Nelson Mandela Monument unveiled in Peace Garden

September 13, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

Media and dignitaries gather around the newly unveiled Nelson Mandela sculpture in the Fresno State Peace Garden.

A life-sized bronze statue of anti-apartheid activist, former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela stands just east of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue, facing the Fresno State Library from in front of the Professional Human Services building.

Kapoor focuses on expanding the Peace Garden legacy after stepping away from classroom

January 26, 2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

Dr. Kapoor stands at a podium at in the Peace Garden at Fresno State.

Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor taught his philosophy class for the last time in the fall of 2022, marking the end of an era.

Jain, Hindu and Gandhi symposium explores practice of inner peace in a turbulent world

September 27, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Silhouette illustration of Gandhi, dressed in a white robe with a walking stick on an orange background. Artwork by Albert Haro.

The symposium explores practical pathways to inner and outer peace and harmony through the teaching of Mahatma Gandhi and Jain and Hindu dharma traditions.

Peace Garden event, fast commemorate atomic bombings

August 3, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Origami hangs from one of the Hiroshima trees.

The community is invited to commemorate those who died and those who continue to suffer at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at Fresno State’s Peace Garden.

Replay: scholars discuss “Gandhi, the Civil Rights Movement and the Continuing Struggle for Justice and Peace”

September 10, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Vinay Lal, Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. and Dianne Dillon-Ridgley headshots.

Fresno State will present three renowned civil rights scholars as panelists for “Gandhi, the Civil Rights Movement and the Continuing Struggle for Justice and Peace,” a webinar hosted by the Office of the President — the Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., Vinay Lal and Dianne Dillon-Ridgley.

Webinar: ‘Gandhi, the Civil Rights Movement and the Continuing Struggle for Justice and Peace’

August 21, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Seedlings from Hiroshima planted in Peace Garden on 75th anniversary of atomic bombing

July 29, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Peace Garden with the bust of Gandhi surrounded by trees reflecting on the nearby Henry Madden Library.

Many survivors tell a similar story. As the sun rose over Hiroshima on a clear summer morning on Aug. 6, 1945, air-raid sirens blared, rousing a sleeping city awake. Several minutes later, an all-clear was issued, the sirens stopped, and the estimated 350,000 residents of the city began their daily routines on a hot summer day. 31,000 feet above…

Alumnus David Windt recalls Peace Garden and Peace Corps as beginning of an improbable journey

September 16, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

In 1990, by chance, when he heard that the Art Department was completing a statue of Mohandas Gandhi, he didn’t hesitate to help. Using his position, he brought in Dr. Arun Gandhi, socio-political activist, and the fifth grandson of Mohandas Gandhi to speak at the dedication ceremony.

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 […]

World peace vigil and photo exhibition mark Gandhi celebrations

October 5, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Fresno State will observe Mahatma Gandhi’s 147th birthday and celebrate Gandhi Jayanti with a candlelight vigil for world peace from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the Peace Garden on campus. A photo exhibition, “Life of Gandhi,” opened Sept. 26 at the Henry Madden Library and runs through Oct. 7. The community celebration […]