This past semester, Humanities Professor
Amy
McGlothlin assisted senior Ryan Gallagher with an independent study for his Music Theory and Composition minor.
According to McGlothlin, "The project was an album release. Ryan has released several individual songs over the past few years, but never an entire album. We worked on the concept for his album, which songs belonged on it, and which ones he should save for the next project. Then we picked a release date for the album. Ryan worked on mixing and mastering his music using skills he learned in my Introduction to Music Technology courses, as well as on his own. He created his own merchandise, and worked on getting his music into the distribution pipeline for the release date. He organized people to help him with the show, including people to run the merchandise table where he sold T-shirts with his logo on them, arranging for catering to bring pizza for anyone who attended and arranging for someone to record the show on video. He designed the poster, and did the advertising. We met or talked about his project every couple of weeks to be sure he was on track and to give him some ideas. I invited local music producer Young Coff33, who came to the show with his production company and talked to Ryan afterwards, giving him lots of praise for the quality of his work. It was pretty much a full house in the Falcon Hub that night, which goes to show that Ryan did a great job with spreading the word, and also shows what a great group of friends he has that came to support his presentation.
"The show lasted about 45 minutes. Ryan talked about each song before performing it. I assisted with running the sound for his background tracks, all of which he wrote the music for. I'm really proud of Ryan and his work on this project which pulls together a number of skill sets that young musicians must now have to get started on a career."
Here is a link to his album "The Art of Self Defense" by Sly -
https://open.spotify.com/album/37OLXk2t2IyS7SV4sy7sxu?si=dRXcTVvQTDmjCqw6OFXNMQ
Some images provided by social media ambassador,
Armando Libier.
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Fitchburg State University held the winter ceremony of its 126th commencement exercises at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 in the university’s Athletics and Recreation Center.
The ceremony included the conferral of graduate and undergraduate degrees. University President Richard S. Lapidus delivered the commencement address.
Also offering remarks were Graduate Student Leadership Award recipient Spencer D. Fuller, who completed a master of science degree in criminal justice, and undergraduate valedictorian Helen “Hallie” Dyer of Westwood, who is completing a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. Both student speakers were enrolled in the university’s police program.
The ceremony was streamed live on FATV, and can be viewed here.
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Earlier this week, our Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness treated students to ice cream sundaes, and a French fry bar - offering breaks during finals week. The events were welcome breaks from the stress of finals.
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Monday afternoon, members of the Fitchburg State community were invited to the Fall 2022 Game Studio Post Mortem for this semester's completed game. The game, Goblin Gunner, is a result of a full-time, semester-long experience in which students in our Game Design program work as a team to plan, design, develop, test, and prepare for publication a significant game project. The Post Mortem included a showcasing of the final version of their game, discussion of their development process (including regular meetings with the game company Rockstar New England), and a Q & A with the audience.
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This afternoon, Student Development hosted a Pop Up Popcorn Finals Frenzy on the G-Level of Hammond Hall.
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Yesterday afternoon, students got a little break from classes, tests and projects this afternoon by spending a little time with Daisy, Mischief, Penny and Fitchburg State University Police's own Odin in the Hammond Maine Lounge, These therapy dogs were a welcome respite from the stress of finals season.
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Director Tanya Hoos Crowley, and Staff Assistant Jasmine Yang of Alumni and Family Relations were on hand in G-Lobby yesterday to offer students a respite during finals, offering a hot cocoa bar and some Fitchburg State University branded swag. Students were eager to get a boost and a break.
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Towards the end of the semester, students in Professor Michael S. McCutcheon's Criminal Investigation course put to use what they learned in the classroom earlier this semester to test as they sought to lift fingerprints from glass, wet surfaces, and soft surfaces.
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Early this week, a small group of Education Majors were immersed in a Mursion virtual reality simulation training session at the McKay Campus School. In this particular scenario, students worked with virtual parents and grandparents, as if they were having a 1:1 session, discussing their student's success or lack thereof. The experience was quite realistic with one student saying "I'm sweating" after their session. This is just one of the many tools that Fitchburg State University uses to aid their Education students in mastering instructional moves, and in fostering social emotional learning.
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Whether the first, second, third or fourth floor, no matter the major, alone or in a group, students are busily studying for their finals in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library. Good luck on your finals!
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