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.

Earlier this week, Career Services and Advising (CSA) hosted an Internship Fair in the Hammond Main Hall. The fair gave students the opportunity to meet an array of local businesses and services face-to-face to discuss internships and potential employment. 

Yesterday afternoon English Studies Professor Kisha Tracy welcomed all to the 
You FIT Here! Fitchburg Your Story Celebration on the quad. The event celebrated both the university and the city, learning about some of our shared heritage. Remarks were made by  SGA President Michael Burns, Communications Media Professor Dr. J.J. Sylvia Coordinator, Crocker Center for Civic Engagement and School of Business and Technology Professor Renee Scapparone, Dean of the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Jackie Kremer. Dr. Tracy presented the 2025 "Fitchburg Your Story" Podcast Winners: Most Compelling Emphasis on Marginalized Communities - "The Voice of the First" by Justin Conner, Best Delivery - "From Chaos to Community" by Michael Sauvageau, and  Best Overall - "She Spoke" by Julia Grace Ducharme. 

This morning, on this National Coffee with a Cop Day, the Fitchburg State University community had the chance to meet with Chief Michael Cloutier and members  of the Fitchburg State University Police as they hosted Coffee with a Cop in the Falcon Hub. Fitchburg State University Police therapy dog in-training Zara was there as well. The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to break down the barriers between police officers and the citizens they serve.

Yesterday afternoon, Shane Franzen, Director of Presidential Events, and the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Board Members  welcomed attendees to the annual LGBTQ+ Flag Presentation and Flag Raising  at Alumni Plaza in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month. Dr. Jonathan Harvey and the Fitchburg State Choirs opened the event. 

This morning, as part of the university's You FIT Here! Fitchburg Your Story program, Fitchburg State University School of Education and English Studies programs held a Teach-In at Abolitionist Park. Professors Danette Day, Kisha Tracy, and William Cortezia taught their Culturally Proficient Educator, Diversity in Education, and The Bible as Literature courses in Abolitionist Park.   

The Fitchburg State University Photography Club (@fsuphotoclub) held a Summer Photo Gallery Exhibition in Conlon Photo Studio Room 222 yesterday afternoon. The exhibit gave students the opportunity to show the work they completed over the summer. The exhibit will be up until October 9th.

Yesterday afternoon, Engineering Technology  Professor Ana Mesquita-Emlinger led students in her Engineering Graphics course to the quad for observational hand-drawing focused on the buildings and landscape. In this course, Students are introduced to traditional and modern methods in engineering and technology graphic visualization, drawing, drafting, CAD software, and 3D modeling. Emphasis is placed on how visualization is used in both design and production.

Environmental, Geographic and Public Health Sciences Professor Jiang Yu helps students map the magnetic field in her General Physics II course. This second-semester general college physics course consists of studies and applications of wave motions, sound, electricity, magnetism, light and optics. Typical topics include Coulomb's law, electric force and field, potential and capacitance, electric circuits, magnetic force and field, magnetic forces on moving charges, electric induction, laws of reflection and refraction, mirrors and lenses, optical instruments, interference and diffraction of light.

Students in Hanna Melnyczuk's Drawing class learn about shapes and light as they work on their still life renderings. This is a studio course that introduces students to the practice of drawing with emphasis on the description of form through means of line, shade, and perspective. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.