Department of English
Alumni News
Do you have a special announcement, a professional or creative success, or an inspiring story that you would like us to share? The Department of English would love to hear about it!
Kudos to Fresno Writers
Kudos to Fresno Writers is an ongoing celebration and documentation of the professional successes of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State's English Department and Creative Writing Program.
Feature stories
October 2019 — Local community colleges hire English and Creative Writing grads (Arts and Humanities blog)
September 2019 — Creative Writing student lands coveted publishing internship (Arts and Humanities blog)
May 2019 — Life After Graduation: Leo Rowland, MFA Creative Writing (Arts and Humanities blog)
May 2019 — English Education graduate's Air National Guard service helped her pay for school (Fresno State News)
May 2019 — Alumna Marisol Baca named Fresno Poet Laureate (Arts and Humanities blog)
April 2019 — English alumni gather for multiethnic literature conference anniversary (Arts and Humanities blog)
December 2018 — Seven MFA alumni publish first books in 2017-18 (Arts and Humanities blog)
November 2018 — English Education alumnus takes unlikely path to teaching job (Arts and Humanities blog)
May 2018 — Symposium embraces complexities of late alumnus, poet Andrés Montoya (Arts and Humanities blog)
December 2017 — University honors late alumna, poet Mia Barraza Martinez with tree, bench, writing prize (Arts and Humanities blog)
August 2017 — Fresno Poets Archive Project brings literary history to life (Arts and Humanities blog)
July 2017 — Creative Writing MFAs deepen their knowledge, experience with Ph.D.s (Arts and Humanities blog)
April 2017 — English alumni inspire high school writers and teachers at campus conference (Arts and Humanities blog)
December 2016 — Eight MFA alumni publish first books in 2016 (Arts and Humanities blog)
November 2016 — Community film premiere celebrates alumnus, poet Larry Levis (Arts and Humanities blog)
September 2016 — Alumnus Soul Vang creates endowed scholarship, poetry prize (Arts and Humanities blog)
October 2015 — Alumni become leaders of their own college writing centers (Fresno State Magazine)