Students in Hanna Melnyczuk's Intro to Studio Art class learn about shapes and light as they work on their still life renderings in the Conlon Fine Arts building. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of each studio discipline, and will also explore the expressive potential of visual art: how the various elements of drawing, painting, and sculpture can be used to embody very different feelings and ideas. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here. 

Director of Bands & Creative Arts Therapies Program Director, Professor Amy McGlothlin's Instrumental Skills class worked through a feedback session with unfamiliar instruments in the in Conlon Fine Arts building. Learn more about our Music Programs here. 

Senior nursing student Chris worked through a home care scenario in our Nursing Simulation Laboratory. Among the treatments, Mr. Harrington was in need of a catheter replacement.

Theater Technical Director Jo Nazro, Fitchburg State University Industrial Technology/Technical Theater alum, discusses stage blocking with students in her Stage Management class. This course is a lecture/laboratory study of the professional union approach to stage management and personnel mediation in stage production. Students will apply knowledge and technique related to contract and union policy in various repertory scenarios. The aspects of prompt books, blocking documentation, call-sheets, rehearsal set-up and running and calling the show will be implemented.  Learn more about our Theater Concentration here.  

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production course  work on an editing project. This course covers professional production techniques used in modern narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the dramatic narrative.  

The Center for Faculty Scholarship recently held a Faculty Book Launch in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Archives. English Studies Professor DeMisty D. Bellinger-Delfeld welcomed those  gathered and introduced Communications Media Professor Dr. Rachelle Dermer and Humanities Professor Dr. David Svolba. Dr. Svolba presented his two new publications, Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Guide and the OER published Arguments in Medical Ethics. Dr. Dermer presented her OER book Short Film Screenwriting and Pre-Production Planning.  

Biology and Chemistry Professor Dennis Awasabisah works with students in his Organic Chemistry I Lab in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course covers topics such as structure, functional groups, stereochemistry, nomenclature and reactions of organic compounds. Reactions of carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acids and their derivatives are covered in detail including nucleophilic addition, condensation and nucleophilic substitution with special emphasis on reaction mechanisms and stereochemical outcomes. 

Krysta López, Director of Student Belonging in our Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness, Assistant Dean for the Office of Student Engagement, and and the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) hosted a Pina Colada event in the Hammond Main Lounge as part of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

Theater Professor Kelly Morgan teaches his course in Playwrighting in Weston Auditorium. This course will teach students the craft and art of Playwrighting for the Stage. The aim of the course is to foster and augment the motivated student to engage in the writing of new theater works in the professional arena.  

This morning, President Donna Hodgesat down for an interview with History Professor Dr. Katherine Rye Jewell on our Fitchburg State University radio station WXPL 91.3 FM. The two discussed the start of the academic year, what we’re seeing across campus this fall, and what lies ahead for Fitchburg State University.