Founded in 1965 at the foot of the scenic San Bernardino Mountains, California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB, Cal State San Bernardino, or the Coyotes) is a preeminent public university serving more than 19,000 students annually across its 441-acre main campus in San Bernardino and its Palm Desert Campus (PDC) in the Coachella Valley. Organized into five distinguished academic colleges—the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education, the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Natural Sciences, and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, along with the College of Extended and Global Education—CSUSB is nationally recognized for leadership in cybersecurity, intelligence and crime analysis, entrepreneurship, supply chain management, nursing, and bilingual educator preparation. An officially designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Carnegie-classified Community Engaged university, CSUSB fosters upward social mobility, innovative faculty-student research, and vibrant NCAA Division II athletics in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).