Senior PGA tour invades Nashawtuc Jun 17, 2007
98 seconds at Elliot Field on the campus of Fitchburg State College. That was a tad slower than its All-State time of 48. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Donohue, Stearns shine at Meet of Champions Jun 3, 2007
The top six finishers in each event qualified for the New England Championships, which are scheduled to take place at Fitchburg State College this Saturday. Other locals who qualified for the New Englands with top-six finishes were. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Claremont Tech College names new president Jun 1, 2007
She moves to Claremont from Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts, where she has been vice president for finance, administration and advancement. 2007 The Associated Press. (Concord Monitor)
Warren J. McCabe, 89; was journalist May 26, 2007
Born in Worcester, Mr. McCabe attended Fitchburg State College and Wentworth Institute of Technology and served in the Navy during World War II.. Mr. McCabe joined the AP in 1937 in Worcester and worked at various offices before coming to Boston. (Boston Globe)
Reconsidering the reign of the last empress in China May 26, 2007
Judy Budz is a professor of English at Fitchburg State College. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Students spill truth about drinking habits in survey Mar 24, 2007
More than 300 colleges and other organizations in the United States, Canada and Australia, including a few in the Boston area -- Bentley College, Brandeis University, Framingham State College and Fitchburg State College -- subscribe to the service. Colleges that subscribe pay a $745 annual fee. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Patrick's education task Mar 19, 2007
In picking Paul Reville, the director of the Rennie Center on Education Policy and Research, to head that group, and Bob Antonucci, president of Fitchburg State College, to chair the higher-education task force, Patrick has tapped respected educators. Once their groups have looked searchingly at problems and responses, it will be time to consider how changes in the governance structure might advance the best strategies. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Study links TV, smoking among teens Mar 6, 2007
"If black adolescents don't identify with white actors, then the smoking behavior of white actors would be less engaging and therefore less effective in influencing black adolescents' behavior," said Wellman, a professor at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. But Sargent said he didn't think that was the whole story, because black teens watched movies starring black actors who smoked. (Los Angeles Times)
Niki Tsongas considers politics for herself Mar 3, 2007
Each received free tuition and fees to one of the state's nine public colleges, including Fitchburg State College and Bridgewater State College. "I think Congress is setting the stage now for the 21st Century," Niki Tsongas added. (The Standard-Times, MA)
AT COLLEGE: Nelson, Seahawks headed to NCAA Division III Tournament Feb 26, 2007
Wareham's Lindsey Watkins, a junior forward on the Salem State College women's basketball team, scored eight points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds for the Vikings in a 66-45 loss to Fitchburg State College in the championship game of the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday. Fitchburg State (25-2) earned its first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with the victory. (The Standard-Times, MA)
University status eyed for colleges Feb 20, 2007
"If the others change their names, so do we in the spirit of equity and being competitive," said Robert V. Antonucci, president of Fitchburg State College. Bridgewater and Salem State leaders say the name change would also help them as they try to start up their first doctoral programs -- something state law prevents them from doing as state colleges. (Boston Globe)
Air Force Baseball Announces Coaching Changes For 2007 Season Feb 14, 2007
Marchand played collegiate ball for three seasons at St. Anselm College (1995-97, 99) in Manchester, N.H. and one year at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Mass. where he was an All-Conference selection in 1998. (Airforcesports.com)
Hometown filmmaker shirks Hollywood Jan 29, 2007
" As a filmmaker, D'Agostino, an established actor and model, is impossible to pigeonhole. He studied film at Rhode Island College, and later earned a master's degree in communications from Fitchburg State College, where he filmed "Service at The Altar," a 24-minute documentary inspired by the real-life sex abuse scandal involving former Attleboro priest James Porter. "Service at The Altar" is a no-frills documentarian's documentary, chock-full of candid interviews with clergymen and altar... (Pawtucket Times, RI)
He's teacher by day, rap artist Lyrical by night Jan 5, 2007
His father, a Navy veteran and strict disciplinarian, made an early impression on his son when he graduated from Fitchburg State College with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering after taking night classes. Plourde, then in his early teens, saw how the family's income increased after his father graduated. (Boston Globe -- Living)