Welty featured on Autry program
President Welty was a guest on the Alan Autry program on KYNO 940 (AM).
They discussed the university's academic and athletic success,
the Campaign for Fresno State and Centennial year activities, among other topics.
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 John Franz
(Social Work Education) has been awarded the 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award. John Franz came to Fresno State in 1985. He developed and ran the Employee Assistance Program and taught part time, gaining tenure in 1997 and full-time status in 2005. He remembers thinking as a college student that teaching was the last thing he wanted to do, but somehow he followed many family members and became an educator. Franz has specialized in undergraduate instruction in the Department of Social Work Education, bringing innovations to the classroom from conferences he has attended. Franz has made extensive use of online journal assignments and focused on giving frequent, useful feedback to his students. He has continued to publish in his field and to participate in statewide endeavors related to teaching. See the full story here.
 George B. Kauffman
(Chemistry, emeritus) published “Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American nuclear chemist,” in Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventors, Salem Press; “Fewer believe in god," the Fresno Bee; “Polymer Data Handbook,” Journal of Chemical Education, May 2010. His biography also appears in “Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who.
Ephraim Smith
(History, emeritus) and his documentary on the making of a Depression Era film about the government's rural electrification program in Ohio are the subjects of an article in the May 2010 issue of Rural Electric Magazine. Smith is continuing work on new documentaries on the subject that he hopes will be broadcast on public television.
 John D. Welty
(President) will receive the Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater at Western Illinois University’s (WIU) spring Commencement on May 15 in Macomb, Ill. The honorary doctorate, the university’s highest award, recognizes Welty’s “significant contributions to his career and to Western Illinois University.”
Welty, a 1965 WIU graduate, has been president of Fresno State since July 29, 1991. During Welty’s tenure, Fresno State has completed a major planning effort, expanded minority enrollment, created the Smittcamp Family Honors College and won national recognition for service learning and expanded community service. Fresno State also has constructed $404.3 million in facilities. See the full story here.
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