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Student Venture Challenge selects semifinalists, opens online voting

Student Venture Challenge selects semifinalists, opens online voting
Twenty semifinalists have been chosen out of 172 entries into the semifinals of the 2011 Student Venture Challenge, sponsored by the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno. These collegiate entrepreneurs will vie to advance to the finals by participating...
March 4th, 2011 | Athletics | Read More

Football Coach Hill’s reduced salary sets an example

Football Coach Hill’s reduced salary sets an example
At a time when college athletics is suffering from the same economic malaise as the rest of the country, Fresno State football Coach Pat Hill is getting national attention for his decision to take a 30 percent reduction in guaranteed-salary on a new three-year contract. The national newspaper USA Today,...
December 8th, 2010 | Athletics, News | Read More

WAC, Fresno State, Nevada reach agreement

WAC, Fresno State, Nevada reach agreement
Under an agreement reached between Fresno State, Nevada and the Western Athletic Conference, Fresno State will remain in the Western Athletic Conference until June 30, 2012, and then leave to join the Mountain West Conference. Fresno State will pay the WAC $180,000 a year in each of the next five years...
October 28th, 2010 | Athletics | Read More

WAC, Fresno State and Nevada statement pertaining to litigation

WAC, Fresno State and Nevada statement pertaining to litigation
Regarding the recent statements pertaining to litigation, Fresno State, Nevada, and the WAC issue the following statement: The parties have initiated communication. We are hopeful that there will be a collegial resolution. We will refrain from commenting about any negotiations while we work through...
September 19th, 2010 | Athletics | Read More

Fresno State Winery kicks off football at Save Mart stores

Fresno State Winery kicks off football at Save Mart stores
California State University, Fresno’s award-winning viticulture and enology program has lined up several projects for the university’s Centennial year,  beginning with visits to area Save Mart stores before each home football game. From 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays before the seven games at...
September 3rd, 2010 | Athletics | Read More

Fresno State’s Bulldogs will compete in Mountain West Conference

Fresno State’s Bulldogs will compete in Mountain West Conference
California State University, Fresno President John D. Welty announced Wednesday, Aug. 18, that Fresno State has accepted the invitation for Bulldog Athletics teams to compete in the Mountain West Conference beginning in the next two years. The invitation was received Wednesday morning and at 7:30 p.m.,...
August 18th, 2010 | Athletics | Read More

Garza is first ex-Bulldog to throw Major League no-hitter

Garza is first ex-Bulldog to throw Major League no-hitter
Matt Garza, a star Fresno State pitcher in 2004 and ’05, pitched the first Major League no-hitter by a former Bulldog and the first in his team’s 12-year history as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated Detroit 5-0 on Monday, July 26. Garza, 26, was born in Selma and came to Fresno State from Washington Union...
July 27th, 2010 | Athletics | Read More

Bulldog roper, team score high at Poly Royal Rodeo

Bulldog roper, team score high at Poly Royal Rodeo
Jordan Ketscher, a California State University, Fresno agricultural business major from Squaw Valley, won four first-place awards including the men’s all-around at the Poly Royal Rodeo.. The Fresno State rodeo team finished with three award winners at the two-rodeo event at California Polytechnic...
May 5th, 2010 | Athletics | Read More
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