San Jose State CSU Identity: Vote Yes!

San Jose State-CSU : Vote 'Yes'

VOTE "YES" March 20-21 for the SJS/CSU Identity. Online voting via MySJSU is allowed! The Initiative would:

• Preserve the "San Jose State" name as the school's primary identity
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  Add a secondary identity that includes the words "California State University", such as "CSU San Jose", "CSU Silicon Valley" or "CSU (1862)"
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  Restore the rights of San Jose State students to choose to identify with and market themselves under the CSU name
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  Restore San Jose State's prestigious and valuable identity as the original and oldest CSU campus

Student-Alumnus Endorses SJS-CSU Identity Initiative

After seeing our proposed San Jose State - California State University logo (above), alumnus James Rowen has endorsed the Alternate Identity Initiative on his blog, saying its a step in the right direction. See http://missioncitylantern.blogspot.com/2007/03/vote-yes-on-name-change.html

If you have a website, please endorse the Initiative and let us know about it.

Join the CSU Students of San Jose

The Initiative is sponsored by the 300-member CSU Students of San Jose. Join us:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSUstudentsSanJose
http://groups.myspace.com/CSUStudentsofSanJoseState

Vote in Gostate.org Poll

Please also vote in the http://www.gostate.org/ straw poll on the best city-state identity for San Jose State. Vote here: http://www.gostate.org/

UWM Students Voted for State Names in 2006

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, students voted on renaming their school in 2006, and voted overwhelming to keep their current state identity, even though it's not the main Wisconsin campus, which is located in Madison.

The top two vote getters were the existing UWM name and "Wisconsin State University". Names that focused on the school's city identity, like "Milwaukee State University" received very few votes.

The complete results of the student vote can be seen here: http://www2.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=4/30/2006&id=5474

Students at the oldest California State University (CSU) campus in San Jose, currently known as "State Jose State" should take note.