About an hour after a handful of teachers from Wawona Middle School had described, emotionally and in great detail, the disturbing and dangerous situations they say are constantly occurring at their school, the Fresno Unified School Board considered whether to sign a contract with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office for...
Fresno State Alums Expand Their Giving with $7M Planned Gift
Fresno State News Across the arc of their lifetime, Gary and Marlene Peacock’s time in Fresno was relatively brief. Both were born and raised in other places, and they left shortly after graduating from Fresno State to begin their respective careers in the Bay Area’s technology industry. But their time...
Fresno State’s First Diversity Officer: ‘Everyone Needs to Be a Champion for Diversity’
Fresno State News Dr. Rashanda Booker wasn’t necessarily looking for a new career opportunity, especially one that would take her so far from her Southern roots. For Booker, a native of Oxford, Mississippi who was raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, California is a long way from “grits and sweet tea,”...
Brother Vows to Keep Fighting for Justice for Late Fresno State Professor
Fresno State Professor A. Sameh El Kharbawy was 53 years old when he died of a heart attack in his Fresno home in December 2021. His siblings back in Egypt would not learn of his passing for nearly 10 months. During the interval, strangers decided how and where their brother...
Fed Funding Fuels Nutrition Study That Will Feed Fresno State’s Hungriest
A $500,000 federal grant is fueling a three-year research study at Fresno State that seeks to determine whether encouraging students to consume more fresh fruit and vegetables will decrease their food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease. The grant was one of 43 awarded nationwide by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Fresno State President Refuses Armenian Students’ Demand to Cancel Event
The Armenian Students Organization at Fresno State demanded that the university's International Office cancel an event scheduled for Tuesday "celebrating" the nation of Azerbaijan. "Though our organization respects and is tolerant of all cultures and beliefs, we are not willing to accept the fact that there will be a Fresno...
This Year Fresno State’s Day of Giving Will Be 1,911 Minutes Long
Fresno State News Fresno State’s sixth annual Day of Giving — a digital fundraising effort — is set to grow this year. Instead of a 24-hour push, this year’s Day of Giving will last for 1,911 minutes, in honor of the university's founding year, from 5 a.m. Wednesday to 12:51...
Fresno State Sales Tax Ballot Effort Still Has Only One Donor
Local builder Richard Spencer has single-handedly bankrolled the campaign for Measure E, the proposed sales tax to benefit Fresno State, donating nearly $1.5 million as of Monday, according to campaign finance reports. Thus far, all the reported donations for the "Yes on Measure E, Good to Great for Fresno State...
Fresno State Coach Broke Window That Rained Glass on Football Fans, Officials Say
A Fresno State football coach has been placed on leave after glass from a broken window from the coach's booth landed on fans, injuring at least two. The university made the announcement Sunday morning. "Unfortunately, some fans were injured during last night’s football game as a result of glass that...
Falling Glass Injures Girl at Fresno State Football Game, Witnesses Say
Witnesses says at least one person was cut by shards of glass that suddenly rained down on spectators during Saturday night's Fresno State football game at Valley Children's Stadium on the university campus. A window in a coaches' observation booth overlooking the field from the top of the stadium...