Our Stories

While we practice using contingency tables and finding probabilities, we are looking at the issue of constitutionality and racial profiling in the practice.

People who aren’t like you can’t always relate to you, but they can understand you.

At Fitchburg State, we were taught that communication is everything in this job. In the real world, that has held true. The ability to effectively communicate with people is the most important tool to have and I feel Fitchburg State prepared me for that.

I jumped at the opportunity to welcome students from Fitchburg State to my department. I’m glad these young adults could put themselves in a police cruiser and see if this is something they want to do full-time.

The fire service turned out to be a very rewarding career for me.

I had to think about how to reach my students online, and that’s when I started with the idea of a book. I draw a lot of coloring pages that kids have at school, so I was thinking about a series of those that kids could download. And then it grew into an actual children’s book.

Our Black community is in danger. This isn’t breaking news, but it should be breaking hearts.

Our goal is to hear voices we don’t always hear. Our students are so smart, and so connected, we want to hear all the solutions they have.

What I’ve tried to do in the program is to help students self-advocate and to help them understand how academic settings work.