Archive for May, 2011

Centennial Commencement videos posted on YouTube

Centennial Commencement videos posted on YouTube
Videos of three of California State University, Fresno’s Centennial Commencement events are posted on YouTube after editing is completed in June. To fit the 30-minute maximum format of YouTube, multiple videos are available for at www.youtube.com/fresnostate. They include the Graduate Degree Hooding...
May 31st, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Maddy Institute, KSEE-24, ValleyPBS forge partnership

Maddy Institute, KSEE-24, ValleyPBS forge partnership
“The Maddy Report,” which examines  issues and personalities of interest in the San Joaquin Valley, expands to a second television station at 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, when ValleyPBS begins airing the program produced by California State University, Fresno’s Maddy Institute. For the past few years,...
May 31st, 2011 | News | Read More

Gibson Farm Market adds President’s Blend coffee

Gibson Farm Market adds President’s Blend coffee
President’s Blend – a medium-bodied, aromatic, smooth student-produced coffee selected by California State University, Fresno President John D. Welty from among three finalists, is new at the Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market on campus. President’s Blend joins a line of student coffees commemorating...
May 27th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Event lauds service by campus individuals, organizations

Event lauds service by campus individuals, organizations
California State University, Fresno honored eight individuals and organizations on campus and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno at its annual Service Recognition Reception on May 4 at University House (the president’s residence). The event celebrates the work of Fresno State students, faculty,...
May 27th, 2011 | Events | Read More

Fresno State Greeks’ pull tabs help Ronald McDonald House

Fresno State Greeks’ pull tabs help Ronald McDonald House
The aluminum beverage container pull tabs collected by Fresno State students in sororities and fraternities will enable 40 families to spend a night of rest near loved ones who are patients at Children’s Hospital Central California. Students representing the Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon...
May 26th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Authors donate children’s books to Arne Nixon Center

Authors donate children’s books to Arne Nixon Center
Globe-trotting authors Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy have donated more than 2,000 rare children’s books from their personal collections to the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at California State University, Fresno. The books date from the 1950s to the 1980s and include...
May 26th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Welty, CSU Leaders meet with Gov. Brown

Welty, CSU Leaders meet with Gov. Brown
California State University, Fresno President John D. Welty and Vice President for Advancement Peter Smits joined CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed,  more than a dozen CSU presidents and campus delegations met with Gov. Brown to talk about the impact of budget cuts on the CSU. Already facing a $500 million...
May 24th, 2011 | News | Read More

Bulldog student-athletes’ academic progress improves

Bulldog student-athletes’ academic progress improves
Fresno State student-athletes increased their cumulative Academic Progress Rate (APR) to a record high 975 (of a possible 1,000 points) in data released today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). That’s 30 points up from three years ago. All of Fresno State’s sports programs...
May 24th, 2011 | Academics | Read More
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