Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts assists students in his Compositing and Visual Effects course. This course delves into advanced visual effects and finishing techniques using modern acquisition and post-processing tools. Topics covered in class include matte generation and clean plate techniques, chroma key shooting and post-production, pre-visualization for effects shooting, rotoscoping and keyframing techniques and project workflow and management. Students will master a minimum level of competency with a range of advanced compositing applications, producing a final project of complexity and quality from pre-visualization through output to target medium.

Students in Criminal Justice Professor Dr. David Weiss Theory & Practices of Policing course examine the nature, history, role, operations and management of law enforcement agencies. Additional topics explored include police powers, investigations, use and abuse of police force, police corruption, crime prevention and the future of policing. 

Game Design Program Professor Andres Gonzalez performs a series of Play Tests on students' game projects in his Game Level Design course in the Gaming Suite in the Conlon building. 

An unsuspecting Peter August, Assistant Dean of Enrollment School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education (SGOCE), made his way to the President's Conference Room where President Donna Hodge,  Chief Information Officer Stefan Dodd, Chief Information Security Officer Eric Boughton and Cameron Emanuel of our Technology Department presented him with the inaugural Fitchburg State University Phishing Award. After making his way back to the School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education (SGOCE) Offices to brag a bit to his co-workers, the trophy was given a place of honor in Peter's office.

Students in Professor Robert Harris' Intro to Film and Video class  were all over campus this morning completing an interview assignment. Learn about our Film & Video Program here.

At the request of Police Academy Director Alexandra Wysocki, the  Career Services and Advising Center held a preparation session for their upcoming Law Enforcement Reverse Career Fair for students in our Fitchburg State University Police Program. Students were given tips on how to conduct themselves, write up an "elevator pitch", and practice those pitches with Career Services and Advising Center staff and Director Wysocki.

Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Philosophers in American and Communications Media Professor J.J. Sylvia IV's Communication Law and Ethics Class hosted a discussion on how governments interact with and regulate social media platforms. Students and community members reflected on this timely topic at the Fitchburg Public Library.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dennis Awasabisah's General Chemistry I Lab perform an experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course explores the fundamental laws and theories of chemistry such as atomic structure, the periodic table, electrochemistry, descriptive inorganic chemistry, the gas laws, solutions, equilibrium calculations and chemical bonding. Chemical calculations are emphasized. 

This morning, students in Professor Kevin McCarthy's Multi-Camera Television Production course were at Fitchburg Access Television (FATV) to evaluate show segments they produced last week at FATV. Executive Director of FATV, Nathan Glenny was on hand to offer his input to the class.

Senior nursing students worked through a home hospice care scenario n our Nursing Simulation Lab. The scenario consisted of two parts. In part one, the team arrives to care for Erika, currently in home hospice whose understandably distraught sister has many concerns and questions. The team makes Erika comfortable and answers her sister's questions. In part two, Erika has passed and the team works through the process of disenrollment. Note - while two different teams are pictured, both teams worked through both part one & two.