Kudos to Fresno Writers — Spring 2021

June 24, 2021.Reading time 38 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters - Creative Writing Program & Department of English

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is an ongoing series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Creative Writing Program and the Department of English.

Inspired for life: Recent Arts and Humanities grads see early success

May 28, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Interior Design graduate throws her arms wide during commencement at Bulldog Stadium.

We celebrate and congratulate those recent alums who have found their path forward.

Recent Music grad lands dream job at Firebaugh High School

May 5, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

In his job, Ledesma does a little bit of everything. He directs the jazz band, two concert bands, symphonic band, the wind ensemble and teaches the music theory class.

Fresno State Alumna Named Fifth Fresno Poet Laureate

April 23, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Fresno State alumna Megan Anderson Bohigian has been named the City of Fresno’s fifth poet laureate, serving as the city’s literary ambassador.

On the Books: Ashley Wells

March 8, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

In a February email interview, communication specialist Jefferson Beavers spoke with Ashley about traveling the long road to publishing, finding the right moment for the horse-girl narrative, and re-imagining the American West.

Kudos to Fresno Writers – October/November 2020

January 19, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is a regular series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at Fresno State.

Four creative writing alumni publish first books in 2019-20

December 16, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

head shots of Ashley Wells, Anthony Cody, Erik Wilbur, and Monique Quintana.

Four alumni authors from Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts Program in creative writing published their first books in 2019 and 2020, including National Book Award for Poetry finalist Anthony Cody.

A Rising Recent Grad

November 24, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State alumna Gina Avalos sets up her shot for KSBY-TV.

Avalos graduated from Fresno State in May with a degree in media, communications and journalism. The final two months of her college experience were flipped upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, as her classes shifted to virtual instruction.

Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody finishes as finalist for National Book Award for Poetry, shares influential books

November 19, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Anthony Cody - National Book Award finalist

Dressed up in black, with a bowtie, burgundy jacket and matching burgundy Pumas, author and Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody waited with anticipation in the virtual green room for the 71st National Book Awards to be announced.

Alumna Kaelyn Rodríguez explores connections of ethnicity, history and art in LA

November 4, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Alumna Kaelyn Rodríguez in her Ph.D. robes from UCLA.

Rodríguez began her journey in higher education at Fresno as an Art/Art History major. Following her graduation in 2012, she went on to get her Master’s in Art History from UC Riverside in 2014, followed by a Master’s in Chicana/o Studies from UCLA in 2016. Just months ago, she achieved her Ph.D. in Chicana/o Studies from UCLA.

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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