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A Message from the President Dear Alumni and Friends –
It’s a great time to be a Bulldog – even as we prepare for the beginning of classes, I look back at last June when I had the pleasure to welcome over 5,000 graduates as full fledged alumni – the graduation ceremony was quite awesome. And now we are doing all we can to welcome future alumni to campus with classes scheduled to start in just over a week. Students and their parents will arrive here – scared perhaps as you were 20, 30 or more years ago but even as they are challenged, we see their excitement.
With the current fiscal crisis in California, and even across the Country and World, Fresno State is challenged on many fronts. One thing remains consist, however. Our commitment to you and our faith in you. This Alumni Association is about you and yours. As a member of the Board and a Life Member of the Association, I encourage you to connect or reconnect and see what is happening on campus or in your area.
This website is an opportunity for you to do just that - you can find out about upcoming events, connect to old friends, and find ways in which you can make a difference. There are ever expanding ways in which you can be part of us.
With the trying financial time we live in, it is through memberships that we continue to be able to help our students with scholarships and mentoring opportunities. As always, we are proud to lead the California State University system alumni associations with $100,000 in scholarships. We seek out the best and brightest and help them find their vision and bring it to life. The scholarships make a difference for each student as they work towards their own dreams. However, with the fee increases recently announced due to shortfalls in State support, we know our scholarships don’t go as far as they have in the past. Our students will be looking to us and you for help and we have faith that we will meet their expectations.
You are the reason we exist. We want to be your conduit to the University and all it offers. You need to come here – see the newly opened library, wander around campus, relive old times, reflect on the past, celebrate your successes and know that we are proud to be part of them.
So, if you need information, assistance, an opportunity to work with students, or something we haven’t even thought of - give us a call. Our staff and volunteers take as our personal mission the furtherance of your love of Fresno State and that is best achieved through connections – so please ask us for what you want – because we are YOUR Alumni Association.
With Bulldog pride,
Judy Sharp-Bennett Life Member
Current Board of Directors Executive Board President Judy Sharp Bennett Life Member
Past President Valerie Vuicich, BS '79 Life Member
VP, Alliance & Leadership Development Karri Hammerstrom, MPA '97 Life Member
VP, Finance Brad Fischer, BS '81 Life Member
VP, Membership and Marketing Clyde Ford, BS '80, MBA '84 Life Member
VP, Special Events Lauren Chalmers, BA ‘05 Life Member
VP, Alumni House Richard Whitten, MD; BS '61 Life Member
At-Large Directors
Dr. Michael Caldwell, BA ‘84 Faculty Member
Les Clark, BA ‘70 Life Member
Mel Dias, BS '71 Life Member
Caroline Edwards, BA '65, MA '90 Life Member
Bret Engelman, BS '96, BS '99 Life Member
April Fernandez, BA ‘04
Frank Gallegos, BA '87
Diana Gomez, BA ‘88 Life Member
Amanda Leath, BA ‘99 Life Member
Maureen Lewis, BS '95 MA '08 Life Member
Carol Machado, BA '70 Life Member
Olga Martinez, BS ’82, BA ‘82
Stephen Ortega, BA '90 & MBA '05 Life Member
David Peet, BS ‘87 Life Member
Rosendo Pena, '77 Life Member
Adam Stirrup, BA '03, MA '05 Life Member
Doug Yavanian, BA '65 Life Member
Ex-Officio Directors
University President Dr. John D. Welty
VP, University Advancement Dr. Peter N. Smits
Executive Director Jacquelyn Glasener, MA '02 Life Member
Jessica Sweeten Associated Student Body President
E-mail for all Board Members is directors@fresnostatealumni.com
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