French professor Tara Hashemi experiences Paris Olympics as a volunteer

October 14, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

Dr. Tara Hashemi holds the Olympic torch in front of a Paris 2024 backdrop.

For Dr. Tara Hashemi, assistant professor of French for the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, the 2024 Paris Olympics wasn’t just a global sporting event — it was a heartfelt homecoming.

Carmina Burana translation project complements musical performance

May 22, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

The translation project was led by Dr. Kristi Eastin from MCLL, who gathered current students and recent alumni of Latin and German during the spring semester to create close and useful translations of the medieval writings.

Featured Supporter: Edward “Eddie” Fanucchi

May 22, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

“I believe that if you’ve been blessed with whatever gifts you have, you need to give back.”

Study Abroad illuminated through Student Voices

November 27, 2023.Reading time 17 minutes.

A group takes a photo together in Spain. A mountain can be seen in the background.

One of the most important parts of Fresno State’s study abroad program is students’ voices during their time out of the country, both to show the value of their experience and to inspire students to go abroad in the future.

Agreement expands study abroad opportunities in Portugal for students

March 20, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval and Dr. Michael Baum, executive council for the Luso-American Development Foundation, stand with other Fresno State and FLAD colleagues in a group photo.

Students will be able to take classes taught in English or Portuguese in social sciences and humanities, business, economics, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and other academic disciplines while living in Lisbon and experiencing Portuguese culture.

Dean’s Council supporter Antonio Petrosino receives an honorary doctorate

June 24, 2022.Reading time 11 minutes.

A boy of about 11 years old, Antonio Petrosino, watched as this mix of soldiers from around the world passed through his town of Coperchia, in the mountains just north of Salerno in Southern Italy. He would try to observe the soldiers who spoke different languages and came from diverse cultures.

Translation and interpretation certificate creates additional opportunities for bilingual students

October 26, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

The translation and interpretation program was created for bilingual students, who already act as translators and interpreters for their families and friends, to get the formal training required to translate in a professional setting.

Student of Distinction: Raquel Romero

April 8, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

“As a graduate student I realized that I wanted to explore how immigration is represented in Mexican literature and for my thesis project I presented an analysis that focuses on the relationship between migration and identity.” ~ Raquel Romero

Student of Distinction: Meesha Ghedia

April 8, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

“I faced many different obstacles. One of the biggest ones was culture shock and getting used to a new country.” ~ Meesha Ghedia

“Talk to the Hand”: Italian studies announces their Spring lecture series

February 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

There could be no more powerful image of the growing agency of Italian women in the early modern period than the raised hand of Judith in Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting “Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, 1623.” This woman’s gesture, who demands to be heard, evokes the taking up of paintbrushes, pens, and scientific instruments by women in Italy over the 300-year span.