Do you love performing music, painting, acting, sculpting, writing songs, but you’ve gotten the message that your art isn’t a “real job”? Fitchburg State’s B.A. in Creative Arts Enterprise (CAE) gives students the opportunity to develop a personalized and flexible set of skills, with which they emerge as creative artists ready to meet the needs of audiences and arts organizations in a shifting global economy.

Yesterday afternoon our Career Services and Advising Center offered students the opportunity to meet with recruiters from Enterprise Mobility and the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to review their resume and get feedback. They could also “shop” the Career Closet for a free Career Fair outfit and learn more about the employers coming to campus for the Business and Technology Career Fair on March 25 and the Creative and Common Good Fair on April 1.

Our nursing students assessed the condition of a newborn in our Nursing Simulation Lab. Our Nursing Simulation Laboratory assists nursing students in learning critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in preparation for their healthcare careers. The “manikins” act as lifelike patient simulators, wherein instructors provide real-time feedback via a control center, giving students as close to real-life simulation as possible. Fellow students watch as their classmates work through the simulation. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.

Yesterday afternoon, Provost Patricia Marshall welcomed those gathered in the President's Hall for Behavioral Sciences Professor Randall Grometstein's Harrod Lecture. After an introduction by Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department Richard Wiebe, Professor Grometstein presented "A Natural History of Self-Control."

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Steven Fiedler's General Chemistry II Lab work on an assignment in the Antonucci Science Complex. In this course, topics include chemical, acid/base, and solubility equilibria and chemical kinetics.

Music Professor Justin Casinghino leads the Jazz Band in a practice session as they get ready for next week's Spring Music Mega Mix.  Learn more about our Music Programs here.

With the summer program right around the corner, the Upward Bound Math & Science (UBMS) program at Fitchburg State University held a Skate to Success Event this afternoon  at the Wallace Civic Center. The event provided the opportunity to meet our UBMS students and thank you for helping to make this program successful.

Before the our MASCAC Championship Men's Hockey Team  heads to the NCAA DIII Tournament on Saturday, President Donna Hodge hosted a small celebratory brunch and NCAA Tournament announcement watch party this morning in the Falcon Hub at Hammond Hall, where the bracket and schedule was announced.

President Hodge and  Coach Fuller addressed the team expressing gratitude for their MASCAC championship run, and wishing them luck in the first round of he NCAA DIII Tournament where they learned this morning, they will be facing off against Utica. 

The Falcons men's ice hockey team won the MASCAC championship on Saturday, March 8, defeating the Trailblazers of MCLA before a packed crowd at the Wallace Civic Center. The win marks the third MASCAC title for the Falcons. The Falcons, who were seeded #4, clinched their entry into the NCAA Tournament with the win over #8 MCLA, winning the MASCAC Championship for the first time since 2018 and the third MASCAC Championship (2011, 2018, 2025) in the history of the program. The team now moves on to the NCAA Tournament, and will learn Monday morning where they will travel for the first round. Watch the game, courtesy of  Fitchburg Access Television (FATV), here.

Students in  Communications Media Professor  M. Zachary Lee's Cinematography course work lighting color and gels at the Studio in the Conlon Building. Cinematography is a specialized elective that provides an immersive study of the technical and aesthetic elements of motion picture photography. Topics include film stocks, imaging sensors, focus theory, laboratories, lenses, RAW workflows, lighting, cameras, composition, continuity, color and special processes.