Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) - Appreciating Poetry

Posted by Andy Cunningham on February 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM

School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education Assistant Dean of Enrollment Peter August, who is also a poet and published author. is teaching Appreciating Poetry at our Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) center. 

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, SGOCE, Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA)

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Arts & Design, Studio Session

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM

Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI)  AP Studio Art Summer Institute for new and experienced teachers of AP explore the 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design and Drawing portfolios. Studio sessions facilitate the creation of valuable curricula through corresponding art making. Artist-Teachers discussed their projects and inspiration at the end of the week-long session.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Fine Art

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Biology

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM

The Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) first week is in full swing. In the AP Biology track, High School Teachers are conducting a week full of experiments to bring back to their classrooms. The APSI are designed to support all aspects of AP courses, including AP methodology, curriculum, class assignments and examinations as well as providing strategies for teaching AP courses. This experiment involved pill bugs.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Health and Natural Sciences, Advanced Placement Summer Institutes

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Arts & Design, Studio Session

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI)  AP Studio Art Summer Institute for new and experienced teachers of AP explore the 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design and Drawing portfolios. Studio sessions facilitate the creation of valuable curricula through corresponding art making.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Biology

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM

The Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) first week is in full swing. In the AP Biology track, High School Teachers are conducting a week full of experiments to bring back to their classrooms. The APSI are designed to support all aspects of AP courses, including AP methodology, curriculum, class assignments and examinations as well as providing strategies for teaching AP courses.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies

ALFA - A Review of the 2023 - 2024 Supreme Court Term

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM

Fitchburg State University Professor of Political Science Paul Weizer teaches A Review of the 2023 - 2024 Supreme Court Term for the Fall Session of our Center for Professional Studies' Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA),program.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Economics, History, and Political Science

Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) - University Archives

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 7, 2024 at 1:30 PM

This morning, students in English Studies Professor Katharine Covino's The Banned Books Club: Exploring Book Challenges & Censorship Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) course gathered in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Archives where University Archivist Asher Jackson discussed Fitchburg State University alumni Robert Cormier’s canonical novel The Chocolate War. often a target of book banning. While there, students were able to view the expansive Robert E. Cormier Archives related to the novel, and discuss various aspects of its potential banning.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies

Banned Books Week - Banned Book Storytime

Posted by Andy Cunningham on September 23, 2024 at 11:06 AM

 English Studies Professor Katharine Covino's The Banned Books Club: Exploring Book Challenges & Censorship Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) course gathered in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library for a a Banned Book Storytime as part of Banned Books Week. Children's books that have been challenged and/or banned were read and discussed. 

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Community, Humanities

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Arts & Design, Studio Session

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM

Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI)  AP Studio Art Summer Institute for new and experienced teachers of AP explore the 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design and Drawing portfolios. Studio sessions facilitate the creation of valuable curricula through corresponding art making.

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Humanities, Fine Art

Center for Professional Studies' Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) - AP Biology, Transpiration

Posted by Andy Cunningham on July 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM

The Fitchburg State University Center for Professional StudiesAdvanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) week began this morning. In the AP Biology track, High School Teachers are conducting a week long transpiration experiment. The APSI are designed to support all aspects of AP courses, including AP methodology, curriculum, class assignments and examinations as well as providing strategies for teaching AP courses. Art & Design Educators spent the week long program in a combination of lecture, projects, and discussion to improve their teaching skills. 

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Topics: Center for Professional Studies, Health and Natural Sciences

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