA rally at SFSU for a better contract amidst vote to strike |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104550/campus-original/cfa-rally-at-sfsu-for-a-better-contract-amidst-vote-to-strike/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> 

The CFA led another rally against layoffs on November 15.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pratap |first=Ishaan |title=CFA hosts rally to save SFSU faculty jobs |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104825/campus-original/cfa-hosts-rally-to-save-sfsu-faculty-jobs/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
[[File:Student walkout October 25, 2023.png|thumb|Hundreds of students walked out and rallied at San Francisco State's Malcolm X Plaza on October 25, 2023.]]
In response to the 2023 Israel–Hamas War, hundreds of students walked out and rallied on October 25, calling for a ceasefire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=SFSU walkout of class to call ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104555/campus-original/sfsu-walkout-of-class-to-call-cease-fire-in-gaza/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> It was part of a nationwide walkout organized by Students for Justice in Palestine.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Walkouts Protesting 'Gaza Genocide' Planned on Campuses Across U.S. |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2023-10-25/ty-article/.premium/walkouts-protesting-gaza-genocide-planned-on-campuses-across-u-s/0000018b-66b9-d326-a39b-66b9b8130000 |access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref>

On November 14, Teamsters Local 2010 held a one-day strike across all 23 CSU campuses, seeking higher pay.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arbona |first=Catie |date=2023-11-16 |title=Teamsters Show our POWER on Strike! |url=https://teamsters2010.org/2023/11/16/teamsters-show-our-power-on-strike/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Teamsters Local 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref> San Francisco State skilled laborers marched through the university before joining the picket line at the university's 19th Ave and Holloway entrance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=Teamsters 2010 Union goes on strike |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104798/campus-original/teamsters-2010-union-goes-on-strike/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>

Students walked out and protested on November 28, in response to 655 courses being cut and over 300 faculty members being laid off in the Spring 2024 semester.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Jason |title=Gators bite back in latest walkout |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104935/campus-original/gators-bite-back-in-latest-walkout/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>

One-day strikes led by the CFA were held across four CSU campuses from December 4–7, including San Francisco State on December 5.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2023 |title=California Faculty Association Instagram Post |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Czb0LA9g9aC/ |access-date=November 25, 2023}}</ref> Faculty and students picketed against budget cuts and possible layoffs and are seeking a raise of 12%.<ref>{{Citation |last=Osborn |first=Sophia |title=The other side: Q&A With CFA-SFSU Brad Erickson |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104489/multimedia/the-other-side-qa-with-cfa-sfsu-brad-erickson/ |access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref>

SFSU faculty members participated in a strike led by the California Faculty Association across the CSU system on January 22, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-20 |title=California Faculty Association to strike next week at Cal State campuses - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-faculty-association-to-strike-next-week-at-cal-state-campuses/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CFA-SF Strike Ready |url=https://sites.google.com/view/cfa-sfsustrikeready |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The strike was planned to last through the week before the university's spring semester, but ended early due to the CFA reaching a tentative agreement with the CSU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Ryan |title=Cal State System Strike Begins, Ends in 1 Day |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/labor-unionization/2024/01/23/cal-state-system-strike-begins-and-ends-one-day |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Matthew |date=2024-01-22 |title=California State Universities reach tentative agreement with faculty and staff - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/california-state-universities-reach-tentative-agreement-with-staff/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Milestones ===
* 1901 – First graduating class consisting of 36 women.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":9" />
* 1923 – First Bachelor of Arts degree awarded<ref name=":9" />
* 1930 – Became four-year school<ref name="today">[http://www.sfsu.edu/~puboff/sfsufact/archive/0809/sftoday.htm SF State Facts 2009–2010], San Francisco State University</ref>
* 1929 – Grace Hackett became the first known African-American to graduate from the school<ref name=":0" />
* 1949 – Master's degree first offered<ref name=":9" />
* 1972 – Received university status
* 1974 – Renamed San Francisco State University<ref name=":1" />
* 1975 – Cesar Chavez Student Center opened its doors to students<ref name=":7" />
* 1999 – Celebrated 100th birthday<ref name="Hoover">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/03/21/SC99837.DTL|title= 1899–1999 '100 Years of Opportunity' A century and 185,020 degrees after its humble beginnings, San Francisco State University proudly celebrates its legacy of service, activism and diversity |last=Hoover|first=Ken|date=March 21, 1999|work=San Francisco Chronicle|pages=SC-1|access-date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

== Governance ==
San Francisco State University is part of the [[Organization:California State University|California State University]] system. The CSU is governed by a 25-member Board of Trustees who oversee the system's chancellor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> The president of SF State reports to the chancellor. The president oversees six cabinet units. Cabinet units collaborate via 13 committees and work in conjunction with three semi-independent 501(c)(3) organizations that support the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Campus Governance {{!}} Administration & Finance |url=https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/campus-governance |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=adminfin.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Each cabinet, except the Office of the President, is led by a vice president.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Administrative Officers < San Francisco State University |url=https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/about-sfsu/admin-officers/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=bulletin.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The vice president of Academic Affairs is also university's [[Social:Provost (education)|provost]] and oversees 15 administrative units, including the university's seven colleges. Each college is led by a dean.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Academic Affairs {{!}} Academic Affairs and the Office of the Provost |url=https://academic.sfsu.edu/about-aa |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=academic.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The colleges are comprised of departments, led by department chairs, and schools, led by directors. Departments and schools are at the same administrative level.

===Presidents===
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
* Frederic Lister Burk (1899–1924)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |date=2019-02-01 |title=San Francisco State University Archives |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/ch/article/96/1/33/33533/San-Francisco-State-University-Archives |journal=California History |language=en |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=33–45 |doi=10.1525/ch.2019.96.1.33 |s2cid=166317280 |issn=0162-2897}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/burk.htm Centennial Historical Presidents], San Francisco State University</ref>
* Archibald B. Anderson (1924–1927)
* Mary A. Ward (1927)<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Mary A. Ward |url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/ward.htm |website=University Communications, SFSU}}</ref>
* Alexander C. Roberts (1927–1945)
* J. Paul Leonard (1945–1957)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-03-01 |title=J. Paul Leonard, 93, University President |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/01/obituaries/j-paul-leonard-93-university-president.html |access-date=2022-08-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* Glenn Dumke (1957–1961)<ref>{{cite web |date=July 1, 1989 |title=Dr. Glenn S. Dumke, 72, Is Dead; Was California Universities' Head |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DA163DF932A35754C0A96F948260 |access-date=2008-11-23 |work=The New York Times }}</ref>
* Frank L. Fenton (1961–1962)
* Paul A. Dodd (1962–1965)
* Stanley F. Paulson (1965–1966)
* John Summerskill (1966–1968)
* Robert R. Smith (1968)
* S. I. Hayakawa (1968–1973)
* Paul F. Romberg (1973–1983)
* [[Biography:Woo Chia-wei|Chia-Wei Woo]] (1983–1988)
* Robert A. Corrigan (1988–2012)
* Leslie Wong (2012–2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Asimov |first=Nanette |date=May 11, 2012 |title=Leslie Wong is named president of S.F. State |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Leslie-Wong-is-named-president-of-S-F-State-3550577.php |work=SFGATE |location=San Francisco |access-date=2018-08-13 }}</ref>
* Lynn Mahoney (2019–present)<ref>{{cite news |date=May 22, 2019 |title=Lynn Mahoney Appointed President of San Francisco State University
 |url=http://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/lynn-mahoney-appointed-president-san-francisco-state-university}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

== Academics ==
<div style="float:right; text-align:center;"></div>[[File:SFSU Library 3.jpg|thumb|San Francisco State University's library]]The university operates on a [[Social:Academic term|semester calendar]]. Students generally enroll in courses during the fall and spring semesters, but courses are also offered during the summer semester and winter session.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Calendar - SF State University |url=https://webapps.sfsu.edu/public/webcal/acadcalendar |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=webapps.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Winter courses are not eligible for financial aid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of Student Financial Aid {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://financialaid.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=financialaid.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The university has a four-year graduation rate of 49% and a six-year graduation rate of 55%.<ref name=":35" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Right-to-Know {{!}} Institutional Research |url=https://ir.sfsu.edu/student-right-know |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=ir.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The student-faculty ratio at SFSU is 20:1.<ref name=":35">{{cite magazine |title=San Francisco State University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/sfsu-1154 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>

In Fall 2022, the university had 1,905 instructional faculty, of which 807 (or 42 percent) were tenured or on the tenure track.<ref name=":9" />

=== Colleges ===
The university's seven colleges are:
* College of Liberal & Creative Arts<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Liberal & Creative Arts {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://lca.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=lca.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Lam Family College of Business<ref>{{Cite web |title=Innovate Sustainably. Lead Responsibly. {{!}} Lam Family College of Business |url=https://cob.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cob.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* College of Ethnic Studies<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Ethnic Studies {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* College Health and Social Sciences<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Health & Social Sciences {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://chss.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=chss.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* College of Science and Engineering<ref>{{Cite web |title=The College of Science & Engineering (CoSE) {{!}} College of Science & Engineering |url=https://cose.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cose.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Graduate College of Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduate College of Education {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://gcoe.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=gcoe.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* College of Professional & Global Education (formerly College of Extended Learning)<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Professional and Global Education (CPaGE) {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Bay Area, California Continuing Education / Extension Classes + Certificates |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Undergraduate programs ===
SFSU offers 119 bachelor's degree programs across its seven colleges.

The most popular undergraduate majors are Business Administration, Biology, Kinesiology, Engineering, English, Communication Studies, Psychology, Criminal Justice Studies, Sociology, and Cinema.<ref>{{cite web |title=Visit SF State - Fast Facts |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/future/visit/facts.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903202226/http://www.sfsu.edu/future/visit/facts.html |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |access-date=2017-09-23 |publisher=SFSU.edu |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The College of Health and Social Sciences also offers accelerated Bachelor of Science degrees in [[Medicine:Nursing|nursing]] in partnership with the City College of San Francisco and College of San Mateo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADN-BSN {{!}} School of Nursing |url=https://www.nursing.sfsu.edu/adn-bsn |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.nursing.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Blended master's programs ===
SFSU offers 34 blended bachelor's and master's degree programs, called San Francisco State Scholars programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SF State Scholars (Blended Bachelor's +Master's) Programs {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/scholars-4-1-program |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The programs provide students an accelerated path to a graduate degree by allowing students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior years.

=== Graduate and professional programs ===
The university offers 105 master's degree programs across six colleges: College of Liberal & Creative Arts, Lam Family College of Business, College of Ethnic Studies, College Health and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, and Graduate College of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find Your Graduate Program {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/find-your-graduate-program |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The Graduate College of Education offers two doctoral programs: [[Social:Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in special education, in partnership with [[Organization:University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]] and [[Social:Doctor of Education|Ed.D]] in Educational Leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Doctorate in Special Education {{!}} Department of Special Education |url=https://sped.sfsu.edu/content/joint-doctorate |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=sped.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The College of Health and Social Sciences offers a [[Social:Doctor of Physical Therapy|DPT]] program in partnership with [[Organization:University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco]]. The Graduate College of Education also offers 22 [[Social:Teaching credential|teaching credential]] programs.<ref name=":2" />

=== Other academic programs ===

==== Experimental College ====
The original Experimental College, known as E.C., was created in 1965 and lasted until 1969. The revived Experimental College, known as EXCO, allows students to create curriculums and teach one-unit courses about any topic.<ref name=":12" /> It is similar to [[Organization:Oberlin College|Oberlin College]]'s ExCo program and [[Organization:University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]]'s DeCal program. Recent course offerings include ''BDSM 101'', ''Lucid Dreaming'', ''Adventures in SF'', ''Thematic Analysis of Studio Ghibli Films'', and ''United States Foster System''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EXCO Courses |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/exco/courses/current |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EXCO Past Courses Fall 2023 {{!}} SF State's Experimental College |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/exco/courses/courses_F2023 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}</ref> EXCO is part of the Department of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning {{!}} Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning |url=https://ueap.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ueap.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

==== Open University ====
People without formal admission to the university can enroll in undergraduate or graduate courses on a space available basis, through the College of Professional & Global Education's Open University program. Up to undergraduate 24 units can be applied towards a bachelor's degree or six units towards a master's degree at San Francisco State. The program costs $395 per unit and is open to everybody except SFSU students. This includes high school students, community college students, and international students. This program is the university's [[Social:Dual enrollment|concurrent enrollment]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open University {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/openuniversity |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

==== ElderCollege ====
ElderCollege is a noncredit program provided by the College of Professional & Global Education that allows people 50 and older to sit in on courses on a space available basis, with the approval of an instructor. There are no official records of enrollment, attendance, or grades as ElderCollege students participate only for their personal benefit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ElderCollege at San Francisco State University {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} Courses for Mature Learners {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/eldercollege |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}</ref> ElderCollege students are expected to attend regularly and participate, but are not expected to take exams or write papers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=eldercollege.pdf {{!}} Powered by Box |url=https://sfsu.app.box.com/s/4mkn17lm8obtuu1pt64sjrk93nmgiutn |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=sfsu.app.box.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Osher Lifelong Learning Institute ====
SFSU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, was founded in 2003. OLLIs are education organizations for older adults that are operated independently. SFSU's OLLI provides six-week courses and "mini courses" intended for people 50 and older, but people under 50 may join.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |title=About OLLI {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/about |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/faq |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The courses are not for credit. OLLI does not use SFSU's semester calendar and has its own five-session academic calendar in which six-week courses are taught; the sessions are spring, summer, late summer, fall, and winter.<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |title=Session Dates {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/session-dates |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Membership is required to attend six-week courses, while mini courses are open to non-members. Mini courses consist of one to three class meetings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OLLI SF State Courses {{!}} Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/courses |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Mini courses are offered six months per year: January, March, May, July, September, and December.<ref name=":26" /> Courses are not taught at the main campus, and instead are available over [[Software:Zoom|Zoom]] and in person at SFSU's Downtown Campus.<ref name=":25" /> OLLI also offers interest groups and social events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |url=https://olli.sfsu.edu/index.php/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=olli.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

===Accreditation===
The university is accredited by the [[Organization:Western Association of Schools and Colleges|Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=SF State WASC Accreditation|url=http://air.sfsu.edu/wasc/accreditation|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101124011/http://air.sfsu.edu/wasc/accreditation|url-status=dead}}</ref> The College of Business is accredited by the [[Organization:Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB International).<ref>{{cite web|title=SF State AACSB Accreditation|url=https://cob.sfsu.edu/aacsb}}</ref> The School of Engineering is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).<ref>{{cite web|title=Abet-Accredited Programs: San Francisco State University |url=http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=28&ProgramIDs=}}</ref>

=== Admissions and enrollment ===
In Fall 2022, SFSU's total enrollment was 25,046. This included 21,868 undergraduate students and 3,178 postgraduate students. In-state students were 96% of undergraduate students enrolled at the university.<ref name=":11" />

SFSU uses Cal State Apply, the centralized application system for all 23 CSU campuses. There is a $70 fee per application, but fee waivers are available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How To Apply {{!}} Division of Graduate Studies & Career Development |url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/content/apply/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=grad.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The university does not use school rank, personal statements and essays, letters of recommendation, legacy status, or standardized test scores in the admissions process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Navigator - San Francisco State University |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=san+francisco+state+university&s=all&id=122597#admsns |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed floatleft" style="font-size:85%; margin:5px"
|+Fall Admissions Data
!&nbsp;
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
!2019
!2018
!2017
!2016
!2015
!2014
!2013
!2012
!2011
!2010
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Applicants
|31,924
|30,966
|27,777
|31,429
|34,631
|35,605
|34,521
|36,220
|35,121
|31,963
|34,929
|31,461
|30,096
|29,395
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Admits
|28,719
|28,180
|25,782
|26,431
|23,310
|25,550
|24,327
|24,703
|23,841
|21,088
|20,889
|20,070
|19,569
|18,401
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Admit rate
|90%
|91%
|92.8%
|84.1%
|67.3%
|71.8%
|70.5%
|68.2%
|67.9%
|66%
|59.8%
|63.8%
|65%
|62.6%
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Enrolled
|2,984
|3,339
|3,148
|2,779
|3,689
|4,286
|4,323
|3,570
|4,259
|3,751
|3,611
|3,785
|3,537
|3,659
|}

=== Rankings and distinctions ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 178
| Forbes = 188
| Wamo_NU = 84
| USNWR_W = 1175
| THE_WSJ = 401-500
}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="infobox" style="width: 22em"
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |
<big>2022–2023 USNWR National Program Rankings</big><ref name=USNWR>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/san-francisco-state-university-1154/overall-rankings |title=California State University - San Francisco Rankings |access-date=2022-09-12 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>
|-
| Top Public Schools
| 118
|-
| Top Performers on Social Mobility
| 15
|-
| Best Undergraduate [[Engineering:Engineering|Engineering]] Programs
| 59 (At schools where doctorate not offered)
|-
| [[Medicine:Nursing|Nursing]]
| 135
|-
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 | USNWR Graduate School Rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=San Francisco - U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 24, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/san-francisco-state-university-122597/overall-rankings}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Rehabilitation Counseling
| 32
|-
| Social Work
| 79
|-
| [[Social:Public policy school|Public Affairs]]
| 81
|-
| Public health
| 89
|-
| [[Social:Speech–language pathology|Speech–Language Pathology]]
| 109
|-
| Fine Arts
| 124
|}
{{col-end}}

In 2020, SFSU was ranked the 19th top university in the United States by PayScale and CollegeNET's Social Mobility Index university rankings.<ref>{{cite web | title =Social Mobility Index | website =Social Mobility Index | publisher = CollegeNET and PayScale| date = 2020| url =http://socialmobilityindex.org/| access-date = November 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the [https://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/report-2022/m-a-programs-in-philosophy/ Philosophical Gourmet Report] listed San Francisco State University as one of the top eight universities to earn a [[Social:Terminal degree|terminal]] MA in philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Graduate Philosophy Department Ranks #8 Nationwide|url=https://grad.sfsu.edu/news-announce/philosophical-gourmet-report|access-date=May 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521104927/https://grad.sfsu.edu/news-announce/philosophical-gourmet-report|archive-date=May 21, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> SFSU was one of the first California State University campuses to offer a doctorate of education. It was also instrumental in the establishment of the [[Organization:International University of Kyrgyzstan|International University of Kyrgyzstan]] (1993).<ref name="sfsu.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/news/superlatives/programs.html |title=Programs - San Francisco State University |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=2014-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205205508/http://www.sfsu.edu/news/superlatives/programs.html |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The university is the only one in California to offer a bachelor's degree in technical and professional writing.<ref name="sfsu.edu" /> It is also the only university in the California State University system to offer a master's degree in [[Social:Classics|Classics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Schools & Departments |url=https://lca.sfsu.edu/academics |access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref>

The Cinema Department, in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts, was named one of the world's best film schools by ''Variety'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/features/entertainment-education-report-best-films-schools-for-2019-1203213637/ |title=Entertainment Education Report: The Best Film Schools for 2019 |magazine=Variety |date=2019 |access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> SFSU was also listed as one of the nation's top 25 film schools by ''The Hollywood Reporter'', having produced many leading filmmakers, with over 13 Academy Award wins among its alumni.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/top-25-american-film-schools-ranked-1231343/item/2019-top-25-film-schools-san-francisco-state-1231403 |title=The Top 25 American Film Schools, Ranked |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=University Impact Report 2023 {{!}} University Development |url=https://develop.sfsu.edu/impact-report-2023 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=develop.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The Sutro Library houses the largest collection of [[Social:Genealogy|genealogical]] records west of Salt Lake City.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGrane |first=Sally |date=August 26, 2001 |title=Family Matters / Learning about relatives -- near and far -- expands our sense of self |url=http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Family-Matters-Learning-about-relatives-near-2885163.php |work=SFGATE |location=San Francisco |access-date=2017-09-23 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed floatright collapsible" ; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2022<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=College Navigator - San Francisco State University |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=san+francisco+state+university&s=all&id=122597#enrolmt |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! data-sort-type="number" |Total
|
|-
| Hispanic
|align=right| {{bartable|38|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Asian
|align=right| {{bartable|24|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Social:Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| Foreign national
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Black
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Pacific Islander
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="3" data-sort-type="number" |[[Social:Economic diversity|Economic diversity]]
|-
| Low-income{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|48|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| Affluent or middle-class{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|52|%|2||background:black}}
|}

In 2021, SFSU was ranked fifth for diversity nationwide and third for diversity in the western U.S. by the Wall Street Journal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wall Street Journal ranks SF State top 5 for diversity nationwide {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/archive/news-story/wall-street-journal-ranks-sf-state-top-5-diversity-nationwide.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-17 |title=Top Colleges in the West for Diversity |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-colleges-in-the-west-for-diversity-11637100489 |access-date=2023-11-26 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

SFSU has the second largest Asian and Filipino American enrollment percentage in the [[Organization:California State University|CSU]] system.<ref name="Ethnicity Enrollment Profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|title=Ethnicity Enrollment Profile|website=www.calstate.edu|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025201228/https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Main campus buildings==

=== Academic buildings<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Welcome {{!}} Campus Maps |url=https://maps.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=maps.sfsu.edu}}</ref> ===
[[File:Business Building, November 27, 2023.png|thumb|Business Building]]
* Burk Hall (BH)
* Business (BUS)
* Creative Arts (CA)
* Ethnic Studies & Psychology (EP)
* Fine Arts (FA)
* Health & Social Sciences (HSS)
* Hensill Hall (HH)
* Humanities (HUM)
* Liberal and Creative Arts (LCA)
* J. Paul Leonard Library (LIB)
* Science (SCI)
* Science & Engineering Innovation Center (Under construction)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Science & Engineering Innovation Center {{!}} School of Engineering |url=https://engineering.sfsu.edu/science-engineering-innovation-center |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=engineering.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Sutro Library (in LIB)
* Thornton Hall (TH)
* Marcus Hall (MH)

=== Residence buildings, communities, and services<ref name=":16" /> ===
[[File:The Village at Centennial Square.png|thumb|The Village at Centennial Square is one of San Francisco State University's housing communities.]]
* City Eats Dining Center (DC)<ref name="dineoncampus.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dineoncampus.com/sfsu/ |title=Welcome to DineOnCampus at San Francisco State University by Chartwells Higher Education |publisher=Dineoncampus.com |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="sfsu dining">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/dining/dining.html |title=Dining Center – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907071157/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/dining/dining.html |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Manzanita Square (MZS)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manzanita Square {{!}} University Housing|url=https://housing.sfsu.edu/Manzanita-Square|access-date=2020-12-24|website=housing.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Mary Park Hall (MPH)<ref name="sfsu residencehalls">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/residencehalls.html |title=Mary Park and Mary Ward Residence Halls – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117234704/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/residencehalls.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Mary Ward Hall (MWH)<ref name="sfsu residencehalls" />
* Towers Junior Suites (TJS)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://housing.sfsu.edu/content/towers-centennial-square |title=Towers at Centennial Square |access-date=June 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602055841/http://housing.sfsu.edu/content/towers-centennial-square |archive-date=June 2, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* The Towers at Centennial Square (TCS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/tcs.html |title=Towers at Centennial Square – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117235716/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/tcs.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* The Village at Centennial Square (VCS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/vcs.html |title=Village at Centennial Square – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117234714/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/options/vcs.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* University Park North (UPN)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/univpark/upn.html |title=University Park North |access-date=2008-06-18 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603122808/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/univpark/upn.html |archive-date=June 3, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* University Park South (UPS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/univpark/ups.html |title=University Park South |access-date=2008-06-18 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220161239/http://www.sfsu.edu/~housing/univpark/ups.html |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* West Campus Green Residential Building (Under construction)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=West Campus Green Site Development {{!}} Capital Planning, Design and Construction |url=https://cpdc.sfsu.edu/wcg |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=cpdc.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

A dormitory building, Verducci Hall, was imploded in 1999, having sustained damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.<ref>{{cite news|author=Levy, Dan|url=http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Old-Dorm-Reduced-To-Dust-Thousands-watch-2939449.php|title=Old Dorm Reduced To Dust / Thousands watch implosion at S.F. State|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=1999-03-29|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref>

===Conference and event facilities<ref name=":16" />===
* Seven Hills Conference Center<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~meetings/facilitieshills.html |title=Meeting and Conference Facilities- Seven Hills – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref>
* Student Life Events Center/Annex I (SLEC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Life Events Center {{!}} Student Activities & Events |url=https://activities.sfsu.edu/student-life-events-center |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=activities.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Towers Conference Center (TCONF)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~meetings/facilitiestcs.html |title=Meeting and Conference Facilities-Towers – SF State University Property Management |publisher=Sfsu.edu |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref>

=== Student and administrative services<ref name=":16" /> ===
[[File:Cesar Chavez Student Center, November 27, 2023.png|thumb|Inside Cesar Chavez Student Center]]
* Administration (ADM)
* Cesar Chavez Student Center (CCSC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cesar Chavez Student Center |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/building-map-hours |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Corporation Yard (CYD)
* Gator Health Center (Under construction)<ref name=":3" />
* Early Childhood Education Center (formerly Child Care Center) (A.S. ECEC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Childhood Education Center |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/early-childhood-education-center |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Mashouf Wellness Center (MWC)
* Student Health Center (SHS)
* Student Services (SSB)

===Athletic facilities<ref name=":16" />===
* Cox Stadium
* Gymnasium (GYM)
* Maloney Field

=== Gallery ===
<gallery class="center" perrow="9" mode="slideshow">
File:PXL 20231128 010409313.jpg|Marcus Hall
File:Burk Hall Nov 29, 2023.jpg|link=|Burk Hall
File:SFSU Administration Building.jpg|Administration Building
File:Mashouf Wellness Center, Nov. 27, 2023.png|Mashouf Wellness Center
File:Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building Nov 29 2023.jpg|link=|Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building
File:SFSU Library Nov 28, 2023.jpg|link=|J. Paul Leonard Library
File:SFSU Library 1.jpg|J. Paul Leonard Library seating area
File:The Quad at SFSU.jpg|link=|The Quad
File:Open24.jpg|link=|Open24
File:Thornton and Hensill Halls.png|Thornton Hall and Hensill Hall
File:SFSU Humanities Building.jpg| Humanities Building 
File:SFSU apartments.jpg|alt=| Student housing 
</gallery>

== Satellite campuses ==
In addition to the main campus, the university also has three satellite campuses.

=== Downtown Campus (DTC) ===
[[File:Downtown Campus classroom Oct, 27, 2023.png|thumb|A classroom at the Downtown Campus]]The Downtown Campus located on the fifth floor of 160 Spear St., in San Francisco, California.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Downtown Campus {{!}} San Francisco State University {{!}} College of Professional & Global Education |url=https://cpage.sfsu.edu/downtowncampus |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=cpage.sfsu.edu}}</ref> It is used and managed by the Lam Family College of Business and the College of Professional & Global Education (formerly College of Extended Learning).<ref name=":17" /> The campus spans approximately 15,850 square feet.<ref name=":9" />

SF State has maintained facilities in Downtown San Francisco since the 1950s. The current Downtown Campus replaces the previous, underused campus that was located in the San Francisco Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berlin |first=Kyran |title=SF State evaluates new locations for Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/96511/campus-original/sf-state-evaluates-new-locations-for-downtown-campus/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> The old Downtown Campus was a replacement for the Downtown Center located at 425 Market Street.<ref name="Wong">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Xplainer: Downtown Campus |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/105259/xplainer/xplainerdowntown-campus/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>

The campus has a student lounge, a computer lab, and study rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Downtown Campus {{!}} Lam Family College of Business |url=https://cob.sfsu.edu/resources/graduate-programs/facilities |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=cob.sfsu.edu}}</ref> A portion of 160 Spear St.'s 12th floor was part of the campus until 2024.<ref name="Wong"/>

=== Sierra Nevada Field Campus (SNFC) ===
The 7.1-acre Sierra Nevada Field Campus is located in Sierra County, near Yuba Pass and the Sierra Valley, at 35400 Hwy 49 in Calpine, California.<ref name=":9" /> It is over 200 miles north of the main campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=February 13, 2023 {{!}} CampusMemo |url=https://campusmemo.sfsu.edu/february-13-2023 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=campusmemo.sfsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> The current director of the campus is Darrow Feldstein.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/contact |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The campus offers three to seven-day courses and workshops to students as well as the general public.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the San Francisco State Sierra Nevada Field Campus |website=SF State Sierra Nevada Field Campus|url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/|access-date=2021-12-15 }}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=Classes & Workshops {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/classes-workshops |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Accredited, one-unit courses are processed by the College of Professional & Global Education. Workshops are not for credit and processed by the University Corporation.<ref name=":18" /> The campus is also used for research by graduate students of the College of Science and Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scholarships {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/scholarships |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

Due to its remote location, there is no cell service and extremely limited internet access at the campus. Accommodations at the campus consist of tents with mattresses. Students and visitors can to bring their own tents or vehicles to sleep in, or stay off campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/faqs |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gallery {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/gallery-0 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The campus has a moderately high [[Elevation|elevation]] of about 5522 feet or 1683 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sierra Nevada Field Campus {{!}} Sierra Nevada Field Campus |url=https://sierra.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sierra.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Elevation Finder |url=http://elevation.maplogs.com/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=elevation.maplogs.com}}</ref>

The campus is supported by Friends of Sierra Nevada Field Campus, a non-profit organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus – photo by Sarah Rabkin |url=https://friendsofsnfc.org/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=friendsofsnfc.org}}</ref>

==== Buildings ====
There are three buildings at the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sierra Nevada Field Campus · 35400 CA-49, Sierra City, CA 96124 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sierra+Nevada+Field+Campus/@39.6250371,-120.5794328,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x809c739e8a9b3551:0x3a94f3d625d8f70b!8m2!3d39.625033!4d-120.5768579!16s%2Fg%2F1ptz0975g?entry=tts |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Sierra Nevada Field Campus · 35400 CA-49, Sierra City, CA 96124 |language=en}}</ref>

* Director's Cabin
* Staff Cabin
* Dining Hall

=== Romberg Tiburon Campus (RTC) ===
[[File:Romberg Tiburon Campus pier Oct30, 2023.png|thumb|A pier at the Romberg Tiburon Campus]]The Romberg Tiburon Campus is a 53.7-acre research campus located in Marin County, at 3150 and 3152 Paradise Drive in Tiburon, California. It is home to the only marine and environmental science lab on San Francisco Bay.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Romberg Tiburon Campus |website=Estuary & Ocean Science Center|url=https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu/content/romberg-tiburon-campus|access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> Katharyn Boyer is the interim executive director of the Estuary & Ocean Science Center and manages the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Gretchen |date=2022-06-29 |title=The Ark {{!}} Marine center's new director hopeful amid funding challenges |url=https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/marine-center-s-new-director-hopeful-amid-funding-challenges |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Ark |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=Director's Message {{!}} Estuary & Ocean Science Center |url=https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu/directors-message |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=eoscenter.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The Tiburon branch of the [[Organization:Smithsonian Environmental Research Center|Smithsonian Environmental Research Center]]'s Marine Invasions Lab<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=SI OCIO Web |date=2015-08-24 |title=The Tiburon Branch of the Marine Invasions Lab - Conducting World-class research on the US West Coast Since 2000 |url=https://serc.si.edu/tiburon-branch-marine-invasions-lab-conducting-world-class-research-us-west-coast-2000 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |language=en}}</ref> and the offices for the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are also located there.<ref name=":20" />
[[File:Research Vessels Romberg Tiburon Campus Oct30, 2023.png|thumb|Research vessels at the Romberg Tiburon Campus]]
The campus was a former U.S. Navy base. SF State has operated a marine lab on the site since 1978, when it began acquiring the land from the federal government for $1, under the condition that the site be used for education.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Kurtis |date=2023-06-10 |title=The only marine science lab on San Francisco Bay is at risk of closing. Here's what's at stake |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/tiburon-marine-lab-18136787.php |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

A master plan is being currently being drafted for the campus. It has never had a master plan formally prepared and adopted by the campus or the CSU Board of Trustees. An approved master plan and certified [[Earth:Environmental impact statement|environmental impact statement]] are required before the university can begin significant construction projects at the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campus Planning at San Francisco State University {{!}} Campus Planning |url=https://plan.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=plan.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Romberg Tiburon Campus Master Plan {{!}} Campus Planning |url=https://plan.sfsu.edu/rtcmp |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=plan.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The campus is at risk of closing due to financial struggles.<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":19" />

==== Buildings ====
[[File:Inside Delta Hall, Oct30, 2023.png|thumb|Inside Delta Hall]]
There are eight occupied buildings at the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estuary & Ocean Science Center {{!}} Facilities Services |url=https://facilities.sfsu.edu/eoscenter |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=facilities.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit Our Offices {{!}} San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |url=https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/visit-our-offices |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

* Bay Conference Center (BCC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bay Conference Center {{!}} Estuary & Ocean Science Center |url=https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu/bcc |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=eoscenter.sfsu.edu}}</ref>
* Delta Hall
* Estuary Hall
* Farallon Hall
* Greenhouse
* Ohrenschall Guest House
* N. Barracks
* S. Barracks

==Athletics==
[[File:San Francisco State Gators wordmark.jpg|thumb|right|San Francisco State Gators wordmark]]
The university's intercollegiate athletics teams, the Gators, compete in NCAA Division II and are a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (wrestling competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference). SF State fields 12 sports: men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's baseball, wrestling, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and softball.

The Gators have also produced 13 National Football League players, including Billy Baird, Elmer Collett, Maury Duncan, Carl Kammerer, Douglas Parrish, and Floyd Peters. Mike Holmgren got his collegiate coaching start as the team's Offensive Coordinator in 1981. The football program ended in 1995.

SF State has produced three Major League Baseball players, two of whom became All-Stars (former Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson, and former Brewers and Red Sox outfielder Tommy Harper). The soccer program has had one player enter the professional ranks. Jared MacLane played in the soccer Professional First Division in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

SF State Wrestling sent a wrestler to a national championship meet every year from 1963–64 to 2016–17.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfstategators.com/news/2017/2/25/wrestling-wre-season-concludes-at-ncaa-regionals.aspx?path=wres|title=WRE {{!}} Season concludes at NCAA Regionals|website=SF State Athletics|date=February 24, 2017 |access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref>

As of 2019, the Gators have earned one NCAA team championship at the Division II level, a 1997 wrestling championship.<ref name="champ">{{cite web|title=Championships Summary|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/2016-17/D2.pdf|title=Division II Wrestling Championships Records Book|website=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Mascot ===
In the early 20th century, collegiate sports at SF State became more popular, creating a need for a team name, and the search for a mascot started in 1921.<ref name="eliassen35">{{cite book |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |date=2007 |title= San Francisco State University|url= https://www.google.com/books/edition/San_Francisco_State_University/d2ZlX0SwMVIC?hl=en|location= |publisher= Arcadia Publishing|page=35 |isbn=9780738555669}}</ref> The university's newspaper at the time, the Bay Leaf, asked for suggestions for a mascot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |title=LibGuides: SFSU Archives: Mascot |url=https://libguides.sfsu.edu/sfstatearchives/mascot |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=libguides.sfsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> Students suggested an alligator named "Golden Gater" in reference to the Golden Gate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alli the Gator {{!}} New Student & Family Programs |url=https://newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu/alli-gator |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name=":31">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Why is SF State’s mascot a ‘Gator?’ |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/why-is-sf-states-mascot-a-gator/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KRON4 |language=en-US}}</ref> Students voted in favor of the name and the alligator choice was finalized in 1931,<ref name="eliassen35"/> but after numerous misspellings by the newspaper, use of "Golden Gator" stuck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why is SF State’s mascot a Gator? - Library Help |url=https://sfsu.libanswers.com/specialcollections/faq/374281 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=sfsu.libanswers.com}}</ref> In the beginning, two female students were chosen each year as alligator mascots.<ref name="eliassen35"/> The mascot's name was eventually shortened to the Gator.<ref name=":31" /> In 2023, the Gator became Alli Gator and was redesigned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alli Gator gets a glow up {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/news/alli-gator-gets-glow |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Intramural Sports ===
Intramural sports at SF State include indoor soccer, costume dodgeball, and badminton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMLeagues |url=https://www.imleagues.com/spa/intramural/baa618190d2447c2a2475b10c42be0d2/home |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.imleagues.com}}</ref>

== Student life and traditions ==
As of December 2023, SFSU has 248 formally recognized student organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=- GatorXperience |url=https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=sfsu.campuslabs.com}}</ref> In order to receive funding, student organizations must be formally recognized by the Office of Student Activities & Events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reregister a Club/Organization {{!}} Student Activities & Events |url=https://activities.sfsu.edu/202021-returning-student-club-registration |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=activities.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

49 Greek life organizations are formally recognized<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greek Life at SF State {{!}} Student Activities & Events |url=https://activities.sfsu.edu/greek-life-sf-state |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=activities.sfsu.edu}}</ref> and include chapters of Alpha Phi, Sigma Pi Alpha, and Phi Sigma Sigma.

=== Housing ===
SFSU has three on-campus housing neighborhoods: the Central Neighborhood, the North Neighborhood, and the South Neighborhood. These neighborhoods are further divided into housing communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Residential Community Overview {{!}} University Housing |url=https://housing.sfsu.edu/residential-community-overview |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=housing.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Also Parkmerced, a planned neighborhood consisting of high-rise and low-rise apartments, is located to the south of the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Living |url=https://www.parkmerced.com/studentliving |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Parkmerced |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== First-year student accommodations ====
[[File:Village_Market_and_Pizza,_Subway_Nov27_2023.png|thumb|The Village at Centennial Square is part of the Central Neighborhood]]
The Central Neighborhood consists of housing for first-year students. There are two residence halls available: Mary Ward Hall and Mary Park Hall. They are colloquially known as the Maries. In the Fall 2024 semester, a new residence hall will be completed and open to students.<ref name=":3" /> The Towers at Centennial Square has full and partial high-rise suites. The Village at Centennial Square has apartments. The difference between suites and apartments is that apartments are available to be leased year-round, but suites are only available during the academic year. The Central Neighborhood is the closest housing neighborhood to the university's dining center, City Eats.<ref>{{Citation |title=Dorm Tour {{!}} SFSU Mary Ward Hall |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsH-aCpTPY |access-date=2024-01-01 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Non-first-year student accommodations ====
The North Neighborhood has high-rise and low-rise garden apartments in the University Park North community. This neighborhood is closest to Stonestown Galleria, a shopping mall.

The South Neighborhood consists of University Park South and Manzanita Square. University Park South offers townhome-style apartments. Manzanita Square is a [[Engineering:LEED|LEED]] Gold certified apartment building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Manzanita Square |url=https://www.multi.studio/project/san-francisco-state-university-manzanita-square/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Multistudio |language=en-US}}</ref> It is owned and operated by [[Company:American Campus Communities|American Campus Communities]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Manzanita Square! {{!}} University Housing |url=https://housing.sfsu.edu/manzanita-square |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=housing.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Health ===

==== Student Health Services ====
Student Health Services, or SHS, operates out of the Student Health Center.<ref name=":21">{{Citation |title=Making the most of the Health Center at SFSU |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_-suHfwjo |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Health Services - San Francisco State University - LocalWiki |url=https://localwiki.org/sfsu/Student_Health_Services |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=localwiki.org}}</ref> Primary care, vaccinations, x-rays, pharmacy services, [[Medicine:Gynaecology|gynecology]] services, and [[Medicine:Sexually transmitted infection|STI]] testing are some of the services provided.<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Student Health Services {{!}} San Francisco State University |url=https://health.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=health.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sexual Health Services at Student Health Services - San Francisco State University - LocalWiki |url=https://localwiki.org/sfsu/Sexual_Health_Services_at_Student_Health_Services |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=localwiki.org}}</ref> Many of the services are low-cost or provided at no charge to students.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nutrition Clinic {{!}} Health Promotion & Wellness |url=https://wellness.sfsu.edu/nutrition-clinic |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=wellness.sfsu.edu}}</ref> In 2023, state law required abortion services to be provided at all SHS locations, which are located at all CSU campuses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alonso |first=Johanna |title=Abortions on Campus |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/24/california-universities-launch-abortion-services |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}</ref> SHS is accredited by the [[Organization:Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care|Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care]].<ref name=":15" />

==== Recreation ====
The main recreation facility at SF State, Mashouf Wellness Center, opened in 2017.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Green-designed Mashouf Wellness Center opens its doors {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/archive/news-story/green-designed-mashouf-wellness-center-opens-its-doors.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}</ref> It is named after Manny Mashouf, who donated $10 million towards the $86.5 million construction costs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunaway |first=Dayvon |title=Future wellness center named after alumni donor |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/60609/latest/news/mashouf-wellness-center-named/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> The LEED Platinum certified, 118,700-square-foot facility features two heated pools, a hot tub, a sauna, a 41-foot climbing wall, fitness studios, exercise equipment, an indoor running track, a racquetball court, a two basketball courts, a multipurpose activities court.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mashouf Wellness Center {{!}} Campus Recreation |url=https://campusrec.sfsu.edu/MWC |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=campusrec.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco State University Mashouf Wellness Center |url=https://www.wrnsstudio.com/project/san-francisco-state-university-mashouf-wellness-center/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=WRNS Studio |language=en-US}}</ref> It was also the university's first LEED rated building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-19 |title=San Francisco State University, Mashouf Wellness Center by WRNS Studio |url=https://www.dexigner.com/news/31703 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=www.dexigner.com |language=en}}</ref>

In addition, the university's Gymnasium building has a pool and multi-use spaces. The building is mostly used for basketball, volleyball, badminton, and indoor soccer events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gymnasium {{!}} Campus Recreation |url=https://campusrec.sfsu.edu/Gymnasium |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=campusrec.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

The Campus Recreation department hosts student-led camping, hiking, and climbing trips, called Gator Outdoor Adventures. The trips are one to four days long and have varying levels of difficulty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search Programs - San Francisco State University Recreation Portal |url=https://member.campusrec.sfsu.edu/Program/GetProducts?classification=9bc719e4-6f8b-4316-87fe-7163c8d61de9 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=member.campusrec.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gator Outdoor Adventures {{!}} Campus Recreation |url=https://campusrec.sfsu.edu/GOadventures |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=campusrec.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Associated Students ===
[[File:Roof of Cesar Chavez Student Center, Oct30, 2023.png|thumb|The top of Cesar Chavez Student Center at night]]
The student government of San Francisco State is known as Associated Students Inc. of SF State.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Associated Students: Your Student Government {{!}} Dean of Students (DOS) |url=https://dos.sfsu.edu/associated-students-your-student-government |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=dos.sfsu.edu}}</ref> Associated Students provides funding for student organizations and operates the Cesar Chavez Student Center, the Early Childhood Education Center, two food pantry programs, a weekly farmers' market, and many other programs.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Associated Students |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Cesar Chavez Student Center ====
The Cesar Chavez Student Center was built in the mid-1960s with a capacity of 12,000 students.<ref name="yee">{{cite book |last= Yee|first=Roger |issue=1 |date= 2002|title=Educational Environments |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Educational_Environments/J9kds0NbA0UC?hl=en&gl=US |location= |publisher=HarperCollins |page= |isbn=}}</ref> Around 2002, it was renovated and expanded to 142,160 square feet across five floors with a capacity of over 30,000.<ref name="yee"/> The building includes staff and student offices, a 500-seat auditorium, conference rooms, an art gallery, a multi-cultural center, student lounges, restaurants, a bookstore, and additional restrooms.<ref name="yee"/> In 2003, the Filipino American Community Mural at the center was unveiled, becoming the first Filipino-American mural on a CSU campus.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |editor=Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, E.J.R. David, Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal|date=September 13, 2022 |title= The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies|url= https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_SAGE_Encyclopedia_of_Filipina_x_o_Am/bmN7EAAAQBAJ?hl=en|location= |publisher= Sage Publications|page=674 |isbn=9781071828977}}</ref>

==== Project Rebound ====
Project Rebound is a special admissions and support program for formerly incarcerated people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Rebound {{!}} Associated Students SFSU |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/project-rebound |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2024 |title=Project Rebound |url=https://future.sfsu.edu/programs/project-rebound}}</ref> It was founded by John Irwin, a professor of sociology, in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Khasib |first=Sabeen |title=Road to Redemption: Project Rebound |url=https://thepioneeronline.com/47101/campus/road-to-redemption-project-rebound/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=The Pioneer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-29 |title=Project Rebound Celebrates 50 Years of Educating Former Prisoners |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11619934/project-rebound-celebrates-50-years-of-educating-former-prisoners |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}</ref> After Irwin served five years at Soledad State Prison in the 1950s for armed robbery, he wanted to create a program that provided educational support to people like him.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Bates|first1=Kristin A. |last2= Swan| first2= Richelle S.|date=March 28, 2023 |title= Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Juvenile_Delinquency_in_a_Diverse_Societ/DHeoEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |location= |publisher=SAGE Publications |page= |isbn=9781071862278}}</ref> The program has grown since its founding at SFSU, with 15 CSU campuses now having Project Rebound programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Project Rebound |url=https://www.csueastbay.edu/projectrebound/history-of-project-rebound.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.csueastbay.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Rebound {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/student-success/project-rebound |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.calstate.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Rhythms Music Festival ====
Associated Students hosts the Rhythms Music Festival annually. Before the main show, there are two competitions: one for DJs and one for bands. The winners of each competition then open for the main show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhythms |url=https://asi.sfsu.edu/rhythms |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Associated Students |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The annual event started as a joke when a student, Franko Ali, made a Facebook group called “If 15,000 people join this group then the campus will let us have a rave in the Annex.” Over 5,000 people joined. In 2010, a year after Ali made the group, he was elected to the student government. Inspired by Ali's group, the Associated Students Board of Directors voted to hire Travie McCoy for a performance, but couldn't afford his booking fees after one of his songs was used in Glee. Ali proposed a three-day music festival instead and it was approved. The first festival took place in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheffer |first=Devery |title=ASI-sponsored Rhythms Music Festival kicks off tomorrow in the Annex |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/25791/latest/life/rhythms-festival-history-annex/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Headliners
|-
|2011
|Grieves, Budo, The Hood Internet, Toro y Moi<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |title=Rhythms Music Festival - Franko Ali |url=https://cargocollective.com/frankoali/Rhythms-Music-Festival |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=cargocollective.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|Toro y Moi<ref name=":28">{{Cite web |last=Mulich |first=Hunter |title=Rhythms Music Festival schedule |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/26577/latest/life/rhythms-schedule/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|Big Boi<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Jonathan |title=Costly Rhythms Music Festival attracts low student turnout |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/45226/latest/life/costly-rhythms-music-festival-attracts-low-student-turnout/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|Timeflies<ref name=":27">{{Citation |title=Rhythms Just Got Bigger |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Tw8hQU0V4 |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|G-Eazy<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruidas |first=Kalani |title=Rhythms Music Festival brings familiar faces and new Bay Area talent |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/65192/latest/life/rhythms-music-festival-bay-area/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Kehlani<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manson |first=Adrian Pintor, Connor Hunt, Ryan Zaragoza, and Madeline |title=Math rock band opens for Kehlani at Rhythms Music festival |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/72177/multimedia/math-rock-band-opens-for-kehlani-at-rhythms-music-festival/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Trent |date=2016-04-15 |title=Kehlani Headlines San Francisco State University Event |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38363/title.kehlani-headlines-san-francisco-state-university-event |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|Vince Staples<ref>{{Citation |title=Rhythms Music Fest Archive 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4cAPFtt0Dc |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|T-Pain<ref name=":27" />
|-
|2019
|Hayley Kiyoko<ref>{{Citation |title=Hayley Kiyoko @ SFSU! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzZiIDROhc |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|Bishop Briggs<ref name=":29">{{Citation |title=Bishop Briggs Coming to SF! {{!}} Rhythms Music Festival 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znnKg2pPHo |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|Rico Nasty<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vargas |first=Sydney |title=Keeping The Depot alive, through the spirit of its manager |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/97258/campus-original/keeping-the-depot-alive-by-the-spirit-of-its-manager/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|Baby Tate<ref name=":38">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-06 |title=11th Annual RHYTHMS MUSIC FESTIVAL- Baby Tate , ft. Phony Ppl |url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-rhythms-music-festival-baby-tate-ft-phony-ppl-tickets-292605901127 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Eventbrite |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|Lupe Fiasco<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pratap |first=Ishaan |title=Lupe Fiasco headlines 12th Annual Rhythms Music Festival |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/102940/ae/lupe-fiasco-headlines-12th-annual-rhythms-music-festival/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-22 |title=KALW Music programmers judge SFSU Battle of the DJs, Bands |url=https://www.kalw.org/2023-05-22/kalw-music-programmers-judge-sfsu-battle-of-the-djs-bands |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=KALW |language=en}}</ref>
|}
Del the Funky Homosapien, and K Theory also performed in 2012.<ref name=":33" /><ref name=":28" /> In 2020, the event was held at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion instead of the Annex.<ref name=":29" /> In 2021, the festival was held over Zoom.<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=RHYTHMS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021: Opener Show |url=https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/7020676 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=sfsu.campuslabs.com |language=en}}</ref> Phony Ppl also performed in 2022.<ref name=":38" />

==== Annual Folk Festival ====
Associated Students hosted the annual San Francisco State College Folk Festival from 1962 to 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/san-francisco-1966-folk-festival|title = San Francisco 1966 Folk Festival Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images}}</ref><ref>*https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-may-02-1966-p-2/
*http://brunoceriotti.weebly.com/the-blues-project.html
*https://farinafiles1.tripod.com/timeline.htm
*https://www.diggers.org/chrono_notes.htm
*https://www.classicposters.com/poster/199/
*https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1966/Billboard-1966-03-19-II-Music-on-Campus-OCR-Page-0030.pdf
*https://woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/collections/ronald-d-cohen-folk-music-research-collection/
*http://sfmuseum.org/hist1/rock.html
*https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/items/d49eba42-a635-4b3b-8604-463070a23f6a
*https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-songwriter-record-producer-and-musician-al-kooper-news-photo/1257223144</ref><ref>*https://www.nicholasjennings.com/1968-the-year-of-lightfoot-s-u-s-breakthrough
*https://folkways.si.edu/vern-ray/san-francisco-1968/country-bluegrass/music/album/smithsonian
*https://kpsu.org/ankenytwang/way-west-maddox-brothers-vern-ray-classic-cowboys/
*http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_SF_State_College.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=That Be-Bop-A-Lula Cat – Jungle Records |url=https://junglerecords.fi/tuote/vincent-gene-that-be-bop-a-lula-cat/}}</ref> The 2nd Annual Folk Festival included performances by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections - Libraries - Northwestern University |url=https://digitalcollections.library.northwestern.edu/items/7dac2f01-b9d5-44a7-8be5-5660c4d90271}}</ref>

=== OneCard ===
Since 2017, each student has been issued an [[Software:Identity document|ID]] card called a OneCard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-21 |title=S.F. State Students Approve $180 Per Semester Fee for New Transit Pass |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/10934791/s-f-state-students-approve-180-per-semester-fee-for-new-transit-pass |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}</ref> The cards also function as university [[Engineering:Library card|library cards]], Clipper cards, meal plan cards, and campus payment cards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Neal |title=Xplainer: OneCard |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/104898/xplainer/xplainer-onecard/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> When the cards' Clipper functions are used during the fall and spring semesters, students can use Muni (excluding cable cars) and SamTrans for free and receive a 50% discount on BART trips to and from Daly City station. Students are charged a "Gator Pass" transit fee each semester, which pays for the transit benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gator Pass Transit Fee {{!}} Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management |url=https://vpsaem.sfsu.edu/gator-pass-transit-fee |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=vpsaem.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

=== Media ===

==== Golden Gate Xpress ====
''Golden Gate Xpress'' is the university's daily online student newspaper.<ref name=":32" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Gate Xpress |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Journalism {{!}} College of Liberal & Creative Arts |url=https://journalism.sfsu.edu/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=journalism.sfsu.edu}}</ref> The university's newspaper has changed names several times, but its history can be traced back to 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/about/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref> ''Golden Gate Xpress'' has been awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press, College Media Association, and the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACP - Pacemaker 100 |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2021/07/08/pacemaker-100/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":34">{{Cite web |title=Awards and Honors {{!}} Department of Journalism |url=https://journalism.sfsu.edu/awards-and-honors |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=journalism.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jstone |date=2023-10-31 |title=CMA 2023 Pinnacle Award Winners |url=https://collegemedia.org/cma-2023-pinnacle-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=College Media Association |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Xpress Magazine ====
''Xpress Magazine'' is a student magazine published during the fall and spring semesters. Four issues are published per semester, two of which are also printed. The magazine was originally known as Prism and dates back December 1969. In October 1999, the magazine was published for the first time under its current name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xpress Magazine |url=https://xpressmagazine.org/about-2/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Xpress Magazine}}</ref> ''Xpress Magazine'' has been awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press.<ref name=":34" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ACP - ACP names top student magazines |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2022/09/26/2022-magazine-pacemaker-finalists/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Alumni Magazine ====
''SF State Magazine'' is published by the university's Strategic Marketing and Communications department. The semiannual publication is mailed to over 80,000 alumni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SF State Magazine {{!}} CASE |url=https://www.case.org/awards/circle-excellence/2021/sf-state-magazine |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.case.org |language=en}}</ref>

==== Fourteen Hills ====
Creative Writing graduate students have published ''Fourteen Hills'', an international literary journal, since 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni & Student Publications & Department Publications {{!}} Department of Creative Writing |url=https://creativewriting.sfsu.edu/alumni-student-publications-department-publications |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=creativewriting.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-12 |title=Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review |url=https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/fourteen_hills_the_sfsu_review |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Poets & Writers |language=en}}</ref>

==== Transfer Magazine ====
Since 1950, undergraduate students in the Creative Writing department have published ''Transfer Magazine'', featuring literature and art by SFSU students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transfer 119.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/17GLpYP_qeb1tBWj-ilK-16Ip9YYpI-qd/view?pli=1&usp=embed_facebook&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Google Docs}}</ref><ref name=":36">{{Cite web |title=Alumni & Student Publications & Department Publications {{!}} Department of Creative Writing |url=https://creativewriting.sfsu.edu/alumni-student-publications-department-publications |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=creativewriting.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name=":37">{{Cite web |date=2012-04-28 |title=Arielle Jones; Fiction Editor of Transfer Magazine and Runway Model |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/san-francisco/arielle-jones-fiction-editor-transfer-magazine-and-runway-model/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Radio Station ====
KSFS is a college radio station run by Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) students, streaming online, at 100.7 on Comcast Cable radio in San Francisco, and at 88.1 FM near or at the main campus.<ref name="sfsunews">*{{cite web |title=SF State News |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2004/fall/161.htm |access-date=10 September 2018 |website=www.sfsu.edu}}
*{{cite web |title=KSFS Radio |url=http://ksfsmedia.net/radio/ |access-date=10 September 2018 |website=KSFS Media}}
*{{cite web |date=12 March 2012 |title=San Francisco Bay Area's Bounty of Independent Radio Offerings |url=http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2012/03/12/san-francisco-bay-areas-bounty-of-independent-radio-offerings/ |access-date=10 September 2018 |website=radiosurvivor.com}}</ref><ref>*{{cite web|url=http://userwww.sfsu.edu:80/~ksfs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406081440/http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ksfs/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2005|title=KSFS|date=6 April 2005|website=sfsu.edu|via=archive.org|access-date=10 September 2018|df=mdy-all}}
*{{cite web|url=http://baylindo.com/bayradio|title=radio Guide|website=baylindo.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentPrint.aspx?id=7160|title=Media List|website=City of Berkeley|access-date=10 September 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/local/KSFS-1007-FM/1442410465982100/|title=KSFS 100.7 F.M|website=facebook.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/RADIO-WAVES-2558460.php|title=RADIO WAVES|date=4 December 2005|website=sfgate.com|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref>

==Notable faculty and alumni==
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File:Shima and Mazor cropped.jpg|[[Biography:Stanley Mazor|Stanley Mazor]], co-inventor of the [[Engineering:Microprocessor|microprocessor]]
File:Yvonne Cagle.jpg|Yvonne Cagle, [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] astronaut
File:Willie Brown, September 2013 (cropped).jpg|Willie Brown, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
File:AnnetteBeningSept2013TIFF.jpg|Annette Bening, actress
File:Manny Mashouf-02-13-08.jpg|Manny Mashouf, founder, bebe Stores, Inc.
File:Anne Rice.jpg|[[Biography:Anne Rice|Anne Rice]], author of the Vampire Chronicles
File:Ron Dellums.jpg|Ron Dellums, 48th Mayor of Oakland
File:Danny Glover 2014.jpg|Danny Glover, actor
File:Alex Borstein by Gage Skidmore 4 (retouched).jpg|Alex Borstein, actress, voice of Lois on ''[[Religion:Family Guy|Family Guy]]''
File:Melba Arkansas-cropped.jpg|Melba Pattillo Beals, journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine
File:George Miller house photo.jpg|George Miller, U.S. Congressman, 1975–2015
File:Ben&Donald-1-cropped.jpg|Ben Fong-Torres, journalist for ''Rolling Stone'' and the ''San Francisco Chronicle''
File:Rep. Kevin Mullin official portrait, 118th Congress (1).jpg|Kevin Mullin, U.S. Congressman, 2022–present
File:Jonas Rivera 2009.jpg|Jonas Rivera, producer, Pixar Animation Studios
File:BDWongNYCJune08.jpg|BD Wong, actor
File:Mohammad Javad Zarif 2014.jpg|Mohammad Javad Zarif, Former Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs
File:John Pattitucci photo.jpg|John Patitucci, jazz bassist
File:Dana Carvey at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards cropped.jpg|Dana Carvey, comedian and actor
File:Kirk Hammett 2017.jpg|Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist for Metallica
File:Oscar Zeta Acosta, Las Vegas 1971.jpg|Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, politician, novelist and activist
File:Jeffrey Tambor June 2015.jpg|Jeffrey Tambor, actor
File:Kari Byron at Comicon 2010 crop.jpg|Kari Byron, television host and artist
File:Rob Schneider (48481847712).jpg|Rob Schneider, actor and comedian
File:Johnny Mathis.JPG|Johnny Mathis, singer
File:Ronnie Schell.JPG|Ronnie Schell, comedian and actor, co-starred as Duke on ''Gomer Pyle: USMC''
File:NOFX @ Arena Joondalup (12 12 2010) (5272638037).jpg|Michael Burkett, a.k.a. [[Biography:Fat Mike|Fat Mike]], lead vocalist for [[Biography:NOFX|NOFX]]
File:Michael Medved in 2016.jpg|[[Biography:Michael Medved|Michael Medved]], author and radio talk show host
File:Nina Hartley AEE 2013.jpg|Nina Hartley, pornographic actress, activist and educator
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==See also==
* Bay Area Television Archive
* DOC Film Institute

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sfstategators.com San Francisco State Athletics website]

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