Campus Currents

The Linda Vaden-Goad Authors and Artists Series:

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at 4:30 PM in Heineman Ecumenical Center
Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdeCpqDIrHtIOiszZO0VKD7NSFNqWa8he

Katherine Scheidler's new publication Renegade Teacher: Inside School Walls with Standards and the Test will be described to provide insights about the national test, which has been considered poor, intrusive, and unfair. With her experience as a school district assistant superintendent, Scheidler studies the tests annually and sees them changing over the years to become better - and more needed today with learning lost during the pandemic school shutdown. Marcus Greene's creative work explores his interest in the formal construction of imaginary spaces - sometimes suggesting nature or physical science, sometimes mythical or archetypal environments, and sometimes suggesting passages to other dimensions.

Wednesday, March 27, 1:30 p.m.
McCarthy Center Forum

More information here

Share your story as a First-Generation College Student!

Join Professor Jennifer De Leon to discuss her novel Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, and:

• Write your own 6-word memoir!
• Get your book signed!
• Eat free snacks!
• Win prizes!

Questions? generationone@framingham.edu 

Movie Night: Barbie
March 29, 6 p.m.
Center for Inclusive Excellence

The CIE will show the movie Barbie, which deals with the impact of women's issues and challenges on society as a whole. It will provide a space to engage students and foster dialogue. 

Field Trip: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 
March 30

The CIE will host a visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,. This experience will provide an opportunity to explore art from various cultures and its influence on issues facing women. Transportation will be provided.

Questions? Inclusivex@framingham.edu 

By: Kaitlin Carman, Publications Intern

The warm scent of toasted kindling lingered throughout the McCarthy Center Forum. The smell was indicative of the many hours of craftsmanship that was hand-carved by students into 16 large-scale woodblocks.

Forty by ninety-six inch black and white depictions of Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Anne Frank, ASL, women’s rights and bodily autonomy, fierce lions, and nature were printed on a giant custom-made mobile printing press called Big Tuna and posted all around the stage by groups of students.

TheBig Ink artist group hosted the two-day workshop on March 5 and 6. The event, titled “Courage and Resilience: Big Ink for Big Hearts,” featured works from community including The Learning Center for the Deaf, three local high schools (Ashland, Millbury, and Northbridge), The Mill Contemporary Art studios, and classes taught by Lissa Bollettino, Zeynep Gönen, Amy Johnston, Paul Yalowitz, and Marc Cote.

It was sponsored by Arts & Ideas, the Art & Music Department, the Mass Cultural Council, and the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service (CELTSS).

Cote facilitated the event after submitting its proposal last year.

He said, “We wanted to capture that idea of courage and resilience and extend it out in numerous creative ways not only within the Art department, but also across campus.”

Cote explained the event also featured woodblocks created by participants from the Black Student Union, Earth and Environmental science departments, and the History department.

“Three-quarters of them were done last semester as final projects for various classes and they worked on them over a period of three weeks for each of the blocks and they were collaborative in spirit,” he added.

According to junior Emily Monaco, not only did the prints depict images of strength, courage, and resilience, but the actual work that went into making them were demonstrative of those same themes as well.

She said, “The labor that goes into creating prints – you need to be strong physically. … it’s just kind of a meticulous method of a very repetitive cycle, but you get different results each time based on the cutouts.”

The workshop was not only successful in embodying these themes and ideas, but it was a great way to unite the campus and art community as well, according to Monaco.

“I feel like as an Art student, it’s important to be able to go to events like this – especially since our department is very small. So having these events helps us connect with people in the field and trying new things that we might not have done before in our respective concentrations,” she added.

Carole Molaison, a tourist from Quebec, said she saw Big Ink on Facebook during the COVID-19 Pandemic and was very interested in their work as she is an artist and loves vinyl cutting. She made time for the event during her and her husband’s cross-country vacation.

She said she was moved by the students’ art.

“I wish I could have been in one of these courses … I would love to participate one day,” added Molaison.

When Cote asked for volunteers, her eyes lit up as she helped to carefully remove a print from Big Tuna and hang it on the wall with some of the event’s student-artists.

“I think it’s great,” she said.

Come visit the Danforth School and view our Adult Student Winter Exhibition. The exhibition features work from adult students who took classes in the winter session, ranging from beginner level to advanced art classes. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and is on view between March 23 - 30, Tues-Sun from 12pm-5pm. The exhibition is located on the 3rd level of the Jonathan Maynard Building, 14 Vernon Street, Framingham, MA 01701.

A closing reception will be held on March 30th between 4pm-6pm, where light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, you may call the school office at 508-215-5116 or email us at danforthartschool@framingham.edu.

April 6th, 2024 from 10am-2pm – Rams Rising: An Accepted Student Event
April 13th, 2024 from 10am-2pm – Rams Rising: An Accepted Student Event

Learn more: https://www.framingham.edu/admissions-and-aid/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/accepted-student-receptions

Moth Story Slam: Taking up Space
FSU Women’s Affinity Group Spring Event
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Time: 11:45-12:45
Location: McCarthy College Center, Alumni Room

Three Stories about Taking Up Space

We are taking our inspiration from NPR’s The Moth/Radio Hour. The Moth features true stories told live on stage without scripts or notes. The stories may be humorous, heartbreaking or poignant but they will captivate, surprise and delight the audience with their honesty, bravery and humor.

Our theme for the Spring Event is, Taking Up Space, defined by Alex Jenny as, “Giving yourself permission to make room for your authentic emotions and feelings and boundaries. When you take up space, you don’t feel like you need to succumb to the pressure to make yourself small, hide parts of yourself, or – if you’re a person of color – to subjugate yourself to white supremacy and values, in order to move through the world.”

Following the stories, we will open it up for discussion.

Storytellers
Keri Straka, Professor of Art
Jen Lin, Associate Professor of Psychology
Kim Dexter, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources & Equal Opportunity 

We provide a light lunch of soup, salad, bread, fruit, dessert, coffee and tea at the start of the hour and the opportunity to say hello to colleagues. The hour promises to be interesting, enlightening and delicious.

If you have any question, please feel free to contact any of the Women’s Affinity group* members: Peg Charbonnier, Christine Denaro, Lynn Gray, Debbie Hogan, Meghan Maxfield and Silvia Teixeira.

Arts & Humanities/Education Employer Roundtable
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
1:30 - 2:30pm in the MC Alumni Room
Career Development will host area employers who will offer valuable advice and resources including resume reviews, elevator pitch assistance, and more to help prepare you for the career fair.

Arts & Humanities/Education Career Fair
Thursday, March 28, 2024
12:30-2:30pm, MC Forum & Alumni Room
Interested in a jobs and internships in arts & humanities and education? Come to the Career Fair to learn about various employment opportunities! Be sure to prepare for the fair by meeting with a career counselor. Make an appointment in Starfish or reach out to us at careerdevelopment@framingham.edu.

Town of Natick Behind the Scenes Tour
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Bus leaves McCarthy at 12:30, returns to campus at 3 p.m.
Learn more about careers in government, library services, and legal an employer site visit to the Town of Natick. Transportation and food included.

WooSox Behind the Scenes Visit to Polar Park
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Bus leaves McCarthy at noon, returns to campus at 4 p.m.
Learn more about careers with the WooSox during an employer site visit to Polar Park. Transportation and food included. 

Employer Showcase

Students, come network with employers in an informal way to learn about career and job opportunities and what they have to offer. Hosted every Wednesday in the McCarthy Center Lobby--drop by the table!

4/3/2024 12:30-2:30pm St. Bridget's School
4/10/2024 12:30-2:30pm Nordstrom
4/24/2024 12:30-2:30pm
5/1/2024 12:30-2:30pm Natick Public Schools

-Dr. Thomas Koshy, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, has an article published:
"Sums Involving Extended Gibonacci Polynomials," Journal of the Indian Academy of Mathematics, 46.1 (2024), 1--11.