Archive for March, 2010

Pedro Ramirez elected Fresno State student president

Pedro Ramirez, a 21-year-old double major in political science and agricultural economics, was elected student body president for 2010-11 at California State University, Fresno in Associate Students Inc. voting over three days. During his campaign, Ramirez told the Collegian, the campus newspaper, that...

March 26th, 2010 | Campus | Read More

Fresno State observes Autism Awareness Month in April

Autism Awareness Month will be observed in April by California State University, Fresno with an awareness carnival, a golf tournament, Strike Out Autism Night at a Fresno Grizzlies baseball game and an appearance by Dr. Temple Grandin. Three of the events are presented by the Central California Autism...

March 26th, 2010 | Events | Read More

Fresno State connects with Nisei alumni eligible for honorary degrees

The initial effort by California State University, Fresno’s to invite Japanese-American alumni from 1941 and ’42 to receive honorary degrees May 20 at a special commencement and luncheon, has connected with about one-third of the former students or their families. Fresno State is participating...

March 26th, 2010 | News | Read More

Mexican dance festival March 27-28 workshop fee is $68

Folkloric workshops at the El Festival de Los Danzantes this weekend will offer dance aficionados the opportunity to learn or refine their steps at California State University, Fresno and Clovis North High School. The fee for registration, which beings at 7 pm. Friday, March 26 and continues at 7:45...

March 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

Campus closed March 29-April 5

State-mandated furlough days and one holiday will close the entire California State University, Fresno campus from Monday, March 29 through Monday, April 5, with the exception of the Student Health Center. Classes will resume and offices will reopen on Tuesday, April 6. The closure coincides with Spring...

March 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

200+ courses available in Intersession and Summer Session

Registration is open for the May-June Intersession and Summer Session terms at California State University, Fresno, offering more than 200 courses for Fresno State students, students from other campuses and community members not formally admitted to the university. The programs are self-supported and...

March 25th, 2010 | Academics | Read More

Fresno State hosts annual pow wow April 10

American Indian art and culture will be celebrated April 10 during the 19th pow wow at California State University, Fresno’s O’Neill Park (Barstow and Woodrow avenues). The pow wow also is a traditional social gathering and a religious event, with dance and drumming, including performances by Aztec...

March 25th, 2010 | Campus | Read More

Fresno State renews Chavez tradition with garlanding ceremony

Several hundred students, faculty, staff and community members gathered in the California State University, Fresno Peace Garden for a week-early celebration of the Cesar E. Chavez state holiday (March 31). Remarks by Chavez’s 24-year-old grandson, Anthony Chavez, and Peace Garden driving force...

March 24th, 2010 | Campus | Read More