~ By Barlow Der Mugrdechian Dr. Levon Chookaszian, UNESCO chair of Art History, Yerevan State University, will present an illustrated lecture on “The Silk Road and Armenian Textiles Throughout the Centuries” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the Fresno State campus. The lecture […]
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About 420 teenagers, representing 25 high schools from all over Fresno County, converged on the Fresno State campus Saturday, Jan. 28, for the essay and speech competitions of this year’s Fresno County Academic Decathlon competition. The daylong events were the culmination of several months of special courses learning about this year’s topic – World War […]
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Faith Sidlow, an assistant professor in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department, won an award for Best News Special for her Central Valley Honor Flight documentary that aired on KFSR. The Radio & Television News Association of Southern California bestowed the award during its Golden Mike Awards Jan. 28 in Hollywood. Sidlow traveled to Washington, D.C., […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Nakom” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. Set in present day Ghana, “Nakom” follows Iddrisu, a talented medical student who must return to his home village upon his father’s sudden death to fight for his family’s survival. Co-directors Trav Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris will lead the post-screening […]
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~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com American Book Award-winning authors Tim Z. Hernandez and Sasha Pimentel will be joined by memoirist José Orduña for the WordFest 2017 event on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Fresno State. The San Joaquin Literary Association hosts WordFest, which features a full day of talks about the craft of writing, […]
Read MoreLegitimate news organizations are under assault because of the rise in prevalence of “fake news.” A panel discussion on “Journalism, Fake News and the First Amendment” will be presented from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, to discuss the state of journalism in 2017. Panelists will include: Faith Sidlow, professor of Media, Communications and Journalism Jes […]
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Dr. Laura Robson of Portland State University will discuss “War, Peace and the Making of Minorities in the Post-Ottoman Middle East, 1919-1923” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Robson will illustrate how the League of Nations created a new Middle Eastern politics of minority and majority through peace agreements, refugee resettlement efforts and partition of […]
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Fresno State Media, Communications and Journalism student Audrianna Ferri received the Rosebud Award for First Place Television News at the CSU Media Arts Festival in November for her segment on “Brian Cade, Local Artist.” Two other MCJ students were finalists: Natalie Nigg’s Global News Relay Glitch Promo won fourth place in the promotional category. Fabiola […]
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At 16 minutes and 22 seconds in the video above, President Joseph I. Castro discusses future plans for the College of Arts and Humanities. ~ By Tom Uribes, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro updated the community on the University’s 2016 successes during his State of the University address today at the Save Mart […]
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Just a day after her exhibition at Fresno State opened, artist Merritt Johnson presented a workshop to several teenagers from the Fresno American Indian Health Project. She greeted them using Indian phrases. For the next hour, Johnson and the students explored the components of the exhibition. Standing next to one piece, she explained to the young […]
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Don’t miss the ceramics exhibition featuring work by student artists. It’s on display through the end of January, so just a little more than a week left. The Dean’s Gallery is in the Music Building, Room 186, right by the Dean’s Office. Here is the statement from Professor Una Mjurka: The artwork on display […]
Read MoreSpring 2017 – Travel dates: May 30-June 20 OPEN TO ALL MAJORS Course: Hum 101 TZ: Experience Florence Music and art combine to be the eternal heartbeat of this historic city. The goal of this course is to convey the spirit and the “energy” of the Renaissance and the city that birthed an era, Florence. You […]
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Dr. Richard Hovannisian, professor emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History at UCLA, will present a talk on his newly published book “Armenian Communities of the Northeastern Mediterranean: Musa Dagh—Dört Yol—Kessab” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the Fresno State campus. The presentation is the […]
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~ By Anthony Cody, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com University Theatre will hold auditions Jan. 22 through 25 for two spring performances. The first of the staggered auditions, which will take place in the Dennis and Cheryl Woods Theatre in the Speech Arts Building (Room 135), will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23 for “Heathers the Musical,” directed […]
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~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Author Randa Jarrar, a Fresno State associate professor of English, won The Story Prize Spotlight Award for the best short story collection published in 2016. Jarrar’s latest book, “Him, Me, Muhammad Ali,” was published by Sarabande Books. The award, which honors works that demonstrate “an unusual perspective on the writer’s craft,” includes a […]
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Reporter Juanita Stevenson did this segment for Education Matters about an innovative program at Fresno State that introduced thousands of Valley school children to the magic of opera.
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The Fresno State CineCulture Series kicks off its spring 2017 lineup of film screenings with “Road to La Paz” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the spring semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave. in the Student Recreation Center). Some screenings are […]
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On Saturday, Jan. 21, six finalists will compete in the 2016-2017 Fresno State Concerto Competition for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Fresno State Wind Orchestra and the Fresno State Symphony Orchestra later this semester. The competition has two rounds. The preliminary round will take place on Friday, Jan. 20, but is […]
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The Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series presents cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, in the Fresno State Concert Hall in the Music Building.The concert, a special event in the Lorenz Keyboard Concert Series, is co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program of Fresno State and the Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation. […]
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~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing announced West Virginia author Rachel Rinehart as the winner of the 2016 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest, which includes a $2,000 award and publication of her first book, “The Church in the Plains.” The Creative […]
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Two Media, Communications and Journalism students are finalists in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s Golden Microphone awards. Edmer Archila, of Mendota, and Brittany Sosa, of Fresno, are finalists for Best Public Affairs Program for the Fresno State Focus Radio Edition newscast they co-hosted. Fresno State Focus Radio Edition is a public affairs program produced by Mass Communication and Journalism students as […]
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10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 The Fresno State Department of Music Audition Day provides prospective students an opportunity to audition in front of department faculty to gain entrance into the program as a music major and become eligible for departmental scholarships. Auditions for singers, instrumentalists and the Bulldog Beat ensemble will all take place on the same day. Students who are auditioning for more […]
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~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com The Spring 2017 Fresno Poets’ Association Reading Series will include four prize-winning poets, a graphic memoirist and a newly published faculty member from the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at Fresno State. All readings in the series will be held in the Alice Peters Auditorium […]
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The work of a collection of multimedia artists who positioned themselves as “water protectors” at Standing Rock, N.D., in opposition to the North Dakota Access Pipeline will be on display at Fresno State Jan. 17-27 in the Phebe Conley Art Gallery. “This is a Creation Story: Merritt Johnson and the Unnamed Collective” is a multimedia […]
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 