A week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that college athletes can cash in on their likeness, the Fresno State's social media-savvy Cavinder twins signed their first endorsement deals. Haley and Hanna Cavinder, stars of the Bulldogs women's basketball team, signed contracts with Boost Mobile and Six Star Pro Nutrition....
Professor, Musician, Athlete, County Supervisor. John Donaldson Touched Many Lives in Fresno.
Dr. John Donaldson was many things to many people. To his students at Fresno State, he made physics and astronomy come alive. To his fellow musicians at the Fresno Community Chorus, his bass voice produced the low C that rumbled below the other voices, completing the harmonic whole. To budding...
Fresno State’s New President Drops ‘Interim’ from His Job Title
Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval is the new president of Fresno State, the California State University system announced Wednesday. Jiménez-Sandoval has served as interim president since former President Joseph I. Castro became chancellor of the California State University system earlier this year. By elevating Jiménez-Sandoval, the CSU system chose another educator with deep...
Tatarian Name for New Fresno School Is Runaway Community Choice
Veteran newsman and Fresno native Roger Tatarian is the overwhelming community favorite to be the namesake of Fresno Unified's new alternative education campus at Ventura Avenue and 10th street. The question now is whether the seven trustees will follow the community's will when voting Wednesday to name the southeast Fresno...
Valley Colleges, Universities Will Get $285M in Federal American Rescue Plan Funding
More than $285 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan will benefit students at colleges and universities across the Valley, U.S. Rep. Jim Costa announced Thursday. At least half the funding will be distributed as emergency cash assistance grants to students facing hunger, homelessness, or other hardships. “The...
Meet Fresno State’s 2021 Undergraduate Deans’ Medalists
Fresno State News The eight schools and colleges at Fresno State, along with the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, each selected an outstanding student to honor as part of the class of 2021 Undergraduate Deans’ Medalists. The deans selected an undergraduate and graduate medalist based on academic excellence,...
This Edison High Grad Earned a Fresno State Degree in Two Years
Fresno State News By the time Taylor Ounesavath entered Fresno State in the fall of 2019, she had already completed 12 units thanks to Advanced Placement courses and dual enrollment courses she took at Fresno City College while she was still in high school. What she did next is something...
Community Leader Doug Davidian Honored with Memorial Scholarship at Fresno Pacific
Doug Davidian's seemingly boundless energy led him to own and operate several businesses in Fresno while serving for decades in leadership roles in area business and education organizations. Mr. Davidian, a graduate of Fresno High and Fresno State, died April 11 of complications from COVID-19. He was 68. He is...
Who Are Fresno State’s Award-Winning 2021 Professors?
Fresno State News Dr. Kenneth Froelich, professor of music, was selected for Fresno State’s 2021 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, announced Dr. Xuanning Fu, Fresno State’s interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. The Provost’s Awards also honored the following faculty: Dr. Kathleen Dyer, professor of child and...
College Degree in 3 Years? Fresno Pacific Creates New Fast Track
Fresno Pacific University students can shave a year off their time in college through a new university option for a degree in three years and a teaching certificate in four. But they'll have to go to summer school to get there. The university is guaranteeing a schedule that will put...