Yesterday afternoon, our homecoming celebration kicked off with a pep rally on the main quadrangle. The Fitchburg State University community gathered to cheer on the Falcons as they geared up for a weekend of athletic competition and school spirit. 

Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Erin Rehrig took students in her Life Science for Educators class around campus to identify each of the four major plant classifications; Nonvascular plants (mosses), Seedless vascular plants (ferns) Gymnosperms (pine), and Angiosperms (flowering plants).

Homecoming Mums have officially arrived at Fitchburg State, thanks to Texas native President Donna Hodge. Ahead of this afternoon's Homecoming Pep Rally, members of the Craft Club gathered in the Falcon Hub to host a Mum-Making event—helping students deck out their custom ribbons, trinkets, and flowers to celebrate Falcon pride in style. GO FALCONS!

 Communications Media Graphic Design Professor Donald Tarallo reviews student's designs with them in his Font Design course. In this course students design an uppercase sans serif font. Students will learn traditional letterform proportions, foundation concepts in font design, and the unique aspects of letterform design for optimal screen-reading. The final font will be presented in a poster design that explains the background research and design rationale. Lectures on the history of typography and experimental typography augment the course. 

This morning, our Center for Professional Studies Associate Dean Lisa Moison and Recreation Services Director Bradley Cohrs welcomed members of our Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) program cohort to our Recreation Center for the onset of a new program.  This winter, "ALFAs" are now able to use the indoor track from November 1st to April 1st. The goal is to give them a safe and warm place to walk indoors for the winter months. 

Students in Engineering Technology Professor Ana Mesquita-Emlinger Sustainable Building Design I course  build light wood construction prototypes. 

Communications Media's Assistant Professor, Photography Concentration, J Flynn and our our photography students recently offered professional headshots at our Career Services and Advising Center Internship Fair. This cooperative service offers students the opportunity to have a professional headshot to assist in their job search.

Faculty, staff, current students and alumni gathered in Percival Hall  earlier this week, to see Fitchburg State University Mathematics Department  Professor Gerald Higdon  present "Formal Power Series, Generating Functions, Connections, Tricks, Applications." This was the second talk in a six-part "series" titled "Sequences, Series, Generating functions, Summability, Probability, Approximability."