Welcome to California State
University Fresno.

I’m Ferrari Saint Paul,
and today

we are beginning our tour
in the on-campus winery.

That’s right,
on-campus winery,

where student produced wine
has won hundreds of awards.

Let’s go see what else
this school has to offer.

California State University
Fresno is located

at the northeast edge
of Fresno, California

at the foot of the Sierra Nevada
mountain range,

home to Yosemite, Sequoia,
and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Fresno State
is within an hour drive

of the mountains
and lake resorts,

as well as a three to four
hour drive to both

Los Angeles and San Francisco.

All around town,
um, Fresno...

one thing I can say
about Fresno, they’re really--

it’s really a college town.

So when you come here,
there’s gonna be

a lot of stuff geared
toward the college students.

So, a lot of stuff is gonna
be on campus,

but off campus you got
your, you know,

your occasional mall,
movie theater,

and you also got the river park,
which kinda, like...

I wanna look at it like
kind of like a--

not a downtown,
but just like a plaza area

where everybody can
walk around to Cold Stone,

Barnes and Noble,
you know,

go shopping at Nordstrom's
and whatnot.

The 388 acre main campus
features more than

46 traditional and modern
buildings.

And has an arboretum
with more than 4,000 trees,

plants, shrubs, and flowers.

Fresno State is also home
to a 1,011 acre

University Farm laboratory,
where students produce

fruits, nuts,
and vegetable crops,

livestock and dairy products,
olive oil,

and award winning wine.

And even introduced
a new coffee blend.

The University Farm
is considered to be

one of the most modern
and best equipped

agricultural facilities
in the state.

So Jackie, tell me
where we are right now.

Well, right now we’re in the Rue
and Gwen Gibson Farm Market

which is the place that all of
the products produced here

on Fresno State's campus
are actually available

to the public for purchase.

And one of the things
that’s really interesting

about Fresno State
is that we have a full

working farm here
on campus.

We have about 1,100 acres
of farm land,

and we have lots
of different units.

And those units are called
enterprises.

We have 23 student run
enterprises here on campus.

And that means that
students do everything from

plant crops, take care of them,
to every day they’re, you know,

milking our cows on campus,
they take care of our hogs

and the horses
that we have on campus,

they process the milk
into ice cream and cheese

and different things like that.

And all those products
end up here

at the Farm Market.

The University enrolls
more than 22,000 students,

59 percent women
and 41 percent men.

The student to professor ratio
is 20 to 1.

We talk about it as
the new California.

It is a tremendously
culturally diverse area.

So if you want to come
to an environment

that really represents
the future world

in which we have
a tremendous diversity,

this would be the place
to come.

The average GPA of admitted
students is 3.25,

and the average combined
SAT score is 923.

The average full time freshman
will pay an annual tuition

of $3,500 and an additional
$14,500 in living expenses

on or near campus.

Fresno State offers
56 undergraduate,

46 masters, and 2 doctoral
degree programs.

The great thing about
our program

is that students do work
alongside professors.

And the professors
that are at State

are all from forensic crime labs
themselves.

Both state, local,
and federal crime labs.

So they get first hand
experience with practitioners

in the field.

The top five majors
are Business,

Education, Criminology,
Nursing, and Psychology.

This is the Joyce M. Huggins
Center,

and it’s one of several
early childhood centers

on the Fresno State campus.

The centers provide
a couple of services.

They provide child care
for students who are attending

California State University
Fresno,

and students have top priority
to come to any of the child care

centers here on campus.

It’s also a lab school
for programs

in the School of Education.

The Sid Craig
School of Business

is considered one of the best
in the Western United States.

In fact, Princeton Review
has rated it

in the top 45 in the nation.

Fresno State employs
1,100 full time

and part time faculty members.

96 percent of
the tenured faculty

hold doctoral or other
terminal degrees

in their areas of study.

I love my professors.

Especially Econ
and Political Science,

which are my main majors,
I mean, I love the professors.

They’re really open
and willing to help students.

Sixteen varsity Bulldog
teams compete at

the Division I level,
NCAA of course,

and the Western Athletic
Conference.

The men’s baseball team
certainly hit one outta the park

when they won the 2008
Men’s College World Series.

So we all know
that living on campus

is obviously the best option,
especially for your first year.

‘Cause you’re near everything.

And here, at University
Courtyard you have furnished

suite style rooms with
around the clock security.

Ooh, and pretty comfy beds.

And it wouldn’t be complete
without this fabulous pool.

There are more
than 200 clubs,

including 40 Greek letter
fraternities and sororities.

Plus, plenty of on campus
activities are provided

throughout the year like
football game tailgates

and lunchtime concerts,
to campus-wide

major celebrations, such as
Vintage Days and Homecoming.

Well that’s our tour,
and how fitting that we end it

at the alumni house,
which is where

Fresno State will welcome you
back when you’re an alum.

But first, you gotta check out
the school for yourself.

See ya.