Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute would like to congratulate the twelve recipients of Roshan Institute Scholarship for Excellence in Persian Studies at California State University, Fresno for the 2014-15 academic year. While these students are pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of subjects ranging from Economics and Business to Physics and Computer Science, they have all demonstrated a deep interest and commitment to learning and sharing Persian language and culture.
Courses in the Persian Language and Culture Studies program at CSU Fresno are taught by Dr. Partow Hooshmandrad, Roshan Institute Endowed Faculty in Persian Language and Culture. This semester, she is offering Elementary Persian and Persian Prose and Poetry in Translation in the Department of Linguistics. She is also coordinating a number of events to promote Persian culture including musical performance, film screenings, lectures and other activities.