Featured Supporter: Lilia Gonzales-Chávez

May 22, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I believe we are called to make this world better than when we found it. If we support students to be the best that they can be, they will go forward in whatever way they identify, to make our world better.”

Works of Armenian sculptor Yervant Gojabashian come to Fresno State

April 4, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Artist Yervant Gojabashian with one of his sculptures.

Internationally renowned, Gojabashian’s exhibits have appeared in major cities worldwide, and now, the community is invited to experience his works on display at Fresno State.

Director and producer to present screening of ‘Back to Ashtarak’ at Fresno State

February 27, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Back to Ashtarak a film by Tigran Nersisian poster depicts a pencil drawing of a man's back with the poster text on his shirt. Through the shirt is a background of mountains and a country side.

Director Tigran Nersisian and producer Armen Karaoglanian will present their film “Back to Ashtarak” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium.

CineCulture returns with virtual films for the fall semester

August 30, 2022.Reading time 16 minutes.

Alba Rohrwacher (Alice) and Wajdi Mouawad (Joseph) star in ‘Skies of Lebanon’ film.

Attention film buffs! Experience groundbreaking films from artists worldwide through CineCulture at Fresno State. The course allows the public three to five days to screen the weekly movie at their leisure, then join in a discussion about the film at 5:15 p.m. on Friday evenings during the fall semester.

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.

Dr. Vartan Matiossian to speak about his “What’s in a Name?” book on the Armenian Genocide

January 7, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dr. Vartan Matiossian, Executive Director of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Church, will speak on “What’s in a Name: Language, the Politics of the Armenian Genocide, and Medz Yeghern” at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 on Zoom. The presentation is part of the Spring 2022 Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program and is […]

Live music is back for the 2021-22 season!

October 1, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Two female members of the Fresno State Concert Choir hold music folders as they sing outdoors.

Live music is back and the Fresno State Department of Music has announced their events for Fall 2021 and many of their events for Spring 2022 semesters.

New Faces: René M. Rodríguez-Astacio

August 20, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty Dr. René M. Rodríguez-Astacio to the Department of English.

Remembering Dr. Warren Kessler

April 15, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Dr. Warren Leslie Kessler at the Great Wall of China

Fresno State Philosophy Professor Emeritus and former Department of Philosophy Chair Warren Leslie Kessler passed away on April 2 in Stockton, California, after complications with an infection. He was 78.

Student of Distinction: Robert Ortega, Jr.

April 5, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

“This is the part of my parent’s dream that I never imagined. I am forever gracious that this is even a tangible reality.” ~ Robert Ortega