Peach Blossom returns to Fresno State after pandemic

April 27, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Elementary School children practice for their Peach Blossom Performance.

This year’s 64th annual Peach Blossom Festival marked the beginning of a return to normalcy for students. This first post-Covid festival drew nearly 1,000 students, plus parents, chaperones, and spectators, to the Fresno State campus.

Genocide survivor teaches lessons from the holocaust

April 21, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

“As we finally crossed the border into Germany, the bus stopped. People got out and ran to a nearby grocery store to buy something to eat,” Becirbegovic said. “We were starving, but didn’t have any money left.”

Community celebrates student scholarship recipients at Armenian Studies Banquet

April 21, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

The mood was jovial as students, educators, and community members gathered at the Fort Washington Country Club for the 34th Annual Armenian Studies Program Banquet on Sunday, March 20 – the first time the event happened in person in three years.

2022 Graduate President’s Medalist Audia Dixon stuns with ‘Eden’ art exhibition

March 26, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Without Art, I don’t know how my life would turn out. For it gives me purpose, discipline and constant self-discovery. Your words of encouragement, advice and critique have shaped me to become what I am today, and I am very grateful.”

2022 President’s Undergraduate Medalist Steven Hensley rises above poverty and incarceration

March 26, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Studying philosophy at Fresno State has altered my perception of the world and called me to action. I am no longer freezing or starving on a park bench, but some people are freezing and starving on a park bench, and it is for them that I take this next step forward.”

Modern Latine adaptation of Sophocles’ ‘Electra’ receives Fresno premiere

March 23, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State’s University Theatre presents its fifth in-person production of the 2021 – 2022 Mainstage season, “Electricidad,” written by Luis Alfaro and directed by Gina Sandí-Díaz. The production is a Fresno premiere.

Student of Distinction: Lauren Heard

March 18, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

“This is what I pursue: storytelling through design. Currently, I am applying to production design internships, intending to later pursue a master’s degree with the goal of becoming a production designer and arts educator.”

Student of Distinction: Peyton Esraelian

March 18, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

“After graduating from Fresno State, my next course of action is to continue teaching and performing in the Fresno area while I work towards auditioning for a master’s program in percussion performance. The ultimate goal for my career is to earn a position with a full-time professional symphony orchestra while working with a wide variety of students.”

Student of Distinction: Amanda Steinhauer

March 18, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

“After graduating, I will be pursuing a career in private music teaching and am currently planning to live and teach abroad in Luxembourg, Europe, while teaching lessons virtually to students in Selma and around the Valley. Down the road, I will continue furthering my academic career.”

Student of Distinction: Andrea Ramirez Arana

March 17, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

“My future plans include obtaining my teaching credentials and a Master’s degree of Arts in Spanish. I also see myself teaching in a dual-immersion classroom, helping kids and parents who don’t know English. That would be one of the ways in which I would love to give back to the community.”