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Hey there Bulldogs! Ready to learn more about what events are happening on campus for students? In this edition of the Bulldog Blog you’ll find out about cultural events, cooking events, and more!

Interested in staying in the know of campus events? Check out these instagram accounts to keep up with what’s happening on campus real time!

@FresnoStateASI (Fresno State Student Government, they host and partner in events for students. Free blue books and scantrons RSU 303/304)

P.S. Check out the bottom of the blog for a linked document with a list of campus resources and organizations that are here to support students!

Wellness Wednesday and the Fresh Fruit Break

Every Wednesday*, the Student Health and Counseling Center hosts free activities just outside the Bulldog Testing Center, next to the Fresno State fountain! Enjoy
free fresh fruit Giveaways Information to support your health and wellness Interactive fun!

*Wellness Wednesday occurs weekly on Wednesdays beginning August 20 and ending
December 10, weather permitting. For immediate updates, follow the Student Health and Counseling Center on Instagram at @FSHealthCenter!

Dates: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time: 11 AM to 1 PM
Location: Bulldog Testing Center
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/c9b3aedc-3551-43c2-9506-668218bb7e4b/instances/2025-09-24T18:00
Price: Free

Club Finance Training Schedule

Are you a member or officer in a campus club or a campus organization that banks, utilizes, or is interested in learning more about ASI Grants? If any of these apply come to one of ASI’s Club Finance Trainings to learn how the ASI Club Banking process works, how to apply to ASI grants, what grants are available for use, and what grants apply to you!

Schedule:

SEPTEMBER
9/24/25, 2 PM – 3 PM

Location: RSU 214
Link: Learn about club financing, the grants ASI offers and more at ASI’s Business Office web page and find us on Instagram @FresnoStateASI
Price: FREE

Johanson Entrepreneurship Workshops

Organized by Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Join Dr. Corey Whitehead, professor of music, as he presents a Johanson Entrepreneurship Workshop: “Manufacturing and Merchandising in the Musical Instruments and Accessories Industry.”

Manufacturing and Merchandising in the Musical Instruments and Accessories Industry
Dates: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Lyles Center Room 208

Land Your Dream Career in College: The Complete Guide to Success
Dates: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM
Location: Resnick Student Union Room 206

Entrepreneurial Storytelling
Dates: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Time: 2 PM – 3 PM
Location: Resnick Student Union Room 206

Link to events: https://craig.fresnostate.edu/lyles/johansonworkshops.html
Price: FREE

Preserving Identity Through Sound: Armenians in California from 1900 to 1960

Hagopian will present a lecture entitled “Preserving Identity Through Sound: Armenians in California from 1900 to 1960,” which examines how Armenian immigrants and their descendants safeguarded and reshaped their musical heritage in the diaspora. Drawing from his recently completed Master’s thesis at Fresno State, Hagopian explores the critical role that music played in preserving Armenian identity in California, particularly in the Central Valley, where Armenian communities flourished after the genocide of 1915. His research relies on oral histories, rare private recordings, community archives, and published works to demonstrate how musicians and entrepreneurs kept Armenian song and dance traditions alive while adapting them to their new environment.

Dates: Thursday, September 25, 2025
Time: 7 PM – 8 PM
Location: University Business Center Room 191
Links: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/5ee43e15-03c0-4e76-ae2a-c3ba170bf3f4
Price: FREE

Porcelain War (2024) | CineCulture screening

Porcelain War, by American director Brendan Bellomo and Ukrainian co-director and artist Slava Leontyev, follows three artists who defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country, amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Dates: Friday, September 26, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 8 PM
Location: Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center (West of Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building)
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/1e9bac7b-83db-4957-853d-7297062cc270
Price: Free

Car Buying

Explore key steps in car buying, including preparation, common terms and financial/credit aspects.

What is the Center for Essential Needs? The Center for Essential Needs provides support to help students navigate challenges that can impact their well-being and academic success. We take a practical, student-centered approach, recognizing the importance of access to basic needs such as food, housing, and financial security.

Dates: Monday, September 29, 2025
Time: 12 PM – 1 PM
Location: Center for Essential Needs FFS 110
Contact: centerforessentialneeds@mail.fresnostate.edu or call 559.278.6736
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/b80f13eb-68a9-474d-8121-6c7fdde83d36
Price: Free

Good Morning Commuters

Every first Wednesday of the Month OCSL brings treats for students!

Dates: October 1, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Location: Maple Mall (by the roundabout)
Contact: @OCSLProgram
Price: Free

Career Development Center Open House Clothing Closet Giveaway and Professional Headshot Event

Join us for the Career Development Center Open House, Clothing Closet Giveaway, and Professional Headshot Event!

Faculty and staff are welcome from 9 AM to 12 PM, and students from 12 to 3 PM.

Dates: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Location: University Student Union 306
Contact: careers@csufresno.educareers@csufresno.edu
Link to Website: https://careercenter.fresnostate.edu/events/2025/09/30/career-development-center-open-house-clothing-closet-giveaway-and-professional-headshot-event/
Price: FREE

ED Talk

Join us for ED Talks, a monthly educational series focused on important issues within Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. Each session will feature important topics such as Asian hate and more—creating a space for honest discussion, reflection, and learning. Guest speakers will include prominent API voices and representatives from campus organizations, offering personal insight and expert perspectives. All are welcome to engage, listen, and grow in this inclusive and respectful environment.

Location: Thomas Building Room 110 (Cross Cultural and Gender Center Conference Room)
Time: 10 am to 11 am (for the Oct 1st date only) and 11 am to 12 pm (for the rest)
Dates:
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
For more information contact: Kathy Moua at 559.278.4732 or kathybk@mail.fresnostate.edu
Let us know you’re coming!: https://bit.ly/apida2526
Price: FREE

Open QPR Training (Question, Persuade and Refer)

Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for college students between the ages of 18 and 24, but it is preventable. We offer Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) training to help you recognize and respond to the warning signs of suicide. By attending a QPR training, you will learn: Common misconceptions about suicide Warning signs and risk factors How to talk about suicide (Question) How to persuade someone to get help (Persuade), and How to refer a person to appropriate campus and community resources (Refer). This training is open to current Fresno State students, staff and faculty only.*
*For community training, please visit www.fresnocares.org. If you would like to request a QPR Training for your classroom or office, visit our request a presentation webpage or contact Danielle Mendoza at 559-278-6716 or email daniellem@mail.fresnostate.edu Ask a question. Save a life.

Dates: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: RSU Room 206
Contact: Danielle Mendoza, daniellem@mail.fresnostate.edu
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/03e229f5-6118-4213-9c0e-d862642f36cf
Register:
https://fresnostate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ewCOxbhH9HtycWG?Q_CHL=qr
Price: FREE

Campus Farmers Market

Ever wanted there to be a Farmers Market on Campus? Come do your grocery shopping at this event while helping to support local micro farmers!

Dates: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Memorial Garden (In front of Kennel Bookstore)
Link: @FresnostateASI, @OCSLProgram

Bitterroot (2024) | CineCulture Screening

Bitterroot, by director Vera Brunner-Sung, takes place in western Montana, where recently divorced Lue keeps to a steady and quiet routine: his maintenance job, working at his family’s stand at the local farmers market, fly-fishing on the river and midnight outings for karaoke at the local bar. He lives with his widowed mother, Song, whose efforts to find him another wife are unwelcome and increasingly difficult to avoid. Song worries that she cannot get through to him, seeking guidance from her ancestors. The order that Lue clings to begins to crumble when he is suddenly laid off. He hides the truth from Song and scrambles to find work, but she senses something is wrong. She consults her shaman for help, but Lue only pulls further away. Soon he discovers that the spirit world may still have influence over his life—and he must face the buried pain that destroyed his marriage. 2024 Winner of a Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival. In Hmong and English with English subtitles. 85 minutes.

Dates: Friday, October 3, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center (West of Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building)
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/65049869-b64b-4893-b7da-97020d0cbdb4
Price: FREE

Chinese Culture Celebration

Ever wanted there to be a Farmers Market on Campus? Come do your grocery shopping at this event while helping to support local micro farmers!

Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Schedule

10 AM
Introduction to Tai Chi (Stephen Chew), Duncan Patio
Chinese Chess (KC Yang), Peters 194
Story Telling (Karen Murray), Gottschalks Gallery
Mid-Autumn Festival (Franklin Ng), Peters 191 Auditorium

11 AM
Eagle Claw (Jeff Hung), Duncan Patio
Chinese Opera (Eric Cheung), Peters 194
Games (Yin Gao), Gottschalks Gallery
Analects of Confucius (John Cho), Peters 191 Auditorium

Noon
Chinese Stick Fighting (Vien Ngo), Duncan Patio
Chinese Tea (Stephen Chew), Peters 194
Arts and Crafts (Jess Mercuri and Karen Simpson), Gottschalks Gallery
Song Dynasty (Brian Rustishauser), Peters 191 Auditorium

1 PM
Performance Show, Duncan Patio

Link: https://ccbafresno.org/ccc/

Student Tailgate

Join the pre game, student tailgate put on by Fresno State’s ASI and Student Housing! The tailgate is 2 hours before kickoff. Swing by and nab some food!

Must present your student ID at check-in.

Dates: October 4, 2025
Time: 2 hours before kickoff!
Location: In the area between University Dining Hall, the Library, and Aspen (part of Student Housing)
Link: @fresnostateASI
Price: FREE

Free Body Composition Testing

Join our registered dietitian for FREE body composition testing at the Student Rec Center! From 11 am until 1 pm, and AGAIN in the afternoon from 3 pm to 5 pm, you can learn more about your body’s composition, track your fitness more accurately, and receive personalized insights from fitness experts. ALL UNDER 5 MINUTES! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠When you come in the front doors of the REC, turn to the left, and we are the first room on your left just past the stairs. See you soon! ** ⁠ ⁠ **This event occurs at the Fresno State REC center monthly on the first Tuesday until Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Dates: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Student Recreation Center
Contact: Stephanie Annett, stephanieannett@csufresno.edu
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/e35cf075-b926-47b9-b021-f8b19d6f0a79
Price: FREE

Mental Health Screening Day 1 & 2

Paws and Pans

Level up your kitchen game in this event! Limited Cooking spots available so sign up TODAY!

Program sponsored by: Off- Campus Student Life, The Amendola Family Student Cupboard, ASI, CalFresh, Latin Programs and Services, and Student Involvement

Dates:
October 14, 2025,
November 18, 2025
Time: 3 PM – 4 PM
Location: Family Food Science Room 108
Link: SIGN UP at the link in on instagram @OCSLprogram
Price: FREE

CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Luggage Drive for Foster Youth

Every foster youth deserves a dignified way to carry their belongings. Help us provide new or gently used luggage for foster children in our community.

Dates: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Time: 10:00AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Fresno State Alumni Association
Link: https://calendar.fresnostate.edu/index.html#event-details/c34f5d89-5f94-4697-b7b9-8ada162f2c8e

Volunteer Opportunity

The Richter Center and Central California Blood Center is seeking dedicated students, staff, and faculty to help us promote upcoming Blood Drives on campus. This is a meaningful volunteer opportunity that is flexible and works with your schedule.

Volunteers can support by forwarding pre-drafted emails to their networks, creating and sharing social media content distributed by the Blood Center and the Richter Center, helping distribute flyers, and volunteering at the drives if available.

This is an ongoing opportunity, and even small efforts can make a big impact.

Students can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU42TTKEgw59e3vV2v2zAyLX8sTsvnBWOimATDxLDOIoXBvA/viewform?usp=dialog

Bulldog Hours at the Library

Starting this fall semester, the library will close to the public at 8:00 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. After 8:00 p.m., only Fresno State students, faculty, and staff with a valid Bulldog ID card will be allowed to enter the library. This policy is in place to help enhance safety, reduce distractions, and ensure a secure, peaceful study environment for our Fresno State community.

What’s changing, how it works, and why it matters.

Starting August 20 — the first day of instruction — the Library introduced new “Bulldog Hours” from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday.

During Bulldog Hours, only Fresno State affiliates will be able to access the Library building using their valid Bulldog ID Card via card swipe. The Library doors will allow entry only to students, staff, and faculty with an active ID.

Why this matters: Bulldog Hours are designed to create a safer, more focused, and student-centered study environment during peak academic hours. This initiative aims to foster a stronger sense of community among Fresno State students and improve the late-night study experience.

There will be a grace period until October 1 for those who need to replace or obtain their ID cards.

Read the FAQ at the FS Library News site.

Links:
New Bulldog Hours information
https://news.library.fresnostate.edu/2025/07/22/bulldog-hours-at-the-library-begin-in-the-fall/
Bulldog ID Card information
https://adminfinance.fresnostate.edu/accountingservices/students/bulldog-id-card.html

Replacement Bulldog ID Card PROGRAM

Having a Bulldog ID Card grants students access to student only points on campus and different opportunities. Associated Students, Incorporated and Student Affairs have partnered together to make replacement cards more accessible to students! They will be paying for the first 500 replacement Bulldog ID Cards. The program ends October 1st so if you’ve lost your ID and need a replacement get it today!

Programs that need your Bulldog ID Cards
Bulldog Hours at the Library

Student Recreation Center
Tech Lending
Student Health Center
Free Bus access in Fresno (Fax Bus more information available on the Fresno State Police Department website)
And more!

Links:
Bulldog ID Card information, apply today! 1st 500 are free, until October 1st
https://adminfinance.fresnostate.edu/accountingservices/students/bulldog-id-card.html

CAMPUS RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT

The Amendola Family Student Cupboard

The Amendola Family Student Cupboard is a free food and hygiene pantry for currently enrolled Fresno State students. Students are able to choose from a variety of perishable and non-perishable items to take home to cook. Hygiene packs are distributed on the first and third Wednesdays and Thursdays each month.

Find out more at:
https://studentaffairs.fresnostate.edu/foodsecurity/student-cupboard.html

CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES

Resource Guide to Campus resources Organizations for students!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qMdekBpbFNYNAHZ-KH7jTroQGcT89Qyk/view

Campus Clubs: Submit to the Bulldog Blog

Does your club or campus organization have an event for students on campus? Is it free and open to everyone? Submit your request to be put on the Bulldog Blog by emailing event details to asi-communication@mail.fresnostate.edu.