Frances Levine, whose gift to Fresno State of her U.S. poet laureate husband’s extensive personal book collection sparked the creation of the Philip Levine Reading Room inside the University library, passed away in Fresno on June 13. She was 94.
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“If you want to hear Mahler’s Symphony Number 5 on this level, you would most likely have to drive to San Francisco; you’d have to drive to L.A. Tickets are 200 or 300 dollars each. It’s an expensive experience.” ~ Dr. Thomas Loewenheim.
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The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announces the publication of its fifteenth volume, “From My Life and Thought: Reflections on an Armenian-American Journey,” a memoir by Dennis R. Papazian.
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The 2022 commencement was especially unique as both President’s Medalists and honorary doctorate degrees were awarded to a single college within the university.
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Undergraduate Steven Hensley and graduate Audia Dixon were awarded Fresno State’s top academic honors for the class of 2022.
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Fresno State will award honorary doctorates to acclaimed artist Judy Chicago and longtime local educator Antonio “Tony” Petrosino as part of Fresno State’s 111th commencement season.
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“It was so dangerous. They plant bombs in the street so any car that goes there explodes. You also can’t tell if it’s going to happen to you or the other person because it happened to other people before me or after me.”
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Facing obstacles of all kinds — including earning the bulk of their degrees in a global pandemic — these 2022 graduates of Fresno State’s English Department have all found ways to use writing and literature to thrive.
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Author and Fresno State professor Mai Der Vang was honored May 9 as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, for her groundbreaking book of documentary poetry, “Yellow Rain.”
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The award was presented to Boren by retired high school journalism educator Ed Galdrikian and recognized him for speaking at educational journalism conferences and conventions around the state and volunteering at an inner-city elementary school to help underperforming students improve their reading levels.
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 