WSCUC Accreditation
2025 WSCUC Team Visit Dates Set!
The dates for our WSCUC site visit have been confirmed! The review team will be coming to campus on October 8-10, 2025. The Chair of the review team is Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia, President, CETYS University. Our self-study will be due July 30, 2025.
During the review team visit, there will be forums for faculty, staff, and students to meet with the WSCUC team. The date, time, and location of the forums will be posted on this site and publicized on campus prior to the campus vist. You are encouraged to participate in these forums.
For information about Fresno State's 2015 WSCUC site visit see below.
2015 WSCUC Team Visit
The re-accreditation process involved several specific steps, which culminated with a site visit in October of 2015. After the site visit, the WASC review team submitted their team report , and the WASC Commission followed up with the President, Provost, and Vice-Provost in 2016. WASC issued their formal letter, in March of 2016, affirming that Fresno State met or exceeded all requirements and officially granted Fresno State re-accreditation for ten years. The official WASC Letter also includes four commendations and four recommendations for further action. Fresno State has developed and implemented Institutional Learning Outcomes.
2015 WASC Accreditation Review Team
| Team Member | Institutional Affiliation | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Edward Ray, Chair | Oregon State University | President |
| Dr. Kathi A. Ketcheson, Assist. Chair | Portland State University | Institutional Research and Planning |
| Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez | University of Guam | Interim VP for Academic and Student Affairs |
| Dr. Patricia Mitchell | University of San Francisco | Assoc. Professor of Education |
| Dr. Gary Miller | California Baptist University | Adjunct Professor of Business |
Re-Accreditation Process
A partial schedule for the re-accreditation process and a description of the Fresno State WASC Review Team appear below. The designated WASC Liaison officer for Fresno State, during the visit and currently, is Dr. Richard Winn.
- August 20, 2014 – Self Study document was due
- November 20, 2014 – Off site review -- a SKYPE call during which our outside review team asked questions, indicated preliminary findings based on the institutional report and identified the lines of inquiry that the team focused on when they visited campus.
- October 20-23, 2015 - Accreditation visit -- our outside review team visited campus and met with representatives to follow up on outstanding issues and verify or revise its preliminary findings.
- November 2015 -- WASC site visit report issued.
- Spring 2016 -- WASC Accreditation Decision and Official Letter issued.