Dr. Jenny Banh, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Shimel Her Saychou, program director, Southeast Asian Success Center, helped Fresno State receive a one-time fund of $360,000 from the CSU Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program for the 2024-25 academic year.

Laura Ramos, interim director, California Water Insititute, was appointed to the California State Water Board’s Wastewater Needs Assessment Advisory Group. As part of the advisory group, Ramos will advise the project team to develop a statewide assessment for Californians’ equal and human right to sanitation and safe wastewater management and critical wastewater infrastructure needs.