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San Jose State University Athletics
The San Jose State Spartans compete in the Western Athletic Conference in the sports of baseball, football, softball, and men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, and soccer, among others. SJSU has receive the NCAA Division I status of “Certified,” an acknowledgement only obtained by nine other universities in the country and intended to demonstrate the University’s steadfast compliance with NCAA rules and policies.
San Jose State University is an NCAA Division I school, with baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, and soccer for men and basketball, cross-country, diving, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, and water polo for women. The team nickname is the Spartans.
Sports facilities include a multi-purpose stadium, and aquatic center, a softball complex, a baseball stadium, and an indoor arena.
Students and fans can send athletes, coaches, or officials questions they have about athletic issues, controversies, and events via a form available on the university athletic web site.
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Local News for San Jose State University
Nursing programs continue to raise standards, limit students September 30th
Getting accepted into San Jose State University's nursing program is becoming increasingly difficult. The nursing impaction program has updated its requirements for pre-nursing majors applying to the program, according to the school of nursing Web site, mirroring a nationwide trend of competitive nursing schools due to a lack of nursing professors.
On first furlough day, San Jose State U. students organize 'WTF? Rally' to protest cuts September 24th
Classes at San Jose State University may have been canceled on Tuesday, but up to 300 students and faculty showed up to school anyway to protest the reason behind those cancellations. The group organized the "WTF? Rally" — which according to the organization's flyer could stand for many phrases related to the budget cuts such as "Where's the funding?" and "Why the furlough?" — against the California State University budget cuts on SJSU's first campus-wide furlough day.
Enrollment reductions plan at San Jose State U. sends some students to community college September 10th
The first wave of budget cuts eliminated 3,000 San Jose State University students who tried to enroll for fall 2009, said an SJSU official. Some prospective students who thought they had been accepted and made living arrangements at SJSU have been forced to attend community colleges instead.
