--- title: Welcome Back & Employee Recognition Celebration description: Welcome Back & Employee Recognition Celebration image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_089.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Welcome Back & Employee Recognition Celebration Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on August 25, 2022 at 1:08 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This morning, [President Lapidus](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/leadership/presidents-office/president-lapidus-biography) hosted a Welcome Back & Employee Recognition Celebration at the Kent Recital Hall. Prior to the presentations,  colleagues gathered outside the Antonucci Science Complex, where they had the opportunity to reconnect after the summer, and before the start of the fall semester next week. ![Image_007-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-68-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_007-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-68-PM.jpg?width=2429&name=Image_007-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-68-PM.jpg) ![Image_035-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-12-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_035-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-12-PM.jpg?width=2416&name=Image_035-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-12-PM.jpg) ![Image_089](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_089.jpg?width=2615&name=Image_089.jpg) ![Image_008-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-65-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_008-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-65-PM.jpg?width=2343&name=Image_008-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-65-PM.jpg) ![Image_013-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-30-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_013-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-30-PM.jpg?width=2418&name=Image_013-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-30-PM.jpg) ![Image_010-3](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_010-3.jpg?width=2308&name=Image_010-3.jpg) ![Image_038-3](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_038-3.jpg?width=2414&name=Image_038-3.jpg) ![Image_043-4](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_043-4.jpg?width=2553&name=Image_043-4.jpg) ![Image_029-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-32-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_029-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-32-PM.jpg?width=2407&name=Image_029-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-32-PM.jpg) ![Image_084](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_084.jpg?width=2482&name=Image_084.jpg) ![Image_002-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-71-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_002-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-71-PM.jpg?width=2482&name=Image_002-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-71-PM.jpg) ![Image_046-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-18-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_046-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-18-PM.jpg?width=2377&name=Image_046-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-18-PM.jpg) ![Image_033-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-13-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_033-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-13-PM.jpg?width=2403&name=Image_033-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-13-PM.jpg) ![Image_040-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-22-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_040-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-22-PM.jpg?width=2455&name=Image_040-Aug-25-2022-04-50-26-22-PM.jpg) ![Image_020-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-90-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_020-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-90-PM.jpg?width=2420&name=Image_020-Aug-25-2022-04-50-25-90-PM.jpg) ![Image_039-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_039-2.jpg?width=2499&name=Image_039-2.jpg) ![Image_096-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_096-1.jpg?width=1670&name=Image_096-1.jpg) ![Image_099](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_099.jpg?width=2542&name=Image_099.jpg) Employees that were in attendance were recognized for their years of service to the university. 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