Around Campus - Music Faculty Rehearsal

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 20, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Two of our Music Department faculty, Jane Fiske (piano) and Amy McGlothlin (saxophone), rehearsed in our Kent Recital Hall this afternoon for an upcoming concert. The concert is part of the Old Deerfield Village Summer Concert Series and will take place on July 31  at 3 p.m. Learn more about the concert series, and how to attend, here.

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Topics: Meet the Faculty, Programs and Majors, Humanities

Around Campus - Summer Orientation - Session 1, Day 2

Posted by Andy Cunningham on June 14, 2022 at 12:43 PM

This morning, our newest Falcons, the Class of 2026, met with Department Deans & Chars, and Academic Advising at their Summer Orientation 2022 in the Holmes Dining Commons. These first year students got a chance to go over their schedules as well as learn more about their chosen majors.

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Topics: Preparing for College, Student Experience, Meet the Faculty, Information Session, Programs and Majors

Around Campus - Faculty Academy

Posted by Andy Cunningham on June 1, 2022 at 11:00 AM

Fitchburg State faculty is committed to improving their practice of teaching students as an evolving process, are taking part in this summer's Faculty Academy Program.

The Faculty Academy’s work is built around themes raised in “The Pedagogy of Real Talk: Engaging, Teaching, and Connecting with Students At-Promise” by Dr. Paul G. Hernandez, a nationally recognized educator and consultant who has presented at Fitchburg State.

“The pedagogy helps us connect better with students, so that ‘at risk’ students are less ‘at risk,’ and more ‘at promise,’” said Professor Sean C. Goodlett from the university’s Economics, History and Political Science Department

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Topics: Meet the Faculty, Our Faculty

Around Campus - Intro to Film and Video

Posted by Andy Cunningham on February 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Professor Harris' Intro to Film and Video class experiments with film making techniques. learn about our Film & Video Program here.

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Topics: Faculty, Meet the Faculty, Our Students, Programs and Majors

Around Campus - February 1, 2022

Posted by Andy Cunningham on February 1, 2022 at 8:50 AM

Some crime scene investigation in Professor Krieser's Genetics Lab this afternoon. Learn more about our School of Health and Natural Sciences here.

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Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Meet the Faculty, Our Students, Admissions, Research

Faculty Profile: Jon Amakawa, Game Design Program, Communications Media

Posted by Andy Cunningham on May 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM

Fitchburg State University's Game Design program has seen a lot of success in the relatively short time it's been offered. Our continuing "Meet the Faculty" series is happy to introduce Jon Amakawa, from Communications Media.  

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Topics: Faculty, Meet the Faculty

Faculty Profile: Dr. Kyle Moody, Communications Media

Posted by Andy Cunningham on April 9, 2015 at 8:30 AM

By now, you might be familiar with the Burg Blog's ongoing "Meet the Faculty" series. This week we're taking a look at comm media's Dr. Kyle Moody. Dr. Moody teaches Message Design, Social Media, and Document Design. Get to know him a little better.

Where did you complete your academic studies?

I received my PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May 2014. Before that, I earned my Master of Arts in Mass Communication from Miami University in August 2009, and my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Western Kentucky University in May 2006. 

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Topics: Faculty, Meet the Faculty

Faculty Profile: Dr. DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld, English

Posted by Andy Cunningham on March 11, 2015 at 2:47 PM

As part of the Burg Blog's ongoing "Meet the Faculty" series, we invite you to get to know Dr. DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld. Dr. Bellinger-Delfeld has taught numerous courses in the English Studies program, from Poetry Reading to Creative Writing, and her fiction has appeared in magazines such as WhiskeyPaper and Kalyani Magazine.

Tell us where you completed your academic studies.

I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and went on to receive my masters in creative writing at Stony Brook Southhampton College in New York. I then received my Ph.D in english, professional writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Faculty Profile: Dr. Catherine Buell, Mathematics

Posted by Matthew Bruun on January 21, 2015 at 10:31 AM

Where did you complete your academic studies?

I completed my undergraduate bachelor of science in mathematics (with minors in dance and computer programming) at Springfield College in 2006. I completed my graduate degrees (both Master of Science and PhD) in mathematics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.

What are your research interests?

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Faculty Profile: Dr. Daniel Welsh, Biology & Chemistry

Posted by Matthew Bruun on October 24, 2014 at 9:24 AM

Where did you complete your academic studies?

I received my Bachelor of Science degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College, my master's degree from Bowling Green State University, and my PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

What are your research interests?

My interests focus on two broad topics of fish biology: adaptation and breeding behavior. These are important topics to study because they are two key aspects when trying to understand how organisms and species persist in their environment.

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Topics: Meet the Faculty