Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jeffrey Wolfman introduced Communications Media alum Richard G. Kerris '83, Vice President of Developer Relations, Head of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA for the first ever Executive in Residence. Richard G. Kerris '83 shared his story in two sessions in Presidents Hall.  

Dr. Jonathan Harvey and the Fitchburg State Concert Choir performed this afternoon at  university partner Fitchburg Art Museum as part of their Art in Bloom exhibit. Learn more about our music programs here.

Faculty, staff, and local dignitaries gathered in the Hammond Main Lounge yesterday afternoon to celebrate the Presidency of Richard S. Lapidus.

This afternoon, senior nursing students and their faculty held a unconventional way of studying for the NCLEX exam, The exam developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)to test the competency of nursing school graduates in the U.S. and Canada. This Family Feud style battle was played by teams named Pill Passing Posse, Drop IT Like It's Hot,  The Bedpan Bunch, The Congresswomen, Brainless UATS, and the Catheter Cowgirls. Not to be outdone, the nursing faculty had their own team, The Lifesavers, who loss to the overall winners, The Pill Passing Posse.

Students in Professor Donald Tarallo's  Advanced Graphic Design course work on their final projects with Professor Tarallo and a guest Designer.

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 until June 30, 2024. 

Yesterday, the university celebrated the publication of Fitchburg State's first five ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens) textbooks, authored by faculty members Michael Hove (Psychological Science), Peter Staab (Mathematics), J.J. Sylvia IV (Communications Media) and Kisha Tracy (English Studies).

This Afternoon, students in the Engineering Technology Department presented their research projects as part of the Engineering Technology Student Project Competition, Faculty were on hand to ask questions and judge the top research projects. 

This afternoon, members of Sigma Sigma Sigma were on the quad continuing their annual Teeter Totter-A-Thon. The sisters will teeter-totter for 36 hours to raise money for the March of Dimes. Learn more about Greek Life here.

On Thursday, April 25 @ 7pm, the Communications Media Department will begin the run of  its Spring Theatrical production of Absurdist Alert! - Two one-act plays that point out the bizarre, delightful and surreal nature of life at the Wallace Theater for the Performing Arts in the McKay Complex at 67 Rindge Road. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Here, understudies took the stage presenting, “A Game,” written by Dennis E. Noble and directed by student Allison Thompson, and “The Zoo Story,” written by Edward Albee and directed by Theater Technical  Director Jo Nazro. Get more information, including schedule  here.