Jim Boren receives Champion of Journalism Education Award

May 4, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Ed Galdrikian (left and Jim Boren (right)

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.

‘Pup Culture’ website entertains while students learn

April 21, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Bulldog Pup Culture website is Fresno State students’ take on everything pop culture. Created by Munro’s fall 2021 Digital Editing class (MCJ 104), students decided the theme and the coverage to be mainly focused on music, fashion, video games, movies/streaming, health and campus life.

MCJ Hall of Fame celebration honors alumni and former faculty, raises funds for scholarships

November 10, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Jan Yanehiro, Tommy Rouse and Don Priest

The hybrid event will be held in person at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Fresno State’s University Dining Hall. Tickets are $50 and are limited to the first 50 registrants. For the first time, the celebration will also be streamed live through Zoom and later broadcast on CMAC.tv. Tickets for the virtual event are $8.

This week on Fresno State Focus…

November 8, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Image of sanitation products and latex gloves.

Anchors, Leticia Leal of Fresno and Lily Gonzalez of Concord look at on-campus COVID-19 testing as we approach the upcoming holiday season.

MCJ faculty Adán Ávalos teams up with Juan Felipe Herrera to promote COVID-19 vaccine

October 27, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Adan Avalos poses with a grey/black backdrop

“When you see it directly, you’re more likely to go and do it. When you don’t see it, when it’s not in your family, I think it’s easier to dismiss it,” Ávalos said.

This week on Fresno State Focus: an inside look at scholarships, wine and LA vs SF game

October 11, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Fresno State red wine being poured into a class while four other bottles sit on the counter.

This edition of Fresno State Focus will stream live at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 13, on CMAC.TV on the “Education” channel, fresnostatefocus.com, the Fresno State Focus TV YouTube page, and the Fresno State Focus Facebook page. You can also watch Fresno State Focus on Comcast Channel 94 and U-Verse Channel 99.

Alum Robert Ortega, Jr. receives national award from Sigma Nu Fraternity

September 14, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Sigma Nu Fraternity announced that recent Fresno State alumnus Robert Ortega, Jr. received their “Alpha Alumni Chapter Affiliate Award” for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Department of Theatre and Dance adds ‘film making’ to their résumé

May 4, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Monitors and camera's on a colorful stage set.

By summer, it was clear that the 2020-21 season would be anything but typical.

Student of Distinction: Noor Sabharwal

April 7, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

“To ensure I succeeded in my academics and professional career, I went all-in with my schooling and community work and made the most of my fluency in four languages: English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu.” ~ Noor Sabharwal

Public Relations student receives community service scholarship

February 25, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

After two lifesaving surgeries at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Lorenzi was eager to find a way to give back to the hospital.

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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