On day one of Dr. Sean Rollins' General Microbiology Lab, students got an in-depth introduction to the microscopes that they will be using throughout the semester. Learn more about our Health Sciences Concentration here.

 This morning, Somerville Police Department Detective Mario Oliveira (Ret.) shared his poignant story with the 5th Fitchburg State University Police Program's Recruit Officer Course (ROC). On November 2, 2010, while assigned to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Boston Field office as a Task Force Agent, Detective, Detective Oliveira was shot six times at point blank range while serving a Federal arrest warrant. 

Detective Oliveira told of his time in the Mass General Hospital Emergency Trauma Bay, where he had an amazing experience with the afterlife. He shared that he was visited by his late Grandmother in the form of a nurse. Detective Oliveira’s grandmother provided him with Hope & Faith that he would pull through despite dying three times that evening.

The cadets were captivated by the

What is your educational background?

• My Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees are from the New England Conservatory of Music in piano performance.  After teaching at the Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts and the Saint Mark’s School, I decided to return to school myself and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in music education from Boston University.

How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?

• I have been teaching at Fitchburg State University since 1986; first as an adjunct professor and then as a full time professor in 1989.  I have taught courses in music history and music theory as well as interdisciplinary courses and applied instruction in piano and voice. 

With The Great Move In 2022 behind us, and students on campus ready to learn, explore, and experience as the fall semester starts today. Whether making new friends, rekindling old friendships, hanging with Freddy falcon on the quad, or just making your way around our beautiful campus, it is a great day to be a Falcon!

At the culmination of today's Faculty and Librarian Research Symposium, the Celebration for Faculty and Librarian Excellence was held in the Falcon Hub. As the faculty wrapped up their sessions, Emeriti Faculty were welcomed to reconnect prior to the event. 

Today, President Lapidus is hosting a Welcome Back & Professional Development Day for Fitchburg State University faculty. The day began with colleagues gathering outside the Antonucci Science Complex, where they had the opportunity to reconnect after the summer, and before the start of the fall semester tomorrow.

This morning, President Lapidus, along with Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Patricia Marshall, and Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Franca Barricelli welcomed our newest cohort of International students at their orientation in the Falcon Hub.

The Fitchburg State University Great Move In 2022 was capped off with the Falcon Nest BBQ. The new arrivals got to take part in an array of activities, and had one more chance to spend time with family before they left them in their new home.

The Fitchburg State University Great Move In 2022 continued through this morning and into this afternoon. A BIG SHOUT OUT to our students and student athletes who make the whole process move fluidly.

What is your educational background?

• I got my bachelor’s in Music and Philosophy from a small Quaker-affiliated liberal arts school, called Earlham College. I then went straight into a master’s program in Choral Conducting at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Then, after working for several years in Massachusetts, directing college choirs, community choirs, children’s choirs, and working in public radio, I went back to school to get my doctorate in Conducting at the University of Connecticut.

How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?

• I’ve been teaching at Fitchburg State since Fall 2016 - it seems like yesterday, and also so long ago!