Campus Currents

March 30, 2022 4:30 PM
In the McCarthy Center Forum and available virtually.

Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3216452925193/WN_eIaCzHo6SvexKQFmB2RgdQ

Dr. Sy Stokes will deliver the 2022 Voices of Color keynote address, titled "Freedom of Speech and the Politics of Morality: Campus Racial Climate in the Modern Era."

Dr. Stokes is a postdoctoral fellow for the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan who gained national acclaim for his spoken word performances of "The Black Bruins" and "Dear White Counselor" -- look them up on YouTube!

His research interrogates the historical development of racial capitalism, nationalism, white supremacy, and racism; and examines the ways that college students respond to campus racism and issues in the broader sociopolitical environment through activism and political engagement.

Dr. Stokes is also the recipient of the 2021 USC Rossier School of Education Ph.D. Dissertation of the Year Award for his dissertation, Into the Wildfire: Campus Racial Climate and the Trump Presidency.

Don't miss a performance from New Inca Son today in the McCarthy Center Forum at 1:30 p.m.

The richness and splendor of Andean culture comes alive with New Inca Son "the proud bearer of an indispensable South American legacy." (Kieth Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops). Join us for an unforgettable musical journey presented by a talented ensemble of musicians hailing from the Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia.

March 29, 2022, 4:30 p.m., In-Person - Heineman Ecumenical Center

Audrey Kali’s new film Farm and Red Moon documents her quest to explore the ambiguous moral underbelly of farm animal slaughter practices. Rachel Trousdale’s new book, Humor, Empathy, and Community in Twentieth-Century American Poetry, argues that poets like T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and Cathy Park Hong use humor to examine how well people can understand each other across difference. Both the film director and the author deliver critical approaches to our society and literature.

Wednesday, March 30
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Framingham State University is joining Bard College and hundreds of other colleges, universities, and community groups for the Worldwide Teach-in on Climate. We will focus our teach-in on Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. We have free access to the book through the Whittemore Library. The goal of the teach-in is to have as many faculty as possible focusing their class lessons on climate justice on March 30, 2022. If you don’t have class on March 30th, we encourage you to choose another day that week to discuss climate justice and indigenous perspectives in relationship to your course topic.

To sign your class up, click here.

In addition to classroom discussions, the McAuliffe Center will be holding multiple shows in the FSU Planetarium of the full-dome film Habitat Earth. There will also be an opportunity for students to learn about paid summer internships at the McAuliffe Center.

Start times for the film on March 30th are: 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m.

April 5, at 4:30 p.m.

Aram Han Sifuentes is a Korean American social practice fiber artist, writer, curator, and an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He will give a talk and workshop about how art can disrupt, unsettle, and rupture dominant narrative to assert, demand, and claim spaces for those who are commonly othered, particularly for immigrants of color.

Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuceCspjsuHNMDr-GYftUyytFabnLWUis0

All are welcome to participate in our 12th annual “Book-themed” cake decorating contest. All you need to do is bake a cake and decorate it to represent a scene or character from a favorite book, be it a beloved children’s or a favorite adult book.

(Only one cake per person and no commercially decorated cakes allowed, only edible decorations on cake.)

The rules for the event are simple. Register with Colleen Previte at cprevite@framingham.edu or 508-626-4648, if you wish to participate in the contest. Bring in your “Book-themed” cake to the Henry Whittemore Library by 9:00am, Thursday, April 7th.

Please have your cake properly covered with clear plastic wrap or cake container. This will be taken off when the judging commences. Please do not put your name on your cake; you will be assigned a number for your cake submission. (It has been useful if you bring in a copy of the book your cake is portraying, that we place next to your literary creation.)

We are allowing anyone coming through the library to judge the cakes, and they will put a token in the box of the cake they find to be the best. The prize is merely bragging rights, a photo in our library blog, and ribbons for 1st-3rd place. Judging will run from 9:00am-12:00pm. Winners will be announced at 12:30pm or via phone/e-mail. At that time we will cut into
these delicious creations and offer them to library patrons.

We hope you will consider participating in our 12th Annual Literary Cake Decorating Contest!
Thanks - Henry Whittemore Library Staff

By Branden LaCroix, publications intern

Through the lens of the telescope, the moon reveals the intricacies and textures of its surface, pockmarked with countless craters accumulated over its 4-billion-year existence.

Elsewhere in the vast night sky, another telescope reveals a dim blue cloud with a cluster of newly forming stars in its center – the Orion Nebula.

The Christa McAuliffe center held a Community Stargazing event March 8 in the O’Conner Lot, a monthly event started in December. of last year.

“This is something we do every month, roughly around the time the moon is in this position,” said John Sheff, flight director for the McAuliffe Center’s simulated Mars missions.

Sheff is a self-described “amateur astronomer in residence,” working part-time at the Center. He worked at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics operating its observatory telescope before the center closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sheff explained because of the “light pollution” in the area, only brighter objects such as the moon or certain stars, can be seen. “In December we would see Jupiter or Saturn, but they’re gone for a few months,” Sheff said. “Eventually, like later this year and in the fall, the planets will start to come around.”

The McAuliffe Center has tentative plans to continue the event over the summer, but due to the sun setting much later, they will have to shift it to a later time.

Suzanne Wright, coordinator of programs and communication at the McAuliffe Center, said, if the event does take place in the summer, “it'll be in coordination with our public planetarium programs,” where families can stargaze after attending events at the Center.

On March 30, The McAuliffe Center will be screening “Habitat Earth,” a planetarium show exploring different ecosystems around the world. Wright said the screening is part of “a world-wide climate teach-in” which FSU and the McAuliffe Center have joined.

Wright said the Center will also be discussing internship opportunities with FSU students that same day.

The next Community Stargazing event is scheduled for April 11 at 7:00 p.m.

The following is from English Professor and Gatepost Advisor Dr. Desmond McCarthy

The Society of Professional Journalists announced the Region 1 winners of the annual Mark of Excellence collegiate journalism contest on Saturday, and I am delighted to announce that The Gatepost won two awards. Editor-in-Chief Leighah Beausoleil, a junior English major with a concentration in journalism, won first place in the “Breaking News Coverage” category for her article, “Two white supremacy-related decals found on campus,” and Multimedia Critic Sean Cabot, a senior Communication, Media, and Performance major, was a finalist in the “Cultural Criticism” category. Both awards were for students from “small schools” (fewer than 10,000 students).

The Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism. Region 1 is comprised of the New England and eastern mid-Atlantic states, and the awards recognized material published during the 2021 calendar year. The Society of Professional Journalists, founded in 1909, is the “nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.”

Congratulations to our Gatepost Mark of Excellence award winners!

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:

Suitable Solutions Career Professionalism Program
Ongoing—Spring 2022 Semester
The Suitable Solutions Career Professionalism Program is a multi-part professional career development series designed to prepare students for the internship & job search and the interview process. Students are educated about career professionalism, soft skills, social awareness, professional dress, and networking techniques to enhance their career opportunities. Upon completion of the series students will be awarded a Macy’s Gift card to purchase a professional outfit ($100 limit). This initiative will benefit ALL students for all majors. Learn the professional skills that employers want.

Spring Job and Internship Fair
Thursday, March 31, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., MC Forum
Come to this great in-person networking event! Full-time and Internship positions available. Over 30 employers from the business, retail, insurance, non-profits, human services, banking, finance, STEM, health & wellness fields will be featured. Bring your resume. Dress professionally. Log into your HANDSHAKE account to view full list of organizations.

Suitable Solutions Career Advice Professionalism Panel Event
Tuesday, April 12, 12 noon– 1:30 p.m., MC Forum
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS -As part of the Spring 2022 Suitable Solutions
Program, all students are invited to come to this event to help prepare for the world of professional work. Learn about the soft skills that employers say are imperative for emerging professionals. The goal of the Career Advice Professionalism Panel is to give the students a current and accurate picture of local labor market and hiring considerations across multiple industries.

Enterprise On-Campus Interview Day
Tuesday, April 12, 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., MC 412
Pre-Registration is required for all interviews through HANDSHAKE for:
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Management Trainee - Cape Cod area

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Management Trainee - Greater Worcester area

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Management Trainee - Greater Boston Area

For more information, call the CSER Office at 508-626-4625.

MERC Education Fair
Thursday, April 21, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Boston University
Come to the largest education fair in New England. Over 120 school
systems and agencies attend! This annual recruiting event brings together teaching candidates and school systems from across the country for networking and job opportunities in public/private schools. The 2022 MERC Education Career Fair is FREE and open to candidates in education and related fields (teaching, administration, school counseling/psychology, occupational therapy, social work, speech-language, etc). Licensure is not required to participate.

Must register at: www.merccareerfair.com.

-On March 12, Professor Erika Schneider presented a paper, “Meta Space and Mimesis: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller’s Studios” at a two-day international conference “Gustave Courbet, l’atelier sans fin,” organized by the Musée et Pôle Courbet, Ornans and Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris, in Ornans, France at the historic studio of French 19th-century painter, Gustave Courbet. The committee intends to publish the papers.