California Baptist University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===1950s through 1990s=== Founded in 1950 as ''California Baptist College'' in [[El Monte, California]] by the Los Angeles Southern Baptist Association, the new college enrolled 120 students during its first year under the leadership of the first president, P. Boyd Smith.<ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 120</ref> In 1953, the college moved under the wing of the [[California Southern Baptist Convention]], the same year that the first edition of the ''Angelos'', the college [[yearbook]], was published. In 1954, the college received its [[charter]] from the state of California.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Soon, the college outgrew its facilities, and, in 1955, moved its campus to the then-rural city of [[Riverside, California]].<ref>Thomas C. Hunt, James C. Carper, ''Religious Higher Education in the United States: A Source Book'', Taylor & Francis, Abingdon-on-Thames, 1996, p. 358</ref> The school's new 75.6-acre campus was already equipped with constructed buildings that could be used for offices, classrooms, and living areas.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} What is now known as the Annie Gabriel Library, was the first to be built in 1921. In 1927, the original administration building was constructed whereas the W.E. James Building was built in 1934.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The building which now houses the ceramics studio and boiler was constructed in 1938. In 1958, the college named its second president, Lloyd Simmons.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} In September 1998, California Baptist College officially became ''California Baptist University''.<ref>Praeger, ''American Universities and Colleges, 19th Edition [2 Volumes]: Nineteenth Edition'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 88</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page