Pete Mehas, Fresno County Office of Education Superintendent, President Dynes, CSU Fresno President John Welty and Central Valley Higher Education Consortium (CVHEC) Executive Director Allen Carden. CVHEC hosted a luncheon for President Dynes with local K-University leaders. CVHEC works to foster college readiness among regional K-12 students.

President Dynes visits the newly constructed Fresno Grizzlies baseball park in downtown Fresno. Dynes, a native Canadian, attended a game between Edmonton and the Grizzlies.

President Dynes with students from UCSF Fresno Doctor's Academy visiting the site of the new UCSF Fresno center in downtown Fresno. The UCSF Fresno program provides high-quality care to Central Valley residents, while training the next generation of physicians. It has graduated more than 2,000 doctors, half of whom stay in the area to practice. The Doctor's Academy begins this process in high school and seeks to increase the number of students who go onto become competitive applicants to medical school.

Minnie Santillan (Assemblymember Sarah Reyes' office), former State Senator Jim Costa, Margaret Arechiga (U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's office), President Dynes, UCSF Fresno Associate Dean Joan Voris, UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey and County Supervisor (and UC alum) Juan Arambula, visiting the under-construction UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Research Center. Slated to open later in 2004, the building will serve as the hub of UCSF Fresno's medical education program and top researchers and physicians to Fresno.

Assemblymember Kevin McCarthy, UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey and President Dynes visit the UC Bakersfield Center. The UC Bakersfield Center, located in Assemblyman McCarthy’s district, serves the educational needs of the region through summer courses, teacher training, school partnerships, UC admissions workshops and policy forums.

President Dynes speaks to UC alumni in Bakersfield.

President Dynes meets with alumni and UC staff at a reception in Fresno.

President Dynes visits blueberry crops at UC’s Kearney Agricultural Research Center. UC researchers recently showed that contrary to popular beliefs, blueberries can be successfully grown for market in the Central Valley.

President Dynes visits the greenhouses at the UC Kearney Research Center.

President Dynes has breakfast with over a hundred local farmers and ranchers – and area legislators, at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research Center. UC has worked with the agricultural community for more than a century to deliver new technologies, innovative farming practices and cost saving measures. UC scientists and agricultural stations like the one at Kearney, are internationally recognized for revolutionizing agricultural practices.