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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.

The pandemic has not stifled the international collaboration between students and faculty at Fitchburg State University and the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Germany, where researchers are exploring the transatlantic relationship between our two nations.

The agreement is designed to support students by building on past learning experience and eliminating unnecessary duplication of learning outcomes.

Fitchburg State University’s online graduate program in history has been ranked as one of the most affordable such programs in the country.

Efforts to remake career advising for students has been awarded a grant of more than $250,000 from the Davis Educational Foundation, to build a comprehensive model of career advising and services. The grant will also support the creation of a comprehensive internship and employer relations model.

The funds will be used to provide support to the university’s efforts in meeting ABET standards for continuous improvement and meeting the quality standards established by the Construction Management Association of America.

With tuition costs continually on the rise, college students and their families have to take cost into consideration. Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, College Consensus editors searched for reputable, accredited institutions with the lowest tuition costs.

Dean of Business and Technology Keith Williamson said the accreditation was another great example of the faculty's commitment to a rich learning experience reinforced by the highest standards in the discipline.