Campus Currents

November 15, 2021

The Mazmanian Art Gallery

Mazmanian Gallery Opening Reception: Tim McDonald and Keri Straka

November 15 - December 10, 2021

Reception: November 16, 2021, 4:30-6:30pm

Mazmanian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of artwork produced during sabbatical by two faculty from the department of Art & Music.

NEA Big Read: An American Sunrise at Framingham State

Framingham State and partners are hosting events to recognize Native American Heritage Month featuring author, Joy Harjo. Free copies of her book, An American Sunrise, are available.

November 17 and November 22 at 7 p.m., Book discussion on An American Sunrise

Framingham Public Library

December 6 at 1:30 p.m., Book discussion on An American Sunrise

Whittemore Library, virtual event

December 8, 2021, 4:30 p.m. Keynote author event “A Talk with Joy Harjo”

Whittemore Library, virtual event Joy Harjo, of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, will talk about her book of poetry An American Sunrise.

February 2, 2022 Presentation

Larry “Spotted” Crow will give a presentation at MassBay Community College Library.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Food and Nutrition: Mix & Bake Events

Events take place on Friday via Zoom and start at 4 p.m.

December 10
Mini Gingerbread Whoppie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling

You can register for an event by clicking on the embedded links above. Zoom links and ingredient lists will be sent out the week of each event. For questions contact cwickham@framingham.edu.

See you all in the kitchen soon!

The 7th Annual Giving Tree

Please consider participating in the 7th Annual Giving Tree program, hosted by the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership Development and the United Way of Tri-County. The Giving Tree program allows our community to come together to provide gifts for children during the upcoming holiday season for those who are in need.

This program has been extremely successful because of the participation from FSU community members like you. We hope that you will consider helping to make the Giving Tree a success once again. This year we will be sponsoring 70 children, with hopes to increase that number through your participation.

To participate in this program, please email kmacmaster@framingham.edu no later than Monday November 15th, 2021 with the number of children or individual gifts (3 gifts per child), your club, organization, office, or you as an individual, would like to sponsor. Please see attached flyer for FAQs.

You may also visit one of our information tables to sign-up:

Tuesday November 9th 11:30 am – 2:00 pm MC Lobby
Friday November 12th 11:30 pm – 2:00 pm MC Lobby

When you register to participate, you will receive the wish list of the specific gifts requested by the child or children you are sponsoring. Please deliver your unwrapped gifts to SILD (MC 510) no later than Friday, December 3rd, 2021 at 5 pm.

Thank you for considering being a part of SILD’s 7th Annual Giving Tree Program. We hope that you will choose to join us in our goal of making a family’s holiday season full of joy!

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Two Events

Part 1- Thursday, Nov. 18

Come learn about the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy and its repeal.
CIE (O'Connor Hall 120A), 6:30p .m.-7 p.m.

Part 2 - Thursday, Dec. 2

Local veterans impacted by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will share their stories.
Alumni Room, McCarthy Center, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.

Also available via Zoom - register at: https://framingham.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ex619l4bYuZMT0G?Q_CHL=qr

Steptoe and Blackall connect with children through their books

Donald Halsing - Publications Intern

Javaka Steptoe said his artistic process models how young children draw.

“I'm still that little kid ... making the movements and the sounds - and feeling,” said Steptoe, an award-winning children’s author and one of two featured speakers at the annual Swiacki Children’s Literature Festival at Framingham State University on November 3rd.

Steptoe said he feels the world through his senses while drawing lines on a page or choosing words to write. He said the only way he can bring young readers into the worlds he creates is by “feeding back” experiences they have had, “except they're happening in the way that I experienced them.”

Steptoe said listening to music helps him connect with the books he writes and illustrates for children.

He said without connecting through music, there would be nothing “tethering” him to his work. “There would be no need for me to be that curious. There would be no need for me to dig that deep.”

Steptoe has illustrated 12 children’s books - and wrote three of those stories, too.

Sophie Blackall, among her many other works, published “If You Come to Earth” in 2020.

One of her book’s illustrative elements - a scroll of paper that runs across every page - connects people she met during seven years of global travel.

Save the Children sent her to Rwanda and Bhutan, where she hosted workshops with local writers and artists to create books in local languages. She visited schools where children had never seen a book before.

“These kids you're seeing here,” Blackall said, showing a picture of Rwandan schoolchildren, “are holding the very first books they have ever held in their hands - turning the pages, looking at the pictures, and making out a real story.”

Because she couldn’t speak local languages, and the children she worked with couldn’t speak English, Blackall realized drawing was the best way to communicate.

She brought a big roll of paper with her to each school she visited for the children to draw on. “They drew until every last inch of that roll of paper was covered,” she added.

Blackall interpreted the paper she brought home in her book, connecting “real people” from around the world with one another across vast distances and over page turns.

“Everyone here is someone I know or met or saw with my eyes in Central Park, in Rwanda, in Bhutan - around the world.”

Labor in the 21st Century: The Case of Higher Education and You

December 2, 2021, 4:30 p.m., Virtual Event - Register Here

Want to learn more about the labor movement and how to find your place in it? Want to learn more about how to address the multiple crises happening now in higher ed? Right now the crisis is not just underfunding but also aggressive undermining of stable employment and politicized acts aimed at undercutting academic freedoms. Join us for a panel discussion during this event, which is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Criminology.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

Jen Sherer, senior state policy coordinator for the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) Worker Power  Project at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington DC.

Joanna Gonsalves, Professor of Psychology, Salem State University, and Interim President of SSU’s MSCA chapter.

Michelle Corbin, Associate Professor of Sociology and affiliate faculty of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Worcester State University.

MODERATOR: Mirari Elcoro, Associate Professor of Psychology, Framingham State University, and an FSU MSCA chapter e-board member.

This event is sponsored by FSU’s Arts & Ideas series Good Trouble and the Department of Sociology & Criminology

Upcoming McAuliffe Center Family Events

Take advantage of these great family events offered virtually by the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning.

Family Event: Destination Moon
Virtual Event
Date: Friday, November 26, 2021
Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Family Event: Destination Moon
Virtual Event
Date: Monday, December 27, 2021
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM

Family Event: Mars Sample Return
Virtual Event
Date: Monday, December 27, 2021
Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Family Event: Destination Moon
Virtual Event
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Family Event: Mars Sample Return
Virtual Event
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM

Family Event: Exoplanets
Virtual Event
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM

Save the Dates! Campus Professional Development Days

The 10th Annual Campus Professional Development Days:

“Take 10 To Connect”

The Campus Professional Development Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Campus Professional Development Days will be held on Thursday, January 6th and Friday, January 7th 2022. More details will be available in the coming weeks!

Career Services Events

Wednesday Employer Showcases

Employers showcase their organizations, in person, most Wednesdays in the McCarthy Center lobby. Their goal is to network with and recruit students for full-time jobs or internships. Students can stop by their table to learn more.

There are two time slots: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 12 Noon to 1:30 p.m., featuring up to four different employers:

11/17 10am-11:30am: Unites States Navy
12pm-1:30pm: United Way of Tri-County – Call2Talk

12/1 10am-11:30am: HMEA
12pm-1:30pm: The National Guard

12/8 10am-11:30am: Danforth Art Museum
12pm-1:30pm: AMC Theaters

Upcoming events

Women's Lacrosse vs Fitchburg State

Saturday, March 30, 2024

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Maple Street Field

Organized by: Athletics

Baseball vs Albertus Magnus

Monday, April 1, 2024

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Bowditch Field Athletic & Cultural Complex

Organized by: Athletics

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