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Credits and Acknowledgements:
Access is a publication of Fresno State’s Division of Continuing and Global Education
Division of Continuing and Global Education Leadership
Dean, Scott Moore
Associate Dean, Daniel Bernard
Assistant Vice President and Senior International Officer for International Affairs, Sarah Lam
Director of Finance,
Administration and Global Operations, Frank Puccio
Executive Assistant to the Dean, Teresa Zenteno
Katie Adamo-Bewarder,
Associate Director of Development
Project Lead
Teresa Zenteno
Content Writers:
Douglas Hoagland Susan Hawksworth Scott Moore
Keith Kompsi
Katie Adamo-Bewarder Justin Jacobson
Art Director:
Catherine Curry McNally, C.Curry Design
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Fresno State
Scott Fetterhoff
Russ Mitchell
Densho Encyclopedia
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Table of Contents
Forever: Veterans Program Endowment 4 Just what is an endowment? 5
Valley Veteran Beats Breast Cancer, Homelessness to Earn Degree 6
Nakamura honors Japanese-American heritage with service to country 8
Keeping it in the Family: Father and Son Pursue Higher Education Together 12
Philanthropy Explained 14
Father Creates Endowment to Remember
Son’s Well-Lived Life 16
Mandeep Singh, Dean’s Medalist 16
From Marine to Farmer to Scholar. Veteran Jacobson becomes a Bulldog 17
Veteran Louden graduates Fresno State, Enters Nursing 18
Liberal Arts Degree Graduates First Cohort 20 Instruction is Key 22
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