Fresno State Centennial

Leadership Committee

 

The Centennial Leadership Committee has met over the last two years to solidify the plans for the Fresno State Centennial. Chaired by Dr. Pete Mehas and composed of faculty, staff, students, and community members, this committee is working on the nuts-and-bolts of the university events, marketing efforts, and campus coordination.

Dr. Pete Mehas speaks about the centennial celebration in the April issue of the University Journal:

  Mehas wishes Fresno State a happy 100th birthday

Committee Members

Alex Andreotti
Shirley Armbruster
Mike Botwin
Dan Cady
Michael Caldwell
Songita Choudhury
Carolyn Coon
Tom Ebert
Candace Egan
Brad Fischer
Thomas Gaffery
Coke Hallowell
John Horstmann
Ellen Junn
Maurine Jones

 

Tammy Lau
Terry Lewis
Maria Lopes
Pete Mehas
Jill Moffat
Tracy Newel
Ed O’Neill
Leticia Reyna Cano
Maddie Shannon
Ken Shipley
Roxanne Stephenson
Rosie Tapia
Valerie Vuicich
Steve Weakland
John Welty

The Celebration

Memories

  • Being there when everyone gave Steve Coupland – probably the greatest water polo player in Fresno State history – a standing ovation at the end of his last game as a Bulldog.

    Dan Waterhouse, B.S. Business 1978

  • My fondest memory is the time I was introduced to the girl that would later become my wife. We spent many hours socializing and studying at the USU. Thank goodness for my graduating from Fresno State and to have met my wife and partner.

    Steven Schleikorn, B.S. Business 1985

  • Some of my earliest memories are of Fresno State. As a child, my mother used to take me out to the farm to visit the pigs, cows, sheep, and horses. We'd picnic at O'Neill Park and peek at the baby animals in the springtime. I remember thinking what a magical thing it was to have a farm right in the middle of the city… and it still is!

    Tracy Newel, M.B.A. '11 • Staff '07 - present

  • My mother, Amelia Hansen, earned a teaching credential in the two year program from Fresno Normal School in 1921. She went on to teach four grades at the two-room American Colony elementary school. She earned $1,200 - that's per year!

    Shirley Kirkpatrick