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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.

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.

The Massachusetts State University system is joining a growing number of colleges and universities across the country and Commonwealth requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they attend in-person classes next fall.

Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced mobs of racially charged hatred and became cornerstones of the civil rights movement, Teach Us All examines how the present day United States education system fails to live up to that promise of desegregation as it slides back into a re-segregation of its modern schools.

In addition to academic talks, poster presentations, and creative writing pieces, the site also features recorded performances from the Chamber Choir and the Fitchbyrds (Fitchburg State’s jazz band) will be viewable.

Visitors can follow the tour on a map that describes attractions including notable buildings and institutions, public art installations, restaurants and shops, along with developments now in progress like the university’s own Theater Block.

Interested in applying to graduate school but don’t know where to start? Fitchburg State’s School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education is here to help.

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.

Visits from Fred Plotkin have become a Fitchburg State tradition, and this virtual event will allow his local fans the opportunity to learn about another treasured cultural export from Italy: the cinema of Federico Fellini.

Fitchburg State recently recognized more than 200 students with scholarships, awards and certificates in celebration of academic accomplishment.