California Baptist University

university, Riverside, California, United States

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California Baptist University (CBU) is a private, coeducational institution located in Riverside, California. Founded in 1950, it is affiliated with the Baptist denomination. CBU offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs. The university is situated in Riverside, a city known for its history in citrus cultivation and its role as a metropolitan center east of Los Angeles.12

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…University (1922; Seventh-day Adventist) and California Baptist University (1950). The campus of Sherman Indian High School (1901), one of the many boarding schools operated by the U.S. government to encourage the assimilation of American Indians, includes one original building housing a museum that, among other things, preserves the school’s records.…
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…University (1922; Seventh-day Adventist) and California Baptist University (1950). The campus of Sherman Indian High School (1901), one of the many boarding schools operated by the U.S. government to encourage the assimilation of American Indians, includes one original building housing a museum that, among other things, preserves the school’s records.…
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