If you missed our webinar, no worries.  Here's the video of the recorded webinar and a list of all the questions asked. If you still have questions, just click on the "Speak to an advisor" button at the end of this post and get all of your questions answered.

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Are you interested in Fitchburg State's education programs? As part of the GCE blog's "Our Faculty" series, we introduce Teacher in Residence and Fitchburg State alum, Professor Stephen Celona.

After graduating in 1991 with a bachelor of science degree, I went on to serve many different roles in the field of education. Those roles have included many different teaching experiences, as well as administrative roles later on in my career.

Although I continued my education, completing my graduate degree elsewhere in 2001, I truly believe that it was my undergraduate time at Fitchburg State that instilled in me the content and strategies needed to be a knowledgeable, skillful, ethical, and caring educator. 

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I don't feel comfortable being the old... most experienced person in the classroom.

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What if you want to know more about Graduate and Continuing Education (GCE) programs at Fitchburg State? Join us for an information session and have a representative of the program answer your questions -- and in most cases the representative is the actual program chair!

Michelle Downey received the Graduate Student Leadership Award at our 2018 spring graduate commencement. Michelle's path to Fitchburg State began when she worked in academic publishing sales for 15 years and worked with professors on how to best meet their needs. From her sales background, she had the benefit of getting to work with professors from colleges all over the state. Michelle chose Fitchburg State because of the professors she met here. 

"They advocate for their students, help foster relationships with colleagues and, ultimately, led me to fall in love with teaching," she said.

Earlier this year Michelle obtained her first full-time teaching job and looks forward to continuing her new career path in Special Education, Moderate Disabilities.  She lives in North Andover with her husband, Brian, and their 7-year-old twins.

For some people it can be intimidating to sign up for their first online class. You might have lots of questions such as:

• What tools will I need?
• How will I complete and turn in my work?
• Do I have to log in at a certain time?
• Is there help available if I need it?

If you have questions like these, read on!

Are you a teacher who wants to take a walk on the “creative, fun side” to make your teaching feel more vibrant and exciting for your students?

Become enlightened with regard to the disadvantages women in music have faced and continue to face as composers, performers, conductors, educators, and scholars in the world of art music and popular music.

Have you ever wanted to learn more about women in music than just the “last” paragraph in music history textbooks? Learn more about “herstory” (history from a feminist perspective) with regard to women in music in the course Women, Music, and Society.

This course will widen your perspective about women in music and push you to think more critically about the past, present, and future of women in music.  Specifically, with regard to:

• the accomplishments of women in music; as composers, performers, conductors, educators, and scholars
• the works by women composers through primary and secondary source materials and through the analysis of musical works.

In fact, if you’re a college student, you may be in need of a lab science course to satisfy the laws of your degree program.  Fitchburg State has just what you need this summer, and for the on-campus courses, you’ll get to spend time in our new state-of-the-art Antonucci Science Complex facility, with our outstanding science faculty as your guides.

Lab science courses can be really challenging, and taking them along with a full plate of other courses can make it hard to get it all done and master that knowledge with everything else demanding your attention.

However, taking a difficult course by itself can provide the time you need to focus on the subject matter and successfully master the material. If you’re in our neighborhood this summer, check out the available lab and science courses we have on the menu:

Do you teach history or are you just interested in learning about the Armenian Genocide?

This summer, Fitchburg State is offering an online/hybrid course, Armenian Genocide, which will introduce students to key primary and secondary sources to focus on the paths, phases, and aftermath of the Armenian Genocide. We will also look at closely related campaigns of mass killing and ethnic cleansing that targeted other groups in the region, including Greeks and Kurds.

*Photo courtesy of Armin Wegner, a medical orderly in the German military during the First World War.