Renowned chemist named Fresno State’s Top Dog
	Richard Houghten, founder and president of a medical research institute, received California State University, Fresno’s Distinguished Alumnus Award at the sold-out Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala on Oct. 13. The Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest honor given by the Fresno State Alumni Association. About 500 were expected to attend the Top Dog event in the Save Mart Center.  The Arthur Safstrom Service Award will be presented to Bud and Jan Richter, longtime supporters of the university.  The Safstrom award honors those who have contributed extraordinary service to the university or the alumni association.  More...
President John D. Welty (right) and Richard Houghten

Maddy Institute to provide ballot analysis
With Election Day approaching, two members of the board of directors of the Maddy Institute at California State University, Fresno, will discuss the upcoming California ballot propositions on the local television stations. Don Jackson, a Fresno lawyer and close political adviser to the late Sen. Ken Maddy, and Diana Dooley, general counsel and vice president of Children's Hospital Central California, will be discussing Propositions 73 through 80 on the November ballot. The Maddy Institute also was involved with a televised debate between Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante on Oct. 28. More...

Alcohol Awareness event draws big crowd OctoberFiesta!, one of the events during Alcohol Awareness Week in October, drew hundreds of students, faculty and staff to view performances by the Salsa Club, conga drum players, a mariachi band, folkloric dancers and a DJ. The week’s were sponsored by the Alcohol Advisory Council in cooperation with a variety of campus programs and organizations.

Fresno State hosts USDA liaison officer
California State University, Fresno has been chosen to host the USDA-HSINP (Agricultural) Liaison Officer for Northern California, Oregon and Washington in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.The USDA and Fresno State have entered into one of only five such cooperative agreements in the nation. Their role will be to raise the awareness of USDA programs in the region and to provide services to students in the form of scholarships, internships and federal employment opportunities with prospective USDA employees, and assisting faculty and staff with available fellowships and federal grant opportunities for the institution. More...

Wide range of topics planned for International Coffee Hour series
The International Coffee Hour is held each Tuesday from 2-3 p.m. in the University Student Union, rooms 312-314. It is among the several programs sponsored by the International Student Services and Programs office to help international students to integrate into their new environment, and it enables the Fresno State community to have access to a great variety of cultures. More...

Award-winning writer Joyce Carol Oates to speak Nov. 1
Joyce Carol Oates, one of America’s most versatile writers and the author of a number of distinguished books, will be featured Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the University Lecture Series at California State University, Fresno. “An Evening With Joyce Carol Oates: A Selection of Readings with Commentary,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union, 2485 E. San Ramon Ave. More...

New oil technology supplies answers to old problems
A new revolutionary technology for heavy oil production that could stem the decline of or even increase California’s heavy oil production as well as have a worldwide impact on the present process of producing oil -- Electric Downhole Steam Generation (EDSG) -- was announced today by EDSG Systems LLC of Newport Beach and California State University, Fresno. More...