#san-jose-state-university

#san-jose-state-university

For the past few months, a group of engineering students from San Jose State University has been working on a project that's sure to land them at the top of Santa's nice list. Instead of building the next AI platform, they've been trying to bring smiles to the faces of kids and adults by making penguins fly for Christmas in the Park.

a 12-story high-rise that would provide more than 1,000 student beds, including 517 affordable housing beds below market rate. But according to the state audit, despite securing state funds for the project, California State University and San Jose State leaders began pursuing a different housing project - Spartan Village - in the fall of 2023, which the auditor alleges was not authorized by the state. According to San Jose State, the Campus Village 3 project is currently paused.

In July 2023, San Jose State University was granted $89 million in the state budget through the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program, which provides grant funding to California colleges and universities to construct affordable student housing. The state audit alleges that the university was granted the funds to support the construction of the Campus Village 3 project, a 12-story high-rise that would provide more than 1,000 student beds, including 517 affordable housing beds below market rate.

SAN JOSE The man arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three people at a South San Jose apartment earlier this week made news six years ago when he was accused of shooting at the San Jose State University library, part of a criminal record that details trouble with guns and bouts of mental illness. Joseph Vicencio, 26, of San Jose, was arrested in connection with a shooting that killed three people at an apartment on Chynoweth Avenue on Sept. 16, 2025.

With so many mid-century buildings still populating the campus, David spent hours of her own time researching the history of each building, its architect and the various movements and schools represented. Many campus employees who see these structures every day probably don't even think about these things. The tour is sponsored by the Preservation Action Council San Jose (PAC*SJ), and tickets are available on the PAC*SJ website.

The university said Monday nearly 40,000 students enrolled at San Jose State for the fall semester - an 8% increase from last year and the highest enrollment total for a single academic term in the university's 168-year history. San Jose State also said it welcomed its largest-ever classes of first-year students, transfers and undergraduate students, with more than 5,100 first-year students, 3,600 transfer students and a total of 8,700 new undergraduate students.

Jobs in Downtown San Jose reached an estimated 27,400 during the 2025 fiscal year, marking an 8.3 percent increase from the previous year's 25,300.

"Like much of the California State University system, SJSU is regularly recognized for its accessibility, and it scores well on multiple measures of economic and social mobility."