London trip gives students new perspective on world

From left, Melissa Noriega, Samina Najmi and Janette Porraz

Janette Porraz, one of the 2018 Students of Distinction for the College of Art and Humanities, was able to enhance the education she obtained in the Department of Art and Design during three weeks she spent studying abroad in London.

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Seeing the world brought me closer to home

Marisa Mata reflects on her London Study Abroad experience.

We were dancing and the music stopped. Everyone in the room started to countdown from 10. Lights flashed. Balloons and confetti fell from the ceiling. It was New Years. And we were in London.

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London alum looks back on program’s first year

Dana Rethwisch at Stone Henge in 1984, the first time the London Semester was offered

Study Abroad to London has been a College of Arts and Humanities tradition for 34 years. Dana Rethwisch, along with 74 other students and five faculty members, took part in the first-ever London Semester in the spring of 1984.

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Sign up now to Study Abroad in Florence, Italy

Study Abroad in Florence, Italy SPRING 2018 – Travel dates: May 20 to June 10 OPEN TO ALL MAJORS Course: AH 105: Study in Florence Music and art combine to be the eternal heartbeat of this historic city. The goal of this course is to convey the spirit and the “energy” of the Renaissance and […]

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Fresno State Focus kicks off its spring schedule on March 1

Caroline Dineen-Carlson

This week on Fresno State Focus, a public affairs program produced by Media Communication and Journalism students, anchors Tristan Lewis of Clovis and Elsa Mejia of Madera will speak with the Fresno State Study Abroad Department to find out about the opportunities available to students who wish to study different cultures first hand. The show will […]

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Study Abroad in Florence, Italy

Spring 2017 – Travel dates: May 30-June 20 OPEN TO ALL MAJORS Course: Hum 101 TZ: Experience Florence Music and art combine to be the eternal heartbeat of this historic city. The goal of this course is to convey the spirit and the “energy” of the Renaissance and the city that birthed an era, Florence. You […]

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Classics lecture on Late Antique letters

~ By Lisa Maria Boyles Why do we write letters? And what becomes of the letters we do write? From letters in antiquity to emails modern times, some of the same questions apply: No matter what audience a letter is written for, who might become an unintended or accidental reader of it? How are we […]

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UPDATE: Timing is everything in trip to London

UPDATE: In a July 13 column he wrote for The Fresno Bee, Dr. Bradley Hart, a professor in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, expanded upon his views on the United Kingdom’s recent “Brexit” vote. You can read Hart’s Fresno Bee column here: Fresno State students learn lessons from Brexit Here is our original article, from […]

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