Fresno State’s faculty and alumni shine at 2024 CASMEC Awards

February 6, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Leading the accolades was Dr. Gary Gilroy, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Fresno State, who was honored with the CBDA David Goedecke Lifetime Achievement Award.

3 with Fresno State ties inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame

September 25, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Black and white head shots of Benjamin Boone holding a saxophone, Dr. Juan Serrano playing a guitar and Ann Leonardo Thaxter as a younger woman.

Three local music legends with ties to Fresno State were honored at the Valley Music Hall of Fame.

Interior design student wins regional ANDYZ competition

August 20, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Marisol Coria in front of the Fresno State Fountian

Interior design major Marisol Coria received the “Best Student Design” for her Capstone project at the annual ANDZY Awards, president by the Central California and Nevada chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).

‘For the Birds’ wins gold in University Film and Video Association conference

August 9, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Congratulations to MCJ Assistant Professor Aaron Schuelke, MFA for winning gold in the University Film and Video Association Conference in the Fiction Short category for his film titled ‘For the Birds.’ Click here to watch…

Debut books by new English faculty win national awards

December 10, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Authors Venita Blackburn and Joseph Cassara

By Jefferson Beavers Authors Joseph Cassara and Venita Blackburn, both new assistant professors of English at Fresno State, have each won national awards for their debut books. TheLos Angeles Press Club recognized Cassara’s novel, “The House of ImpossibleBeauties,” as Best Fiction Book 2018 in its 11th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. The awards were given at […]

CineCulture receives Way of Peace award

May 19, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Fresno Center for Nonviolence awarded several Way of Peace awards at its May 6 25th anniversary banquet at the First Congregational Church in Fresno. CineCulture, a film series provided as a service to Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, received the 2017 award given to an organization. CineCulture Club, which is also an […]