Graduating senior becomes Fresno State’s first Presser Scholar Award recipient
Shakira Delgado, a graduating senior clarinetist at California State University, Fresno, has been named an Undergraduate Presser Foundation Music Scholar.
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Shakira Delgado, a graduating senior clarinetist at California State University, Fresno, has been named an Undergraduate Presser Foundation Music Scholar.
Read MoreThe Dean’s Council Annual Fund annually supports students across the College of Arts and Humanities through the endowed scholarship.
Read MoreWith $2,905 in initial gifts from 39 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community friends — most of those coming during Fresno State’s annual Day of Giving campaign — the English Department successfully established the new English Department Scholarship fund in 2022.
Read MoreThe silent auction portion of the art affair will feature works from many of the Valley’s finest regional and international artists, including past and present Lund Scholars.
Read MoreWe are proud to present some of this year’s Italian Studies scholarship recipients. Your support plays a direct role in ensuring these student’s success.
Read More“I remember that my father always used to discuss his business at home, and I used to jump in with ideas. That is how I really fell in love with public relations.”
Read MoreBy Mariah Walton For over 30 years, CSU Summer Arts has assembled some of the world’s best creative artists to teach and inspire students across all art genres. Due to the impact of COVID-19, CSU Summer Arts was forced to cancel the 2020 season. However, in an effort to foster creativity and inspire hope, the […]
Read MoreIn 2018, the Clendenin Brass Endowed Scholarship was created with $300,000 in memory of June Clendenin by her son, Dr. W. Ritchie Clendenin, former professor of trumpet at Fresno State.
Read MoreThe effort to establish the scholarship was led by Fresno State alumnus James L. Melikian, who annually hosts a gathering of friends at his home to raise funds for charitable purposes. Melikian (“The Popcorn Man”) established his company, “The Popcorn Man,” in 1977.
Read MoreWith $50,000 in new donations to its endowment, the Bulldog Pride Fund has announced a new $2,000 per year vocal award in honor of local opera legend Edna Garabedian. The Department of Music will select the inaugural “Bulldog Pride Fund: Edna Garabedian Vocal Performance Award” for the 2010-21 school year.
Read MoreThe Bulldog Pride Fund at Fresno State has established two new, annual scholarships to be presented for the first time in the 2018-19 academic year: the Eartha Kitt Vocal Performance Award and the Larry Newsome Theatre Arts Award.
Read MoreCalifornia State University, Fresno continues to find new ways to honor the late U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor emeritus of English, more than two years after his death. In May 2017, Fresno State dedicated the new Philip Levine Reading Room inside the Henry Madden Library, a room that now houses Levine’s extensive collection of more than 2,000 books. Levine’s wife, Frances, donated their personal library, a gift made to inspire future generations of poets and readers.
Read MoreDozens of students in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department were honored at the annual scholarship reception on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Vintage Room at Fresno State. ABC 30 Scholarship Recipient: Judith Saldivar The ABC 30 Journalism Scholarship was created in January 2010 and has become the department’s largest scholarship. It is given to […]
Read More~ By Lisa Maria Boyles Brass horns play rousing music that fills the stadium. Drums punctuate the beat. Color guard dancers flash their flags in sync with the music. Their music makes our feet tap, our voices cheer, and gets our enthusiasm rolling. There’s no denying it. The spirit shown by the Fresno State Bulldog […]
Read More~ By Jefferson Beavers, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Fresno State celebrated trailblazing Hmong-American alumnus Soul Vang (soulvang.net/) for creating an endowed scholarship and annual poetry prize aimed at encouraging students to pursue their passion for writing about the Asian-American experience. Vang, a poet and educator who holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and a […]
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