2020 Grad Tribute

May 15, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

We want to be the first to congratulate you on your achievements. The College’s faculty and staff join us in applauding you.

PHOTOS: Celebrating our 2019 College of Arts and Humanities graduates

May 22, 2019.Reading time 23 minutes.

All that I am and hope to be, I owe to those who believe in me.

On Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, hundreds of College of Arts and Humanities students celebrated their accomplishment with family, friends, faculty, administrators, and staff. Here are photos from those events.

National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jon Peede delivers inspiring 2019 CAH Convocation address

May 20, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Jon Parrish Peede, NEH Chairman speaks at the 2019 CAH Convocation.

Full speech…

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).

Video: MCJ Professor Jes Therkelsen’s speech on curiosity from Convocation

August 25, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Screenshot of MCJ Professor Jes Therkelsen giving keynote speech about curiosity at New Student Convocation

Fresno State welcomed its newest Bulldogs at the New Student Convocation in the Save Mart Center on Monday, Aug. 21. Our College’s Jes Therkelsen, an associate professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism, gave the keynote address on the topic of curiosity. Therkelsen and fellow MCJ professor Candace Egan were awarded the Spirit of […]

Get to know the College of Arts and Humanities

August 22, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Two young female students laugh as they pass the Student Union building.

The College of Arts and Humanities is holding its second annual new student convocation at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 30, in Fresno State’s Satellite Student Union.

A Message to Our Graduates from the Dean and Associate Dean

May 19, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dean Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval and Associate Dean Honora Chapman

Dear Fellow Artists and Humanists, We are creators and thinkers; crafters of language, clay, canvas and metal. We invent new perspectives, and reimagine our world for the common good. Our artistry and humanistic thinking are the basis for all of human communication, productivity and creativity. As the foundational cornerstone of the University, the Arts and Humanities are […]

2017 CAH Convocation set for May 19

May 10, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Graduates of the College of Arts and Humanities (Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017) are eligible to participate in the 2017 College of Arts and Humanities Convocation ceremony taking place at 12:30 p.m.* Friday, May 19, in the Save Mart Center Tickets for this event will not be required. Academic Regalia is required and can […]

Connect with your fellow artists and humanists!

August 25, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

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 […]