Archive for the ‘Academics’ Category

Phi Kappa Phi honor society wins Chapter of Merit award

Phi Kappa Phi honor society wins Chapter of Merit award
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recognized the campus chapter at California State University, Fresno as a Chapter of Merit – one of just 31 of Phi Kappa Phi’s more than 300 chapters to win the award.. The award honors chapters that excel in recognizing and promoting academic excellence in all...
September 23rd, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Corrine Clegg Hales named Hallowell Professor of Creative Writing

Corrine Clegg Hales named Hallowell Professor of Creative Writing
Dr. Corrine Clegg Hales, an award winning poet and founding member of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at California State University, Fresno, is the university’s new James and Coke Hallowell Professor of Creative Writing, effective this fall. The professorship was established in...
September 19th, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Fresno State Hearst/CSU Scholar Yang overcame multiple adversities

Fresno State Hearst/CSU Scholar Yang overcame multiple adversities
Andre Yang, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing student, is California State University, Fresno’s 2011 recipient of a William R. Hearst/California State University Trustees Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recognition. The award is given to just one student at each of the...
September 15th, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Smittcamp Family Honors College admits 13th class

Smittcamp Family Honors College admits 13th class
The Smittcamp Family Honors College at California State University, Fresno has admitted its 13th class of high-achieving high school graduates for the 2011-12 academic year. Honors College students receive an annual President’s Honors Scholarship for their undergraduate degree program up to a...
September 13th, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Children’s Institute funded for infant-family mental health project

Children’s Institute funded for infant-family mental health project
California State University, Fresno’s Central California Children’s Institute has received a $450,870, three-year contract from the Central Valley Regional Center Inc. to support the “Foundations of Infant Family Mental Health Training Project.” The regional center contracts with the California...
September 12th, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Levine featured in local TV spot

Levine featured in local TV spot
Philip Levine, the Fresno State professor emeritus of English, Pulitzer Prize winner and poet laureate of the United States, is featured in a short spot running on ValleyPBS (KVPT, Channel 18), Fresno’s PBS affiliate. Levine, who arrived on campus in 1958, retired from Fresno State in 1992. His “The...
September 8th, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Spring 2012 applications accepted through Sept. 30

Spring 2012 applications accepted through Sept. 30
California State University, Fresno will continue accepting applications through Sept. 30 for admission of returning students, upper division transfer students, graduate and postbaccalaureate students for the spring 2012 semester. The application originally was Aug. 31, but was extended so students...
August 31st, 2011 | Academics | Read More

Goodwill recognizes student volunteer efforts [VIDEO]

Goodwill recognizes student volunteer efforts [VIDEO]
Volunteer efforts of California State University, Fresno students in collecting donations for Goodwill Industries http://www.goodwill-sjv.org/ were recognized during the opening of the organization’s fifth store in Fresno. At the grand opening Aug. 19 of the Goodwill store and donation center in...
August 26th, 2011 | Academics | Read More