As part of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, Humanities Professor Dr. Karina Bautista highlighted a community-based effort led by Fitchburg State’s Spanish Program in partnership with the Falcon Academy, through the Perseverantia Perspectives Podcast Series. Students reflect on how their Spanish skills came alive as they taught a medical Spanish lesson to local eighth graders, bridging classroom learning with real-world community needs. Their stories show how language education fosters connection, cultural awareness, and collaboration.

Yesterday afternoon English Studies Professor Kisha Tracy welcomed all to the 
You FIT Here! Fitchburg Your Story Celebration on the quad. The event celebrated both the university and the city, learning about some of our shared heritage. Remarks were made by  SGA President Michael Burns, Communications Media Professor Dr. J.J. Sylvia Coordinator, Crocker Center for Civic Engagement and School of Business and Technology Professor Renee Scapparone, Dean of the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Jackie Kremer. Dr. Tracy presented the 2025 "Fitchburg Your Story" Podcast Winners: Most Compelling Emphasis on Marginalized Communities - "The Voice of the First" by Justin Conner, Best Delivery - "From Chaos to Community" by Michael Sauvageau, and  Best Overall - "She Spoke" by Julia Grace Ducharme. 

 Assistant Director of Study Abroad Nicole Salerno recently took time out of her busy schedule to record a podcast to be posted on Perseverantia: the Fitchburg State Podcast Network.