EDITORS: Full 2004 Commencement schedule attached or see links at www.FresnoStateNews.com

The 93rd Commencement at California State University, Fresno will be held on Saturday, May 22 in its new home: the Save Mart Center on campus.

The move from Bulldog Stadium marks the end of the first academic year for the new 18,000- seat center that opened in November.

Commencement Week activities — featuring 21 different events in several locations on campus as well as two off campus — begins with the Fresno State/COS Center Celebration in Visalia on May 15 and ends with the Nursing Pinning Ceremony on May 23 at the LaRyan Center in Fresno.

In addition to the general Commencement, six other events also will move to the Save Mart Center including two of the larger celebrations: the Graduate Degree Hooding Ceremony on Friday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.; and the Latino Commencement Celebration on Saturday, May 22 at 6 p.m.

The University’s Commencement Committee, coordinated through the Division of Student Affairs, has been working throughout the semester for the transition and will soon announce details on the various events as well as guidelines for the new venue, said Gary Nelson, commencement coordinator in the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development. The committee consists

of representatives from the various events, the Save Mart Center and other university offices involved in Commencement.

More than 4,000 students earn baccalaureate or masters degrees annually at Fresno State. About five to 15 students a year are conferred doctoral degrees in educational leadership, offered jointly with the University of California.

Students can purchase their cap and gowns in the Kennel Bookstore. A general information pamphlet is available in the bookstore or online.

The full schedule of the celebrations and ceremonies held the week preceding Commencement is available through links at www.FresnoStateNews.com.

Information: (559) 278-2741 or visit http://studentaffairs.csufresno.edu/studentact/portalevents/commencement.htm.

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CONTACT: Nick Avery

Marketing Coordinator GLEAN Project

(559) 260-6528 nickdavery@yahoo.corn Orlando Azueta

Rummage Sale Coordinator GLEAN Project

(559) 930-0906

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CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSET AND HELP A CHILD’S EDUCATION

FRESNO, CA — May 4, 2004 — Jumpstart, a nationasale,-profit organization committed to building preschool children’s language and social skills, begins accepting donations the week of May 11, 2004 for the GLEAN (Giving Leftovers Ends A Need) rummage sale. Donations will be accepted up until May 28. Acceptable items to be donated include gently used clothing, school supplies, bedding, furniture, computer equipment, electronics, or anything else that can be sold. Donated items will be sold at a rummage sale held on the morning and afternoon of May 29th on the southwest corner of the Fresno State campus in front of Homan dormitory facing Shaw Ave.

Donations will be accepted at the Atrium by the Fresno State dorms as well as at the SAE fraternity house on Joyal and Millbrook behind Bulldog Stadium.

“This is a great way for students and the general public to clean out their closets and help children at the same time,” said Nick Avery, marketing coordinator for the GLEAN project and rummage sale. “The rummage sale will bnickdavery@yahoo.com sd very inexpensive items for you and your home.”

For more information about the GLEAN Project please contact: Nick Avery, Marketing Coordinator, GLEAN Project, at (559) 260-6528, or nickdavery@yahoo.cosucceed,

ABOUT JUMPSTART

The GLEAN rummage sale is a project of Jumpstart, a national organization that engages young people in service to work toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Jumpstart pairs a caring adult and a preschool child within the classroom setting in a personal one-to-one relationship to work together on reading, language, and social skills for one year. Through this relationship, Jumpstart prepares a child for success in school, encourages caring adults to be teachnickdavery@yahoo.comucation, and strengthens a family’s involvement in its child’s educational development.

Headquartered in Boston, Jumpstart currently engages 1600 college students in service to 6000 children and operates in 18 states, 44 communities, and 160 preschools.

Jumpstart’s national sponsors include American Eagle Outfitters, AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, Pearson, and Starbucks. Local sponsors include Starbucks Coffee Co. and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Jumpstart has been featured by the Boston Globe; CNN; New York Times; Newsweek; USA Today; and MTV. For more information, visit the Jumpstart Web site at www.jstart.org.