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Accreditation team commends Fresno State

California State University, Fresno has been commended by the visiting WASC Review Panel for demonstrating its institutional capacity to be educationally effective. The panel will recommend to the WASC Commission that the university has sufficient capacity and is well prepared to move forward with its Educational Effectiveness review next fall. more

Budget increase sought

The California State University Board of Trustees on Nov. 19 approved a 2004-05 budget request that proposes an increase of $546.6 million over the current year’s $2.5 billion General Fund state appropriation. more

Nobel Laureate speaks

Interim Provost Dr. Jeri Echeverria, left, listens to Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú of Guatemala during a press conference before her speech at the University Lecture Series. The Department of Chicano and Latin Studies co-sponsored the visit by Menchú, who gained worldwide attention defending human rights. For coverage of her visit see the Collegian.