Recreation Services gave students the chance to test their NFL Combine abilities against top college athletes at the Rec Gymnasium. Events included 40 Yard Dash, Vertical Jump, 20 Yard Shuffle, and more.

Students in Film and Video Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class were in the studio setting up for an interview with Alum Buffy Cautela ‘22 for a segment for Film School Confidential: Stories of Fitchburg State Communications Department Past & Present. The thrust of the project is to produce a compendium of short stories of the students, faculty, alumni of the university's Communications Media Program. Learn about our Film & Video Program here. 

Music Professor Justin Casinghino works with students on their projects in his Intro to Music Technology course. This course focuses on acoustics, hardware operation, music theory, notation, and composition skills through instructional software and on creating, recording, and editing sounds with digital audio applications. Learn more about our music programs here.

Yesterday, our Veteran Center held a Meet & Greet for our veteran students to gather for coffee & camaraderie, Fittingly this took place during  National Invest in Veterans Week which is all about extending a helping hand to those who've served, ensuring a smooth transition to civilian life with care and respect.

Students enrolled in the Fitchburg State University Police Program's Recruit Officer Course (ROC) had their monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at our Recreation Center. Lead Physical Training (PT) instructor Eric Bailey, along with PT instructors Dr. Jess Alsup and Dr. Lindsay Parisi of our Exercise Sports Science Program (EXSS) introduced the class to the importance of PT, and ran members of the 7th ROC through some PT exercises.

Yesterday afternoon, Provost Patricia Marshall welcomed those gathered in the President's Hall for Professor Teresa Fava Thomas'  presentation of  the Harrod Lecture "The Forever Shutdown: The Hamilton Woolen Strike of 1934." After an introduction by Paul Weizer, Chair of the Economics, History and Political Science Professor Fava Thomas discussed the history of the mill as well as the United Textile Workers' launch of a nation-wide strike.

English Studies Professor Katharine Covino's Literature for Young Adults course students, who read Fitchburg State University alumni Robert Cormier’s canonical novel The Chocolate War. and who dug deeper into the story by working collaboratively with their classmates in the Robert E. Cormier Archive gave their final presentations in Thompson Hall.

This morning, the Career Services and Advising Center and the Engineering Technology Department held a Lunch & Learn Engineering Technology Employer Roundtable event. Representatives from AIS Inc., FM Global, Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects (GRLA), and Walsh Brothers were on hand to network with students in Conlon Hall. Networking events serve as an excellent opportunity for our students to connect with potential employers, learn about different career paths, and gain valuable insights into the current job market. 

 Nursing  students learn the methods of, and importance of, patient oxygenation in their Nursing Foundations Lab. In this course, emphasis is placed on professionalism, caring, communication, cultural considerations, spirituality, sexuality and health promoting activities. 

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Steven Fiedler's General Chemistry II Lab work on an experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex.