Yesterday afternoon, the Communications Media Department hosted a celebration of Professor Bob Harris's long and impactful teaching career at Fitchburg State in the Conlon Film/Video Studio. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni stopped by to wish Bob a happy retirement, with many posing for an "old-school" portrait to commemorate the event.

This afternoon, to coincide with the last day of classes, the Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB) hosted a Relaxation Lounge: Destress Event in G-Lobby of the Hammond Building. With finals right around the corner. FAB gave students the opportunity to take their mind off the workload and destress at their relaxation lounge with massage chairs, oxygen bar and more! 

Game Design  Professor Jonathan Amakawa welcomed students, faculty, and families to the Randall Lecture Hall where all were gathered to watch  the students from the Fall 2025 Game Studio showcase their game, discuss their development process and answer audience questions. 

The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library recently hosted a New Furniture Open House where students, faculty, staff, and the public were invited to explore new seating offerings and to make the Library a place to work from when you are on campus. The Library received SUCCESS grant funds to purchase new furniture that diversifies the types of seating in the Library. Learn more here.

Students and staff stopped by our Office of Student Engagement's Recharge Station in G-Lobby to fuel their focus with energy drinks and dirty sodas with Study Break, All-Nighter Accelerator, Motivation Mixer, and Berry Brain Boost on the menu.

Student teams in English Studies Professor Dr. Katharine Covino's First-Year Experience (FYE) course each created a Public Service Announcement (PSA) which were judged, with a PSA about water refill stations coming out on top. Fitchburg Mayor Samantha Squailia visited the class to sign and give certificates to the winning team. 

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production course recently learned the ins & outs of creating a dolly sot in the Conlon Studio. Intermediate Digital Cinema Production covers professional production techniques used in modern narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the dramatic narrative. 

The Fitchburg State University Dance Club held their annual Winter Showcase Friday night and Saturday afternoon to packed and boisterous audiences. Each performance was choreographed by a member of the club, and the performances were amazing!

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Elizabeth DiLoreto's Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab us human brain models to map major structures during a dissection in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course explores the structure and function of the human organism on the cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels. Cellular metabolism, histology, and the following systems: skeletal, muscular, and nervous (including the special senses) are examined. The laboratory emphasizes both physiology and the dissection of preserved mammalian specimens.  

The University recently hosted the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce'sCommunity Leadership Institute Class of 2026 in the Hammond Main Lounge. In the morning, Business Department Chair and CLI Instructor Dr. Michael Greenwood led the group in a team exercise. Later in the day, President Donna Hodge, along with Nicole Conroy of My Turn Inc., Thomas Browne of Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, and Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) President James Vander Hooven spoke to the class about challenges facing the region through the lens of education.