Summer Arts to host Diavolo Dance Company

July 17, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The Los Angeles-based dance company is internationally known for their ability to combine elements of contemporary dance with martial arts, acrobatics, gymnastics and hip-hop. They will present their highly anticipated dance, “DIAVOLO Past, Present, Future…Volo” to fans in Fresno.

Alumna Ersilia Lacaze is proud of her Bulldog blood

July 17, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

It is the thick red fluid which runs through our veins that delivers oxygen and nutrients and removes waste and disease from our bodies. With it we live, without it, we die. But our relationship with blood is symbiotic — without our body, the blood will spoil.

Summer Arts: Kiel Johnson to present artist’s lecture

July 16, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Johnson’s drawings and sculptures tell tales and layered narratives that speak of his travels and adventures throughout everyday life. Johnson will speak on the way he uses drawings and sculptures to bring inanimate to life.

UPDATE: Alumnus Mark Arax wins James Beard Media Award, lands on Calif bestseller lists

July 10, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Mark Arax - The Dreamt Land - Chasing water and dust across California

“YEAH BABY!” read a text message that Mark Arax received from a friend on the evening of April 26. As a San Francisco Giants fan, Arax figured his friend was rubbing it in after the latest Los Angeles Dodgers win.

Summer Arts Featured Supporter: Dr. Honora Chapman

July 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A champion of the arts and a scholar of the humanities, Dr. Honora Chapman, associate dean of the Fresno State College of Arts and Humanities, is one of the top supporters of CSU Summer Arts. Click here to learn more about the Summer Arts performances, student showcases, and festival.

Dr. Sergio La Porta named interim associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities

July 2, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dr. Sergio La Porta and Dr. Kathleen Godfrey

English Department Chair Dr. Kathleen Godfrey was also named interim associate dean of the Kremen School of Education and Human Development, effective at the start of the semester.

5,000-mile journey to find a mentor ends at Fresno State

June 12, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

It was late July 2016 in Philadelphia when FOOSA Musician Kelvin Diaz Inoa made his decision. He packed his red 1999 Ford Focus with a few small personal belongings and his cello and hit the road. He didn’t know much about where he was going. All he knew was he had finally found the teacher and mentor he had been searching for…

Professor Emeritus Hague Foster dies at 83

June 11, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dr. Hague Doyen Foster, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully and surrounded by family at the age of 83 on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

As FOOSA enters seventh year, some students keep coming back for more

June 6, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Dr. Thomas Loewenheim - Photo by Cary Edmondson

“The motto of the festival is to bring the world to Fresno, and then Fresno to the world.” ~ Dr. Thomas Loewenheim

Life After Grad School: Leo Rowland

May 31, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

“I strongly believe in the value of not turning away from science or business or social sciences if you are grounded in the arts, and vice-versa.” – Leo Rowland

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.