Devin Tormey '22 has always loved to paint, and when she found she could make money selling her paintings as a business, she saw an opportunity to merge two passions.

The senior business administration major from Fitchburg decided to develop a formal business plan for her artistic pursuits as her capstone thesis project for the university’s Honors Program. She credits her advisor, Assistant Professor John Crawley of the Business Administration Department, who encouraged her to fold her artwork into those plans.

“Devin is a tremendously talented student and artist,” Professor Crawley said. “Her work in the classroom is exceptional and her artwork moves the viewer.”

Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors

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

As our the Women's HERstory Month celebration, the the Women's HERstory Month Committee hosted the movie showing of Encanto at the Ellis White Lecture Hall at 3:30 and 6:30. Learn more about our Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness here.

Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Clubs and Organizations, Community, Campus

Students in Professor Billy Samulak's General Chemistry Lab conducted an Absorbance Spectroscopy and Sports Drinks experiment. Students used visible spectroscopy to determine the concentration of a food dye different flavors/colors of sports drinks. Learn more about our School of Health and Natural Sciences here. 

Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors, Nursing Program

Students in Professor Kevin McCarthy's Sound Design class had an "ear opening" experience when they got a chance to use state-of-the-art audio equipment. The course examines the elements of post-production sound design within the context of film and video production. Learn more about our Communications Media Department and Programs here.

Topics: Programs, Our Students

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

Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center (ACT) visited the Gear Up Center at Fitchburg High School. Director of the ACT Center Kat McLellan, PhD, and Asst. Director of ACT were joined by Student Tutors Lia Reyes Jimenez, Olivia Willis, and Stephanie Amponmaah Boamah where they discuss future plans, college preparation, and the college experience with soon-to-be-graduates of Fitchburg High School. To learn more about the admissions process at Fitchburg State University, click here.

Topics: Preparing for College, Student Experience, Our Students, Information Session, Staff, Community

Our Women's HERstory Month celebration continued with yesterday afternoon's Women in the Arts at the Kent Recital Hall. It was celebration of women-identified artists and performers, featuring visual artists, musicians, poets, and more. Learn more about our Humanities Programs here.

Topics: Faculty, Student Experience, Our Students, Staff, Community, Humanities

The Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB) along with the Women's HERstory Month Committee hosted Women's HERstory Month Lunch Bingo in the Falcon Hub. Attendees learned multitasking fun and facts as they played lightning speed rounds of BINGO. Winners EVERY game!

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