Author: Arts & Humanities at Fresno State

The College of Arts and Humanities provides a diverse student population with the communication skills, humanistic values and cultural awareness that form the foundation of scholarship. The college offers intellectual and artistic programs that engage students and faculty and the community in collaboration, dialog and discovery. These programs help preserve, illuminate and nourish the arts and humanities for the campus and for the wider community.

VIDEO: President’s Medalists and Honorary Doctorates recognized at CAH Commencement

May 23, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

2022 Graduate President's Medalist stands during the College of Arts and Humanities commencement ceremony.

The 2022 commencement was especially unique as both President’s Medalists and honorary doctorate degrees were awarded to a single college within the university.

Steven Hensley and Audia Dixon named President’s Medalists

May 19, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Steven Hensley and Audia Dixon hold their Dean's Medals and President Medals.

Undergraduate Steven Hensley and graduate Audia Dixon were awarded Fresno State’s top academic honors for the class of 2022.

Judy Chicago and Antonio Petrosino to receive honorary doctorates at CAH commencement

May 18, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Headshots of Judy Chicago and Antonio “Tony” Petrosino

Fresno State will award honorary doctorates to acclaimed artist Judy Chicago and longtime local educator Antonio “Tony” Petrosino as part of Fresno State’s 111th commencement season.

College of Arts and Humanities Commencement information

May 13, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Download your College of Arts and Humanities Commencement Program.

2022 English graduates embrace risk, improvisation, creativity

May 11, 2022.Reading time 25 minutes.

Facing obstacles of all kinds — including earning the bulk of their degrees in a global pandemic — these 2022 graduates of Fresno State’s English Department have all found ways to use writing and literature to thrive.

English professor Mai Der Vang named finalist for Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

May 11, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Mai Der Vang stands in front of a green field and a setting sun.

Author and Fresno State professor Mai Der Vang was honored May 9 as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, for her groundbreaking book of documentary poetry, “Yellow Rain.”

Interior Design students share their vision of Downtown Fresno with a virtual tour

May 5, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Fresno State interior design students will present “Live, Work, Play, Downtown Fresno Revitalization Project,” their vision of Downtown Fresno at the May 5 ArtHop.

Jim Boren receives Champion of Journalism Education Award

May 4, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Ed Galdrikian (left and Jim Boren (right)

The award was presented to Boren by retired high school journalism educator Ed Galdrikian and recognized him for speaking at educational journalism conferences and conventions around the state and volunteering at an inner-city elementary school to help underperforming students improve their reading levels.

Attention English and Creative Writing students: Poetry competition open for 2023 Art Song Festival

May 2, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Piano accompanies a singer performing an original piece at the Art Song Festival.

The competition is open to all currently enrolled Fresno State English and Creative Writing undergraduate and graduate students.

Graphic Design students win 6 gold and 33 silver regional ADDYs

April 29, 2022.Reading time 25 minutes.

Four cans of Clear Spirit designed by Grant Woods. The cans are black with grapefruit, blueberry, strawberry and lime backgrounds.

Many of these works will be on display at the “Revival BFA Portfolio Exhibition 2022” May 6-13 at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery. You can meet the graphic design students and discuss their work at the opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, May 6.

Message from the Dean

All of us in the College of Arts and Humanities hope that you and yours are doing well!

Our faculty have been hard at work, and our college’s students and alumni are pursuing their dreams in a wide variety of fields. We are excited to embark on a new venture with the creation of the M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya. Thanks to a generous gift from the Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation, our campus and community will experience courses and programming dedicated to Gandhian peacemaking and upliftment of everyone in society. We hope you will join us at future events.

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