CSU Stanislaus is becoming a hot commodity.
Applications for admission to the University from prospective first-time freshmen were up 13.4 percent this year, the largest percentage increase in the entire CSU system. The two-year increase was 22.8 percent, also the largest in the CSU. Fall 2015 freshmen applications totaled 6,973, up from last year’s 6,148.
Applications from students seeking to transfer to the University increased 5.7 percent from last year, the sixth-highest gain in the CSU.
The CSU Stanislaus chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was recently recognized as a Chapter of Merit for achieving academic excellence and engaging the community of scholars in service to others. The award places the CSU Stanislaus chapter among 53 others recognized this year, 24 of them as a Chapter of Merit.
Already internationally accredited, the Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program at CSU Stanislaus was recently ranked among the best programs of its kind in the nation by the Affordable Colleges Foundation.
CSU Stanislaus placed No. 10 out of 539 universities nationwide in a new ranking designed to assess which schools provide the most economic mobility for their graduates.
Unlike many other college rankings, the Social Mobility Index (SMI) focuses specifically on the extent to which a college or university educates more economically disadvantaged people at lower tuition so that they graduate into good paying jobs.
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the migration of Hmong refugees from Laos and Thailand to the United States and, for many, to California. Hmongstory 40 is a traveling exhibition of Hmong photographs, art, stories and artifacts that will commemorate the occasion, with one CSU Stanislaus lecturer playing an integral role in the project.
California State University, Stanislaus honored this year’s recipients of the Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship during a luncheon on campus Monday, formally recognizing a group of 43 students who have demonstrated strong academic performance along with a commitment to personal growth and a desire to serve others.
More than 500 students — known as Rogers Scholars — have received the scholarship since its inception in 1991. The program awards scholarships of $3,000 to undergraduates and $3,500 to students in teaching credential programs at CSU Stanislaus.
CSU Stanislaus, which has drawn praise from Princeton Review, Forbes and Money magazine for its quality and affordability, has gotten the attention of BestColleges.com, which ranks the University 25th nationally for serving Hispanic students.
The rating agency considers academics, student engagement, the percentage of Hispanic enrollees and membership in the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, among other factors.