5,000-mile journey to find a mentor ends at Fresno State

June 12, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

It was late July 2016 in Philadelphia when FOOSA Musician Kelvin Diaz Inoa made his decision. He packed his red 1999 Ford Focus with a few small personal belongings and his cello and hit the road. He didn’t know much about where he was going. All he knew was he had finally found the teacher and mentor he had been searching for…

Kudos to Fresno Writers: May 2019

June 6, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is a monthly 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.

20-year-old advertising student earns bachelor’s degree in three years

May 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

For most students, getting a bachelor’s degree in four years is a challenge that requires careful planning. When Kylie Bell started at Fresno State, she set a goal of graduating in three and a half years. However, even that wasn’t fast enough.

Bravely enduring

May 22, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Facing fatherhood, homelessness and injuries: One veteran’s journey to success

English major Primavera Leal Martinez earns university’s highest academic honor

May 18, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

President’s Medalist Primavera Leal Martinez

Martinez is a champion of debate, having received national recognition with the All-American Debater Award by the Cross-Examination Debate Association. She has also coached bilingual students in the Urban Debate Leagues.

Join us as we celebrate our 2019 College of Arts and Humanities graduates

May 17, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

The community is invited as the College of Arts and Humanities 2019 Convocation celebrates our graduates at 12:15 p.m., Friday, May 17 at the Save Mart Center. The event will feature guest speaker Jon Parrish Peede the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Graduate’s Air National Guard service helped her pay for school

May 10, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

As a youngster, Fernandez loved reading and writing. Her mother always encouraged her to write down her feelings and eventually Fernandez used this as an outlet.

Let the grads’ success commence!

May 7, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Fresno State College of Arts and Humanities congratulates all of our students, and we are especially proud of those who plan to continue their education or have secured a full-time job in their field of study.

Kudos to Fresno Writers: April 2019

May 6, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Compiled by Jefferson Beavers

Graphic design student advances to the final tier of the National ADDY Competition

April 28, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

After nearly sweeping the local American Advertising Awards (ADDY) awards, the top award winners moved on to the regional level where the accolades continued. Graphic Design student Belinda Houngsombath earned two gold medals in the regional ADDYs and will now move to compete at the national level.

As I begin my transition to the Office of the Provost, I think deeply about the value of our College and our disciplines.

We are the proud heirs to an academic and artistic tradition that prides itself on promoting core values that reflect our vast potential: Maturity and flexibility of mind, dynamic exploration of our human relationships, and the creation of meaningful insight into a historical period. Within this tradition, communication is at the heart of all of our disciplines. We are masters of communication in artistic and literary ways -from video, dance, painting, and music, to speeches, essays, books, and poetry.