Campus Currents

Saturday, April 30, Noon - 3:00 PM, In-Person Event

Science on State Street is our annual free science festival for families, in collaboration with MetroWest STEM Education Network (MSEN). This community-wide event is open to all who live, work, and play in MetroWest.

Explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with fun, high-quality interactive activities, demonstrations, planetarium programs, and discussions that stimulate further learning about these topics!

https://cm-center.org/event/soss2022

Friday, April 29th at 7pm (doors open 6:30 p.m.) in the FSU Athletic Center

The Fashion Club and the Fashion Design and Retailing Department cordially invite you to this year’s annual Spring Fashion Show on April 29th at 7pm in the FSU Athletic Center! This year’s show will showcase the work of the senior graduating class of 2022 as well as collections from underclassmen and special appearances by senior designers from the class of 2021. The show is free and open to the public and will feature a performance by our very own Queen Vivian Delamour!

Free admission and general seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.

We hope to see you there!
The FSU Fashion Club

Capstone Exhibitions

Exhibition Two: April 21 - 27 with a reception April 26th, 4:30-6:00pm

Exhibition Three: May 2 - 8 with a reception May 3rd, 4:30-6:00pm

Studio Art and Graphic Design majors in The Department of Art & Music at Framingham State University are immersed in a collaborative, innovative and interdisciplinary learning environment, which focuses on academic excellence in the areas of visual art, design, and art history. The Capstone Experience is designed to support students to work intensively on creating a cohesive body of work in their chosen concentration. Throughout their final year of study students receive feedback on this work from their peers, faculty, and professionals in the field. The degree culminates with a public exhibition in Mazmanian Gallery.

Friday, May 6, McCarthy Center Forum

Celebrate student scholarly work and faculty support by viewing the online program where you can view student presentations. This is a great opportunity to see some of our students' work.

Organized and sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service (CELTSS).

By Branden LaCroix, publications intern

Sitting in the bustling marketplace of Kabul, Afghanistan, a man tells his young daughter, Parvana, about the power of storytelling. “Stories remain in our hearts even when all else is gone. Our people have always told stories from our very beginning,” he says.

Later, armed men from the Taliban break down the door of his family’s home. He is arrested for the transgression of teaching his daughters to read.

At this time, girls are forbidden from education, from being outside without a male relative or husband accompanying them, from showing their faces without a veil, and from working and earning money.

Desperate to help her family, Parvana disguises herself as a boy to find work and save her father.
This is the story of the 2017 animated film The Breadwinner. Arts & Ideas held a screening of the film in the McCarthy Center Forum on April 11.

The film is based on the novel by Deborah Ellis and takes place in 2001 shortly before the U.S. invasion and the removal of the Taliban from power.

English Professor Claudia Springer hosted a discussion of the film and provided context for Afghanistan’s history – the so-called “graveyard of empires” – and the events currently taking place there.  She said the film screening is part of Arts & Ideas’ Good Trouble events because Parvana “makes good trouble.”

She said the film is more relevant now than at its initial release given the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, and the Taliban’s subsequent return to power.
She explained the Taliban is currently facing an internal struggle between “hardliners” who want a return to its former oppressive rule and those who are “advocating for a less-severe form of government.

“It’s still unclear what form this new government is going to take and whether they will be as restrictive as they were 25 years ago,” she said.

Despite the negative perception of Afghanistan, and the Middle East as a whole, from the West, Springer said the film helps show the humanity of its people through storytelling.

“Making this film is to undo that demonization of Afghanistan and Islam and to show others so many different kinds of people – people just like us, people struggling, and people trying to maintain their families and their friendships,” she said.

“It is an effort to show Afghanistan as a real place that we can relate to.”

The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni is holding the next event in its Coffee and Conversation Series on Tuesday, May 3rd at 10 a.m. at the Alumni House, 42 Adams Road.

It will feature a tour of the historic Alumni House and Gardens. House Chair, Deb Adams '69 has done extensive research of the house and put together a descriptive tour. House Committee Members will walk you through our unique Arts and Crafts Style House and will point out its many distinctive features.

They would love to hear your memories of your time at Alumni House.