It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - Sneak Peek

Posted by Andy Cunningham on December 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM

Beginning this evening, the Communications Media Department will present its production of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the Wallace Theater for the Performing Arts in the McKay Complex. Written by Joe Landry and directed by Fitchburg State Professor Kelly Morgan and student Allison Thompson, the classic movie is retold as a charming 1940s-themed radio show, including a live Foley operator for sound effects. Experience the impressive vocal range of the actors as they play multiple characters "over the air." Learn more about the production and when to see it here.

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Topics: Events, Programs and Majors, Communications/Media, Theater Program

Student Literature Fair: An Exploration of Afro/Africanfuturism

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 29, 2023 at 12:53 PM

Students in English Studies Professor Kisha Tracy's Honors Seminar Literature discussed their work on the topic of Afro/Africanfuturism at the Student Literature Fair: An Exploration of Afro/Africanfuturism in the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library. University Librarians selected a winner of the Fair, with an additional Visitors' Choice award.

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Topics: Student Experience, Events, Programs and Majors, English Studies

Fitchburg State Hosts Eastern Regional Undergraduate Moot Court Qualifying Tournament

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 17, 2023 at 3:47 PM

The Fitchburg State University Campus Center was abuzz today as the university once again hosts the American Moot Court Association's Eastern Regional Undergraduate Moot Court Qualifying Tournament. Student teams and coaches from as far away as California and Louisiana registered for the event this afternoon. Event coordinator, Economics, History and Political Science Professor Paul Weizer, welcomed volunteer judges, as well as the competing teams. This competition will span this afternoon and all day tomorrow.

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Topics: Student Experience, Events, Programs and Majors, Community, Economics, History, and Political Science

Watch My Six: A Veteran Storytelling Event

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 10, 2023 at 10:30 AM
In honor of Veterans Day 2023, Fitchburg State University's English Studies Department, in collaboration with its flagship literary journal Route 2, presented "Watch My Six: A Veteran Storytelling Event," in the Falcon Hub in Hammond Hall.
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Topics: Student Experience, Events, Community, English Studies

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Kick-Off - Carnival & Pep Rally

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 4, 2023 at 10:29 AM

Last night we kicked off our Homecoming and Reunion Weekend with a Pep rally, Bonfire, and Carnival in a transformed Ross St. Parking Lot. Homecoming is our annual celebration that brings our entire Falcon community together for an amazing fall weekend and the opening night was amazing, we celebrated our athletic teams, and everyone enjoyed  rides, games, food and more!

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Topics: Student Experience, Events, Community, Alumni

International Education - Diwali Celebration

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 3, 2023 at 3:26 PM

Last night, the Office of International Education (OIE) and the Fitchburg Indian Student Association observed Diwali in the Main Lounge of Hammond Hall. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, 
and knowledge over ignorance". The event, including dinner, dancing and an educational portion, was generously funded by ITInduct.

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Topics: Student Experience, International Education, Events, International Admissions

Career Services and Advising Center - Graduate Education Exploration Fair

Posted by Andy Cunningham on November 1, 2023 at 4:45 PM

This afternoon, the Career Services and Advising Center held an  Exploration Fair in the Hammond Main Lounge.  Fitchburg State University's School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education (SGOCE) along with local university's graduate school programs, provided this as opportunity for schools to meet the talented students at Fitchburg State University, and connect with potential graduate students. This was an opportunity for our students to learn about graduate school programs, and receive information about the application process.

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Topics: Events, information session, Programs and Majors, SGOCE

Center for Faculty Scholarship Book Talk: Dr. Teresa Fava Thomas

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 25, 2023 at 3:45 PM

The Center for Faculty Scholarship featured Professor Teresa Fava Thomas of the Economics, History and Political Science Department for a conversation about her new book, The Allied Bombing of Central Italy: The Restoration of the Nile Mosaic and Sanctuary of Fortuna at Palestrina. Dr. Thomas's book "explores the pressure by the Mussolini regime to control the Barberini family's art collection, the uses of cultural materials for propaganda purposes, the Allied use of airpower in the Italian theater of war, the postwar decision-making and recovery process. The book is one of the very few long-range studies of the war's impact on a single Italian town."

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Topics: Events, Our Faculty, Community, Health and Natural Sciences, Economics, History, and Political Science

CIC Nuovo Mondo Keynote Address: "My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History"

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 19, 2023 at 7:15 PM

The Center for Italian Culture's Nuovo Mondo series continues with the Dr. Joseph Luzzi Residency Keynote Address: "My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History." Dr. Luzzi, the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard College, is the child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature. In this talk, Dr. Luzzi discussed the subject of Italian immigration to American, with special reference to his 2014 memoir, My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Franca Barricelli introduced Dr. Luzzi utilizing her collection of books he authored.

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Topics: Events, Community, Center for Italian Culture

English Studies Mix and Mingle

Posted by Andy Cunningham on October 19, 2023 at 1:15 PM

Our English Studies faculty recently invited Interested students to join them, and  English Studies majors and minors  to mix and mingle in the Miller Oval. 

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Topics: Student Experience, Events, information session, English Studies