London alumus finds video from 1990 semester

October 9, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Screenshot of the opening frame of "Learning in London" the "London Semester 90" video.

In 1990, Dr. Jerry Bryan, professor of international marketing, took his video camera with him and followed the students during the London Semester. Two decades later, London semester alumnus Eric Maul found the VHS tape and recalls his experience.

Digital humanities and art students present their London work at M Street exhibit

October 9, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

Lucca Lorenzi shows off his group presentation of "The Bloomsbury Boys"

With about three months to reflect on their experience, Fresno State students were present at Fresno State’s M Street Graduate Studios gallery during ArtHop to show off their paintings and projects in a unique exhibition that combined digital humanities with the fine arts.

Featured Supporter: Danny Swartz

September 20, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

In 1987, Fresno State student Danny Swartz departed for London. It was only his second trip on a plane — the first had been a short hop from Fresno to San Francisco — and his first time out of the country. Up until that point, he had only left the state a couple of times to go to Reno and Las Vegas. Now he would be spending his spring semester in London as part of the Fresno State London Program.

Barking Bulldogs shine as in-person competition resumes

May 24, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

The Barking Bulldogs hold up their coach Dr. Douglas Fraleigh. Everyone is dressed in business casual dress and they stand on top of a mountain, behind them we can see trees and a foggy valley.

“The team had an amazing experience working and traveling with such great successes. It has been great to return to in-person tournaments this semester and see the Barking Bulldogs shine in competition,” said Dr. Douglas Fraleigh, coach.

English alumni carve unexpected paths to meaningful careers

May 23, 2023.Reading time 51 minutes.

Meet five English alumni who’ve gone on to successful careers outside of teaching or publishing.

Interior Design students create little neighborhood libraries for child literacy

May 23, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Fresno City Council President Tyler Maxwell holds a press conference announcing his “On the Same Page Campaign" at University Park in Central Fresno.

While the little libraries all have the same form, each was handbuilt and painted by students with artwork influenced by their favorite childhood books.

Featured Supporter: Lilia Gonzales-Chávez

May 22, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I believe we are called to make this world better than when we found it. If we support students to be the best that they can be, they will go forward in whatever way they identify, to make our world better.”

Fresno State Alumna hired as Assistant Professor at Baruch College in New York City

May 22, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

“I really wanted students to acknowledge that studying the U.S.-Mexico border is important because we need to know that our history is rooted in between the U.S. and Mexico and how the border came to be, but also to think about the voices of people that have been affected by the border enforcement.” ~ Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana

Printmaking crosses artistic genres creating duplicative pieces for the people

December 13, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

Samuel Diaz with a blue apron on demonstrates wood block printing in three images. In the first image, he is applying black ink a woodblock with a roller, in the second image he is rolling the inked artwork through a relief press. The final image shows the white, gray and black self-portrait piece.

Printmaking focuses on photography and various printing techniques within a backdrop of Illustration, graphic design, photography, and book printing.