Last week, the brothers of the Fitchburg State University Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma held a Bike-A-Thon to benefit the Special Olympics. They also had a pretzel give away in conjunction with the philanthropic event. Learn more about Greek Life here.

Topics: Clubs and Organizations, Community, Greek Life

The Sustainability Committee, in collaboration with the City of Fitchburg, and in partnership with student organizations, organized a special Earth Day event yesterday afternoon. Partnering with student organizations including Sigma Pi Fraternity, Outdoor Adventure Club, the Biology-Chemistry Club, and the Criminal Justice Club, students, faculty, and staff did their part to clean up and recycle trash on our campus and the surrounding neighborhood.

Topics: Student Experience, Events, Clubs and Organizations, Community, Campus

President Lapidus welcomed Senator John J. Cronin to the Fitchburg State University campus this afternoon. Provost Marshal, Dean Hanselman, and faculty  were on hand to discuss the Biology and Chemistry programs. Students in the disciplines gave Senator Cronin a tour of our facilities and talked about their own research, and what a Fitchburg State University has meant to them.

Topics: Research, Community, Campus, Health and Natural Sciences

Yesterday, we capped off our day of celebrating our student's scholarly achievements at our annual Honors Convocation. A reception outside the Antonucci Science Complex followed.

Topics: Events, Our Students, Programs and Majors, Community

Recently, Sigma Sigma Sigma were on the quad for their annual Teeter Totter-AS-Thon. The sisters teeter-tottered for 36 hours to raise money for the March of Dimes and The Robbie Page Memorial Fund. Learn more about Greek Life here.

Topics: Student Experience, Community, Greek Life

Recently, the Center for Faculty Scholarship hosted a celebration of recent faculty-authored publications in Miller Oval. The event celebrated six faculty members who recently published books, and one who released an album. Each faculty member  briefly discussed their work, with time for Q+A and discussion before the reception to honor them and their accomplishments

Topics: Faculty, Our Faculty, Community

It's been a busy two days, so far, for our Young Falcons Academy week, where students from Fitchburg and Leominster public middle schools partake in a week full of activities on campus. Yesterday and today, the Young Falcons met with current students to find out what college life was really like, make shadow puppets in Conlon Fine Arts with Professors Sally Moore and Andrea Olmstead, learn about therapy dogs meeting a Fitchburg State favorite Daisy the Therapy Dog, just to name a few. 

Topics: Programs, Our Students, Our Faculty, Information Session, Community

Members of the Fitchburg State Falcons Football Team are on the quad today as part of their Be The Match Swab Event. Every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukemia. For patients with blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases, a cure exists. Be The Match® is a community of donors, volunteers, health care professionals and researchers who deliver cures by helping patients get the life-saving marrow transplant they need. The team is asking fellow Falcons to help save a life, Be The Match!

Topics: Student Experience, Community, Athletics

Last week, our Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness offered students a mid-semester break treated students to ice cream sundaes and a break from studies and projects.

Topics: Student Experience, Clubs and Organizations, Community

Discovery & Access Strategic Projects Manager, Lamont Library,
Harvard University Kai Fay visited English Studies Professor Kisha Tracy's Storytelling and Oral Tradition class last week, "Humans are terrible at remembering facts, what we are good at is remembering stories," was how the oral tradition was explained. 

Topics: Programs and Majors, Community, English Studies