Department of Computer Science
Welcome to USHER at Fresno State
The Undergraduate ScHolar Education and Research (USHER) program offers scholarships to first-time freshman and transfer students to complete a B.S. degree in Computer Science at Fresno State. It offers a series of training to enhance students’ STEM, critical and algorithmic thinking in Computer Science. The program coordinates a number of university services to prepare students to become competitive research and/or industry workforce in Computer Science.
Unique to our Program
- 2- or 4-year Scholarships
- Faculty and Peer Mentorship
- STEM, Critical & Algorithmic Thinking
- STEM Impact Identity Training
- Research/Internship Opportunities
- BS + MS Blended Program
- Accepting Applications NOW!
- Annual $10K scholarship for two to four years
- An optimized 4-year roadmap
- STEM pathway and training
- Computational and algorithmic thinking training
- Faculty and peer mentorship
- Research, internship and community opportunities
- Career development and field trips to industry partners
- Bridge to complete BS + MS degrees in 5 years
- Underrepresented minority or female students
- Incoming Computer Science freshman or transfer students
- Potential for academic and professional success
- Financial Need
- Accepting applications NOW!
Faculty Mentors:
- Dr. Dhanyu Amarasinghe
- Dr. Andres Carrasco
- Dr. Hubert Cecotti
- Dr. Ming Li
- Dr. Alex Liu
- Dr. Athanasios (Thanos) Panagopoulos
- Dr. David Ruby
- Dr. Bikash Chandra Singh
- Dr. Todd Wilson
Peer Mentors:
- Lekhana Akuti
- Cynthia Allen
- Nathan Hawe
- Alexander Madrigal
- Nathaniel Madrigal
- Julian Mendoza
- Margaret Mullooly
- Lilyanna Yang
- Milagros Cruz Zurita
Mentor Hours and Office Location:
First Cohort
- Anthony (Mathan) Ramos
- Emma Vargas
- Ivan Ceballos
- Jaime Romero
- Jazper Malone
- Lammar Carey
- Sandra Soto Diaz
- Tou Lee Lo
- Zhong Vang
Second Cohort
- Alfonso Morales
- Angel Manuel
- Austin Tathong
- Damariz Salinas
- Dariana Lopez Reyes
- Eric Pineda
- Jacob Tapia
- Jeremiah Lee
- Julian Mendoza
- Lilyanna Yang
- Nicholas Talley
- Ryland Bailey
- Robin Santos
- Tyler Villegas
Third Cohort
- Cesar Alcantar
- Cesar Perdomo
- Damara Barrera
- Elliott Morris-Mattes
- Evan Bethel
- Jose Cisneros
- Jose Gomez
- Kenneth Castillo
- Kiyoshi Yang
- Michael Sanchez
Graduates
- Ayanna Avalos
- Dr. Farin Bakhtiari
- Maria J.
- Elizabeth X.
- Contact Dr. Liu at shliu@mail.FresnoState.edu to learn more.
Acknowledgements
USHER at California State University Fresno is funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant #DUE 2220938. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.