--- title: President Hodge Hosts Students at Congressional Luncheon description: President Hodge Hosts Students at Congressional Luncheon image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Group_003-2.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # President Hodge Hosts Students at Congressional Luncheon Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on October 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **President Hodge hosted several students at the [North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce's](https://www.northcentralmass.com/) [Congressional Luncheon](https://www.northcentralmass.com/north-central-massachusetts-chamber-of-commerce-to-host-annual-congressional-luncheon/), where Congresswoman Lori Trahan and Congressman Jim McGovern offered updates from the Capitol and engaged in conversation with local business and political leaders. **   ![Group_003-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Group_003-2.jpg?width=722&height=512&name=Group_003-2.jpg)   ![Image_018-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9488-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_018-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9488-AM.jpg?width=1004&height=723&name=Image_018-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9488-AM.jpg) ![Image_008-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3086-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_008-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3086-AM.jpg?width=1366&height=1009&name=Image_008-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3086-AM.jpg) ![Image_021-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-8916-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_021-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-8916-AM.jpg?width=1214&height=762&name=Image_021-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-8916-AM.jpg) ![Image_019-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-6774-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_019-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-6774-AM.jpg?width=1344&height=850&name=Image_019-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-6774-AM.jpg) ![Image_059-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5991-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_059-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5991-AM.jpg?width=1093&height=805&name=Image_059-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5991-AM.jpg) ![Image_048-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5614-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_048-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5614-AM.jpg?width=692&height=520&name=Image_048-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-5614-AM.jpg) ![Image_053-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3610-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_053-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3610-AM.jpg?width=1369&height=934&name=Image_053-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-3610-AM.jpg) ![Image_006-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-2866-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_006-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-2866-AM.jpg?width=1132&height=912&name=Image_006-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-2866-AM.jpg) ![Image_042-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9752-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_042-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9752-AM.jpg?width=1052&height=826&name=Image_042-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-9752-AM.jpg) ![Image_063-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-7045-AM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_063-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-7045-AM.jpg?width=1208&height=997&name=Image_063-Oct-09-2024-11-45-49-7045-AM.jpg) ![Group_008-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Group_008-1.jpg?width=1132&height=741&name=Group_008-1.jpg)![Group_009](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Group_009.jpg?width=1159&height=720&name=Group_009.jpg)   Topics: [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community), [President](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/president) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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