Music Professor Justin Casinghino leads the Jazz Band in a  jam session featuring Dave Brubeck's Take Five in Conlon Fine Arts. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

Curtis P. Rodgers (C.P.R.) is in the Simulation Lab, so our nursing students were immersed in a code blue  simulation. A “code blue” is defined as any patient with an unexpected cardiac or respiratory arrest requiring resuscitation and activation of a hospital-wide alert. A pause in the scenario allowed faculty to go in-depth in the scenario and allowed the students to work on their CPR skills; given immediate feedback from both the mannikin patient, and external devices. 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 acted as support staff and assisted the team through the simulation once the code blue alarm was initiated. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.

Lieutenant Andrew Lamarche, and Officer Andrew Morris of the Fitchburg State University Police Department gave a tour of our Police Station to the Future Falcons taking part in our Future Falcons Week. 

The Office of International Education hosted a Study Abroad Fair in the Hammond Main Lounge. Students had the convenience of asking about the many study abroad opportunities available to them here at Fitchburg State University in one location. Programs available in 2025 include; Peace Studies in Ireland, Eat, Speak Italian and History Program in Verona, Italy,  Rhetoric in Greece - Communications Program, Nursing Program in Costa Rica, Arts and Game Design Program in Japan.

Students in Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class work on various projects in the Conlon building. This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Students study a selected genre, style or movement, and then, in groups, will write and produce a short film or digital video, based within the historical and/or theoretical framework that the class has studied.

Fitchburg State University Police Program  Police Academy Director Alexandra Wysocki,  three of our Police Program students, and Lieutenant Andrew Lamarche of the Fitchburg State University Police Department entertained the Future Falcons in the Wallace Gym at the McKay Elementary School. The students got a chance to learn a bit about how important physical fitness, stamina, and cooperation is in the effort to become a police officer. The session ended with Interim Police Director Wysocki inviting the Young Falcons to share what qualities they would appreciate in these soon-to-be officers.

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production get their hands on some camera equipment. Intermediate Digitals 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. 

Students in English Studies Professor Kisha Tracy's Storytelling and Oral Tradition class gathered in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Archives where University Archivist Asher Jackson discussed what a university archives are, and how to research in this unique space. 

After introductions from Executive Director of Athletics & Recreation Matthew Burke, Head Coach of Men's Ice Hockey Dean Fuller, Exercise and Sports Science Professor Lindsay Parisi, and Fitchburg State University Hockey players Oliver Cookson & Frederick Soderberg were interviewed by Matthew Bruun, Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs sharing their experiences  with, and being student athletes with the Board members.

Staff, faculty, and students gathered in G-Lobby of Hammond Hall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of it's opening. The Hammond Hall Campus Center, named for President James J. Hammond (1963-1975), is the hub of the university housing many offices, gathering places, student services, and so much more. It's the living room of the entire campus, a place where there's always something happening.

The event also served as a welcoming celebration for our Upward Bound Math & Science program that recently relocated to the second floor of  Hammond Hall.