Interior Design program transforms into an award-winning powerhouse

September 15, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

“My mission as an interior designer is to create sustainable environments that balance aesthetics with functionality and enhance the wellbeing of the community.” ~ Alex Tsung

Theatre students win national acting awards

June 7, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Arium Andrews and Jimmy Haynie in "Fat Pig"

The winners of all eight regional festivals typically travel to Washington, D.C. to compete at the National Festival at the Kennedy Center. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the festival had to be postponed.

Inspired for life: Recent Arts and Humanities grads see early success

May 28, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Interior Design graduate throws her arms wide during commencement at Bulldog Stadium.

We celebrate and congratulate those recent alums who have found their path forward.

Arts and Humanities Students celebrate at in-person commencement

May 19, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

The breeze rejuvenated as it passed through the masked students in the warm May evening while graduates congregated outside Bulldog Stadium ahead of commencement. For many, this was among the first gatherings in the 14 months since the quarantine lockdown

Six student designs win gold in regional ADDY Awards

May 7, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

Five Fresno State graphic design students have won six gold awards in the American Advertising Federation Regional ADDY Awards

Combining art and ethnic studies: 7 questions with Erik Escovedo

May 4, 2021.Reading time 20 minutes.

"Home" - 2013 (Ink & Graphite on Paper - 24x36 in.)

Erik’s graduate exhibition, “Decolonizing Place and Time,” will be on display at the Graduate Art Studios Gallery at the M Street Arts Complex in downtown Fresno beginning May 14 and running through the summer.

Standard Bearer: John Spankowski

April 13, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

“No childhood experience left a more positive impression on me than my time in primary and secondary music classes. Music touches people in ways that no other subject does. It exercises our aesthetic being and explores inexpressible human emotions.” ~ John Spankowski

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: Jeanette Yeboah-Amoako

April 7, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

“After just one day of volunteering in a dual language classroom at [an] elementary school, an interest in teaching that up until then had been latent, suddenly woke up and exclaimed, ‘rise and shine!'” ~ Jeanette Yeboah-Amoako

Student of Distinction: Claudia Amador

April 6, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

“I’ve made a future goal to inspire and encourage each of my students to engage, learn, and enjoy the education that they will be receiving in my classroom.” ~ Claudia Amador