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WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE? We’re a campus that treasures scholarship and creative thinking. Our Our Campaign for Fresno State has raised $178 million and counting, Smittcamp Family Honors College is one of the most comprehensive, 6.providing private support for student scholarships and program 1. full-scholarship academic honors programs at any university in California. assistance in every school and college on campus. Only the best students from across California can meet the rigorous intellectual and creative requirements for the college.
Fresno State operates the only commercial winery at any university in the country. The Fresno State Winery has won many of the industry’s 2. most prized awards.
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Fresno State is home to the $100 million Save Mart Center. A second phase of the project added a center for business innovation and a student recreational center.
Fresno State is the California campus most associated with the Sierra Nevada. Students can leave the campus and in one hour can be 7. skiing or hiking at 7,000 feet in Kings Canyon or Sequoia National parks. Yosemite National Park is just under two hours away.
Research is booming at Fresno State, where faculty are attracting a growing amount of support for studies ranging from how to use new 8. technologies to improve the skills of K-12 teachers, to groundbreaking experiments in cell genetics and vulcanology. Fresno State has 13 endowed chairs that support top-flight research and teaching.
Fresno State boasts some of the best sports programs for both women and men in California. Our booster group, the vaunted “Red 4. Research is booming at Fresno State, where faculty are attracting a Wave,” is one of the largest in the country. growing amount of support for studies ranging from how to use new 9. technologies to improve the skills of K-12 teachers, to groundbreaking The complete spectrum of education is represented on campus – experiments in cell genetics and vulcanology. Fresno State has 13 from a nationally ranked preschool to doctoral work. The campus is endowed chairs that support top-flight research and teaching. 5. home to University High School, a charter school which has been ranked 36th among 18,000 public high schools by U.S. News & World Report. Community service is a campus hallmark, and each year 14,000 We proudly continue today as one of California’s top campuses for the 10.students, faculty and staff volunteer more than 1 million hours of preparation of new teachers. service for the good of the region. The economic impact of their efforts is
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an estimated $26 million, measured by national philanthropic standards.
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