Provost Awards honor CAH faculty

May 9, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Dr. Melanie Hernandez, Faith Sidlow and Steven Church

The Provost’s Awards were established in 1993 to recognize the outstanding teaching, research and service that is central to the mission of Fresno State. Honorees provide students with a stimulating environment that fosters learning and affirms the University as an intellectual and cultural leader in the Central Valley.

Fresno State CAH alumna Marisol Baca named Fresno Poet Laureate

May 2, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State alumna Marisol Baca is the City of Fresno’s fourth Poet Laureate. She will be the first woman to serve as the city’s literary ambassador.

English alumni gather for multiethnic literature conference anniversary

April 25, 2019.Reading time 24 minutes.

Fresno State alumni Erin Álvarez, Zoyer Zyndel, Lena Mahmoud, Neama Alamri, Leila Alamri-Kassim, Carrie Ayala, and Jeremiah Henry returned to campus to lead an alumni roundtable discussion on how the English Department’s annual UCMLA conference has impacted their lives.

For the 10th annual conference, the English Department reunited with alumni who were part of the UCMLA journey, as either presenters or organizers or both, by inviting them back to campus for an anniversary reception, and an alumni roundtable and discussion.

Martin Paul, Fresno State Professor Emeritus, dies at 82

April 24, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

Dr. Martin Paul, a professor emeritus of English at Fresno State and a self-taught specialist on poetry in translation, died in Sarasota, Florida on April 1 at the age of 82.

Megan Evans, Student of Distinction

April 5, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Megan Evans, who will complete her M.A. in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Writing studies has engaged in advanced scholarship through coining the term “rogue feminism” as a way of naming a rhetorical phenomenon she observed in social media platforms.

Krystal Cantu, Student of Distinction

April 5, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

In the Fall of 2018, a serious car accident fractured Krystal Cantu’s spine in three places — challenging her determination to continue her education. In her perseverance, she has continued to thrive in her education — earning further respect from the English department faculty and colleagues.

Kudos to Fresno Writers: March 2019

April 4, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Compiled by Jefferson BeaversRepublished from “We Grow Writers” Kudos to #FresnoWriters is a new 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. J.J. Anselmi (MFA Creative Writing alumni) — Announced the publication of his second […]

Pulitzer Prize finalist Patricia Smith featured at Spring Reading Series

March 1, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Spring Reading Series. Patricia Smith, Mai Der Vang, Tina Mozelle Braziel, and Brynn Saito.

The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing will feature a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the 2017 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry winner, and two of its accomplished new faculty authors in its Spring 2019 Fresno Poets’ Association reading series.

Critical exploration of ‘Utopia’ examines what it takes to make a better world

February 22, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

“Utopias” are societies, both literary and lived, imaginary and actual, that strive for the creation of a more ideal community and world. While utopias are often built upon problematics, philosophical inconsistencies, and tensions, the study of these attempts causes one to pause and consider how to make our reality a better place for all.

Creative Writing students, alumni, faculty perform at 2019 Rogue Festival

February 13, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Fresno Writers Live - Brynn Saito, Ethan Chatagnier, Kimberly Horg, Steven Church, Ronald Dzerigian, Danielle Potter, Joseph Cassara, Carole A. Firstman, Esmeralda Gamez, Venita Blackburn, David Campos, and Jer Xiong

Fresno Writers Live will feature the latest poetry and prose from 12 Fresno writers in four storytelling and spoken-word shows. The shows will include four MFA grad students, four alumni authors from the Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter, and four faculty authors from the Department of English.

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.