At the culmination of today's Faculty and Librarian Research Symposium, the Celebration for Faculty and Librarian Excellence was held in the Falcon Hub. As the faculty wrapped up their sessions, Emeriti Faculty were welcomed to reconnect prior to the event.
Today, President Lapidus is hosting a Welcome Back & Professional Development Day for Fitchburg State University faculty. The day began with colleagues gathering outside the Antonucci Science Complex, where they had the opportunity to reconnect after the summer, and before the start of the fall semester tomorrow.
This afternoon, President Lapidus hosted an Ice Cream Social at the Lisciotti Pavilion in the Antonucci Science Center. The event was an opportunity for colleagues to gather and welcome new arrivals to campus including Provost Patricia Marshall and Dean of Health and Natural Sciences Jennifer Hanselman. President Lapidus and Special Assistant to the President Gail Doiron doled out the ice cream to an eager and grateful crowd.
Our Office of Student Development Student Orientation Leaders, who are on campus preparing for orientation sessions for our newest Falcons, The Class of 2026, were given a presentation by Jonathan Harvey, Hildur Schilling, and Amy McGlothlin of our Music Department as part of the days training sessions and activities. The presentation stressed the importance of music in student's lives and what Fitchburg State University has to offer. Dr. Harvey noted that a recent study showed that over 70,000,000 Americans participate in a music ensemble - roughly the same number involved on some athletic endeavor.
Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Information Session, Programs and Majors, Humanities
Today at the North Street Bistro was the fourth, and last, Staff Appreciation event which was held simultaneously at the McKay Café. Staff were treated to a beverage, and a snack, with their tickets entered into a prize raffle.
Members of our Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA), a lifelong learning institute that serves adult learners in Fitchburg and the surrounding communities, came to Professor Kisha Tracy's Writing II class and the Heritages of Change exhibition to mentor students in their given project topics. Learn more about our Continuing Education & Professional Development here.
Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors, Community
Yesterday afternoon, the university's Economics, History and Political Science Department; the Office of Student Development, and the Student Government Association sponsored this forum on Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on Euro-Atlantic security. Professor Joshua Spero, of the university’s Economics, History and Political Science Department, and student Oscar Burgos Pimentel traveled to Poland last month and saw the impact of the invasion. The trip was part of a faculty-student research project on Transatlantic Relations and Euro-Atlantic security.
Topics: Faculty, Information Session, Community, Humanities
Here, students in Professor Kelly Morgan's Voice and Articulation Class, which concentrates on the elements of vocal production and presentation, use the same sentence to convey different meanings utilizing vocal manipulation coupled with their physicality. Learn more about our Theater Concentration here, and our Communications Media Department here.
Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors
In Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class, students experimented with creating an entire world using newspapers. While some students acted out scenes, others recorded the action by traditional and contemporary means; film and digital. This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Learn more about our Film Studies Programs here.
Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors
Students in Professor Ronald Krieser Genetics Lab conducting RNA interference to inhibit the expression of their target genes. Learn about our School of Health and Natural Sciences here.
Topics: Faculty, Our Students, Research, Nursing Program