--- title: Commissioner of Higher Education Visits Campus description: Commissioner of Higher Education Noe Ortega Visits Campus image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_102-2.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Commissioner of Higher Education Visits Campus Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on April 11, 2023 at 5:45 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Today, [Commissioner of Higher Education Noe Ortega](https://www.mass.edu/about/commissioner.asp) visited the Fitchburg State campus as part of his tour of the state's 29 public colleges and universities. During his visit, Commissioner Ortega had lunch with and listened to students, experienced an [immersive classroom simulation](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/simulation-training-for-educators) with education students, spoke with game design students at the downtown game studio about their projects, experienced a virtual nursing simulation designed by students, and checked out facilities including the strength and conditioning laboratory at Landry Arena.  ![Image_124-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_124-2.jpg?width=2021&height=1584&name=Image_124-2.jpg) ![Image_011-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-9809-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_011-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-9809-PM.jpg?width=3091&height=2061&name=Image_011-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-9809-PM.jpg) ![Image_136](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_136.jpg?width=1664&height=1498&name=Image_136.jpg) ![Image_001-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-4491-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_001-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-4491-PM.jpg?width=1927&height=1260&name=Image_001-Apr-12-2023-03-48-44-4491-PM.jpg) ![Image_151-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_151-1.jpg?width=2182&height=1411&name=Image_151-1.jpg) ![Image_015-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5660-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_015-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5660-PM.jpg?width=3091&height=1992&name=Image_015-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5660-PM.jpg) ![Image_026-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-1810-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_026-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-1810-PM.jpg?width=3067&height=1807&name=Image_026-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-1810-PM.jpg) ![Image_033-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5326-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_033-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5326-PM.jpg?width=2722&height=1659&name=Image_033-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-5326-PM.jpg) ![Image_051-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4153-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_051-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4153-PM.jpg?width=2974&height=1956&name=Image_051-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4153-PM.jpg) ![Image_059-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4921-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_059-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4921-PM.jpg?width=2890&height=1961&name=Image_059-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4921-PM.jpg) ![Image_167-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_167-1.jpg?width=2318&height=1477&name=Image_167-1.jpg) ![Image_175 (2)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_175%20(2).jpg?width=1529&height=1261&name=Image_175%20(2).jpg) ![Image_079-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-7311-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_079-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-7311-PM.jpg?width=2784&height=1903&name=Image_079-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-7311-PM.jpg) ![Image_089-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4901-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_089-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4901-PM.jpg?width=3091&height=2061&name=Image_089-Apr-12-2023-03-48-45-4901-PM.jpg) ![Image_102-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_102-2.jpg?width=2431&height=1977&name=Image_102-2.jpg) ![Image_110-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_110-1.jpg?width=1855&height=2030&name=Image_110-1.jpg) See more photos here;   Topics: [Events](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/events), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community), [Campus](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/campus), [Game Design](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/game-design), [Education Program](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/education-program) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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