Students from English Studies Professor Katharine Covino's FYE course - "What Do We Owe Ourselves? & What Do WE Owe Each Other?" - completed a Day of Service at the Fitchburg State University Falcon Bazaar Food Pantry and Professional Clothing Closet. After a quick tour of the well stocked and organized Falcon Bazaar Food Pantry CARE and Case Management Case Manager, Basic Needs Specialist Oneirys DiBuono, brought the students to the nearby Professional Clothing Closet where she needed some serious help. After some instructions, students organized clothing by size, color, and type, and some general "housekeeping."

Engineering Technology Professor Sanjay Kaul along with Technical Asst. III Dan Cheney recently took advantage of a sunny fall day to bring the students in his Energy & Sustainable Practices course, along with different solar arrays, outside to measure the solar power they gathered. The course studies renewable and non-renewable forms of energy and sustainable practices including material selection, embedded energy, and material reuse. Students build and test both commercial and laboratory made devices and offers in-depth knowledge of energy supplies and sources. The course treats, in detail, topics as how rate of formation is slower than replacement, how energy sources could be best utilized and to identify the technology associated with energy resources and sustainability. The course studies renewable and non-renewable forms of energy and sustainable practices including material selection, embedded energy, and material reuse. 

Members of the Fitchburg State University chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) —the International Honor Society in Education—recently met at the McKay Campus School for a hands-on prep session, crafting custom lanyards for their campus IDs and upcoming student teaching placements.

Students in Communications Media Graphic Design  Professor Donald Tarallo's Font Design course took a break from their screens and went full throwback—stepping into the digital offline world to bring letters to life using 15th-century printing techniques.

The lure of a free taco, churro, chips & salsa, and mock Margaritas  at  this Thursday's Career Services and Advising (CSA) Let's Taco 'Bout Your Career Event was irresistible.  In this unique way to get students to start thinking about their next steps, and network with employers. On hand were Sare' Arnold & alum Will Billiel '26 of Enterprise Mobility, alum Edwin Pacheco Diaz '013 of Eden Rafferty Law, Herbert Jones of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and Carla Pope of Middlesex Savings Bank to network with students.

Biology and ChemistryProfessor Daniel Welsh works with students in his Anatomy & Physiology I Lab examining bone specimens in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course explores the structure and function of the human organism on the cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels. Cellular metabolism, histology, and the following systems: skeletal, muscular, and nervous (including the special senses) are examined. The laboratory emphasizes both physiology and the dissection of preserved mammalian specimens.  

Krysta López, Director of Student Belonging in our Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness, her mother Luz Lopez, and and the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) hosted a Sofrito Workshop in the Hammond Main Lounge as part of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.  Attendees got to discover the heart of Hispanic cooking by learning how to make fresh, homemade sofrito. They prepared this flavorful blend of herbs, peppers, garlic, and onions while exploring its cultural significance and the many ways it's used in traditional dishes. Everyone will left with their own homemade sofrito and inspiration to bring authentic flavor to their kitchen.

The 2026 Phishing Award Trophy was presented to University Police Communications Dispatcher II Jennie House in the President’s Conference Room recently during October CyberSecurity Awareness Month. 

“We send out roughly 1,000 emails per month for everyone on campus,” said Director-Chief Information Security Officer Eric Boughton of the Technology Department. “Every month we do one and (House) reported 11 out of the 12 months.”

House admitted she was surprised and also thrilled to win the trophy. "I do try to help my team,” said House. “I’m honestly humbled. Teamwork makes the dream work. It’s not one of us, it’s all of us.”

Additional notes. This past year, the university had ~1,000 malicious emails reported to the technology team and removed from inboxes. Overall in the past fiscal year, the university has received 26 million messages; 535k messages were rejected before getting into inboxes and 1.5 million messages were sent to spam.

This afternoon, the Fitchburg State University Career Services and Advising Center sponsored a Major and Minor Discovery Fair in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library. This gave students an opportunity to explore a diverse range of majors and minors for every interest. Students were able to engage with faculty members and current students who shared their experiences and insights, offering a deeper understanding of each program's unique offerings, career prospects, and real-world applications.

Double-alumnus Jason Polonsky ’02, ’04 returned to campus yesterday to share his role in the fascinating story behind Fitchburg State's beloved mascot. Driven to boost campus pride, Polonsky turned his master’s thesis into reality by pitching, funding, and designing the university's original mascot costume, debuting "Falcor the Falcon" in 2004 before its evolution into today's “Freddy”. That graduate project launched a remarkable professional career, leading Polonsky to entertain millions as Wally the Green Monster for the Boston Red Sox for eight years and as Blaze for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for 11 years.