Kim Ruiz Beck, a Fresno State marketing alumna, was recently featured in Made in the CSU. Chairman of Ruiz Foods— a third generation business and the nation’s largest manufacturer of frozen Mexican foods — she was honored as a Distinguished Top Dog Alumna by the Fresno State Alumni Association in 2017. She is a member of the Fresno State Foundation board of governors. See more.

According to Made in the CSU, the California State University prepares more job-ready graduates than any other public or private university in the state. More than 120,000 people earn a degree from a CSU campus every year. Fifty percent or more of the state's graduates in industries such as engineering, business, agriculture, public administration and criminal justice are CSU alumni. In fact, one in 10 employees in California is "made in the CSU." See Major League Baseball's Other Talent Pipeline.