Want to go back to school? Get your questions answered.

Posted by Kelly Norris on March 12, 2019 at 11:26 AM

When you have a question about something, common sense would have you talk to someone who's an expert on the subject. 

Want to know about dolphins? Ask a marine biologist.

Have a question about your car? Ask a mechanic.

What if you want to know more about Graduate and Continuing Education (GCE) programs at Fitchburg State? Join us for an information session. A representative of the program will answer all of your questions.

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Thinking about going back to school? Get your questions answered.

Posted by Kelly Norris on July 16, 2018 at 9:53 AM

When you have a question about something, common sense would have you talk to someone who's an expert on the subject. 

Want to know about dolphins? Ask a marine biologist.

How about a question about your car? Ask a mechanic.

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!

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Going back to school? Get all of your questions answered.

Posted by Kelly Norris on March 26, 2018 at 2:23 PM

When you have a question about something, common sense would have you talk to someone who's an expert on the subject.

Want to know about dolphins? Ask a marine biologist.

How about a question about your car? Ask a mechanic.

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!

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Going back to college? Get all of your questions answered.

Posted by Kelly Norris on November 5, 2014 at 3:50 PM

When you have a question about something, common sense would have you talk to someone who's an expert on the subject.

Want to know about dolphins? Ask a marine biologist.

How about a question about your car? Ask a mechanic.

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Richard Lavoie shares truths about special education

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 27, 2014 at 8:57 AM

Buckets Lists and Bumper Stickers:  Some Reflections from Seat 17B

As I write this blog, I am on a Delta flight over southern Saskatchewan headed for Minnesota and eventually, my Boston home. Yesterday, I gave an all-day lecture on student motivation to 350 rural school teachers in Prince Albert, 200 miles north of Saskatoon. They were a great and responsive audience. Many of them teach in one room schoolhouses in isolated areas of the province. The majority of their students are First Nation, the Canadian term for their aboriginal (Indian) population.

One teacher told me that her village is facing a crisis this week because their only small food market and gas station were suddenly foreclosed upon and shuttered. The nearest gas station and market is 160 miles away. A difficult, challenging life.

Next week I travel to suburban Alexandria, Virginia with its gleaming state-of-the-art schools and a gas station and supermarket on every corner.

And yet, the presentation that I delivered at both venues will be basically the same.

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