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{{Short description|Public university in Cleveland, Ohio, US}}
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| name = Cleveland State University
| image = Cleveland State University logo.png
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| established = {{start date and age|1964|12|18}}<ref name="CSUHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/csu/ |title=A Brief History of Cleveland State University. |author=Cleveland Memory Project |publisher=Cleveland State University|date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=March 19, 2009}}</ref>|
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
| accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
| parent = [[University System of Ohio]]
| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]|[[Great Cities' Universities|GCU]]|[[Coalition of Urban Serving Universities|USU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
| president = [[Laura J. Bloomberg]]<ref>{{cite web |title=PRESIDENT'S OFFICE |url=https://www.csuohio.edu/president/president |publisher=Cleveland State University |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>
| provost = Nigamanth Sridhar
| city = [[Cleveland]]
| state = [[Ohio]]
| country = United States
| students = 14,160 (fall 2023)<ref name="headcount">{{cite web | title=Headcount Enrollment by Student Level and Age (Fall Term 2014 to 2023) | url=https://highered.ohio.gov/data-reports/data-and-reports-sa/enrollment/headcount-enrollment/headcount-enrollment-student-level-age-2014-2023 | publisher=Ohio Department of Higher Education | access-date=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
| undergrad = 9,505 (fall 2023)<ref name="headcount" />
| postgrad = 4,655 (fall 2023)<ref name="headcount" />
| administrative_staff = 1,000 (2009)<ref name="CLEVELAND STATE AT A GLANCE">{{cite web |url=http://www.csuohio.edu/aboutcsu/glance/ |title=Cleveland State at a Glance |publisher=Cleveland State University |access-date=March 19, 2009 |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107030211/https://www.csuohio.edu/about-csu/glance |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| endowment = $89.88 million (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csuohio.edu/sites/default/files/Cleveland%20State%20University%20FY18%20Annual%20Report.pdf |title=CSUFY Report 2018 |publisher=Csuohio.edu |access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref>
| campus = [[Urban area|Large city]]
| campus_size = {{convert|85|acre}}<ref name="csuohio.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.csuohio.edu/about-csu/glance |title=At a Glance &#124; Cleveland State University |publisher=Csuohio.edu |access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref>
| faculty = 511
| sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] – [[Horizon League]]|[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]|[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]|CCFC}}
| mascot = Magnus
| sports_nickname = [[Cleveland State Vikings|Vikings]]|
| former_names = Cleveland YMCA School of Technology (1921–1929)<br />Fenn College (1929–1964)<br />Cleveland Law School (1897–1946)<br />Marshall School of Law (1916–1946)<br />Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (1946–1967)
| colors = University green, fresh green<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csuohio.edu/sites/default/files/CSU_Brand-Guidelines_01-2023.pdf |publisher=CSUOhio.edu |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref><br />{{color box|#006A4D}} {{color box|#69BE28}}
| website = {{url|www.csuohio.edu}}
| logo = Logo of CSU (2023).png
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'''Cleveland State University''' ('''CSU''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. CSU absorbed the [[Cleveland State University College of Law|Cleveland-Marshall School of Law]] in 1969.<ref name="CSUHistory" /> Today it is part of the [[University System of Ohio]], has more than 120,000 alumni, and offers over 200 academic programs amongst eight colleges.<ref name="CLEVELAND STATE AT A GLANCE" /> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=202134 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
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|established=December 18, 1964<ref name="CSUHistory">{{cite web | url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/csu/ |title=A Brief History of Cleveland State University.
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|alumni=90,000 +
|type=[[State university|Public (state university)]]
|calendar=[[Semester]]
|president=Ronald M. Berkman
|provost=Mary Jane Saunders
|city=[[Cleveland]]
|state=[[Ohio]]
|country=[[United States|USA]]
|undergrad=9,847
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endowment=[[United States dollar|$]]37.3 million<ref>As of June 30, 2009. {{Cite web | title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009| work = 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments | publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers | url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf| format = PDF | accessdate = February 18, 2010}}</ref>
|campus=[[Urban area|Urban]], 85&nbsp;acres (0.344&nbsp;km²)
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||former_names=<small>Cleveland Y.M.C.A. School of Technology<br>Fenn College<br>The Cleveland State University</small>
|affiliations =[[Horizon League]] <br> [[Eastern Wrestling League]]
|nickname=[[Cleveland State Vikings|Vikings]]
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'''Cleveland State University''' ([[Abbreviation|abbr.]] '''CSU''') is a [[public university]] in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. It is part of [[University System of Ohio]] which was formed in 2007. The University System of Ohio has classified Cleveland State University under "The Urban Research Universities" while the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Foundation]] has designated it as "Doctoral/Research University".<ref>[http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15670&start=782 Carnegie Foundation: Cleveland State University]</ref>


==History==
==History==
Public education in Cleveland was first started in 1870, when [[Central YMCA (Cleveland, Ohio)|Cleveland YMCA]] began to offer free classes. By 1921, the program had grown enough to become separate from [[YMCA]], being renamed Cleveland YMCA School of Technology. Two years later, the school offered courses towards a bachelor's degree for the first time. This is now regarded as Fenn College's founding date, although the college would not be formally renamed until 1929.<ref name="HistoryofFenn">{{cite book|last=Earnest|first=G. Brooks|title=History of Fenn College|year=1974|publisher=The Fenn Educational Fund of the Cleveland Foundation|location=Cleveland, Ohio|pages=718 (total)}}</ref><ref name="CSUHistory" /> Fenn College took over several buildings in the area including [[Fenn Tower]], Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall.<ref name="CSUHistory" />
[[Image:FennSeal.PNG|105px|thumb|left|Fenn College Seal]]
Cleveland State University traces its historical roots to 1870, when the Cleveland [[YMCA]] began to offer free classes. The YMCA program was formalized in 1881, reorganized in 1906 as the Association Institute, and later became the '''Cleveland Y.M.C.A. School of Technology'''. The Cleveland School of Technology was renamed '''Fenn College''' in 1929. Fenn College is named after [[Sereno Peck Fenn]]<ref name="CSUHistory" />. Fenn College expanded over the years, taking over several buildings in the area including [[Fenn Tower]], Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall. On December 18, 1964<ref name="CSUHistory" /> the state of Ohio founded '''The Cleveland State University'''. After months of negotiations The Cleveland State University took over the [[Faculty (university)|faculty]], staff, and programs of Fenn College on September 1, 1965<ref name="CSUHistory" />. Industrialist [[James J. Nance]] served as the first Board of Trustees Chairperson. The name would later be changed to simply '''Cleveland State University'''.


In 1964, the State of Ohio purchased the entirety of Fenn College's campus in downtown Cleveland and established a commuter college that targeted area residents. This new institution became known as Cleveland State University.<ref name="CSUHistory" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4P1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1934%2C4660269|title=Fenn College OK's New Status|date=July 27, 1965|publisher=Toledo Blade|access-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref> Industrialist [[James J. Nance]] served as Chair of the first Board of Trustees. Over the next several decades, Cleveland State University quickly grew in size, and claimed over 15,000 students in 1997. However, only six hundred students resided in University housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/enwiki/w/Cleveland_State_University |title=Cleveland State University |publisher=Ohio History Central |access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref>
Beginning largely with the appointment of Dr. Michael Schwartz as President, Cleveland State transformed its role as an [[economic development]] engine in the region. Schwartz began implementing their vision to move the university from an overall fourth tier university in the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' [[College and university rankings|rankings]], to a second tier university with world class research. CSU ended its policy of [[open admissions]], instituted an [[Honors course|honors program]], began seeking funding to boost its faculty size and prestige, and created a campus [[master plan]], rebuilding the university as a residential metropolitan campus in downtown Cleveland.


In the mid 2000s, President Michael Schwartz ended [[open admissions]] and implemented a vision to move from a ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' fourth tier university to a second tier university.
==Administration==
The President of Cleveland State University is Ronald M. Berkman, who was previously provost, executive vice president and chief operating officer at [[Florida International University]] in [[Miami]]. The [[Provost (education)|Provost]] is Mary Jane Saunders, formerly the founding Dean of the College of Science at Cleveland State University.


On March 11, 2020, an email was sent to Cleveland State students regarding the changes made due to the coronavirus pandemic. Classes were all switched to remote learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newsletter.csuohio.edu/general/200197/index.html?_ga=2.76803606.2087516953.1594228084-1041597943.1594051396|title=Cleveland State University}}</ref>
===Presidents===
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! colspan="6" style="color:white; background:#336633;" | Presidents
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! style="background:#CCCC99;"| Person
! style="background:#CCCC99;"| Years
! style="background:#CCCC99;"| Person
! style="background:#CCCC99;"| Years
|-
|-
| <center>Dr. Harry Newburn</center><center>'''Interim President'''</center>
| <center>[[1965]]-1966</center>
| <center>Dr. John Flower</center><center>'''President'''</center>
| <center>[[1988]]-[[1992]]</center>
|-
| <center>Dr. Harold Enarson</center><center>'''President'''</center>
| <center>1966-[[1972]]</center>
| <center>Dr. Claire Van Ummersen</center><center>'''President'''</center>
| <center>[[1993]]-[[2001]]</center>
|-
| <center>Dr. Harry Newburn</center><center>'''Interim President'''</center>
| <center>1972-1973</center>
| <center>Dr. Michael Schwartz</center><center>'''President'''</center>
| <center>[[2002]]-[[2009]]<ref> [http://www.csuohio.edu/news/releases/2008/06/14514.html On 23 June 2008, Dr. Schwartz announced his resignation as president effective after the 2008-09 academic year]</ref></center>
|-
| <center>Dr. Walter Waetjen</center><center>'''President'''</center>
| <center>[[1973]]-1988</center>
|<center>Dr. Ronald M. Berkman</center><center>'''President'''</center>
|<center>[[2009]]-</center>
|}
On April 26, 2009, Ronald M. Berkman Named Sixth President of Cleveland State University.
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"The Board of Trustees of Cleveland State University voted unanimously on Sunday to appoint Ronald M. Berkman as the sixth president of the University, succeeding Michael Schwartz who will retire from CSU’s top post on June 30.


==Campus==
In making the announcement, Ronald Weinberg, Chairman of the CSU Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, said, “I am delighted that after a diligent and thoughtful national search, we have come up with the best choice for our institution’s next president. The fact that we have been able to attract a very special individual of Ron Berkman’s caliber is testimony to the achievements of Michael Schwartz as President for the last eight years. It speaks well for Cleveland State University, the Greater Cleveland Region and the opportunities we can pursue. I am confident we have been able to attract the finest person to be our next president, and I look forward to working with him, as I am sure we all do.”
[[File:Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (27420355137).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rhodes Tower]]]]
CSU's main campus in [[downtown Cleveland]] is bounded on the east and west by [[Interstate 90]] and East 17th Street, respectively; and by Payne Avenue to the north and Carnegie Avenue on the south. It also has a satellite campus in [[Westlake, Ohio]] which is in the [[Greater Cleveland]] [[metropolitan area]] in [[Cuyahoga County]]. As of spring 2013, the combined student body (undergraduate and graduate students) totaled over 17,000.


===Campus expansion===
Dr. Berkman, 62, is currently Provost and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Florida International University in Miami, where he has been since 1997. He has also served as Executive Dean of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at FIU. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1977. <ref>[http://www.csuohio.edu/news See Cleveland State University website]</ref>
In 2006, Cleveland State University completed its state-of-the-art student Recreation Center, and a renovation of Parker Hannifan Hall for the College of Graduate Studies.
</blockquote>


To make the campus more amenable to residence and increase the number of students living on campus thousands of housing units were built, anchored by a new dormitory, [[Fenn Tower]], a reuse of the school's most historic building. Fenn Tower housed what was the world's longest [[Foucault pendulum]], but the pendulum was removed during the residence hall renovation in 2006 and is now in the Cleveland State University archives.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==Colleges and academics==
[[Image:Nance College Of Business Administration1.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Nance College of Business Administration]]]]
CSU offers many disciplines and research facilities, with 70 [[academic major]]s, 27 [[master's degree]] programs, two post-master's degrees, six [[Doctorate|doctoral]] degrees, and two [[law degree]]s. It also has research cooperation agreements with the nearby [[NASA]] [[Glenn Research Center]].


The university worked with private developers and the City of Cleveland to develop housing, retail, and "collegetown" amenities around Fenn Tower, particularly along the main thoroughfare of [[Euclid Avenue (Cleveland, Ohio)|Euclid Avenue]]. In 2010, Euclid Avenue was upgraded as part of the [[HealthLine|Euclid Corridor Project]] which brought [[bus rapid transit]] to the university and connected [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]] in downtown Cleveland to [[University Circle]], approximately four miles to the east.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Sims|first1=Damon|last2=Group|first2=Northeast Ohio Media|date=March 14, 2009|title=CSU officials envision large expansion of housing, parking|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/csu_officials_envision_large_e.html|access-date=May 7, 2022|website=cleveland|language=en}}</ref> Cleveland State University's $65 million construction project, intended to transform the campus from a mostly commuter school into a residential campus,<ref>{{cite web |author=David I. Andersen, The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1251102766197460.xml&coll=2 |title=Cleveland State University to begin work on $65 million construction project this week |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=August 24, 2009 |access-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607033002/http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fcuyahoga%2F1251102766197460.xml&coll=2 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref> included the new Student Center and Julka Hull, which houses the College of Education and School of Nursing. Both projects were finished in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
The University is organized around eight academic [[college]]s:
*[http://www.csuohio.edu/engineering/ Fenn College of Engineering]
*[[Cleveland-Marshall College of Law]]
*[http://www.csuohio.edu/class/ College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences]
*[http://sciences.csuohio.edu College of Science]
*[[Nance College of Business Administration]]
*[http://www.csuohio.edu/coehs College of Education & Human Services]
*[http://urban.csuohio.edu/ Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs]
*Graduate Studies


In 2011, the new Euclid Commons dorms complex, which features apartment-style living for CSU students, opened. That same year, the university's Dramatic Arts Program moved into the renovated Middough Building and [[Allen Theatre]] at [[Playhouse Square Center]] in collaboration with the [[Cleveland Play House]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Marvin Fong / Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/03/cleveland_state_universitys_dr.html |title=Cleveland State University's drama program is booming under director Michael Mauldin |publisher=cleveland.com |date= March 6, 2010|access-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>
[[Image:CSU Music Communication Building.JPG|thumb|right|200px|School of Music and Communication]]
Additionally, the Division of University Studies focuses on academic support services, and the Division of Continuing Education extends existing academic services beyond the campus.


In 2012, CSU opened the Galleries At CSU on Euclid Avenue. Also in 2012, Cleveland State University partnered with the [[South China University of Technology]] allowing students to complete their education and receive joint degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/10/cleveland_state_university_par.html|title=Cleveland State University partners with Chinese university, which will send students to CSU|work=cleveland.com|date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> During the fall semester of 2012, the first phase of the private Langston apartment and retail complex opened along Chester Avenue across from Rhodes Tower. In the spring semester of 2013, the former Viking Hall dormitory was torn down to make way for the university's new Center for Health Professions. This was opened in the fall of 2015. The university is partnering with [[Northeast Ohio Medical University]] or NEOMED to train future health care professionals to specifically work in urban settings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neomed.edu/admissions/medicine/csu |title=NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health — NEOMED |publisher=Neomed.edu |access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref> They are working on adding a new physics department onto the campus and starting to build a better physics department.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Notable programs include the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, whose city management and urban policy program is ranked 2nd in the country by U.S. News and World Report, as well as the recently-formed School of Communication, ranked 8th in research productivity and as the top terminal MA-granting program in the United States overall<ref>[http://www.csuohio.edu/com/about.html] About the School of Communication. Accessed June 13 2006.</ref>. The Nance college of Business Administration is also highly regarded and is ranked in the top ten nationwide in performance of its Certified Public Accountant graduate students. Additionally, CSU is the only university in Ohio to offer a master's degree in software engineering.


In 2018, CSU established the CSU School of Film and Media Arts, having used a $7.5 million appropriation from the State of Ohio to renovate an entire floor of the IdeaStream Center at Playhouse Square. It is the first standalone film school in the State of Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stories.csuohio.edu/csu-school-of-film-media-arts|title=CSU School of Film & Media Arts - Cleveland State Stories|website=Exposure|language=en|access-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref>
===Cleveland-Marshall College of Law===
{{main|Cleveland-Marshall College of Law}}
[[Image:Cleveland Marshall College of Law.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Cleveland-Marshall College of Law]]]]
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897 as the first evening law school in the state and one of the first in Ohio (and one of the earliest in the U.S.) to admit women and minorities. In 1946, Cleveland Law School merged with the John Marshall School of Law, founded in 1916, to become Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Cleveland-Marshall became part of Cleveland State University in 1969.


==Administration==
One of the most famous alumni of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law was [[Tim Russert]], host of [[television program]] ''[[Meet the Press]]''. The college has also educated numerous highly esteemed judges and founders of prestigious private law firms. Due to its long tradition of providing evening education, the college has a large number of business and community leaders who are non-practicing attorneys as well.
The Cleveland State University Board consists of nine trustees, a Secretary to the Board, two faculty representatives, and two student representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/trustees/ |title=Board of Trustees - Cleveland State University |publisher=Csuohio.edu |date=January 20, 2006 |access-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> The board members, along with the University President, are charged with fulfilling the goals set forth in the University Mission Statement as well as acting as the governing body in all policy matters of the university requiring attention. In January 2006 the Board of Trustees amended their bylaws so they could restructure board committees as well as include Community members on the Board. Community members serve as non-voting advisers and are appointed by the Board Chairman for a term approved by the Board.


===Research===
===Presidents===
[[File:FennSeal.PNG|105px|thumb|right|Seal of Fenn College, 1923-1964]]
Cleveland State maintains a variety of research links with the Cleveland community. The following are the University's featured research collaborations:<ref>[http://csuohio.edu/research/partcommunity.html Partnerships and Community]</ref>
'''Fenn College'''<ref name="HistoryofFenn" />
[[Image:CSU Science and Research Center.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Science and Research Center]]
* [[Cecil V. Thomas]], 1934–1947
* Bio Ohio
* Joseph C. Nichols, 1947–1948
* Case Western Reserve University
* Edward Hodnett, 1948–1951
* Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
* G. Brooks Earnest, 1952–1965
* Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center
'''Cleveland State University'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csuohio.edu/president/past-presidents|title=PAST PRESIDENTS|work=csuohio.edu}}</ref>
* Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholar Program)
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* NASA Glenn Research Center
* Harry Newburn, 1965–1966 (interim)
* Great Lakes Science Center
* [[Harold Enarson]], 1966–1972
* Museum of Natural History
* Harry Newburn, 1972–1973 (interim)
* International Space University
* Walter Waetjen, 1973–1988
* Internet2
* John Flower, 1988–1992
* Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
* [[Claire Van Ummersen]], 1993–2001
* Ohio Department of Education
* [[Michael Schwartz (educational administrator)|Michael Schwartz]], 2002–2009
* Ohio Instrumentation, Controls & Electronics (ICE)
* [[Ronald M. Berkman]], 2009–2018
* Ohio Supercomputer Center
* [[Harlan M. Sands]], 2018–2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/04/harlan-sands-out-as-cleveland-states-president-due-to-differences-regarding-how-the-university-should-be-led.html |website=www.cleveland.com |access-date=April 26, 2022|title=Harlan Sands out as Cleveland State's president due to 'differences regarding how the university should be led' |date=April 26, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Josh |title=Cleveland State President Makes Abrupt Exit |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/28/cleveland-state-president-makes-abrupt-exit |access-date=May 7, 2022 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=April 28, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Josh |title=Cleveland State Pays President $928K to Step Down |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/05/03/cleveland-state-pays-president-928k-step-down |access-date=May 7, 2022 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=May 3, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Laura J. Bloomberg]], 2022–present
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==Academics==
==Notable faculty and alumni==
[[File:Nance College Of Business Administration1.JPG|thumb|[[Monte Ahuja College of Business]]]]
===Faculty===
CSU offers many disciplines and research facilities, with 70 [[academic major]]s, 27 [[master's degree]] programs, two post-master's degrees, six [[Doctorate|doctoral]] degrees, and two [[law degree]]s. It also has research cooperation agreements with the nearby [[NASA]] [[Glenn Research Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scholarships4school.com/scholarships/nasa-glenn-research-center-minority-engineering-scholarship.html |title=NASA-Glenn Research Center Minority Engineering Scholarship, sponsored by Cleveland State University |publisher=Scholarships4school.com |access-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>


In 1965, when The Cleveland State University was formed, it consisted of the Fenn College of Engineering (now the Washkewicz College of Engineering),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csuohio.edu/news/donald-and-pamela-washkewicz-and-parker-hannifin-foundation-give-transformative-gift-csu |title=DONALD AND PAMELA WASHKEWICZ, AND THE PARKER HANNIFIN FOUNDATION give transformative gift to CSU}}</ref> the colleges of business administration, arts and sciences, and education.<ref>{{cite book|last=Earnest|first=G. Brooks|title=A History of Fenn College|year=1974|publisher=The Fenn Educational Fund of the Cleveland Foundation|location=Cleveland, Ohio|page=564|chapter=XIV}}</ref> In 2022, the university reorganized around eight colleges as part of its CSU 2.0 initiative:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://csu2.0.csuohio.edu/college-realignment |title=COLLEGE REALIGNMENT}}</ref>
* [[Angelin Chang]], [[Grammy]]-award winning classical pianist and professor of music, is also a graduate of the university's [[Cleveland-Marshall College of Law]]
* College of Arts and Sciences
* [[Imad Rahman]], Pakistani-American writer and author of <i>I Dream of Microwaves</i>
* College of Graduate Studies
* [[Chas Smith]] (1957 - 2007), author, musician, radio personality, music professor.
* College of Health
* [[Camilla Stivers]], Distinguished Professor of Public Administration
* [[Cleveland State University College of Law|College of Law]]
* [[Jearl Walker]], author of [[The Flying Circus of Physics]] and physics professor
* Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College
* [[Levin College of Public Affairs and Education]] (includes the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs )
* [[Monte Ahuja College of Business]]
* Washkewicz College of Engineering


[[File:CSU Music Communication Building.JPG|thumb|The School of Communication is located in The Music and Communication Building]]
===Staff===
The Division of University Studies focuses on academic support services, and the Division of Continuing Education extends academic services beyond the campus.
* [[Wally Morton]], Head Swimming Coach
* [[Gary Waters]], Basketball Coach


Notable programs include the [[Levin College of Public Affairs and Education|Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs]], which ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' 2019 ranking of graduate public affairs programs placed Levin College fourth in the Urban Policy specialty and 13th in the Local Government Management specialty, as well as the recently formed School of Communication, ranked 8th in research productivity and as the top terminal MA-granting program in the United States overall.<ref>[http://www.csuohio.edu/com/about.html About the School of Communication] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420082915/http://www.csuohio.edu/com/about.html |date=April 20, 2006}}. Accessed June 13, 2006.</ref> The Monte Ahuja College of Business is also highly regarded and is ranked in the top ten nationwide in performance of its Certified Public Accountant graduate students. Additionally, CSU is the first university in Ohio to offer a master's degree in software engineering.
===Alumni===
* [[Cedric Jackson]], Guard, Cleveland Cavaliers
* [[Jerry Dybzinski]], former professional baseball player
* [[Franklin Edwards]], former professional basketball player
* Dick Lillie <ref>http://www.martindale.com/Richard-G-Lillie/1435417-lawyer.htm</ref> (J.D., 1979), [[U.S. District Attorney]], Common Pleas [[Judge]], and partner Lillie and Holderman Law Firm
* [[Ed Feighan]] (J.D., 1978), U.S. Congressman
* [[Chris Ronayne]], President of University Circle Inc.
* [[Tim Russert]], (J.D., 1976), Author, [[NBC]] Washington bureau chief, moderator of NBC's ''[[Meet the Press]]''
* [[Clinton Smith]], former NBA basketball player
* [[Manute Bol]], former NBA basketball player
* [[J'Nathan Bullock]], NFL football player
* [[Frank G. Jackson]], Mayor of the City of Cleveland
* [[Frank D. Celebrezze Jr.]], Ohio Court of Appeals Judge
* [[Donald C. Nugent]], (J.D., 1974) Federal District Court Judge
* [[Lesley B. Wells]] (J.D., 1974), Federal District Court Judge
*[[Cheryl L. Waite]], (J.D., 1985), Ohio Court of Appeals judge.
* [[Francis E. Sweeney|Francis E. Sweeney Sr.]], (J.D., 1963), Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
* [[Maureen O'Connor]], (J.D., 1980), Current Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
* [[Terrence O'Donnell]], (J.D., 1971), Current Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
* [[Carl B. Stokes]], (J.D., 1956), first African American mayor of a major U.S. city ([[Cleveland]])
* [[Louis Stokes]], (J.D., 1953), 15-term Democratic [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]].
* [[Bert Wolstein]], (J.D., 1953), real estate developer, owner of [[Cleveland Crunch|indoor soccer franchise]] and philanthropist.


===College of Law===
==Location==
{{Main|Cleveland State University College of Law}}
[[Image:CSU Rhodes Tower.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Rhodes Tower]]]]
[[File:Cleveland Marshall College of Law.JPG|thumb|[[Cleveland State University College of Law]]]]
The College of Law traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897. One of the most famous alumni of the College of Law was [[Tim Russert]], host of [[television program]] ''[[Meet the Press]]'', who graduated in 1976. It was formerly known as the Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, until the school dropped Marshall's name from the school in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-remove-cleveland-marshall-name-from-college-law-0 |title=CSU TO REMOVE CLEVELAND-MARSHALL NAME FROM COLLEGE OF LAW}}</ref>


===Research===
CSU's main campus in [[downtown Cleveland]] is bounded on the east and west by [[Interstate 90]] and 17th Street, respectively; and by Payne Avenue to the north and Carnegie Avenue on the south. It also has satellite campuses in [[Westlake, Ohio]] and [[Solon, Ohio]], both in the [[Greater Cleveland]] [[metropolitan area]] in [[Cuyahoga County]].
Cleveland State maintains a variety of research links within Ohio, especially the Cleveland community. These research collaborations include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csuohio.edu/research/partcommunity.html|title=Partnerships and Community|work=csuohio.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223155348/http://csuohio.edu/research/partcommunity.html|archive-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref>
* BioOhio
* [[Case Western Reserve University]]
* [[Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute]]
* Cleveland [[MetroHealth]] Medical Center
* [[Council for International Exchange of Scholars]] (Fulbright Scholar Program)
* [[NASA Glenn Research Center]]
* [[Great Lakes Science Center]]
* [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]
* [[International Space University]]
* [[Internet2]]
* [[Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine]]
* [[Ohio Department of Education]]
* Ohio Instrumentation, Controls & Electronics (ICE)
* [[Ohio Supercomputer Center]]


====Pseudoscience allegations====
==Campus and community==
In 2022 ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' reported on a researcher at Cleveland State University whose "home institution was essentially providing a soapbox for racist pseudoscience.[...] Despite nearly a dozen publications over more than a decade arguing for the intellectual inferiority of Black people," the professor was judged to have meritorious research and was promoted and given tenure. In 2022 he was fired following an investigation by the [[National Institutes of Health]] that found that he had violated regulations concerning the handling of medical data.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Standifer|first=Cid|title=Racial Pseudoscience on the Faculty: A professor's research flew under the radar for years. What finally got him fired?|journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=October 13, 2022|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/racial-pseudoscience-on-the-faculty?cid=at&source=ams&sourceid=&cid2=gen_login_refresh}}</ref>
===Faculty and student===
In 2002, the [[student body]] consisted of 10,356 [[undergraduate]]s and 5,618 [[graduate student]]s.
====CSU Enrollment Reaches 15-Year High====
<blockquote>
Freshmen, returning veterans, graduate students contribute to growth

Cleveland State University announced on September 9th 2009 that Fall semester enrollment figures have reached a 15-year high, with total student headcount at 16,418 (a 4.2 percent increase over Fall 2008). The increase can be attributed to a number of positive factors at the University, including the ongoing completion of new campus facilities that make CSU an attractive residential choice for new freshmen, the Project SERV program that caters to returning post-911 veterans, and a surge in graduate students seeking professional degrees in a difficult economic climate.

Highlights of the incoming Fall 2009 class at CSU include:

New first-time CSU student enrollment is up 18.5 percent over Fall 2008;
Overall enrollment has increased 4.2 percent over Fall 2008;
Entering freshman class again carries a 3.0+ GPA;
Undergraduate enrollment is up 1,000 students since fall 2007, after setting new admissions standards;
400+ new freshmen receive President’s Opportunity Award, created to help offset reductions to the state’s Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) program;
New graduate student enrollment climbs 41 percent for domestic students and 54 percent for international students since last fall;
Military veterans enrolled in the Project SERV Program, and receiving VA benefits, increased dramatically to 279 students.
</blockquote><ref>http://www.csuohio.edu/news/releases/2009/09/14713.html</ref>

===Expansion plans===
CSU recently unveiled a long-term plan to make the campus more amenable to residence and increase the number of students living on campus by building thousands of housing units, anchored by a new dormitory, [[Fenn Tower]], a reuse of the school's most historic building. The university is working with private developers and the City of Cleveland to develop housing, retail, and "collegetown" amenities around Fenn Tower, particularly the main thoroughfare of [[Euclid Avenue (Cleveland, Ohio)|Euclid Avenue]], scheduled to be destroyed and upgraded as part of the Euclid Corridor Project, bringing [[bus rapid transit]] to the university and city.

The University has also recently completed a new state of the art student recreation center, as well as two new buildings for the Colleges of Graduate Studies and Education; there are longer-term plans to create a "Varsity Village" incorporating athletic fields and student housing into a green, residential area.

Fenn Tower formerly housed what was at one time the longest [[Foucault pendulum]] in the world; however, the pendulum has been inoperational since 1980 and was removed during the residence hall renovation in 2006. The pendulum currently resides in the Cleveland State University archives.

In 2009, Cleveland State University announced their plan to begin work on $65 million construction project, this project will transform the campus from a commuter school into a residential campus.<ref>http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1251102766197460.xml&coll=2</ref>
===Student life===
[[Image:CSU Main Class Room building.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Main Class Room building]]
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Cleveland State University offers a unique college experience for their students through the engaging activities on campus. The student life department in Cleveland State University provides a variety of quality services and programs to enhance the university experience and complements Cleveland State University's academic mission. A highly trained staff of professionals is available to support students from their first day on campus to the completion of their academic goals. Services include leadership training, support of recognized university student organizations, judicial affairs, campus activities, and many other programs and services that support the successful matriculation of all students. Cleveland State University has 145 student organizations that are supervised by the department of Student Life.<ref>http://mycsu.csuohio.edu/studentlife/index.html</ref><ref>http://mycsu.csuohio.edu/studentlife/studentorgs/index.html</ref><ref>http://mycsu.csuohio.edu/studentlife/studentorgs/orglist.html</ref>


==Student life==
===Student media===
===Student media===
The campus' student-run radio station, 89.3 [[WCSB]]-FM, has a 630-[[Watt]] [[Radio transmitter|transmitter]] on top of [[Rhodes Tower]] (formerly called University Tower). Additionally, Cleveland State is served in print by [http://www.csucauldron.com/home/ The Cauldron], an independent student newspaper, [http://www.csuohio.edu/clevelandstater/ The Cleveland Stater], a laboratory newspaper in the School of Communication, The Vindicator, and The Gavel which won the 2005 American Bar Association's -Student Division's first prize for the best law school newspaper in the country. There is no student television station at this time, though the university offers a film production and video production major with courses through its Digital Video Communication Center.
The campus' student-run radio station, 89.3 [[WCSB (FM)|WCSB]], has a 630-[[Watt]] [[Radio transmitter|transmitter]] on top of [[Rhodes Tower]] (formerly called University Tower). Additionally, Cleveland State is served in print by The Cauldron, an independent student newspaper,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csu-cauldron.com|title=The Cauldron Student Newspaper}}</ref> The Cleveland Stater,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clevelandstater.com/ |title=The Cleveland Stater |publisher=The Cleveland Stater |access-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> a laboratory newspaper in the School of Communication, The Vindicator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thevindi.com/about-us|title=About Us}}</ref> Cleveland State University's art and culture magazine, and The Gavel which won the 2005 American Bar Association's -Student Division's first prize for the best law school newspaper in the country. There is no [[student television station]] at this time, though the university offers a film production and video production major with courses through its Digital Video Communication Center and a variety of related majors through the School of Film and Media Arts.


===Information technology===
===Information technology===
CSU is a member of the OneCommunity (formerly OneCleveland) [[computer network]], an initiative of [[Case Western Reserve University]] that connects nonprofit institutions throughout Northeast Ohio, allowing large scale collaborations over a high-speed fiber optic network.
CSU is a member of the OneCommunity (formerly OneCleveland) [[computer network]], an initiative of [[Case Western Reserve University]] that connects nonprofit institutions throughout Northeast Ohio, allowing large scale collaborations over a high-speed fiber optic network.


===Greek organizations===
==Intercollegiate athletics==
Cleveland State University is home to 4 NIC fraternities, [[Delta Sigma Phi]], [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]], [[Sigma Tau Gamma]], and [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]]. There are 3 NPC sororities, [[Delta Zeta]], [[Phi Mu]], and [[Theta Phi Alpha]] and all 9 NPHC organizations have a chapter affiliated with the campus.
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The [[sports team]]s' [[nickname]] is the Vikings. The [[school colors]] are forest green and white. For many years the school mascot was the [[comic strip]] character [[Hägar the Horrible]] along with his wife Helga, and the couple appeared at sporting events as well as on University literature. A new mascot, "Vike" was introduced in 1997 and Hagar was gradually phased out by 1998. Another new mascot was introduced in August 2007. He was to be named either Magnus, Victor E., Vic Torious, or Vike. The winning name, which was announced on November 24, 2007 was Magnus.
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==Athletics==
Cleveland State fields [[Varsity team|varsity]] teams in seventeen sports. Most of the teams compete in the [[Horizon League]]. The [[Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball|men's basketball team]] achieved the greatest notoriety in 1986 when seeded 14th in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] tournament, it upset heavily favored 3-seed [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]] and [[Saint Joseph's University|St. Joseph's]] before being beaten by [[United States Naval Academy|Navy]] by one point, an unprecedented achievement for such a low seed.The Vikes made yet another NCAA tournament appearance in 2009, upsetting the highly favored 4th seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons before falling to the University of Arizona Wildcats in the second round.
{{Main|Cleveland State Vikings}}
[[File:Wolstein Center interior.jpg|thumb|A [[Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball]] game at the [[Wolstein Center]].]]
When the school was still known as Fenn College, the [[sports team]]s' [[Athletic nickname|nickname]] was the [[Fenn College Foxes|Foxes]]. When the university was renamed Cleveland State, the nickname changed as well, and CSU's sports teams became the "Vikings". That nickname stands to this day. The [[school colors]] are university green and fresh green. For many years the school mascot was the [[comic strip]] character [[Hägar the Horrible]] along with his wife Helga, and the couple appeared at sporting events as well as on University literature. A new mascot, "Vike" was introduced in 1997 and Hagar was phased out by 1998. Another new mascot named "Magnus" was introduced in August 2007.


Cleveland State fields [[Varsity team|varsity]] teams in 17 sports, with most teams competing in the [[Horizon League]]. The [[Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball|men's basketball team]] was noteworthy in [[1985–86 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team|1986]] when seeded 14th in the East Region of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|tournament]], it upset heavily favored 3-seed [[1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]] and [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's]] before a one-point loss to a [[1985–86 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team|Navy]] team led by future [[List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[David Robinson]], an unprecedented achievement for such a low seed. The Vikes made yet another NCAA tournament [[2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|appearance]] in [[2008–09 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team|2009]], upsetting the highly favored 4 seed [[2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]] before falling to [[2008–09 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team|Arizona]] in the second round.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/cleveland-state-shocks-wake-forest | work=Fox News | title=Cleveland State Shocks Wake Forest | date=March 21, 2009}}</ref> The school fields two teams that compete outside the Horizon League; wrestling competes in the [[Mid-American Conference]] and men's lacrosse in the [[ASUN Conference]].
===Football===
On October 14, 2008 CSU President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the [[American football|football]] team before July 1, 2009, when he is scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself."<ref>[http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/cleveland_state_university_con.html] Cleveland State considers a new name and a new football team. Accessed October 25, 2008.</ref>


===Fielding a football team===
==School songs==
On October 14, 2008, CSU President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the [[College football|football]] team before July 1, 2009, when he was scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/cleveland_state_university_con.html|title=Cleveland State considers a new name and a new football team|last=Turner|first=Karl|date=October 14, 2008|website=cleveland|language=en|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
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<font size=3>'''Fight song'''


The establishment of a football team became an official item on the student government election ballot. Although over two-thirds of the voters favored establishment of a football team over half of them were not willing to pay a fee for Division I non-scholarship football in addition to any potential future tuition increases that may be instituted by the university.<ref name="Board of elections">[http://www.csuohio.edu/studentlife/boardofelections/index.html Question 1: Are you interested in having Cleveland State University add a Division I non-scholarship football team (e.g. University of Dayton, Butler University) to its intercollegiate athletic program? 1. YES 1,214 Votes 68.7% of the vote] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527185903/http://www.csuohio.edu/studentlife/boardofelections/index.html |date=May 27, 2010 }}, Question 2: Are you willing to pay a fee for Division I non-scholarship football in addition to any potential, future tuition increases that may be instituted by the University? 2. NO 977 Votes 55.6% of the vote.</ref>
''O hail the Green and White;'' <br>
''For our great colors we shall fight!'' <br>
''To battle, Vikings all;'' <br>
''We'll sound the Viking Trumpet Call!''


==Notable alumni and faculty==
''We always will defend'' <br>
''The Pride of Cleveland faithfully;'' <br>
{{main|List of Cleveland State University people}}
''For Cleveland State we'll fight on to a victory!''

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<font size=3>'''Alma mater'''

''Near the shores of great Lake Erie, grand for all to view'' <br>
''Proudly stands our Alma Mater noble CSU''<br>
''Lift your voices, join the chorus 'til our work is through.'' <br>
''Hail to thee our Alma Mater hail, hail all, CSU!''

''To educate, for future's sake, truth through knowledge is our goal,''<br>
''Steadfast remains our Alma Mater, whatever the future holds.''<br>
''Lift your voices, join the chorus 'til our work is through.''<br>
''Hail to thee our Alma Mater hail, hail all, CSU!''<br>
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==See also==
==See also==
[[File:Sanborn-CSU.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Adam Smith's Spinning Top'', sculpture by [[Jim Sanborn]] at CSU]]
* [[Fenn Tower]]
* [[Rhodes Tower]]
* [[Krenzler Field]]
* [[Krenzler Field]]
* [[Wolstein Center]]
* [[Wolstein Center]]
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* [http://www.csucauldron.com/ Official Cauldron student newspaper site]
* [http://www.csuvikings.com/ Official Cleveland State University athletics site]


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"Cleveland State" redirects here. For the institution in Tennessee, see Cleveland State Community College.
Not to be confused with Cleveland University.

Cleveland State University
Former names
Cleveland YMCA School of Technology (1921–1929)
Fenn College (1929–1964)
Cleveland Law School (1897–1946)
Marshall School of Law (1916–1946)
Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (1946–1967)
TypePublic research university
EstablishedDecember 18, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-12-18)[1]
Parent institution
University System of Ohio
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$89.88 million (2018)[2]
PresidentLaura J. Bloomberg[3]
ProvostNigamanth Sridhar
Academic staff
511
Administrative staff
1,000 (2009)[4]
Students14,160 (fall 2023)[5]
Undergraduates9,505 (fall 2023)[5]
Postgraduates4,655 (fall 2023)[5]
Location
Cleveland
,
Ohio
,
United States
CampusLarge city, 85 acres (34 ha)[6]
NewspaperThe Cauldron
ColorsUniversity green, fresh green[7]
   
NicknameVikings
Sporting affiliations
MascotMagnus
Websitewww.csuohio.edu

Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. CSU absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall School of Law in 1969.[1] Today it is part of the University System of Ohio, has more than 120,000 alumni, and offers over 200 academic programs amongst eight colleges.[4] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[8]

History

[edit]

Public education in Cleveland was first started in 1870, when Cleveland YMCA began to offer free classes. By 1921, the program had grown enough to become separate from YMCA, being renamed Cleveland YMCA School of Technology. Two years later, the school offered courses towards a bachelor's degree for the first time. This is now regarded as Fenn College's founding date, although the college would not be formally renamed until 1929.[9][1] Fenn College took over several buildings in the area including Fenn Tower, Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall.[1]

In 1964, the State of Ohio purchased the entirety of Fenn College's campus in downtown Cleveland and established a commuter college that targeted area residents. This new institution became known as Cleveland State University.[1][10] Industrialist James J. Nance served as Chair of the first Board of Trustees. Over the next several decades, Cleveland State University quickly grew in size, and claimed over 15,000 students in 1997. However, only six hundred students resided in University housing.[11]

In the mid 2000s, President Michael Schwartz ended open admissions and implemented a vision to move from a U.S. News & World Report fourth tier university to a second tier university.

On March 11, 2020, an email was sent to Cleveland State students regarding the changes made due to the coronavirus pandemic. Classes were all switched to remote learning.[12]

Campus

[edit]
Rhodes Tower

CSU's main campus in downtown Cleveland is bounded on the east and west by Interstate 90 and East 17th Street, respectively; and by Payne Avenue to the north and Carnegie Avenue on the south. It also has a satellite campus in Westlake, Ohio which is in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area in Cuyahoga County. As of spring 2013, the combined student body (undergraduate and graduate students) totaled over 17,000.

Campus expansion

[edit]

In 2006, Cleveland State University completed its state-of-the-art student Recreation Center, and a renovation of Parker Hannifan Hall for the College of Graduate Studies.

To make the campus more amenable to residence and increase the number of students living on campus thousands of housing units were built, anchored by a new dormitory, Fenn Tower, a reuse of the school's most historic building. Fenn Tower housed what was the world's longest Foucault pendulum, but the pendulum was removed during the residence hall renovation in 2006 and is now in the Cleveland State University archives.[citation needed]

The university worked with private developers and the City of Cleveland to develop housing, retail, and "collegetown" amenities around Fenn Tower, particularly along the main thoroughfare of Euclid Avenue. In 2010, Euclid Avenue was upgraded as part of the Euclid Corridor Project which brought bus rapid transit to the university and connected Public Square in downtown Cleveland to University Circle, approximately four miles to the east.[13] Cleveland State University's $65 million construction project, intended to transform the campus from a mostly commuter school into a residential campus,[14] included the new Student Center and Julka Hull, which houses the College of Education and School of Nursing. Both projects were finished in 2010.[citation needed]

In 2011, the new Euclid Commons dorms complex, which features apartment-style living for CSU students, opened. That same year, the university's Dramatic Arts Program moved into the renovated Middough Building and Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square Center in collaboration with the Cleveland Play House.[15]

In 2012, CSU opened the Galleries At CSU on Euclid Avenue. Also in 2012, Cleveland State University partnered with the South China University of Technology allowing students to complete their education and receive joint degrees.[16] During the fall semester of 2012, the first phase of the private Langston apartment and retail complex opened along Chester Avenue across from Rhodes Tower. In the spring semester of 2013, the former Viking Hall dormitory was torn down to make way for the university's new Center for Health Professions. This was opened in the fall of 2015. The university is partnering with Northeast Ohio Medical University or NEOMED to train future health care professionals to specifically work in urban settings.[17] They are working on adding a new physics department onto the campus and starting to build a better physics department.[citation needed]

In 2018, CSU established the CSU School of Film and Media Arts, having used a $7.5 million appropriation from the State of Ohio to renovate an entire floor of the IdeaStream Center at Playhouse Square. It is the first standalone film school in the State of Ohio.[18]

Administration

[edit]

The Cleveland State University Board consists of nine trustees, a Secretary to the Board, two faculty representatives, and two student representatives.[19] The board members, along with the University President, are charged with fulfilling the goals set forth in the University Mission Statement as well as acting as the governing body in all policy matters of the university requiring attention. In January 2006 the Board of Trustees amended their bylaws so they could restructure board committees as well as include Community members on the Board. Community members serve as non-voting advisers and are appointed by the Board Chairman for a term approved by the Board.

Presidents

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Seal of Fenn College, 1923-1964

Fenn College[9]

  • Cecil V. Thomas, 1934–1947
  • Joseph C. Nichols, 1947–1948
  • Edward Hodnett, 1948–1951
  • G. Brooks Earnest, 1952–1965

Cleveland State University[20]

Academics

[edit]
Monte Ahuja College of Business

CSU offers many disciplines and research facilities, with 70 academic majors, 27 master's degree programs, two post-master's degrees, six doctoral degrees, and two law degrees. It also has research cooperation agreements with the nearby NASA Glenn Research Center.[24]

In 1965, when The Cleveland State University was formed, it consisted of the Fenn College of Engineering (now the Washkewicz College of Engineering),[25] the colleges of business administration, arts and sciences, and education.[26] In 2022, the university reorganized around eight colleges as part of its CSU 2.0 initiative:[27]

The School of Communication is located in The Music and Communication Building

The Division of University Studies focuses on academic support services, and the Division of Continuing Education extends academic services beyond the campus.

Notable programs include the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, which U.S. News & World Report 2019 ranking of graduate public affairs programs placed Levin College fourth in the Urban Policy specialty and 13th in the Local Government Management specialty, as well as the recently formed School of Communication, ranked 8th in research productivity and as the top terminal MA-granting program in the United States overall.[28] The Monte Ahuja College of Business is also highly regarded and is ranked in the top ten nationwide in performance of its Certified Public Accountant graduate students. Additionally, CSU is the first university in Ohio to offer a master's degree in software engineering.

College of Law

[edit]
Main article: Cleveland State University College of Law
Cleveland State University College of Law

The College of Law traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897. One of the most famous alumni of the College of Law was Tim Russert, host of television program Meet the Press, who graduated in 1976. It was formerly known as the Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, until the school dropped Marshall's name from the school in 2022.[29]

Research

[edit]

Cleveland State maintains a variety of research links within Ohio, especially the Cleveland community. These research collaborations include:[30]

Pseudoscience allegations

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In 2022 The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on a researcher at Cleveland State University whose "home institution was essentially providing a soapbox for racist pseudoscience.[...] Despite nearly a dozen publications over more than a decade arguing for the intellectual inferiority of Black people," the professor was judged to have meritorious research and was promoted and given tenure. In 2022 he was fired following an investigation by the National Institutes of Health that found that he had violated regulations concerning the handling of medical data.[31]

Student life

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Student media

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The campus' student-run radio station, 89.3 WCSB, has a 630-Watt transmitter on top of Rhodes Tower (formerly called University Tower). Additionally, Cleveland State is served in print by The Cauldron, an independent student newspaper,[32] The Cleveland Stater,[33] a laboratory newspaper in the School of Communication, The Vindicator,[34] Cleveland State University's art and culture magazine, and The Gavel which won the 2005 American Bar Association's -Student Division's first prize for the best law school newspaper in the country. There is no student television station at this time, though the university offers a film production and video production major with courses through its Digital Video Communication Center and a variety of related majors through the School of Film and Media Arts.

Information technology

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CSU is a member of the OneCommunity (formerly OneCleveland) computer network, an initiative of Case Western Reserve University that connects nonprofit institutions throughout Northeast Ohio, allowing large scale collaborations over a high-speed fiber optic network.

Greek organizations

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Cleveland State University is home to 4 NIC fraternities, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Tau Gamma, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. There are 3 NPC sororities, Delta Zeta, Phi Mu, and Theta Phi Alpha and all 9 NPHC organizations have a chapter affiliated with the campus.

Athletics

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Main article: Cleveland State Vikings
A Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball game at the Wolstein Center.

When the school was still known as Fenn College, the sports teams' nickname was the Foxes. When the university was renamed Cleveland State, the nickname changed as well, and CSU's sports teams became the "Vikings". That nickname stands to this day. The school colors are university green and fresh green. For many years the school mascot was the comic strip character Hägar the Horrible along with his wife Helga, and the couple appeared at sporting events as well as on University literature. A new mascot, "Vike" was introduced in 1997 and Hagar was phased out by 1998. Another new mascot named "Magnus" was introduced in August 2007.

Cleveland State fields varsity teams in 17 sports, with most teams competing in the Horizon League. The men's basketball team was noteworthy in 1986 when seeded 14th in the East Region of the NCAA tournament, it upset heavily favored 3-seed Indiana and Saint Joseph's before a one-point loss to a Navy team led by future Hall of Famer David Robinson, an unprecedented achievement for such a low seed. The Vikes made yet another NCAA tournament appearance in 2009, upsetting the highly favored 4 seed Wake Forest before falling to Arizona in the second round.[35] The school fields two teams that compete outside the Horizon League; wrestling competes in the Mid-American Conference and men's lacrosse in the ASUN Conference.

Fielding a football team

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On October 14, 2008, CSU President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the football team before July 1, 2009, when he was scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself."[36]

The establishment of a football team became an official item on the student government election ballot. Although over two-thirds of the voters favored establishment of a football team over half of them were not willing to pay a fee for Division I non-scholarship football in addition to any potential future tuition increases that may be instituted by the university.[37]

Notable alumni and faculty

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Main article: List of Cleveland State University people

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "CSUFY Report 2018" (PDF). Csuohio.edu. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
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  13. ^ Sims, Damon; Group, Northeast Ohio Media (March 14, 2009). "CSU officials envision large expansion of housing, parking". cleveland. Retrieved May 7, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ David I. Andersen, The Plain Dealer (August 24, 2009). "Cleveland State University to begin work on $65 million construction project this week". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  15. ^ Marvin Fong / Plain Dealer (March 6, 2010). "Cleveland State University's drama program is booming under director Michael Mauldin". cleveland.com. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
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  17. ^ "NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health — NEOMED". Neomed.edu. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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  20. ^ "PAST PRESIDENTS". csuohio.edu.
  21. ^ "Harlan Sands out as Cleveland State's president due to 'differences regarding how the university should be led'". www.cleveland.com. April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  22. ^ Moody, Josh (April 28, 2022). "Cleveland State President Makes Abrupt Exit". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  23. ^ Moody, Josh (May 3, 2022). "Cleveland State Pays President $928K to Step Down". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  24. ^ "NASA-Glenn Research Center Minority Engineering Scholarship, sponsored by Cleveland State University". Scholarships4school.com. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  25. ^ "DONALD AND PAMELA WASHKEWICZ, AND THE PARKER HANNIFIN FOUNDATION give transformative gift to CSU".
  26. ^ Earnest, G. Brooks (1974). "XIV". A History of Fenn College. Cleveland, Ohio: The Fenn Educational Fund of the Cleveland Foundation. p. 564.
  27. ^ "COLLEGE REALIGNMENT".
  28. ^ About the School of Communication Archived April 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed June 13, 2006.
  29. ^ "CSU TO REMOVE CLEVELAND-MARSHALL NAME FROM COLLEGE OF LAW".
  30. ^ "Partnerships and Community". csuohio.edu. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008.
  31. ^ Standifer, Cid (October 13, 2022). "Racial Pseudoscience on the Faculty: A professor's research flew under the radar for years. What finally got him fired?". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  32. ^ "The Cauldron Student Newspaper".
  33. ^ "The Cleveland Stater". The Cleveland Stater. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  34. ^ "About Us".
  35. ^ "Cleveland State Shocks Wake Forest". Fox News. March 21, 2009.
  36. ^ Turner, Karl (October 14, 2008). "Cleveland State considers a new name and a new football team". cleveland. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  37. ^ Question 1: Are you interested in having Cleveland State University add a Division I non-scholarship football team (e.g. University of Dayton, Butler University) to its intercollegiate athletic program? 1. YES 1,214 Votes 68.7% of the vote Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Question 2: Are you willing to pay a fee for Division I non-scholarship football in addition to any potential, future tuition increases that may be instituted by the University? 2. NO 977 Votes 55.6% of the vote.
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