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The competition features teams of students arguing opposing sides of a legal issue, as in an appellate court proceeding. The competitors make oral arguments and respond to questions from a panel of judges, as well as submit written briefs.

As if the year 2020 hadn’t posed enough challenges, this fall the Department of Nursing faced a fresh quandary when they had to find several new faculty members on the eve of the semester’s opening.

Phillips is a founding partner of Nickless, Phillips and O’Connor, attorneys at law, in Fitchburg.

The public is invited to take a look at a curated selection of clips from the footage introduced by Professor Charles Roberts and take part in a discussion led by Fitchburg Historical Society Executive Director Susan Navarre.

Engineering Technology program seniors will get support in the development of capstone projects thanks to a new Unitil Corporation sponsorship that will also help them to participate in the national Solar Decathlon competition.

Professor Katherine Rye Jewell has been appointed co-chair of the College and Community Radio Caucus of the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force, a federally mandated project created to support the preservation of the nation’s audiovisual infrastructure.

The Top Program Scores recognize schools based on their performance in both the AMCA National Tournament Oral Advocacy competition and the AMCA National Tournament Written Brief competition.

The TRIO Student Support Services program has helped first-generation, lower-income and high needs students excel in their collegiate studies for over 20 years.

The three Courageous Conversations in June focusing on the theme “All Lives Can’t Matter Until Black Lives Matter” were a powerful reiteration that the Fitchburg State community is committed to promoting equity and creating a culture where everyone can thrive. At the same time, the institution identified a number of areas on which we need to work.

The Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. Charitable Fund has pledged more than $7,000 to Fitchburg State University’s police program to help defray the cost of personal safety protection vests for these future officers.