California Baptist University

1950s through 1990s Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College in El Monte, California by the Los Angeles Southern Baptist Association, the new college enrolled 120 students during its first year under the leadership of the first president, P. Boyd Smith. [ 5 ] In 1953, the college moved under the wing of the California Southern Baptist Convention , the same year that the first edition of the Angelos , the college yearbook , was published. In 1954, the college received its charter from the state of California. [ citation needed ] Soon the college outgrew its facilities, and in 1955 it moved its campus to the then-rural city of Riverside, California . [ 6 ] The school's new 75.6-acre campus was already equipped with constructed buildings that could be used for offices, classrooms, and living areas. [ citation needed ] What is now known as the Annie Gabriel Library, was the first to be built in 1921. In 1927, the original administration building was constructed whereas the W.E. James Building was built in 1934. [ citation needed ] The building which now houses the ceramics studio and boiler was constructed in 1938. In 1958, the college named its second president, Lloyd Simmons. [ citation needed ] In September 1998, California Baptist College officially became California Baptist University. [ 7 ]

The School of Music was established in 2002, and the Bonnie G. Metcalf School of Education followed in 2003. The same year, the university complex, known as the Yeager Center, was opened, housing classrooms, administration offices, the cafeteria, computer labs, and professors' offices. [ 8 ] More information Race and ethnicity, Total ... Student body composition as of May 2, 2022 Race and ethnicity [ 9 ] Total Hispanic 38% White 37% Other [ a ] 10% Black 6% Asian 6% Foreign national 2% Native American 1% Pacific Islander 1% Economic diversity Low-income [ b ] 43% Affluent [ c ] 57% Close In the fall of 2010, CBU added a College of Health Science, and enrollment exceeded 4,700 students. [ 10 ] On September 8, 2015, CBU offered its first doctoral degree, a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) through the School of Nursing. [ citation needed ] The CBU Events Center opened in November 2017. [ 11 ] The following year, the CBU Dennis and Carol Troesh Engineering Building was opened. [ 12 ]

On August 30, 2011, California Baptist University expelled incoming nursing student Domaine Javier for being a transgender woman. CBU claimed she had concealed her identity when applying to the school. [ 13 ] Before attending classes, Javier revealed her identity on MTV's True Life , after which CBU expelled her. As a result, Javier's attorneys filed a lawsuit against the school on grounds of discrimination, citing California's Unruh Civil Rights Act . Javier also brought suit against the university for breach of contract. [ 14 ] Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gloria Connor Trask ruled on July 11, 2014, that as a transgender person, Javier's application violated the university's moral code and the school was within its rights to expel her. Trask, however, ruled that the university should not have prohibited Javier from entering university businesses and services which were open to the public. [ 15 ] Because of California Baptist's decision to bar Javier from their campus businesses, Judge Trask ordered the school to pay her $4,000 in statutory damages in addition to attorney's fees. [ 16 ]

Campus Events Center John C. Funk Stadium Van Dyne Gym Annie Gabriel Library The Annie Gabriel Library is named in honor of Annie Gabriel, whose gifts enabled the initial development of the collection. [ 17 ]