Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective
Darlene Wendels / The Collegian With Thanksgiving just around the corner, guest speaker Dr. Cornel Pewewardy of Portland State University spoke on campus Tuesday, discussing the historical and cultural...
View ArticleFresno State Student Cupboard program aims to curb student food insecurity
The Fresno State Student Cupboard will make its inaugural launch today as part of a campuswide effort to end student hunger and in honor of National Hunger & Homeless Awareness week. The Food...
View ArticleCSUs promote student enrollment in Covered California health insurance
As part of a systemwide health insurance education project, Fresno State and the Central Valley Health Network held their first workshop Tuesday to provide students and families with education and...
View ArticleTech upgrade to improve campus network
Fresno State underwent a massive network upgrade during winter break as part of a California State Universitywide data network electronics upgrade called the Common Network Initiative. As part of a...
View ArticleCity Celebrates MLK Day throughout weekend
Several events throughout the community will take place this weekend commemorating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fresno State’s campus will be closed Monday in celebration of the...
View ArticleRemembering MLK’s Legacy
Director Dr. Francine Oputa of the Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute reads Corinthians 13 from the New Testament during the celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King on Tuesday at the Peace...
View ArticleCampus joins national campaign to end sexual assault
Coordinator Jessica Adams with the Women’s Resource Center explains the “It’s on Us” campaign to perspective participants during the audition information session at the university student union on...
View ArticleGender gap in academia persists
When professor Yupeng Luo joined the Lyles College of Engineering in 2008, she was told that the number of female faculty in the college had just doubled as a result of her admittance. Seven years...
View ArticleAcademic senate airs concerns over growing student population
In its first meeting of the semester on Monday, the Academic Senate addressed campus enrollment and how to maximize student success. Fresno State provost and vice president for academic affairs Lynette...
View ArticleFresno State community remembers 43 killed Mexican students
Four months after the disappearance of 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, Fresno State students are paying tribute to those...
View ArticleFifth annual WordFest brings best-selling author to campus
Writing enthusiasts from across the city swarmed the Fresno State campus Saturday for the fifth annual WordFest — a day of learning, collaboration and a creative exploration of the craft and art of...
View ArticleFresno State Talks kicks off third year with the power of storytelling
Fresno State Talks kicked off the first of its three week student-nominated lecture series last night with award-winning documentary filmmaker and professor of media production Jes Therkelsen....
View ArticleFresno state professor, former U.S. poet laureate Philip Levine remembered
A global poetry icon known for his affinity for the Central Valley and revered for his award-winning work, former U.S. poet laureate and Fresno State Professor Emeritus Philip Levine, died from...
View ArticlePlagiarism an issue on campus, faculty says
“The first time I ever saw it, I found it in one paper. Then I started looking in other papers, and it was horrible. I lost five pounds, because it was personal. I felt like they were cheating on me.”...
View ArticleFresno State Talks: Family played important role in couple’s higher education...
Dr. Ignacio Hernández’s first teachers were his parents, immigrants who planted roots in Southern California and encouraged “Little Nachito” to “always do your best and go to school.” Hernández and his...
View ArticleUniversity Courtyard to implement gender neutral housing
Fresno State University Courtyard will be implementing a new option for gender-neutral housing on campus next semester, a major move for the campus largely same-sex living arrangements. “This is...
View ArticleArmenian Genocide: “We cannot forget”
Dr. Sergio La Porta, professor in the armenian studies program, concluded this years’ Fresno State Talks last night in the Satellite Student Union, with a lecture on the importance and relevance of the...
View ArticleCollegian wins eight awards at statewide journalism convention
The Fresno State Collegian staff won eight awards at the 2015 California College Media Association Awards Banquet held at the Sheraton Universal hotel in Hollywood on Feb. 28. The banquet featured...
View ArticleFresno State teaching associates push for greater compensation
Fresno State’s Academic Senate discussed Monday a resolution on teaching associate fee waivers, a possible solution to growing concerns by some that teaching associates were living on “subsistence...
View ArticleFresno State kicks off National Agriculture Week
For more than 50 years, California has been the no. 1 agricultural exporter, the fifth largest supplier of food and farm commodities in the world, and supplies 99 percent of almonds, artichokes, dates,...
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