The Fitchburg State University Athletics Women's Volleyball Team is back on campus and held an early morning practice at the volleyball court near the Conlon Fine Arts Center. After choosing teams, and a "high stakes" round of Rock, Paper Scissors to see who served, the team played rounds in the morning sun.
Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Clubs and Organizations, Athletics, Campus
Fitchburg State University Athletics Fitchburg State Football Team are on campus and are preparing to face Dean at their first game of the season September 2, at 7 p.m. at the newly renovated Elliot Field.
Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Clubs and Organizations, Athletics
Chief of University Police Michael Cloutier invited our Residents Assistants, and Housing and Residential Services staff, to tour University Police facilities. Along with lunch and meeting the University Police staff, students and staff got to try out equipment, see what it's like to perform a sobriety test with "drunk" goggles, meet Odin, our therapy dog, and so much more!
Topics: Student Experience, Information Session, Community, Campus
Today, Sgt. Justin Starkus of the Auburn MA Police Department instructed the 5th Fitchburg State University Police Program's Recruit Officer Course (ROC) how to administer a breathalyzer exam after an OUI stop. After extensive instructions and quizzing, the recruits were tasked with successfully completing all the steps legally necessary to perform the breathalyzer test. Sgt. Starkus reviewed the completed tests for procedural accuracy.
Topics: Student Experience, Programs and Majors, Police Program
Fitchburg State University Athletics Head Strength & Conditioning Coach David Jenkerson Jr. ran members of the Fitchburg State Football Team through a warm up & workout this morning at the Carmelita Landry Fitness Center. The team is preparing to face Dean at their first game of the season September 2, at 7 p.m. at the newly renovated Elliot Field.
Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Athletics
Fitchburg State University's Upward Bound Summer Program students work on thank you notes to send in gratitude to their area internships. Upward Bound provides academic support through tutoring services, educational and college preparatory workshops, and cultural field trips stressing academic development, The program serves high school students from Fitchburg and Leominster for the duration of their high school career and beyond. The 6-week summer residential program gives students an opportunity to live on the Fitchburg State University campus and experience life as a college student. Students attend academic classes in the morning, participate in community service worksites in the afternoon, are engaged in a variety of entertaining workshops in the evening and have the option of attending college visits and cultural trips on the weekend.
Topics: Programs, Preparing for College, Student Experience, Community
Last Friday, incoming First Year students took a break as they helped out with a Housing and Residential Services video.
Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Community, Campus
This summer more than 65 students from Fitchburg State's Early College, Upward Bound, and Upward Math and Science Programs are taking part in Dual Enrollment courses made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program. Here students in Professor Kyle Anderson's Earth Systems Science Class take part in a lab exploring the principles of Oceanography.
Topics: Preparing for College, Student Experience, Admissions, Programs and Majors, Community
This week, the 5th Fitchburg State University Police Program's Recruit Officer Course (ROC) is off campus for their Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC). This morning, students worked on braking.
Topics: Student Experience, Our Students, Programs and Majors, Police Program
Senior Admissions Tour Guide Riley Hogan gives a tour to students visiting Fitchburg State University from Lowell High School.
Topics: Preparing for College, Student Experience, Admissions, Campus