“A Century of Excellence, 1911-2010,” the official history of California State University, Fresno’s first 100 years, will be published this summer as part of the year-long Centennial celebration.
Prepublication orders are being taken for the coffee-table format, hard-cover publication, whose cover price is $49.95.
It traces Fresno State’s achievements from even before it was established as a normal school in 1911, when the focus was on training homegrown teachers for the increasing number of San Joaquin Valley classrooms.
With Commencement on May 21, Fresno State will complete its 100th academic year. And on Sept. 11, Fresno State will begin its second century as a state-of-the-art, academically diverse, regional public university that serves the Valley region and sends graduates into careers around the world and even into space.
“A Century of Excellence” looks back at what’s happened that has taken Fresno State into the 21st century. Included are academic and athletic triumphs; buildings on two campuses; students, faculty and staff through the decades; presidents who have guided Fresno State; and student events, community connections and traditions that have defined the institution.
Photos run the gamut from Fresno State’s earliest days to the Centennial Homecoming last fall, reviving memories for alumni and campus visitors through the decades.
Readers will learn about everything from the short-lived auto races and a summer school at Huntington Lake to changing academic emphasis, notable campus visitors and Fresno State’s role in the national turmoil over civil rights, war, free speech and campus leadership.
The book is written by well-known Valley author William B. Secrest Jr., the Fresno County Library’s local history librarian, and by Lanny Larson, a longtime journalist who is editor of University Communications at Fresno State.
Prepublication orders can be placed through the Kennel Bookstore at Fresno State at http://www.kennelbookstore.com/MerchDetail.aspx?MerchID=623298.
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