CSUMB
The name of CSUMB's mascot, that belongs to this playful marine species.
Who is Montey Rey?
This historic city served as California's capital under Spanish, Mexican, and American rule.
What is Monterey?
Fort Ord officially closed as part of this nationwide effort to reduce military installations in what year.
What is 1994?
A group of resting sea otters floating together on the water is called one of these.
What is a raft?
The official headquarters of the CSU system is located in this California city.
What is Long Beach?
CSUMB emphasizes this type of learning, where students apply classroom knowledge through internships, research, and community projects.
What is service learning (or experiential learning)?
Every fall and winter, thousands of these orange-and-black butterflies gather in Pacific Grove.
What are monarch butterflies?
Long before it became an Army post, the Fort Ord area was home to the ancestral lands of these Indigenous people.
Who are the Rumsen Ohlone?
Baby sea otters are called this.
What are pups?
The first campus in the California State University System.
What is San Jose State?
CSUMB is designated as this type of institution because a significant percentage of its students identify as Hispanic or Latino.
What is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)?
This mission, founded in 1770, is known as the "Royal Presidio Chapel."
What is Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission)?
Once a military training ground, Fort Ord is now recognized for education, recreation, conservation, and this designation established in 2012.
What is Fort Ord National Monument?
Healthy populations of sea otters help protect these underwater ecosystems by keeping sea urchins in check.
What are kelp forests?
Out of every 20 Americans with a college degree, this many earned their degree from a California State University.
What is 1 out of 20?
CSUMB plans to plant exactly this many trees by the year 2030.
What is 2030?
Visitors flock to Cannery Row because it was made famous by this Nobel Prize-winning author.
Who is John Steinbeck?
The former Fort Ord is home to this federally threatened reptile, famous for its striking black-and-yellow pattern.
What is the California tiger salamander?
Sea otters can dive to the seafloor to collect food, often holding their breath for up to about this many minutes.
What is about 5 minutes?
CSU campuses compete in this collegiate athletic association.
What is the NCAA?
This CSUMB facility contains a lobby ceiling made from wood recycled from demolished Fort Ord Army barracks.
What is the Alumni & Visitors Center?
Monterey's early economy was built around this fish, once so abundant it was called the "Silver Darling."
What is the Pacific sardine?
Fort Ord is named after this Civil War general who later became a prominent California military leader. (correct answer must include person's first name)
Who was General Edward Otho Cresap Ord?
Sea otters belong to this family of mammals, which also includes weasels, badgers, and wolverines.
What is the weasel family (Mustelidae)?
The year that the California State University (CSU) system, which is the largest four-year university system in the United States, was founded.
What is 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act?