Best-selling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, a 1983 alumnus of Fitchburg State University, returned to the campus earlier this month for an artist residency for a series of events with students, faculty and community members. On this day, Mr. Reynolds visited students at the McKay Arts Academy. His instant rapport with students was evident as he shared his story, taught students how to draw, enlisted a student to act out his book The Dot - playing the role of Vashti, and more. 

Faculty, librarians and administrators gathered Friday to celebrate the publication of their new volumes that may be downloaded and reproduced for free, as part of an ongoing project designed to create open educational resources for students and the general public.

Students in Biology Professor Christopher Picone General Biology II Lab are studying invertebrate anatomy, In this particular lab, the invertebrates  being studied are earthworms and lobsters. Someone isn't  fan of the lobster. 😁 The course examines principles of organismal biology. Topics include evolution, diversity, plant biology, and animal biology. The laboratory emphasizes hypothesis formation and data analysis. 

Students, their families, faculty and staff gathered in Hammond Gallery.  yesterday afternoon for the opening reception of ARTeries. ARTeries is Fitchburg State University Fine Art Department’s  annual juried exhibition that showcases the strongest original student work in drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed-media art. ARTeries provides an opportunity for the university community to celebrate the artistic talents of Fitchburg State students. Student works will be on display until April 17, 2025. Learn more about Arts & Culture at Fitchburg State University here.

This afternoon, Chartwells Dining Fitchburg State University's Executive Chef Mark Clark hosted a Teaching Kitchen session in the Dining Commons. Students "sauced it up" making Buffalo Chicken and/or Buffalo White Bean Dip.

Fitchburg State University President Donna Hodge and Fitchburg Mayor Samantha Squailia signed a new memorandum of understanding this week geared toward reciprocal support in times of emergency.

The agreement outlines expectations for collaboration and mutual aid between agencies, including critical incident training, drills, and exercises, and providing space on campus or in the city for emergency needs including family reunification.

University President Donna Hodge expressed her admiration for the collaboration between the campus and city leaders that led to the agreement.

 Engineering Technology Professor Nirajan Mani  took advantage of yesterday afternoon's spring-like weather and brought students in his surveying course outside. 

Our Center for Italian Culture  hosted a screening of "It Ain't Over", a documentary that  chronicles the journey of Lorenzo Pietro “Yogi” Berra, the son of Italian immigrants who grew up in St. Louis. This film was introduced by long-time Center for Italian Culture Board member, Italianista, and baseball lover Economics, History and Political Science Professor Teresa Fava Thomas (wearing her Red Sox gear).  An autographed copy of Yogi Berra’s autobiography, Yogi: It Ain’t Over (1989) by Yogi Berra was raffled off after the screening.

Students in Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class work on various projects in the Conlon building. This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Students study a selected genre, style or movement, and then, in groups, will write and produce a short film or digital video, based within the historical and/or theoretical framework that the class has studied.

Do you love performing music, painting, acting, sculpting, writing songs, but you’ve gotten the message that your art isn’t a “real job”? Fitchburg State’s B.A. in Creative Arts Enterprise (CAE) gives students the opportunity to develop a personalized and flexible set of skills, with which they emerge as creative artists ready to meet the needs of audiences and arts organizations in a shifting global economy.