Two new state grants totaling nearly $750,000 will help Fresno Pacific University prepare teachers for the classroom on an accelerated timeline, the university announced this week. Grants from the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing will help the southeast Fresno private university consolidate its teacher education and credentialing from five years...
Drunk, Defiant Students Won’t Be Suspended or Expelled Under New California Bills
Two bills pending before the California Legislature would bar school officials from suspending or expelling students who are drunk or high, or who engage in what's known as "willful defiance" at school. The goal of Senate Bill 274 and Assembly Bill 599 is to further limit the reasons that students...
Fresno Pacific Baseball Stadium Upgrade Project Gets $3M Boost
Fresno Pacific's baseball stadium improvement project, which will add stadium seating, a new concession stand and restroom, press box, and locker room, got a $3 million boost, the university announced Wednesday. The Daniel R. Martin Family Foundation made a $3 million commitment to help pay for the university's project to...
New Fresno Performing and Arts Center Opens Its Doors. Here are Some Fun Facts.
Wednesday was a big day for Fresno Pacific University, where officials gathered for the official ribbon-cutting to herald the opening of the new Warkentine Culture and Arts Center. It's the first new building to be built on the southeast Fresno campus in the past 20 years. Al and Dotty...
Fresno Pacific Lands Its New President From Biola University
Fresno Pacific University announced that Dr. André Stephens, who has three decades of experience in Christian higher education in California, has been selected the university's next president. Stephens will replace outgoing president Dr. Joseph Jones, who announced his retirement last year. He has been the university's president for five...
Fresno Pacific Classes Back Online Because of Omicron Surge
Most Fresno Pacific University classes will be online only starting Wednesday and continuing through Feb. 4, the university announced Tuesday. Faculty had been asked earlier this month to prepare for online lessons again in the event that the coronavirus surge reoccurred, as it has with the omicron variant. In an...
There’s Time to Run for Fresno High Area Seat. But You’ll Need to Hurry.
Unless a candidate for the Fresno High Area 5 trustee seat makes a last-minute filing — and the deadline to file is Friday — it looks like Trustee Terry Slatic won't be the only man on the Fresno Unified School Board a few months from now. Four candidates —...
Fresno Superintendent Takes His Militant Positivity to New Level in Thanking ‘Haters’
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson is known as a friendly and cheerful guy who, if he wasn't heading the state's third-largest school district, could make a good living as a used-car salesman. (Or so he has reportedly said.) One of his favorite catchphrases, usually accompanied by a hashtag, is Militant...
Fresno Pacific Plans Return To Campus Classes in Fall 2021
Fresno Pacific University on Wednesday announced that students will return to on-campus classes in the fall 2021 semester, more than a year after the university's classrooms were emptied and students turned to distance learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. The university is the latest to announce plans for in-person classes...
Going to Fresno Pacific This Fall? Here’s More Details on Reopening
Fresno Pacific University on Thursday released more details about how the southeast Fresno university is preparing for the fall semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The university cautioned that its plans are subject to change depending on the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in the Fresno area. Fresno Pacific had previously...