Dr. Kapoor receives lifetime award from FCOE Foundation

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 […]

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Lyles Center, Ethics Center and BBB honor Jim Boren with ethical leadership award

Celebration of Ethics to honor Jim Boren

A new partnership between the Better Business Bureau Serving Central California & Inland Empire Counties and Fresno State’s Lyle Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and The Ethics Center will celebrate ethical leadership and highlight the good work done in our community. The “Celebration of Ethical Leadership” event, at noon to 1:30 p.m. on May 9 […]

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Four Valley newspaper writers win Gruner Awards for Public Service

Gruner Awards

Four reporters at three San Joaquin Valley newspapers won 2017 George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in journalism. The awards for work published in 2017 were announced Thursday, March 1, at the 30th annual Gruner Awards ceremony at the Fresno Art Museum.

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Doug Hansen talks of decision points between life’s ‘Bookends’

Art by Doug Hansen's "Bookends" exhibition

~ By Lisa Maria Boyles, communications specialist for the College of Arts and Humanities In figuring out how to frame his artist’s lecture, illustrator/artist Doug Hansen reached back to his earliest memories as an artist, back to his childhood as the eldest of six children in an artistic family. It all comes down to choices […]

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New Faces: Bee veterans Jim Boren and Donald Munro join the MCJ faculty

New Faces in MCJ: Jim Boren and Donald Munro

Two longtime veterans of The Fresno Bee join the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism, where they will teach aspiring young journalists in the print option. Former Executive Editor Jim Boren will teach two sections of the upper division writing course MCJ 102W – Reporting. And Donald Munro, who has provided a local voice for the Fresno arts scene since 2001, will teach MCJ 104 – Editing of Publications.

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Illustrator Doug Hansen’s ‘Bookends’ exhibition opens at Conley Gallery

Bookends, an exhibition by illustrator Doug Hansen

“Bookends,” an exhibition by Professor Doug Hansen, captures an art career that began 45 years ago when he was a student at Fresno State. In between then and now, Hansen also illustrated the pages of The Fresno Bee and several books. The Department of Art and Design at Fresno State will present Hansen’s works in an exhibition that […]

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