Fresno State’s CineCulture film series and Fresno Filmworks present two screenings of the Oscar-nominated documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). “I Am Not Your Negro” is a powerful reinvention of civil rights activist James Baldwin’s unfinished book “Remember This […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Lunafest” at 5:30 p.m. Friday March 3, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. LUNAFEST™ is a nationwide festival of short films by/for/about women. LUNAFEST™ runs from October-March, in that time it is shown by more than 100 venues nationwide and is seen by over 20,000 viewers. For one night only, […]
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This week on Fresno State Focus, a public affairs program produced by Media Communication and Journalism students, anchors Tristan Lewis of Clovis and Elsa Mejia of Madera will speak with the Fresno State Study Abroad Department to find out about the opportunities available to students who wish to study different cultures first hand. The show will […]
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Summer Arts is now accepting applications! Earn 3-6 units of transferable credits while learning from world-class professionals in immersive two-week or three-week courses from June 26 to July 23. Classes in dance, media and animation, music, creative writing, theatre and visual art in design are offered. Scholarships are available. Since 1985, the CSU has offered the […]
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PHOTO: From left, Professor Gary Rice, George F. Gruner and former Fresno Bee Executive Editor Betsy Lumbye. (Courtesy of Joe Wirt/CNPA) Eight reporters at three San Joaquin Valley newspapers won 2016 George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in journalism. The awards for work published in 2016 were announced Thursday, Feb. 23, at the […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Agents of Change” (2016) at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April 1969, the […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Resistance at Tule Lake” (2016) at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. Over 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated in 10 camps from 1942 to 1945, in the largest mass imprisonment of citizens in U.S. history. “Resistance at Tule Lake“ tells the long-suppressed story of the “No-No’s” – 12,000 […]
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Tyler Bartlam, a Media, Communications and Journalism major who graduated from Fresno State in December, won first place in the Radio Feature Reporting Category from the Broadcast Education Association‘s Festival of Media Arts. Bartlam’s feature talks to Kat Nijmeddin, a Muslim Fresno State student who is a senior in Art and Design. Nijmeddin has encountered hate and […]
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For two nights only, catch an exclusive presentation of The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2017, just weeks before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its winners. For the 12th consecutive year, Filmworks joins Magnolia Pictures and ShortsHD to continue its tradition of bringing the world’s best short-form cinema to the Central Valley, opening […]
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~ Reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com The Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series begins its spring semester line-up at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, with a panel discussion on “Journalism, Fake News and The First Amendment” in the Alice Peters Auditorium (Peters Business building). The panel will feature Jim Boren, executive editor and senior vice president of […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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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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We’ve put together a list of the Top 10 Stories on the Arts and Humanities blog in Fall 2016: No. 10: Debate camp draws students from around the state No. 9: Timing is everything in trip to London No. 8: Striving for world peace, one note at a time No. 7: Second volume of “My […]
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Students in the TALK PR class gave their end-of-semester presentations last Tuesday, Dec. 6, summarizing the campaigns they did during the semester for a variety of clients in the community. “The presentations were inspiring,” said Dr. James E. Marshall, dean of Research and Graduate Studies. “The student presenters were enthusiastic and professional, and together they […]
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This week on Fresno State Focus, anchor July Cruz of Clovis and Liz Juarez, from Orange Cove, take the anchor desk when the student-produced TV show airs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, on Comcast Channel 94 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. Juarez will interview Dr. Anthony Radford, director of an original children’s opera performed for Valley […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series and Fresno Filmworks present two screenings of the movie “Truman” at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). Cesc Gay’s moving film “Truman” captured five Goya Awards (Spain’s equivalent of the U.S. Oscars) this year, including Best Film, Director, Lead Actor, Supporting […]
Read MoreThis week on Fresno State Focus, anchor July Cruz of Clovis will talk to Lt. James Watson of the Fresno State Police Department about campus safety when the student-produced TV show airs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, on Comcast Channel 94 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. Anchor Tiera Richardson of Los Angeles will speak with […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “The Destruction of Memory” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. This film (81 minutes) traces the war against culture and the battle to save it. Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe, including Armenia, Germany, Hungary, Bosnia, Mali and more. […]
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Jeanine Michelle Fiser, who graduated in spring 2016 with a degree from the MCJ Department, won The Newspaper Guild‘s prestigious David S. Barr Award, a nationwide honor given to student journalists who focus on social justice issues. The package of investigative articles that Fiser, of Hanford, wrote for the Sanger Herald – looking into the […]
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~ Video by Carl Licuanan and Justus Neves/Edited by Manual Martinez ~ Reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Presented by the Fresno Advertising Federation (FAF) and coordinated by students in the Public Relations Campaign class of the Media, Communications and Journalism Department, TASTE (Take A Student To Eat) pairs MCJ students with professionals from various Fresno and Clovis media […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente)” at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium on the Fresno State campus. The ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in “Embrace of the Serpent,” the third feature by Ciro […]
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Dozens of students in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department were honored at the annual scholarship reception on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Vintage Room at Fresno State. ABC 30 Scholarship Recipient: Judith Saldivar The ABC 30 Journalism Scholarship was created in January 2010 and has become the department’s largest scholarship. It is given to […]
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Which professors inspire you? Nominate them for Fresno State Talks, so the entire university community can share in that inspiration. In its fifth year, Fresno State Talks is a student-selected lecture series that features outstanding faculty who exemplify the University’s values of Discoveries, Diversity and Distinction. Faculty nominations are currently being accepted and are due to USU Room […]
Read MoreThe CineCulture film series continues this weekend with the 2016 Fresno Film Festival Nov. 11-13 at the historic Tower Theatre. Presented with Fresno Filmworks, the festival features eight exclusive feature-length movies from 15 countries, including special filmmaker appearances, social gatherings, and Q&A discussions. FRIDAY, NOV. 11 7 p.m. – “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “If Only Everyone” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. Directed by Nataliya Belyauskene, “If Only Everyone” is about Sasha, half-Armenian, half-Russian, who is the daughter of a freedom fighter killed in the Artsakh liberation war. Twenty years later, Sasha comes to Armenia in search of […]
Read MoreThis week on Fresno State Focus, anchors Kaile Hunt and Liz Juarez will bring viewers special coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election. Tune in to see how Fresno State students are choosing to vote on major propositions on the ballot. Also, get an inside look at the comedy tour, Jokes for Votes, that made its way […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “Imminent Threat” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Unitarian Universalist church of Fresno, 2672 E. Alluvial Ave. (between Willow and Chestnut). Directed by Janek Abors, “Imminent Threat” documents the War on Terror’s impact on civil liberties as well as the potential coalition that may form between the progressive left […]
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This week on Fresno State Focus, anchors Brianna White and Nikki McCabe will speak with Hap Cluff, CFO and senior adviser of Tremendum Pictures. The show, airing at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. will also give the latest details on the proposal for the new student union, and will give viewers an inside look at how […]
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This week’s Fresno State Focus airs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Anchor Liz Juarez from Orange Cove will speak with a student who worked on the Fresno State Tiny House Project. Anchor Grecia Sanchez from Avenal will interview a student who will host Dress for Success. The show will also feature a story from National […]
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Tyler Bartlam, a Media, Communications and Journalism major at Fresno State, gets to spend this week diving into her specialty area, producing content for radio, digital and social media platforms, at Capital Public Radio‘s Next Gen Radio Training Week in Sacramento. “I’m really looking forward to working with all the different professionals that’ll be there. […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents “The Merchant of Venice” at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. In the late 16th century the greatest playwright of the Western world, William Shakespeare, wrote a play that still shocks the world today – “The Merchant of Venice.” This exciting story is one […]
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Gingger Shankar, the featured guest at the most recent CineCulture event, made a big announcement during her Fresno State appearance. Shankar did the score for the First Lady’s film, “We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World,” a new film about girls overcoming incredible challenges to achieve their educations and change their lives. “We Will […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series and Filmworks present two screenings of the documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!” at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). Two-time Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple follows Grammy-nominated R&B dynamo Sharon Jones, often compared to James Brown, during the most courageous year of her […]
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This week’s Fresno State Focus airs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. Student anchors Kaile Hunt and Alexis Govea will speak with a member of the Fresno State Bulldog Marching Band about their performance at Sunday’s Raiders game in the O.co Coliseum. The show will also take us through a day in the life of […]
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High school students who will compete in this year’s Academic Decathlon begin their journey today at Fresno State as they learn about nuclear and atomic physics on the world stage during World War II, which is this year’s topic. A series of workshops on the Fresno State campus gives high school students background on the […]
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This week’s CineCulture presentation is something quite unusual. Nari is a global, multi-generational, multimedia live performance conceived by Gingger Shankar (ginggershankar.com/). Shankar has made a name for herself in U.S. music scenes by scoring the Oscar-nominated “The Passion of the Christ” and performing with rock bands such as the Smashing Pumpkins. But her musical heritage ties […]
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KFSR (kfsr.org/) radio kicks off its fall 2016 pledge drive on Saturday, Oct. 1. KFSR is a listener-supported, non-commercial public radio station licensed to and operated by Fresno State. KFSR plays the music you won’t hear anywhere else. KFSR is the only jazz radio in Fresno. KFSR is your exclusive home of the blues. All donations […]
Read MoreThis week’s Fresno State Focus airs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, with student anchor July Cruz from Clovis reporting on the Central Valley Honor Flight from Washington, D.C. Cruz will talk with Paul Loeffler about the future of the program. Jenna Cliff of Fresno reports about nationally-ranked Fresno State rodeo team member Brittany Dias of […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents the film “The Violin Teacher (Tudo Que Aprendemos Juntos)” as part of this month’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The screening will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Peter’s Education Center Auditorium in the Student Recreation Center at Fresno State (west of Save Mart Center). Director Sergio Machado Ribeiro dos Santos […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/upcoming-events/cineculture.html) film series presents two events related to the film “The Law (La Loi, le combat d’une femme pour toutes les femmes)” Sept. 22 and 23. Presentation – “The Jews of France from the French Revolution to the Present,” 3:30-4:45 p.m. Sept. 22, Fresno State’s Agricultural Science Building, Room 109. Speaker Aron Rodrigue is a professor […]
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Nicole DiBuduo Linder, class of 1998, was recently named the new executive director for the Marjaree Mason Center (mmcenter.org/), a shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Fresno area. While she was a student at Fresno State, Linder studied public relations in the Mass Communications and Journalism Department (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/) and was a member of the Barking […]
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Two mass communication and journalism students will travel to Washington, D.C. Sept. 12 to 14 with the Central Valley Honor Flight to cover the 65 World War II and Korean War veterans who are visiting national war memorials. The stories by July Cruz, a broadcast journalism student from Clovis, and Natalie Nigg, a multimedia production […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/upcoming-events/cineculture.html) film series presents three events related to the film “In Our Son’s Name” Sept. 15 and 16. Lecture – “Conversations with Gayla Jamison and Nancy Meyer,” 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15, Fresno State’s McLane Hall Room 121. Jamison is director of “In Our Son’s Name.” Meyer is a member of September 11 – Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (peacefultomorrows.org). Lecture […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series and Filmworks present two screenings of the Palestinian drama “The Idol” at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). “The Idol” was inspired by the true story of a Gaza refugee who won the hearts of an entire region in 2013 […]
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A radio documentary about a recent Central Valley Honor Flight (facebook.com/CentralValleyHonorFlight/) trip to Washington, D.C., won second place in the Broadcast Education Association (beaweb.org/wp/) faculty audio competition. Faith Sidlow, an assistant professor with Fresno State’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/), traveled to Washington, D.C., with 65 World War II and Korean War veterans from the Central Valley earlier this […]
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The Fresno State CineCulture Series (cineculture.csufresno.edu/) kicks off the fall 2015 lineup of film screenings with “Ocean Heaven (Hai yang tian tang)” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the fall semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave. in the Student Recreation Center). […]
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Going back to school can always be a little overwhelming, especially if you’re just starting college (or moving to a new campus, in the case of transfer students). It’s a new, bigger pond (more like an ocean!) with a whole lot more fish! We have a way to make that process more personal and to […]
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UPDATE: The Central Valley Honor Flight documentary is now available online as a podcast. Click here to listen. ORIGINAL POST: A radio documentary on the Central Valley Honor Flight will air on KFSR 90.7 at noon on Sunday, Sept. 21. Faith Sidlow, an assistant professor with the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, traveled to Washington, D.C., with 65 World War II […]
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Pictured above: Will Nelson talks to village boys during a service-learning trip to Fiji. ~ By Lisa Maria Boyles A documentary entitled “Fresno to Fiji,” produced by MCJ Professor Jes Therkelsen and four MCJ students who traveled to Fiji in 2015, aired on Valley PBS, Channel 18, in August. Through this service-learning project, students helped aid development in […]
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Jillian Bertolucci, a 2015 Fresno State MCJ graduate, covered an exhibition game that the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team held at University of Southern California late last month, just ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio. Bertolucci earned her degree in in Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations and was the Dean’s Medalist candidate for Mass Communications in […]
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~ By Lisa Maria Boyles Arts and Humanities graduates leave Fresno State well-armed for success in the post-college world. Several national surveys gave Fresno State high rankings this year: Fresno State was singled out as the nation’s Best Public University in graduation rate performance in U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Best College Rankings. Fresno […]
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UPDATE: In a July 13 column he wrote for The Fresno Bee, Dr. Bradley Hart, a professor in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, expanded upon his views on the United Kingdom’s recent “Brexit” vote. You can read Hart’s Fresno Bee column here: Fresno State students learn lessons from Brexit Here is our original article, from […]
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On the most recent edition of The Central Valley Ledger, host Sevag Tateosian talked to Fresno State‘s Armenian Studies Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian about his trip to Lebanon and Turkey and the Pope’s visit to #Armenia. Listen to the conversation here. Der Mugrdechian has taught courses in Armenian language, history, literature, culture, art, church and a variety […]
Read MoreProfessor Betsy Tucker Hays is seeking input from pros in various specialty areas of Mass Communications and Journalism for a lecture she is preparing on “The Future of MCJ.” If your specialty is public relations, advertising, multimedia, broadcast or print journalist, Betsy would love your input. Email her at bhays@csufresno.edu.
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 