This weekend, the Fitchburg State University Dance Club held their annual Spring Showcase in Weston Auditorium. Each performance is choreographed by a member of the club, and the performances were spectacular! 

On Friday, Lourdes Ramirez, coordinator of field placements, partnerships and recruitment for Fitchburg State’s School of Education welcomed a cohort of local high school students enrolled in The Future Educator Academy program to campus for a day of programming. Students completed a badge focused on topics in education; CPR- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Fitchburg State University Police Sgt. Timothy Grant, Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution Techniques with School of Education Professor Emily Fournier, Career Planning & my Future Badge with Career Services and Advising Center Director Lindsay Carpenter Connors, Equity and Diversity in a Multicultural Society with School of Education Professor Dr. William Cortez, and Activity Facilitation with School of Education's Lourdes Ramirez.

Last night, the Fitchburg State University Dance Club held the first performance of their annual Spring Showcase to a boisterous audience in Weston Auditorium. Each performance is choreographed by a member of the club, and the performances were amazing! Their matinee performance will be held today, April 12 at 1 p.m. in Weston Auditorium. Admission is $5 and tickets are available online or at the door.

Engineering Technology Professor Sanjay Kaul recently took advantage of a sunny spring 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. 

Yesterday afternoon our Education Department, in cooperation with our Career Services Office, held a Meet & Greet in an effort to give graduating seniors in the Education Programs the opportunity to network with local school systems.

Recently. our nursing students worked through a scenario with Nursing Simulation Lab Director Ian Murray stepping in to play the role of James Irons in our Nursing Simulation Lab. Today, a manikin version of James Irons returned later in life suffering from liver failure. 

Beginning this evening, the Communications Media Department  will present staged readings of two new plays by award-winning playwright Peter Anderegg, including a new take on Romeo and Juliet and an exploration of the destructive effects of narcissism.

This Afternoon, our School of Health and Natural Sciences and Career Services held a Biotech & Life Sciences Career Forum in the Antonucci Science Complex. The event began with Learn About Life Science Careers presented by Sara Nochur, and was followed with a series of Table Discussions with industry professionals, and then a networking session. 

Students in Theater Professor Mary Vreeland's  Acting 1 course practice their scenes in Weston Auditorium. This course is an introduction to professional stage performance techniques. Students learn how to build a character using techniques such as playing actions, status, physical transformation, improvisation, relaxation and script analysis. 

In a cooperative effort between the Fitchburg State University Police Department and Criminal Justice Professor Dr. David Weiss' Victimology class, students got the opportunity to take part in a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course. After a warm up & review led by Dispatcher Supervisor Jennie House, students donned the protective gear with the help of Detective Patrolman Niomi Gayle and Officer Grace Kerr. With Sergeant Andrew Himmer wearing the R.A.D. Aggressor Simulation Training Suit, various scenarios were planned for the students to escape.