Dr. Jonathan Harvey held practice for the Fitchburg State Chamber Choir in Weston Auditorium. Learn more about our music programs here. 

Spring Week festivities continued this afternoon with the Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB) hosted Y2K Slumber Party inspired event on the Quad. It was  a throw back to the era of flip phones and pop princesses - think early-aughts vibes.

Yesterday afternoon, the English Studies Department  held their annual English Studies Student Celebration & Recognition ceremony in the Miller Oval. Department Chair Professor Kisha Tracy welcomed students, faculty, and staff to the event where  Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society students, creative writing award winners, and graduates were all recognized.  

The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library hosted a Fitchburg State Community Read panel discussion, “A Novel Idea: Rethinking Our Food Systems,” in Hammond Hall’s Main Lounge.

 It was all about selfies and destressing at the Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB) sponsored Petting Zoo for the second day of Spring Week. 

This year's Visions, a juried honors exhibit of the Communications Media Department, opened with an Alumni Panel in the Ellis White White Lecture Hall. This lively discussion was followed by The Gallery Opening, Game Design Showcase, Reception, and a Film & Video Screening in Weston Auditorium. Thank you to the alumni, jurors, Communications Media faculty, students, and staff. The Exhibit will run in the Hammond Gallery through June 2026.

On Friday, April. 24 @ 7pm, the Communications Media Department will begin the run of  its Spring theatrical production of  “Cabaret in the City”  in the performance space at the Rollstone Congregational Church 199 Main Street Fitchburg, MA. Admission and refreshments are FREE and open to the public.  “Cabaret in the City”  is a collection of scenes, monologues, dances, and songs about life in the big city. Read more about the production, schedule, and venue here. 

Sustainability never looked (or felt) so good! We spent a beautiful afternoon on the quad celebrating Earth Day the Fitchburg State way. Our Falcons got busy:

The International Advisory Committee & the  Office of International Education  hosted an installment of  a continuing campus dialogue on advancing internationalization at Fitchburg State. Ways to strengthen global learning, support international and study abroad students, and integrate intercultural perspectives across campus were explored. 

The power of the pen was on full display yesterday afternoon!
Our Fitchburg State University English Studies Department hosted the annual High School & Creative Writing Awards in a packed Presidents Hall. Students from Fitchburg High School,Leominster High School, North Middlesex Regional High School, and Oakmont Regional High School were asked for entries. From Fitchburg State University President Hodge on the vital role of storytelling, to moving readings by our first-place winners, it was a true celebration of the next generation of writers.