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Professor releases SJSU history book
Kyle Hansen
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: News
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San Jose State University began in 1857 as a place for teachers to be students. 150 years later, SJSU is still helping professionals improve their skills.
The history of continuing education, as this training is called, is laid out in a new book published by the university's International and Extended Studies office.
Emeritus professor James Walsh wrote the book, "One and the Same: The History of Continuing Education at San Jose State University 1857-2007," at the request of Associate Vice President Mark Nova of International and Extended Studies.
Walsh will be speaking about the book today in rooms 225 and 229 of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"We wanted to showcase the history of continuing education," said Judy Rickard, who helped with the book and works for International and Extended Studies. "This is our sesquicentennial, and really the history of continuing education as the same as our history."
"I went to school here and I have been associated with the university for a long time, so it was neat to learn information I did not know when I was a student here," Rickard said. "It is a walk down memory lane."
SJSU started as a continuing education program, according to the book. Originally established as Minns' Evening Normal School in San Francisco, the school was designed as a place for teachers to improve their own educations. From Minns' school grew SJSU and the entire California State University system.
The book details the history of continuing education at SJSU. The first travel study program was established in 1909, and by 2006 SJSU had ranked second in the nation among similar institutions for the number of international students.
"SJSU and the entire CSU began as a continuing educational enterprise," Walsh said via e-mail. "What became the largest, centralized and most comprehensive system of higher education in the history of humanity … began with us. We are celebrating the 150th anniversary of our historic university."
The history of continuing education, as this training is called, is laid out in a new book published by the university's International and Extended Studies office.
Emeritus professor James Walsh wrote the book, "One and the Same: The History of Continuing Education at San Jose State University 1857-2007," at the request of Associate Vice President Mark Nova of International and Extended Studies.
Walsh will be speaking about the book today in rooms 225 and 229 of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"We wanted to showcase the history of continuing education," said Judy Rickard, who helped with the book and works for International and Extended Studies. "This is our sesquicentennial, and really the history of continuing education as the same as our history."
"I went to school here and I have been associated with the university for a long time, so it was neat to learn information I did not know when I was a student here," Rickard said. "It is a walk down memory lane."
SJSU started as a continuing education program, according to the book. Originally established as Minns' Evening Normal School in San Francisco, the school was designed as a place for teachers to improve their own educations. From Minns' school grew SJSU and the entire California State University system.
The book details the history of continuing education at SJSU. The first travel study program was established in 1909, and by 2006 SJSU had ranked second in the nation among similar institutions for the number of international students.
"SJSU and the entire CSU began as a continuing educational enterprise," Walsh said via e-mail. "What became the largest, centralized and most comprehensive system of higher education in the history of humanity … began with us. We are celebrating the 150th anniversary of our historic university."
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