The Collegian

Earth Day planting event rebuilds Turtle Pond by Kremen School of Education and Human Development Building

By Jazmin Alvarado, Reporter • Apr 24, 2023

Christina Macias, a Fresno State professor and faculty member, has been in love with the sciences her entire life. In 2016, she proposed a garden program to her adviser while she was in her master’s...

It may be fall, but this greenery doesn’t change

By Hayley Salazar • Oct 10, 2017

There is a place on campus where students can get their fix on student-produced plants and produce. It’s the Fresno State Horticulture Nursery. The nursery is part of Fresno State’s 1,011-acre farm....

Students celebrate heritage month

By Karina Vargas • Sep 18, 2015

Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Wednesday with Bienvenida at the Cesar Chavez monument in the Peace Garden, celebrating Mexican Independence Day. Bienvenida, presented by the Latino Faculty and...

Peace celebration generates controversy

By Johnathan Wilbanks • Sep 30, 2011

A celebration honoring international icon of peace Mohandas K. Gandhi will take place this Sunday, Oct. 2 in the Peace Garden, but the event is a topic of contention for both sides.

Culinology students work with campus herb garden

By Keelyn Hanlon • Sep 12, 2011

On a warm morning, students traded their backpacks and books for gardening gloves, rakes and clippers to clean up and nurture Fresno State’s certified organic herb garden. They trimmed plants back, weeded the area and worked on a mulch project in the garden.