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Outdoor weaving project structured around campus trees

Outdoor weaving project structured around campus trees
Guest artist Margarita Cabrera of El Paso, Texas, is leading a collaborative, outdoor weaving project, “Cotton Circles,” using traditional Oaxacan looms on the Fresno State campus the next two weekends leading up to a monthlong exhibit in  November. Work on the weavings, structured around campus...
October 21st, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Nisei Diploma Project video will be screened at Fresno State

Nisei Diploma Project video will be screened at Fresno State
Nearly 70 years after Executive Order 9066 forced 250 California State University students to leave their campuses without completing their degrees, those students’ stories will be told in “The California State University: Sharing and Celebrating Stories from Nisei Honorary Degree Recipients.” A...
October 18th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Wellness program to promote ‘Healthy Eating and Activity for Life’ kicks off Oct. 17

Wellness program to promote ‘Healthy Eating and Activity for Life’ kicks off Oct. 17
Healthy Eating and Activity for Life (HEAL), a new  program funded by Aetna to help combat obesity, kicks off at California State University, Fresno on Monday, Oct. 17, when student dietitians open the Mobile Wellness Booth in the  first of 10 events this semester and next. The booth will be south...
October 17th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Homecoming Week 2011 under way; Top Dog Gala Thursday

Homecoming Week 2011 under way; Top Dog Gala Thursday
California State University, Fresno’s Homecoming Week 2011 is under way and was highlighted by Thursday’s  Fresno State Alumni Association’s Top Dog Awards Gala . The week’s activities culminate with the Bulldogs football game against Utah State at 7 p.m. Saturday and a halftime performance...
October 14th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Lyles Center helps high school student develop business

Lyles Center helps high school student develop business
Bullard High School senior Connor Alstrom developed his aerial videography business, @Flying, at Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State, then took it to the national stage at the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York City on Oct. 6. He now is back home to help...
October 12th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

President Welty participates in Assembly Center dedication

President Welty participates in Assembly Center dedication
President John D. Welty participated in the dedication ceremony Oct. 6, of the remodeled Fresno Assembly Center Memorial at the Fresno Fairgrounds. The memorial was dedicated in the memory of the 5,344 Japanese-Americans held at the fairgrounds assembly center from May to October in 1942 before being...
October 7th, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Lynnette Zelezny named to Top 10 Professional Women list

Lynnette Zelezny named to Top 10 Professional Women list
Lynnette Zelezny, dean and associate vice president of the Division of Continuing and Global Education at Fresno State, has been selected as one of the 2011 Top Ten Professional Women by the Marjaree Mason Center in Fresno. For more than 25 years, the Marjaree Mason Center’s Professional Women...
October 3rd, 2011 | Campus | Read More

Hmong-American literary anthology continues fall reading series

Hmong-American literary anthology continues fall reading series
The second reading in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and the Fresno Poets Association fall series at California State University, Fresno spotlights editors Andre Yang and Burlee Vang and their “How do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology”. The free public event will begin...
September 28th, 2011 | Campus | Read More