Coordinator of Early College and Dual Enrollment Andrew Goodwin hosted students from the Sizer School who are interested in Dual Enrollment. The Dual Enrollment program is unique to the Sizer School and Fitchburg State University. Dual Enrollment consists of college classes that are available to take during the high school day for a discounted rate, and is available to both juniors and seniors. The unique part of this program is that each student can elect to take nearly any course offered by Fitchburg State University, as long as the student meets any prerequisites for said classes. The students enjoyed an information session, a panel discussion, and a campus tour. Learn more about our Dual Enrollment Program here.

Topics: Programs, Student Experience, Admissions, Information Session

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

It was standing room only at yesterday's Nancy Folbre Lecture entitled The Motherhood Penalty: Past, Present, and Covid in Hammond Hall. Nancy Folbre, Director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discussed the motherhood penalty as part of our HERstory Month Celebration.

Topics: Programs, Student Experience, Campus

After some stretching and laps around Weston Auditorium to loosen up, students in Stage Movement were tasked with finding their "inner animal."

Topics: Programs, Our Students

Students in Professor Ronald Krieser Genetics Lab conducting a transcription reaction experiment. Learn about our Health Sciences Concentration, Biology here.

Topics: Programs, Faculty, Student Experience, Our Students

This course serves as an introduction to the behavior of real materials under the influence of forces and couples. Here, students test the strength of concrete cylinders they made, at stages of curing which exemplifies how concrete gets stronger with age. Learn about our Engineering Technology majors here.

Topics: Programs, Our Students

Students in Andrea Olmstead's, and Petri Flint's ceramics and drawing classes, respectively, in Conlon Fine Arts.

Topics: Programs, Our Students

Here, We Soar! Do you want to see how student Cameron Sousa soars?

Student Spotlight! Cameron Sousa of Hudson is majoring in Engineering Technology with a concentration in construction management.

Sousa has been the president of the university chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Chapter for the past year. This chapter is all about building relationships with industry professionals, getting knowledge and insight from experts, attending professional meetings and site visits, and exploring opportunities for internships and jobs. Students interested in joining should contact Cameron at csousa11@student.fitchburgstate.edu. As chapter president, his duties include running workshops and bringing employers to classes to speak.

He also tells Fitchburg State's story as part of the university's Hometown High program, in which he visits local high schools to talk about the construction management program with prospective students.

Topics: Programs, Our Students, Occupational Vocational Education, Programs and Majors, Community

Students in the Advanced Game Workshop, where they work in teams to conceptualize and execute an innovative serious, casual, or indie game that draws on skills, concepts, and proficiencies learned in previous courses. #gaming

Topics: Programs, Our Students, Programs and Majors, Game Design

Hello! I would like to say first and foremost that it's a pleasure to be able to document and share my experiences abroad with the Fitchburg State community!

My name is Jordan Malachi, currently a junior Communications Media Film/Video student. Throughout these posts I am documenting my sophomore year of college spent studying abroad at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Topics: Programs, Student Experience, International Education, Study Abroad