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TECHNOLOGY.
INNOVATION.
STUDENT SUCCESS.

Aligned with the university’s core mission to boldly educate and empower students for success, the Hub of Digital Transformation and Innovation (DXIHub) at Fresno State strives to improve campus operational efficiencies, streamline business practices and advance academic success emboldening the best and latest digital innovations. The DXIHub’s technology experience (Innovation Internship) program fosters student success by inspiring students to apply their education toward developing innovative solutions to real-world problems using the best and latest technologies to ensure that Fresno State and community partners throughout the Central Valley can perform at the highest level.

TECHNOLOGY. INNOVATION.
STUDENT SUCCESS.

Aligned with the university’s core mission to boldly educate and empower students for success, the Hub of Digital Transformation and Innovation (DXIHub) at Fresno State strives to improve campus operational efficiencies, streamline business practices and advance academic success emboldening the best and latest digital innovations. The DXIHub’s technology experience (Innovation Internship) program fosters student success by inspiring students to apply their education toward developing innovative solutions to real-world problems using the best and latest technologies to ensure that Fresno State and community partners throughout the Central Valley can perform at the highest level.

PARTNERING FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Project Highlights

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PROGRAM C.I.T.Y.

This program works to bridge the gap between technology and the traditional classroom with interactive and engaging digital learning experiences.

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bulldog bound

An app that allows students to get early access to services, learning modules, and resources on campus with mobile communication.

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VICTOR E THE EXPLORER

To engage Prospective Students to Connect, Explore, and Innovate at Fresno State through 4 Levels.

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BULLDOG “WELLNESS” BOT

For a Safer and Healthier campus with autonomous AI – a Cal State Innovate Mini-grant project

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MVP STUDENT COMMUNICATION PLATFORM

It enables control, visibility, and planning for internal group email communications.

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HUBS AT FRESNO STATE

To offer a full immersive campus experience with XR for the College of Science and Math First Time Students

EST. 2019 DXIHUB WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE DIGITAL INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AT
FRESNO STATE.

100+ Interdisciplinary Intern Positions

Providing students with experiential learning opportunities and technology experiences

$815k

13+ awarded project grants and student success program support

InNOVATION INITIATIVES

Including AI, Cloud Computing, Smart Campus, Robotics Automation, and so much more

$825k

13+ awarded project grants and student success program support

100+ INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERN POSITIONS

Providing students with experiential learning opportunities and technology experiences

innovation initiatives

Including AI, Cloud Computing, Smart Campus, Robotics Automation, and so much more

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We Strive to Inspire

students to apply their skills through collaboration, ideation, and innovation. Using the latest technology, our Innovation Interns develop solutions that improve the student learning and campus experience while also expanding their own educational experiences to outside the classroom and beyond.

We Strive to Inspire

students to apply their skills through collaboration, ideation, and innovation. Using the latest technology, our Innovation Interns develop solutions that improve the student learning and campus experience while also expanding their own educational experiences to outside the classroom and beyond.

















Program C.I.T.Y

(Creativity, Innovation, Technology for Young Learners)

Welcome to Program C.I.T.Y.

As a cutting-edge initiative at Fresno State, we are dedicated to fostering Creativity, Innovation, and Technology for Young learners. We empower young minds to explore their potential through various enrichment immersive experiences.

As a cutting-edge initiative at Fresno State, we are dedicated to fostering Creativity, Innovation, and Technology for Young learners. We empower young minds to explore their potential through various enrichment immersive experiences.

Excellence: Excite, Empower, Elevate

Excellence:
Excite, Empower, Elevate

Explore the articles below on how the Hub of Digital Transformation and Innovation (DXIHUB) seeks to generate innovative, actionable technology solutions to address the most pressing challenges for Fresno State and the Central Valley Education community.

Explore the articles below on how the Hub of Digital Transformation and Innovation (DXIHUB) seeks to generate innovative, actionable technology solutions to address the most pressing challenges for Fresno State and the Central Valley Education community.

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New Mixed Reality Virtual Technology

Immersive and augmented technology has been a continuous effort of Technology Services to provide an enhanced digital experience for student engagement. COVID-19 made the urgency to deploy new innovative digital solutions necessary in order to support student success.

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Validating Micro-Credentials Through Blockchain

Utilizing blockchains, the DXIHub intern  team developed uBadges to validate and share micro-credentials through the integration of Learning Management Systems. Several digital badge experiences have been established, and this project was discussed amongst various universities at EDUCASE, highlighting opportunities and challenges for broader adoption in higher education.

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Internet of Things

Exploring creative, new mechanisms to improve the current technology support services on Fresno State’s campus, the DXIHub intern team developed Io T Smart Campus. The Io T buttons have various functions ranging from press for support to collecting workspace analytics to determine benefits of increased connectivity on campus.

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Fresno State builds an autonomous Bulldog Bot with AWS Robomaker

The DXIHub intern team partnered with Amazon Web Services to create the Bulldog Bot, Fresno State’s robotic take on the school mascot. The Bulldog Bot boosts campus morale by telling jokes, playing karaoke, and quizzing students in trivia with hopes of engaging a greater number of students with campus resources.

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Digital Agriculture Solution Hub (DASH) for research Platform

To facilitate multidisciplinary experiential learning, foster industry partnerships, and drive entrepreneurship among students, researchers, growers, and AgTech suppliers in the Central Valley, the DXIHub intern team developed DASH. This platform connects users with experts within a specific field to make connection easier within our Central Valley agriculture community.

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PROGRAM C.I.T.Y

To better serve underrepresented youth throughout the Central Valley in pursuit of STEM education, Program C.I.T.Y has been developed by the DXIHub intern team. Young learners experience the limitless possibilities of immersive technology through interactive learning activities and are able to develop their own digital creations.

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Cal State XR Sandbox

Fresno State and the DXIHub intern team have been selected by Cal State Innovate to host a streamlined extended reality experience powered by Mozilla Hubs. Cal State XR Sandbox offers CSU educators, students, professional developers, and designers an environment to create custom virtual spaces to socialize, present project showcases, and attend instructional seminars.

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Fresno State Launches Cal State Ready Project

Fresno State Showcased Cal State Ready Alexa Skill in 2019 which provides a virtual high school counselor assistant to users centralizing information regarding how to prepare, apply, and pay for college in the CSU system. Using Cal State Ready, counselors can prepare more personalized information and students can obtain pertinent information in a timely manner.