The Collegian

University wins diversity award from magazine

By Briana Montemayor • Sep 25, 2014

In recognition of campus diversity, Fresno State has been awarded the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity from the magazine “INSIGHT Into Diversity.” “This recognition is vital to...

Diversity On Screen and Off

By Yvette Mancilla • Apr 29, 2014

Fist Up festival will screen films on campus for Diversity Awareness Week What started as a passion project for an independent filmmaker to promote diverse films lacking in funds, the 5th...

Campus celebrates Diversity Week

By David Lee • Apr 29, 2014

The opening ceremony for Fresno State’s Diversity Awareness Week took place in the Free Speech Area Monday, featuring sign language poetry, dancing and speakers. The ceremony featured sign...

Here’s to you, Mr. Sterling!

By Christopher Livingston • Apr 27, 2014

Congratulations, Donald Sterling. Your Los Angeles Clippers are now postseason contenders and poised to become the new face of the city — after the Lakers’ fall from grace this year. A team that...

Campus failures exemplified by financial aid mishaps

By Chelsey Crumrine • Oct 15, 2013

This is an article for all of the struggling students on campus. If you are like me, you have done it all at some point during your college career: work, go to school full-time, face internal strife at...

International Coffee Hour provides perspective on culture

By Esra Hashem • Sep 8, 2013

The International Coffee Hour, a weekly event in the Henry Madden Library that takes you around the globe, starts Tuesday. Coordinated by the International Student Service Program, the event...

Enrollment trends up, VP says

By Brianna Vaccari • Aug 25, 2013

This year's enrollment and the large number of international students breaks the negative trend budget cuts inflicted on Fresno State in previous years, administrators said. "This is the first...

Johnson discusses ‘Diversity’ and hip-hop

By Careen Wong • Mar 1, 2013

Hip-hop is one of the most well known influences in modern popular culture. For the second installment of Fresno State Talks, T. Hassan Johnson, a Africana studies professor, proudly presented the lecture...

My big fat Greek Fest

By Evelyn Demirchian • Aug 29, 2012

St. George Greek Orthodox Church and the Fresno community celebrated the 52nd annual Greek Fest, Aug. 24-26, with tons of food, dance performances and live Greek musicians. Since the 1960s,...

Take diversity outside the classroom

By Maddie Shannon • Apr 6, 2011

A bout a year or two ago, Fresno State’s academic senate debated whether or not to eliminate the Multicultural/International requirement for students taking upper division general education.

Statement from Selena Farnesi

By Selena Farnesi • Dec 10, 2010

This university’s student newspaper recently ran an article in which a certain group of students, Smittcamp Honors College students, were identified and marginalized. The article claimed in no uncertain terms that the Smittcamp Honors College was a demonstration of institutionalized racism and that the scholarship program did not mimic the diversity of our University.

Honors program lacks diversity

By Ana Mendoza • Dec 8, 2010

Smittcamp Honors College students are a small percentage of the university, but their presence and access to resources for success are immense compared to those of the average Fresno State student. When comparing the honor’s students to the general student body, ethnic and economic imbalance is evident.