Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation donate $1.5M for M.K. Gandhi Center at Fresno State

January 28, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

A black and white image of M.K. Gandhi and his entourage prepare to board a ship.

Fresno received a $1.5 million pledge from the Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation to establish an endowed fund to create and support the “M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya” in the College of Arts and Humanities.

Gandhi’s Global Legacy International Conference

October 3, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

October 10-11, 2019 at Fresno State with keynote speaker Rev. James M. Lawson.

VIDEO: Fresno State Peace Garden commemorates Gandhi’s legacy

October 2, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Gandhi's statue in the Fresno State Peace Garden at sunrise

As the world commemorates Gandhi’s 150th birthday, Fresno State’s Dr. Kapoor talks about the efforts to memorialize his legacy through the Peace Garden.

Gandhi’s 150th birthday celebrated with Peace Garden vigil for world peace

September 30, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Flowers are place below the best of Gandhi in the Peace Garden. Photo by Cary Edmondson.

The community is invited to the annual celebration of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s birthday at 6 p.m., Oct. 2 in the Peace Garden, north of the Henry Madden Library. The program includes a garlanding ceremony, music, interfaith tributes, classical dance, and a pledge against hate and violence.

Gandhi’s 150th birthday begins commemoration with exhibition of peace

September 25, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Gandhi's bust in the Peace Garden at Fresno State.

The inauguration of an exhibition on the lives of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Daisaku Ikeda, and Cesar Chavez will mark the start of a series of events commemorating the 150th birthday of Gandhi at Fresno State. The community is invited to the ceremony at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the Henry […]

Students bring new insights into Gandhi’s legacy through art and philosophy

April 24, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

As Fresno State and the community prepares to celebrate the 150th birthday of Gandhi in October, students were invited to participate in the Gandhi’s Global Legacy Student Media Competition. The competition called for submissions across various categories of media that provide new insights into Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence.

Dr. Kapoor receives lifetime award from FCOE Foundation

September 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

In this March 27, 2012 photo, Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor holds a red rose as he stands by the statue of Cesar Chavez in the Peace Garden at Fresno State.

Philosophy Department professor Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor was among four who were honored by the Fresno County Office of Education (FCOE) Foundation for a lifetime of educational contributions. The 2018 FCOE Honors Gala was held on September 15, 2018, at the Fresno City College Old Administration Building. “Dr. Kapoor’s legacy of nonviolence reflects principles at the […]

Peace and Conflict Studies lecture: ‘Mahatma Gandhi for Us Today’

March 23, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Douglas Allen to lecture on "Mahatma Gandhi for Us Today"

Philosophy professor Douglas Allen, a prominent Mahatma Gandhi scholar, philosopher, author of over 15 books, and peace activist from the University of Maine, will give a speech entitled, “Mahatma Gandhi for Us Today: An Ethical Life of Nonviolence and Peace” on Wednesday, April 4, at Fresno State.

Message from the Dean

All of us in the College of Arts and Humanities hope that you and yours are doing well!

Our faculty have been hard at work, and our college’s students and alumni are pursuing their dreams in a wide variety of fields. We are excited to embark on a new venture with the creation of the M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya. Thanks to a generous gift from the Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation, our campus and community will experience courses and programming dedicated to Gandhian peacemaking and upliftment of everyone in society. We hope you will join us at future events.

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