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Fresno State friend, benefactor Sid Craig dies at 76
Fresno State friend, alumnus and benefactor Sid Craig died Monday after a long illness. Mr. Craig and his wife, Jenny, founded weight management empire Jenny Craig International, where he served as president and CEO. In 1992, the Craigs made a major gift to the Fresno State School of Business, which was then renamed the Sid Craig School of Business in honor of the gift.  Since then, the Craig School has distinguished itself as one of the nation’s leading business schools. Fresno State president Dr. John D. Welty said, “Sid Craig was a beloved friend of Fresno State, and while we mourn his passing, we celebrate his legacy in our Sid Craig School of Business. "Sid was an alumnus of Fresno State and loved the university." More...

Alumni Herb and Melinda Depp endow scholarship fund
Alumni Herb and Melinda Depp have created a $300,000 endowed scholarship fund at California State University, Fresno to help low-income students with the cost of their education. The Depps donated $150,000 to establish the Herb and Melinda Depp Endowed Scholarship Fund and their gift was maximized through a matching amount of $150,000 by Herb Depp’s employer, General Electric, where he is vice president of Boeing Programs. Scholarships will target low-income students with a minimum 2.5 grade point average, covering full educational costs for up to five years. More...

Zoldoske appointed to new CSU water post
Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT) Director David Zoldoske has been tapped by California State University Chancellor Charles Reed to serve in a new position as top water policy advisor for the CSU system. Zoldoske’s appointment comes slightly more than a year after leading members of the CSU and the state’s agricultural industry determined that the university system has a significant role to play in helping California address an ever worsening water situation. Increases in residential population, combined with successive dry rainfall years, have left the state with simply not enough water for urban, agricultural and environmental needs. More...

Fresno State research arm looks at food traceability
Highly-publicized incidents of food-borne illness in the United States in recent years have revealed that in spite of established industry practices for safely packaging food, failures do occur, and food products sometimes become contaminated. The subject is addressed extensively in a new report on "traceability" published by the Center for Agricultural Business. The CAB is a research facility overseen by the California Agricultural Technology Institute at California State University, Fresno. More...

Literature, music highlight Summer Arts' final week
Author Carole Maso (“Ghost Dance,” “The Art Lover’) will present a memoir reading of her works at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Conley Lecture Hall. Maso also is the award-winning author of The American Woman in the Chinese Hat, AVA, Defiance, Aureole (a book of short fictions), Break Every Rule (essays), The Room Lit by Roses (a journal of pregnancy and birth), and Beauty is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo. She is the recipient of many awards, including a Lannan Fellowship.  More...

Fresno State alumnus Roy Christopher gets 37th Emmy bid
California State University, alumnus Roy Christopher, who has won nine Emmys for his design work on television, was nominated for a 10th to recognize his production design of the Academy Awards broadcast earlier this year. Christopher received his bachelor’s degree from Fresno State in 1957 and a master’s in 1961, launching a design career that has seen 36 previous Emmy nominations and nine awards, seven for work on Oscars telecast. More...