Future `Runner Day

Future `Runner Day 2026 - Saturday, March 21, 2026

Get ready for Future 'Runner Day—CSUB’s biggest open house of the year! Designed for Fall 2026 admitted students and their families, this exciting event is your chance to explore campus, connect with our schools, and get inspired to join the Roadrunner community. Enjoy campus tours, school showcases, and presentations from our academic programs. Keep an eye out for more details as the event date approaches. We can’t wait to see you—Go 'Runners!

Future Runner Day

RSVP for Future `Runner Day

Please RSVP under the campus that you will be attending this fall 2026. CSUB will provide free transportation to main campus for students from Antelope Valley who wish to attend. 

MAIN CAMPUS (Bakersfield): RSVP HERE!

ANTELOPE VALLEY (Lancaster): RSVP HERE!

Day of Event

Our event will begin promptly at 9am in the Icardo Center. Please arrive early. Check-in will begin at 8am. Enter campus from Camino Media (south side of campus) at Roadrunner Drive. Parking lots H and I are the closest to the Icardo Center and the preferred lots.

Parking is complementary in all CSUB lots.

Join Us!

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Campus Map and Directions

Campus Map
Driving Directions

FAQs

Future `Runner Day is not mandatory but is encouraged. This is a preview day for admitted fall 2026 students and their families to visit and tour campus. Those students who commit to attending CSUB will be invited to a mandatory orientation at a later date.

9am - 1pm.

Icardo Center. Use our 3D campus map.

Incoming first-year students are encouraged to bring their official in-progress high school transcripts. Incoming transfer students are encouraged to bring their official in-progress or final college transcripts.

All our parking lots will be open this day and parking will be complimentary for our visitors. The preferred parking lots for this event will be lots H and I near the Icardo Center (please refer to our campus map).

We will have staff and golf carts available to assist anyone who needs help getting to and from our various locations.

We will have various food trucks and campus eateries open with food/drinks for purchase.
Yes! We will have an area where students can submit their Intent to Enroll and receive some CSUB swag once they do.
We will have various campus tours occurring this day (full campus, Student Recreation Center, Walter Stiern Library, Student Housing, school buildings, etc.). Additionally, we will have various presentations and school showcases.
Yes, we encourage students to bring their families to this event.
Although we love our fur babies, only service animals will be allowed this day.
We strongly encourage all students to RSVP so our campus can plan accordingly.

Absolutely! This event is to give students a preview of CSUB and all that it has to offer. We hope you will choose CSUB!

Dress comfortably and wear comfortable walking shoes. March weather in Bakersfield can be unpredictable, so dressing in layers is best. Our CSUB Bookstore will also be open if you would like to purchase CSUB gear.

Additional Questions?

For additional questions, email us at futurerunnerday@csub.edu.

Notice of Filming and Photography

Professional photographers and videographers are recording this event for use in educational and promotional efforts on behalf of California State University, Bakersfield.

By entering this event, you are providing your consent to be photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded and release CSUB and all its representatives from liability from any use of your image, voice and/or likeness to support the promotional, educational or communication needs of CSUB.