Archive for November, 2011

Give-a-Gobbler seeks donations for 80 more turkeys

Fresno State’s annual Give-a-Gobbler campaign is just 80 turkeys short of its goal this holiday season to provide a bird and cranberry sauce to families who rely on the Poverello House, Bulldog Pantry and Community Food Bank for food. A $25 donation from anyone who visits the Gibson Farm Market will...

November 30th, 2011 | Events | Read More

Marketing students attempt to break world records

Two groups of Fresno State Marketing 188 students are attempting to break two Guinness world records – one for most people wearing sunglasses in the dark and another for longest paper-link chain – while helping two worthy causes. The Shades at Knight project hopes that 1,000 people attending the...

November 30th, 2011 | News | Read More

History reignites Fresno State-San Diego State football rivalry

When the Fresno State and San Diego State Alumni Associations decided to spice up their schools’ football rivalry for the game Saturday, Dec. 3, in San Diego, they offered an iPad2 as a prize and asked people to name the rivalry and suggest a trophy. The two schools began playing football against...

November 28th, 2011 | Athletics | Read More

Tomatoes get CO2 enrichment during Fresno State growth trials

Specially equipped “greenhouses” hosted a first-of-its-kind agricultural experiment on the Fresno State Agricultural Laboratory (campus farm) when carbon dioxide (C02) gas was applied to tomato plants to determine whether production can be enhanced. Leading the work is Florence Cassel Sharma,...

November 22nd, 2011 | News | Read More

Christmas in Mexico presents Mexican folkloric dance Dec. 3

The Fresno State Mexican folkloric troupe Los Danzantes de Aztlán will headline its 24th annual Christmas in Mexico dance concert from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Satellite Student Union. Other participants are Los Danzantes de Aztlán Juvenil, the Chicano and Latin American Studies Beginning Folkloric...

November 21st, 2011 | Events | Read More

Fishing team nets $50,000 prize package

Fresno State students Kong Moua and Christopher Delgado, both of Fresno, landed enough bass at the National Guard FLW College Fishing Western Regional Championship to net a prize package worth $50,000 to be split between the university and campus fishing club. Their Fresno State Fishing Club gets...

November 21st, 2011 | News | Read More

Thanksgiving week at Fresno State

The Fresno State campus will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, so students, staff and faculty can enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no classes on Wednesday, Nov. 23, but other offices will be staffed during the campus’ regular business hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 26,...

November 21st, 2011 | Events | Read More

Students provide HIV/AIDS testing on campus Nov. 21

Students in a Fresno State “Human Sexuality” course are conducting a “Test Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself” campaign to alert students to the dangers of sexually transmitted infections and prevention measures. The effort culminates 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, in the Free Speech Area, when...

November 18th, 2011 | Campus | Read More