After some warm up exercises, students in Theater Professor Kelly Morgan's Voice II class recite an excerpt in a dialect of their choice and are given feedback. This course expands the fundamentals of Voice I that included breath, diction, relaxation, articulation and resonance. This involves work on verse and lyric vocal education with works of Shakespeare, Restoration, Moliere and The Greeks. Techniques gained from these classical structures are applied to various forms of character voice work, dialect and commercial voice-over techniques.

Students in Communications Media Professor Robert Harris' Intro to Film and Video class work on lighting projects. Intro to Film & Video is the introductory course in the Film & Video sequence where students are exposed to the basics of production and post-production for both digital and photochemical media. Topics include understanding and using visual language, camera operation, understanding the film and video production process, basic editing, production crew structure and interpersonal communication. Students shoot and edit both 16mm film and digital video. Learn about our Film & Video Program here.

Biology and Chemistry Professor Ronald Krieser gives a lesson in tissue culture in his Genetics Lab  in the Antonucci Science Complex. In this course, basic principles of biological information processing are examined including Mendelian inheritance, sex determination, chromosome cytogenetics, linkage, recombination and genetic mapping, mutagenesis, molecular genetics and gene-enzyme relationships, and quantitative inheritance. Learn more about our School of Health and Natural Sciences here.

The conclusion of the Game Design program's annual Fall Game Jam took place Friday afternoon in the Conlon Game Labs. Game Design students, who worked in small teams to make games got together in the game labs, along with faculty, to celebrate their hard work and play their, and each others' games.

Today was a beautiful day for our second Fall Open House. It's an ideal way for perspective students to find out everything they want to know about Fitchburg State University. After a welcome remarks from Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Success Pamela McCafferty and President Donna Hodge, attendees took part in information sessions - where they had the opportunity to meet with faculty, current students, coaches, and staff, and later were able to tour the campus. If you missed out, check out our Admissions & Aid page to learn more and set up a visit.

Collin Syvert of the English Studies Department and Professor Kevin McCarthy of the Communications Media Department hosted a screening of a new documentary "From Sea to Shining Sea." Afterwards, a guest panel spoke about the film. The panel included Professor Benjamin Railton, Director John de Graaf, and  Fitchburg Historical Society Director  Susan Navarre.

Fresh off their recent performance at this weeks Fall Music Mega Mix, the Fitchbyrds Modern Jazz Band practices in Conlon Fine Arts for their next performance.  Learn more about our Music Programs here.

The Biology, Chemistry, and Earth & Geographic Sciences departments held their annual science symposium Tuesday afternoon at the Lisciotti pavilion in the Antonucci Science Building as part of our S.T.E.M. Week events. This is an event where the science faculty present posters on their research to get students interested and involved in the sciences. The Bio Chem Club was there to celebrate Mole Day, which commemorates Avogadro's number , ( 6.02 × 10²³ ) by making moles.

Yesterday afternoon Jacalyn Kremer, Dean of the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, and her staff  hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour as part of the university's celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month. 

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics continue working on vessels  using the coil method of pottery. Coil pottery is a method of handbuilding pottery where a potter forms a base, walls, and style by combining clay coils (or cylinders). The potter rolls the clay into coils, stacks the coils together, and joins the coils through pressure creating a vessel. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.