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Sotomayor joins University Advisory Board
Stephen F. Sotomayor, chief of staff to
Fresno City Council Member Andreas Borgeas, has been appointed to the
University Advisory Committee by California State University, Fresno
President John D. Welty. Board members are appointed from the community
to provide the president with advice about the improvement and
development of the university. Sotomayor is the lead policy adviser and
manages the operations and staff of Borgeas’ office, including
constituent relations for Borgeas’ northwest Fresno district.
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 Aquatics center construction set to
begin
Construction will begin in coming weeks on a $7.5 million swimming and
diving complex at California State University, Fresno. Bids on the
construction project will be opened Thursday, Feb. 4.
Site work is under way to relocate and prepare utilities for the
project. The aquatics center should be completed in September, in time
to be used for classes and by the Bulldog swimming and diving team for
2010-11 competition.
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Semester opens
with 18,451 students, new programs, challenges
California State University,
Fresno began the spring 2010 semester on Jan. 21 with
18,451 students registered – down 3,000 from a year ago due to
budget-related cutbacks, but with several new programs to help
students.
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Fresno State joins CSU in
robust fundraising year
The California State University CSU Annual Report on
External Support presented to the Board of Trustees on Wednesday,
Jan. 27, shows continued strong financial contributions to the
university despite worsening economic times in 2008-09. At
California State University, Fresno, gifts totaling $53.4 million
were recorded by the Campaign for Fresno State – the greatest amount
ever donated to the university in one year.
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 President
celebrates recent successes, acknowledges challenges
California State University,
Fresno President John D. Welty today urged faculty and staff to
remember and celebrate campus successes of the past year, even as
they work to overcome challenges in 2010. At the annual Spring
Faculty and Staff Assembly on campus, Welty enumerated several high
points of the past year, including opening the new Madden Library, a
national award for outstanding community service and a $29.4 million
cash gift for the Campaign for Fresno State.
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Peach Blossom Festival is March
18-19
The 52nd annual Peach
Blossom Festival of Oral Interpretation will be held March 18 and 19
at California State University, Fresno, attracting an estimated
6,000 pupils from nearly 200 San Joaquin Valley elementary schools.
Youngsters at schools from Livingston to Delano will participate in
this year’s festival, which is hosted by the Department of
Communication, housed in the College of Arts and Humanities. More ...
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Discount deadline
Jan. 31 for
Winemaster's Weekend at Tenaya Lodge
The ninth annual Fresno State
Winemaster's Weekend will be held March 5-6 at the Tenaya Lodge at
Yosemite, where experts on grapevine grafting and pairing wines with
fine chocolate will be featured attractions this year. The
four-diamond resort in the Sierra National Forest, just two miles
south of the Highway 41 entrance to Yosemite National Park, partners
with California State University, Fresno’s Department of Viticulture
and Enology for the two-day affair. More ... |
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Common Threads awardees selected
for April 16 honor
Six women representing Fresno,
Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced and Tulare counties will be honored for
their agricultural, philanthropic and community service at the 14th
annual Common Threads luncheon on April 16 at California State
University, Fresno. The Common Threads Award recipients for 2010
are: Barbara Bigelow of Madera, Robin Rogers-Dale of Reedley, Judy
Walt Jameson of Tulare, Sue Lafferty of Hanford, Jean Okuye of
Livingston and Susie Snedden of Maricopa. More
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