Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Sean Rollins' Medical Microbiology course performed various procedures in their lab in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course serves as an introduction to the biology of major groups of micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Emphasis is placed on their relationship to man as agents of infectious diseases. In the laboratory principles and practices of aseptic techniques and diagnostic identification and culture of disease entities are explored.

This morning, Environmental, Geographic and Public Health Sciences Professor Reid Parsons welcomed other School of Health and Natural Sciences professors and staff as he introduced Student Researchers Sara Beaulac & Ethan Chaco in the Antonucci Science Complex. Sara and Ethan's projects relate to ice ages on Mars and some enigmatic features found on the Martian surface. They presented their work as practice for the December American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference they will be attending in New Orleans.

Our newest Nursing Student cohort in the START STRONG; Your Nursing Journey Begins Here program ended today with tours of our Nursing Foundations and Nursing Simulation Labs. Afterward, Nursing faculty and current students took feedback about this program in its first year, as well as hand out some swag and have a raffle for prizes.

Our newest Nursing Student cohort in the START STRONG; Your Nursing Journey Begins Here program got a chance to see what a college level Anatomy & Physiology course was like with  Biology and Chemistry Professor Daniel Welsh. Learn more about the program here.

This morning, the university welcomed members of our newest Nursing Student cohort to campus for the START STRONG; Your Nursing Journey Begins Here program. After checking in, settling in the dorm, and breakfast, Professor and Chair of the Nursing Program Deborah Benes discussed the program, expectations and student  support with parents and families. Meanwhile, Nursing Program Professor Karen Beaton. along with current students and faculty, began an array of activities with the students.

Director of Admissions Tony Trodella is holding a day-long retreat for our Admissions Staff. In this session, School of Health and Natural Sciences Professors Ronald Krieser and Monica Maldari discussed their programs as well as our Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Early Acceptance Programs to Medical School. 

Our Career Services and Advising Center recently held a resume ad cover letter writing workshop for our LPN to BS in Nursing Bridge Program students. Career Services and Advising Center Director  Lindsay Carpenter Connors walked students through the process and affirmed the departments support through the process. 

Nursing Program Professor Karen Beaton instructs the Nursing Care of The Family Nursing course in Thompson Hall. The students in the course are enrolled in our LPN to BS in Nursing Bridge Program.

The Fitchburg State University Center for Professional Studies' Advanced 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.

Assistant Director. Upward Bound Math & Science Andrew K. Pottorff held orientation for new and returning students enrolled in our Early College Dual Enrollment, and Upward Math and Science Programs in the Randall Lecture Hall. Upward Bound is a year-round, college readiness program funded by the Department of Education and sponsored by Fitchburg State University since 1989. The program stresses academic development, serving high school students in Fitchburg and Leominster for the duration of their high school career and beyond.