Portuguese language high school students to visit Fresno State

March 7, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Traditional Portuguese dancing during Tulare Union High School visit in 2017

As part of Portuguese Immigrant Week in California, the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute will host “Portuguese Language Students Youth Day” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16 at Fresno State.

Panel to focus on Portuguese-American legacy of agriculture in the Valley

March 7, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

In celebration of Portuguese Immigrant Week, the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute will hold a “Portuguese-Americans in Valley Agriculture: Family, Heritage, Community and Commitment” lecture at 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 13th in the lecture hall of the Agricultural Science building, Room 109.

Azores president headlines inaugural lecture for Portuguese institute

February 11, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Vasco Alves Cordeiro, president of the Government of the Azores will speak, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Fresno State’s North Gym (Room 118), will serve as the inaugural lecture for the new Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute at the University. The event is free and the community is invited to attend.

Diniz Borges named director of Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute

January 23, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

The institute was founded in November 2018 after the Luso-American Development Foundation granted $130,000 to launch a Portuguese-American Oral History Project and a speaker series.