Provides classrooms equipped with white boards, projectors, and speakers. 

Provides the INTERESC technology resource center that is equipped with computers, printers, and other technology needs that candidates may need.

Houses a collection of teaching materials for prek-12 grade classrooms. Center staff also assist students with locating teaching materials specific to their needs. 

Houses an internationally renowned research center for the study of children’s and young adult literature. Includes a focused collection on children’s literature written in other languages.

Student advising, transcript audit, degree progress, admissions, credential applications, processing documents for federal, state and local agencies, data collection, reports and record-keeping 

Placements and coach assignments, support to Coordinators and Coaches, processes and procedures, collaboration with stakeholders

 Teacher internship applications, MOUs, record-keeping, monitoring interns’ academic progress, facilitation of intern professional learning  

The purpose of the center is to educate, prepare and connect students for career and lifelong success. The Center offers resume writing workshops, career panels, and how to interview workshops for MS credential students. The Center also has a clothing closet where credential students can pick up professional clothing. 

The purpose of this office is to help students navigate the financial aspects of their college experience. They assist credential students with their financial aid, grant, and scholarship questions and applications. 

CARE Team is a collaborative effort to identify students who are facing significant personal struggles, in distress, or students of concern that may benefit from additional support or resources. By using a community approach to foster the well-being of every student, the Fresno State community can collectively build a strong and healthy environment. The CARE team supports faculty in better supporting credential students when there are concerns about their well-being. 

The center encourages the maintenance of healthy lifestyles and provides affordable and accessible health and psychological care. During COVID-19 response the Center specifically provided free COCID-19 tests to our credential students when they experienced exposure during student teaching. 

The Learning Center provides students tutoring resources, academic success workshops and supplemental instruction with peers.

Credential students use the study rooms, research guides, computers, various technologies, and printing services. Kremen has its own librarian assigned to support our students. The Library also provides funding for educational research and practitioner  journals as well as the Teaching Channel. 

The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature is an internationally renowned research center in the Henry Madden Library at California State University Fresno. The Center is one of North America’s leading resources for the study of children’s and young adult literature. The growing collection of 70,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, original art, and papers of authors and illustrators has an international and multicultural emphasis with a focus on diversity and inclusion. Its materials are available to anyone for use in the reading area.

• Read about our founder or our new Arne Nixon Center librarian, Suzan Alteri.
• Find out about the various ANC Collections.
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The Arne Nixon staff assist credential students with exploring children’s literature, they host professional learning sessions with famous children’s literature authors, and engage in community projects such as murals.