"Paws of the Past" Alumni Event Held May 12

            Jazz music, live performances, delectable food and wine kicked off the new MCJ Alumni and Friends Chapter with style at the public relations campaigns class “Paws of the Past” event.

          The public relations class, MCJ 159, held the event on Friday, May 12. MCJ alumni, faculty, and friends of the department had a chance to reconnect while enjoying a plethora of entertainment during their stroll down memory lane on the Fresno Sate campus.

          There were tours of the Collegian newspaper, the television studio, and the radio station, KFSR, which began the event with a live remote of swinging jazz music.

          The Fresno State Guitar professor, Corey Whitehead and a guitar student played as well as the band, the Super Lucky Catz. The Fresno State Portable Dance Troupe performed apiece that was recently selected for the National College Dance Festival in Washington, DC. On display were examples of work done by MCJ students throughout the school year. The free event also featured MCJ major athletes.

          The public relations class that put on the event began the planning process at the beginning of the spring semester and worked diligently up to the day of the event.

          “We put so much work into this event not only because it’s for a class, but because we’re excited to have an alumni chapter of our own,” said public relations major Jennifer Holt. “We want to celebrate all the opportunists it will bring.”

          “Paws of the Past”: marks the beginning of what is to come of the new MCJ Alumni and Friends Chapter. More events and mixers will ensue now that the chapter has taken flight.