The annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Fresno State Armenian Genocide Monument on the Maple Mall. The ceremony will include keynote speaker Stefani Booroojian, KSEE24 anchor and reporter, and remarks by Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval. The evening commemoration is presented by the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee, Fresno. Admission is free, and the community is invited. Parking is free in lots P15 or P8 during the ceremony.  At noon on April 24, students in the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State will pre ..read more

The ethics of employee monitoring, a revolution in Central Valley freight shipping and the emotional rewards of family business will be the topics at the next Craig Talks, happening at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Alice Peters Auditorium (University Business Center). Members of the public, the business community and Fresno State faculty, students and staff are encouraged to attend. Speakers will include Dr. Zhanna Sahatjian on the use and abuse of employee monitoring software, Dr. Aly Tawfik and Simran Jhutti on the TradePort California project, and Dr. Fernando Parra on the emotional rewa ..read more

More than 300 volunteers, students, faculty and staff from the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State will host the annual Future Farmers of America State Finals and Field Day competitions from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at various locations around campus. An awards ceremony will follow at 4 p.m. at the Save Mart Center (2650 E. Shaw Ave.). Over 2,300 high school students from 173 chapters will compete in 20 career development events that cover areas such as agronomy, agricultural pest control, dairy cattle judging, light horse judging, farm power mach ..read more

Fresno State is one of five public colleges and universities receiving funding from the Mellon Foundation to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors.  With the funding, Fresno State’s College of Arts and Humanities will design, implement and scale an internship program for its humanities majors that allows them to put theories learned during coursework into practice. By creating new internship courses, Fresno State will embed career preparation into the curriculum and transform student perspectives around the study of the humanities.  The Mellon Foundation, which was ..read more

Fresno State’s annual Vintage Days spring festival celebrates 50 years April 19 through 21, offering family-friendly fun with longtime traditions dating back to 1975, as well as new, modern twists. The free, public event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 21.  The three-day festival is Fresno State’s largest student-planned celebration that is expected to attract more than 50,000 people. This event will feature Anime Gaming Con, food and game booths, live performances, a Crafts Faire, a Kids Zone, a Beer and Wine ..read more

Author and Fresno State professor Mai Der Vang was honored April 11 as the recipient of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. Vang is one of this year’s 188 Guggenheim Fellows – including nine poets – from across North America, chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. The fellowships, awarded annually since 1925, are bestowed upon distinguished individuals and culture creators working across disciplines for their “prior career achievement and exceptional promise.” The fellowship includes a monetary stipend “to pursue independent work at the highest level, under the freest possible conditions.” V ..read more

The Fresno State Winery will host its biggest event of the semester, the Taste of Spring, from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, on the lawn next to the Vincent E. Petrucci Viticulture Building (2360 E. Barstow Ave.).  Department of Viticulture and Enology students will pour popular student-crafted wines, including the winery’s 2021 Alicante Bouschet, which won a San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition gold medal, 2022 Vermentino and 2021 Russian River Pinot Noir, which also won San Francisco Chronicle silver medals. Other wines to be poured include the 2022 Pinot Gris, 2021 Chancellor’s Cha ..read more

Dr. Katsuyo Howard was a counselor, Japanese language teacher and student affairs professional who connected with Fresno State’s early southeast Asian student population.  Dr. Franklin Ng was a historian and Asian studies expert who was hired to coordinate Fresno State’s ethnic studies program and taught the only two Asian studies courses for years. Now both retired for more than a decade – though they are still fixtures on campus participating in workshops, serving as faculty mentors and working to recruit new Asian faculty – Howard and Ng will be honored for their 70-plus years of combi ..read more

Fresno City College students will soon be able to transfer more easily to Fresno State to continue their higher education journey with the launch of the City-to-State Transfer Program. The presidents of Fresno State and Fresno City College signed a memorandum of understanding outlining the agreement Friday in front of the Fresno City College Library, committing to strengthening relations and increasing the number of transfer students. “Fresno City College is a key educational partner in elevating the quality of life in our region; I am very pleased to partner with President Robert Pimentel on ..read more

Fresno State women’s basketball head coach Jaime White will be the keynote speaker at Empower Her 2024, a networking and discussion event on gender in business leadership, from 2 to 4 p.m. April 26, at the new executive classroom, MBA @ Campus Pointe (3006 E. Campus Pointe Dr.). White will discuss the challenges faced by female leaders and the opportunities for young women to pursue leadership positions in business, athletics and other fields. Empower Her 2024 is the first event produced by the Craig School of Business’s new Gender and Leadership program, which will prepare students to manage ..read more