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Fitchburg State supporting students with housing insecurity
Fitchburg State will house up to five students a year through the state's Moving to College program, whose goal is to help homeless and housing insecure students earn college degrees and certificates of value.
Elizabeth Haskins mathematics competition returns in virtual form
Fitchburg State recently hosted its 40th Elizabeth Haskins Mathematics Contest, welcoming 75 students from five regional high schools.
Moot Court program earns second consecutive national ranking
Fitchburg State is the smallest public institution to crack the top 25 in the nation.
Future Educator Academy will serve diverse learners
The Future Educator Academy is designed to address ongoing demographic shifts. About 40% of the state’s public school students are of color, but only 8% of their teachers come from minority groups.
University, FAM renew memorandum of agreement
The agreement calls for both institutions to engage in activities that are mutually beneficial, as well as activities that help support the economy, livability, and quality of life in the city of Fitchburg and North Central Massachusetts.
Downtown redevelopment projects highlighted
Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy toured downtown Fitchburg this week to get a closeup look at the public and private development that is remaking the city, including the Main Street Theater Block.
Urban Agenda grant will support minority businesses in downtown Fitchburg
Minority businesses in downtown Fitchburg will get assistance with accessing capital and other support thanks to a $100,000 Urban Agenda grant announced this month by the Baker-Polito Administration.
Partnership enhances cybersecurity training offerings
Since the cyber range can simulate various network environments and tools, employers may provide access to training and skills-testing in safe conditions so their employees do not experience the first attack scenario while on the job.
University seeing growth in retention rate
The success is attributed to measures including a focus on peer mentors, peer tutors, a first-year seminar for incoming students, faculty mentoring for underrepresented groups, and improved support for first-year courses.
Faculty Perspective: Exploring the Ice Ages of Mars
Parsons was part of a team that recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science that articulates how the Red Planet has experienced five or six ice ages over the past several hundred million years