This afternoon, Student Development Commuter and Volunteer Affairs Shane Franzen, in conjunction with Financial Aid hosted Scholarship Week Bingo in the Falcon Hub with $300 in prizes plus over $250,000 in scholarship opportunities!

 Assistant Director of Study Abroad Nicole Salerno recently took time out of her busy schedule to record a podcast to be posted on Perseverantia: the Fitchburg State Podcast Network. 

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Erin Rehrig's General Biology I Lab work on an experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course examines principles of molecular, cellular, and genetics biology. Topics include biomolecules, cell structure and function, and information processing and inheritance. The laboratory emphasizes the scientific method through experimentation.

Fitchburg State University Police Program  Interim Police Academy Director Alexandra Wysocki welcomed representatives from over twenty law enforcement agencies to the Hammond Main Lounge this afternoon for the  Career Services and Advising Center's Law Enforcement Reverse Career Fair. A reverse career fair flips the table, students stationed at tables get a chance to pitch themselves to employers, who in turn get quality one-on-one time with job seekers.

Students in Theater Professor Ellen (Cap) Corduan, begin honing their skills in her Stage Makeup class in Conlon Fine Arts. This lecture/laboratory course investigates the principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup and practical application. Students will apply, in a production setting, principles, techniques and materials of character stage makeup. They will identify historical justification for period makeup and apply techniques for live animation, clowning and dramatic character.

Professor Amy McGlothlin's Jazz Band class jamming in Conlon Fine Arts. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

Students in Film and Video Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class set up and begin recording a session for their Film School Confidential: Stories of Fitchburg State Communications Department Past & Present. The thrust of the project is to produce a compendium of short stories of the students, faculty, alumni of the university's Communications Media Program. Learn about our Film & Video Program here. 

This afternoon, teams of our nursing students, were immersed in a code blue  simulation for patient Curtis P. Rodgers. 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.

This semester, Music Professor Justin Casinghino is teaching Art of Music, Introduction to Music Technology, Basic Music Theory, and Harmony I. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

For some of our International Students, this is their first time experiencing snow.