California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public

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San Bernardino, California San Bernardino ( ) is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the List of ...

. Founded in 1965, it is part of the

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system. The main campus sits on in the University District of San Bernardino, with a branch campus of in

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, opened in 1986. Cal State San Bernardino's fall 2020 enrollment was 19,404. In fall 2019, it had 505 full-time faculty, of which 385 (76 percent) were on the tenure track. The university is

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among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity", offering

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in 123 programs,

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in 61 programs, two

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(Ed.D.) programs (

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specialization and

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specialization), and 23

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s. CSUSB's sports teams are known as the Coyotes and play in the

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in the Division II of the

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. The nickname was inspired by the coyotes that inhabit the area around the campus, which lies in the foothills of the

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. The CSUSB women's volleyball team has won thirteen CCAA titles, eight West Region titles and a national title. The men's soccer team went to the NCAA Division II national semi-finals, capturing the university's first California Collegiate Athletic Association title. The university is a

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History

California State University, San Bernardino was created by the state legislature on April 29, 1960, as the San Bernardino-Riverside State College. Later, the California State College system's board of trustees chose a site in the city of San Bernardino. In 1963 and the college's official name was changed to California State College at San Bernardino. It opened in 1965 with 293 students and 30 faculty members. CSUSB earned its university status in 1984, officially becoming California State University, San Bernardino. Today, the university has more than 18,000 students and 84,000 alumni.

Campus

Built atop of bedrock on the city's north side, CSUSB is framed to the north by the

. More than of new facilities have been built to meet students' academic and social needs. Campus residential housing provides more than 1,500 beds. CSUSB Entrance

A new College of Education building opened in 2008. The Santos Manuel Student Union has doubled in size in recent years, and a new Student Recreation and Fitness Center was completed in 2007. Other recently constructed facilities include the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chemical Sciences buildings. The John M. Pfau Library, named after the university's first president, sits at the very center of the campus. Other distinctive university landmarks include: the clock tower above the Santos Manuel Student Union, the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, and the James & Aerianthi

Coussoulis Arena James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena or Coussoulis Arena is a 4,140-seat multi-purpose arena in San Bernardino, California, United States, on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino. It is named for James & Aerianthi Coussoulis. ...

, a modern, 4,000-plus seat sports and events venue—one of the largest indoor arenas in the

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. In 2009, the university received a major donation from the Pauline Murillo family to construct a $2 million research

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on the campus. The W.M. Keck Foundation and the California Portland Cement Co. also made substantial contributions. The university is a

Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art

The

Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, also known as RAFFMA, is an art museum of the California State University, San Bernardino main campus in San Bernardino, California. RAFFMA's permanent collections includes a world-class collection ...

(formerly the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum) is among the 4 percent of museums in the United States accredited by the

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. The RAFFMA's permanent collections consist of three distinct kinds of art:

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, and

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. A world-class collection of about 200 Egyptian artifacts and a smaller selection of Italian pottery are part of the museum's permanent holdings. Rotating shows feature artists from throughout the region and country. One gallery of the museum is dedicated to exhibiting the work of the school's own art students. The museum celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016 and received accreditation by the

in 2008.

Palm Desert Campus

Opened in 1986, the California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus in

() hosts upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. Many of them come from the

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and

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areas. Since its inception, the Palm Desert Campus has maintained a close relationship with the nearby

College of the Desert College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time. It serves the Coachella Valley of Riverside County. The college is feder ...

. The majority of Palm Desert Campus undergraduate students have transferred from

through a dual admissions program. A health sciences building for the four-year nursing program opened on the Palm Desert Campus in October 2008. The Palm Desert Campus was built entirely with private funds. This public-private partnership was featured in a front-page story in the Sunday, August 3, 2003, edition of the New York Times.

Murillo Family Observatory

The Murillo Family Observatory is a teaching and research observatory at CSUSB, located on Badger Hill on the northern portion of campus. It is the newest research observatory in the Inland Empire and in the California State University system. The observatory consists of two telescopes which are used for research and teaching; a 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien and a 17-inch Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph. It serves as both an academic and community resource, with public viewing nights and special astronomy events for the community.

Organization and administration

San Bernardino-Riverside State College became a part of the California College System (now called the California State University system) in 1965 and eventually became California State University, San Bernardino. It, along with 22 other campuses, now forms the

system, which is the largest senior system of higher education in the United States. The current president is Tomas Morales, who was chosen in 2012. A graduate of

SUNY New Paltz The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz) is a public university in New Paltz, New York. It traces its origins to the New Paltz Classical School, a secondary institution founded in 1828 and reorganized as an a ...

, he serves on the boards of directors of the

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, and the

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, for which he is chair.

Academics

The university offers degree, credential, and certificate programs. It is divided into three

Liberal Arts Liberal arts education () is a traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''skill, art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts. ''Liberal arts education'' can refe ...

colleges, * College of Arts and Letters * College of Natural Sciences * College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and three vocational colleges: * Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration *College of Education * College of Extended Learning Popular majors for

undergraduates Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

in 2018 included

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

(Management and Operations) at 23.01%,

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

(General) at 14.31%,

Criminal Justice Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other ...

and Corrections at 6.40%. For graduates, popular majors included Business Administration, Management and Operations at 17.47%,

Social Work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

at 14.21%, and

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

(General) at 10.82%. The five most popular majors for 2019 graduates were: *

Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

, and related support services at 25% *

at 14% *

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

at 10% *

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

Professions and related programs at 7% *

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Firefighting Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. This involves structural fir ...

and related protective services at 6% Cal State San Bernardino has taken a role in furthering the study and understanding

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Cultures, and is the only CSU campus offering

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and

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courses. CSUSB's University Center for Developmental

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is a clinical training program that provides evaluation, assessment, training, and support for

autistic Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ...

children, their parents, and siblings. CSUSB also offers a burgeoning program in Egyptology, with a Certificate in Egyptology offered through the Department of History and the opportunity to learn about Ancient Egypt at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art RAFFMA that houses one of the largest collections of ancient Egyptian objects on the West Coast.

Business and National Security Studies

Many CSUSB programs have earned specialized national and international accreditation, including the business program, which was the first in the

to gain AACSB accreditation at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Less than 5% of the world's 13,000 business programs have earned AACSB accreditation. AACSB-accredited schools produce graduates that are highly skilled and more desirable to employers than other non-accredited schools. The business and

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneu ...

programs are nationally recognized, as evidenced by CSUSB's 2006 ranking of fourth in the United States for graduate entrepreneur programs. The university's College of Business and Public Administration was also listed in the 2008 edition and the 2013 edition of

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's "Best 290 Business Schools". In 2011, California State University, San Bernardino's Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration was recognized by European CEO Magazine as one of the top 20 schools of business in the world and one of the world's 18 most innovative business schools. The National Security Studies master of arts program is a nationally renown, two-year program that offers a comprehensive curriculum for students interested in pursuing careers in national service. It is one of three such programs in the country and the only one in the

system. The university also has collaborative educational programs with nearby

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. In addition, CSUSB's advanced accounting students provide free tax preparation services to local low-income, elderly, disabled, non-English-speaking residents.

Jack Brown Hall

Many business and public administration classes take place in Jack Brown Hall, which was funded by Jack Brown, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Stater Bros., and opened on September 23, 1991. Jack Brown pledged $1 million to building enhancements in 1992, which was the largest donation CSUSB had ever received at the time; as a result, CSUSB named the building after him. He also provided student scholarships.

Education

The university is one of the region's largest teacher-training institutions. In 2007, the university welcomed its first class of

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

candidates. The Ed.D. in educational leadership is a research-based program that prepares pre-K through 12 and community college leaders to contribute to the study, development and implementation of educational reforms.

Admissions, enrollment and retention

Admission to CSUSB is based on a combination of the applicant's high school cumulative

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(GPA) and standardized test scores. These factors are used to determine the applicant's California State University (CSU) eligibility index. More specifically, the eligibility index is a weighted combination of high school grade point average during the final three years of high school and a score on either the

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or ACT. The average grade point average for incoming freshmen was 3.34. The average composite ACT score was 20 and the average SAT score was 900. Overall, 58.2% of applicants are accepted to CSUSB. Enrollment has increased by more than a third in recent years, and freshman enrollment has doubled. Due to the large number of applicants in the fall 2010 quarter, CSUSB declared "campus impaction" for the first time in its history. More than 70 percent of CSUSB students are the first generation of their families to attend college. Latino and African American student enrollments are the third highest of any university in California. CSUSB students are awarded on average 13 percent of CSU system scholarships, despite representing only 4 percent of the CSU's overall enrollment. 57 percent of full-time undergraduate students at CSUSB receive sufficient scholarships and grants to pay all fees and another 10 percent pay less than the full fees. Almost 75 percent of CSUSB students receive financial aid. More than three-quarters of the incoming 2009 freshmen class required remediation in either English or math, or both.

President's Academic Excellence Scholarship program

Initiated in 2002 by university president, Albert K. Karnig, the President's Academic Excellence Scholarship program invites the top 1 percent of graduating high school seniors in San Bernardino County to attend Cal State San Bernardino. The program provides a full scholarship, including tuition, books and a small stipend, to eligible students and is renewable for up to four academic years. The program is designed to attract the best and brightest students to CSUSB who might otherwise be lured to colleges outside the area. , there were 132 enrolled presidential scholars. The first major donor to this program was Evelyn Magnuson, who extended her legacy in 2008 through a planned gift, making CSUSB a beneficiary of her $2.4 million estate.

Rankings

CEO Magazine ranked Cal State San Bernardino Tier One Top Global MBA Program and Best Value Schools ranked 1 Cal State San Bernardino on Best Online

Degree Program. ''

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'' ranked Cal State San Bernardino 70th in the country out of the 744 schools it evaluated for its 2019–20 Best Value Colleges ranking. ''

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'' ranked Cal State San Bernardino 3rd in 2020 among 614 master's universities in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. The Daily Beast ranked Cal State San Bernardino 115th in the country out of the nearly 2000 schools it evaluated for its 2013 Best Colleges ranking. CSUSB Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration ranks as one of the top 20 schools of business in the world and one of the world's 18 most innovative business schools. The Princeton Review 2013 Edition ranked CSUSB Jack H. Brown College of Business as one of the top 296 "Best Business Schools" in 2013 worldwide.

Student life

Like many other universities, much of the student life on campus revolves around extensive local outreach and retention programs. As of fall 2018 CSU San Bernardino has the largest enrollment percentage of Mexican Americans in the California State University system. CSUSB also has a very diverse campus of different ethnicities and nationalities. CSUSB is home to more than 100 student clubs and organizations.

Student newspaper

The ''Coyote Chronicle'' is the

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. When classes are in session, it publishes every Monday throughout the

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. The current executive editor is Richard Bowie.

Student residence halls

Cal State San Bernardino's

residence hall A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence, a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), or a hostel, is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential qu ...

s consist of three structures—Coyote Village, Arrowhead Village, and the University Village—which houses more than 1,400 students.

Student organizations, and activities

Student media organizations include the Coyote Chronicle, the student newspaper that is a part of the college media network, and Coyote Radio, a popular station for music, local news, talk and campus information. It is also one of only 50 college stations around the world listed as an official iTunes college station, and finished third in the

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s for best college radio station.

Greek organizations

CSUSB has 15 social fraternity and sorority chapters.

Athletics

In 2009, CSUSB intercollegiate athletics celebrated its 25th anniversary. Established in 1984, the program offers men's and women's

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and

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, men's

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

and

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

and women's

softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

, cross country,

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and track & field along with the Coyotes

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. The school's athletic mascot is the Coyote and the school colors are blue (Pantone 300) and black. The Coyotes play in the

(CCAA) in the NCAA's Division II. The men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams play in the James & Aerianthi

, and the baseball team plays at Fiscalini Field in Perris Hill Park. Since 1984, the Coyotes have taken many local and regional championships and regularly finish high up in national tournaments. The men's soccer team went to the

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is the lowest division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that do not offer athletic scholarships to student- ...

national semi-finals in 1987 and captured the university's first

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title in 1991. In 1997, Scott Householder grabbed the university's sole national championship to date with a 273 for 72 holes, a record that still stands. Men's golf has finished third in the national tournament three times in its history. The CSUSB women's volleyball team has won 15 CCAA and 8 West Region titles, has gone to the

quarter finals in 2017, semi-finals in 2003, in 2008, when it advanced to the finals, and three times, 2009, 2011 and 2019 when it won the final. Besides both being located in the east of California, but one in the south and the other in the north, San Bernardino and Stanisaus have competed heavily as conference rivals.

Notable alumni

There are currently more than 84,000 alumni members in all 50 states and in over 35 countries.Alumni CSUSB Association http://alumni.csusb.edu/index.html

Politics and government

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, B.A. political science 1999 – California State Assemblyman, 59th district * Joe Baca Jr., B.A. M.A. member of the California State Assembly from the 62nd District from 2004 until 2006. * John J. Benoit, M.P.A. 1993 – California State Senate, 37th district *

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, B.A. English 1972, M.A. education 1976 – California State Assemblymember, 62nd district since 2002 *

Paul Cook Paul Thomas Cook (born 20 July 1956) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and a founding member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is nicknamed "Cookie" by friends in the punk music scene. Early life and career Cook was ...

, M.P.A. 1996 – Congressman serving California's 8th district; California State Assemblyman, 65th district 2006–2012 * Pedro Nava, B.A. sociology 1993 – California State Assemblyman, 35th district

Military

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– Lieutenant Commander of Naval Intelligence with the United States Navy Reserve * Robert Eatinger –

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National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and proces ...

, and

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lawyer * Sandra Finan, B.A. 1978 –

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Brigadier General

Business

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B.A. in English; M.A. in English Composition

Athletics

Jimmy Alapag Jim Olmedo Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as the player development coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is nicknamed ...

– ember of

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and basketball player * Ernest Chavez –

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, current

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MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

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Sharon Jordan Sharon Jordan (born March 11, 1960) is an American actress. One of her notable roles is Irene the concierge in the Disney Channel sitcom ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. Jordan also appeared as Irene in ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana'' ...

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Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art

Palm Desert Campus

Murillo Family Observatory

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Business and National Security Studies

Jack Brown Hall

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President's Academic Excellence Scholarship program

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