The English Studies Department  held their High School Writing Awards and Creative Writing Awards Ceremony this afternoon in Presidents Hall. First place and honorable mention writing award winners from area high schools were recognized. Some winners read their work aloud from the Route Two literary magazine. Some of the first place high school winners' writing along with Fitchburg State student writing, was available for free at the event.

The Sustainability Committee, in collaboration with the City of Fitchburg, and in partnership with student organizations, organized a special Earth Day event yesterday afternoon. Partnering with student organizations including Sigma Pi Fraternity, Outdoor Adventure Club, the Biology-Chemistry Club, and the Criminal Justice Club, students, faculty, and staff did their part to clean up and recycle trash on our campus and the surrounding neighborhood.

The Fitchburg State University Dance Club held their annual Spring Showcase this weekend to  boisterous audiences. Each performance was choreographed by a member of the club and the performances were outstanding!

Yesterday afternoon, Psychological Science students were inducted into the Fitchburg State University Chapter of Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology in the Presidents Conference Room. Students must have least three semesters (45 credits) of college coursework, three semesters (45 credits) of college coursework, and least three courses (9 credits) in psychology at Fitchburg State University, including PSY 2100 Research Design and Analysis II. Students are eligible for induction if the following criteria are met:

President Lapidus welcomed Senator John J. Cronin to the Fitchburg State University campus this afternoon. Provost Marshal, Dean Hanselman, and faculty  were on hand to discuss the Biology and Chemistry programs. Students in the disciplines gave Senator Cronin a tour of our facilities and talked about their own research, and what a Fitchburg State University has meant to them.

Yesterday, we capped off our day of celebrating our student's scholarly achievements at our annual Honors Convocation. A reception outside the Antonucci Science Complex followed.

The Dance Club will presents its Spring Showcase at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 at 1 p.m. in Weston Auditorium. Admission is $5 and tickets are available online or at the door. Tickets are available here.

This morning, the university held our annual Undergraduate Conference for Research and Creative Practice which was held in person this year, the first since 2019, in Hammond Hall. The conference is a public forum to enhance student's  skills, to share their work, to see the work of others in their field, and to give and receive valuable feedback. The conference was free to attend and open to the public. We're proud of the work our undergraduate community does -  from the opening performance of the Fitchburg State University Choir, to the outstanding research, presentations, creative writing readings, and more, to the closing performance of the Fitchburg State Modern Jazz band at lunch.

Yesterday afternoon, during our Young Falcons Academy week, where students from Fitchburg and Leominster public middle schools partake in a week full of activities on campus, the Young Falcons were lead by Asst. Professor Jonathan Harvey in the Fitchburg State University Alma Mater, accompanied by the Fitchburg State University Chamber Choir.

Recently, Sigma Sigma Sigma were on the quad for their annual Teeter Totter-AS-Thon. The sisters teeter-tottered for 36 hours to raise money for the March of Dimes and The Robbie Page Memorial Fund. Learn more about Greek Life here.