Campus Currents

9/11 Poster Exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Henry Whittemore Library Gallery - On display September 6-30.

View the 9/11 Memorial & Museum poster exhibition, "September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World." The Library will have books on 9/11 available to check out. See more information about the exhibition.
 
Fashion Design and Retailing Department 10th Anniversary Quilt
Hemenway Hall Lobby Exhibition Case - on display through September 17.

See the display of the flag quilt, which was made using donated pieces of red, white and blue fabrics from students, faculty and staff and sewn by members of each group. The stars were created by the children in the Child Development Center. The two lengths of gray silk chiffon in front of the flag represents the towers.

Virtual On-Demand Tour of 9/11 Memorial & Museum in NYC
Online - Tuesday, September 7, 2021 until September 20th, 2021.
Register online to receive the tour link.

"Under Attack"
DPAC, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 4 p.m.

Attend a lecture by Andrew Card, Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush during 9/11, followed by a Q&A session. It was Card who famously whispered that America was under attack to the President while he was reading to a group of children at a school in Florida.
 
Boatlift: Reflection After 20 Years
Virtual Zoom Event, Thursday, September 9, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

During this joint event with Massachusetts Maritime Academy, attendees will see clips from the YouTube video "Boatlift" and hear from Captain Rick Thornton of the NY Waterway and Commander Steve Kelleher from Mass Maritime, who will talk about their firsthand experiences during the boatlift and what they learned. There will be Q&A. Click here to register.

Tolling of the Bells
Ecumenical Center - Saturday, September 11, 2021

Listen for the bells beginning at 8:46 a.m. There will be one toll at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m. for the World Trade Center, towers, followed by tolls for the Pentagon and for Flight 93.

“9/11 Remembrance”
Amazing Things Art Center—Downtown Framingham, September 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

A theater piece concerning the events of September 11, 2001 sponsored by Framingham Public Schools and Amazing Things Art Center.

A special thanks to our partners, Mass Maritime Academy, Amazing Things Art Center, and Framingham Public Schools. 

For more information, visit framingham.edu/20-years 

Arts & Ideas is proud to present our 2021–2022 series—a year of must-see speakers, exhibitions, and films—exploring the theme of GOOD TROUBLE in honor of the memory of FSU’s 2019 commencement speaker, the Honorable John Lewis.

As a congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis asked us to consider how we can speak up and speak out, do the right thing, and cause necessary trouble. Let’s learn about good and necessary trouble together through events that approach these questions and create dialogues across campus.

Events in September include:

James Baldwin and the Contemporary Global Struggle
September 28th, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. Virtual Event

In the short film James Baldwin: From Another Place, Baldwin observes that “one sees it [the United States] better from a distance and you can make comparisons from another place from another country which you aren’t able to make in America because there is nothing to compare America to when you are there.” From Another Place showcases Baldwin’s deep engagement with systems of oppression during his residency in Istanbul and provides a place for him to reflect about his queer, Black, American identity in relation (and solidarity) with the “wretched of the earth” everywhere. Following the film, Dr. Rich Blint will explore this global perspective that Baldwin adopts during his years abroad and consider the ways in which Baldwin situates racism and oppression in the US within the broader architecture of colonialism and its aftermath.

Mujeres Solidarias: Female Empowerment through Comics
September 29th, 2021, 4:30 p.m., Virtual Event

Pepita Sándwich (Argentina), Power Paola (Ecuador/Colombia), and Quan Zhou (Spain) unite for a conversation about female empowerment through comics and cartoon art. The panel will include a discussion about their work and the important role of cartoons in promoting antiracism and gender equality. In addition to the main panel event, Pepita Sándwich will provide an in-person workshop. If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please contact Joanne Britland in the World Language Program.

Check out all the events and register to attend at: https://www.framingham.edu/the-fsu-difference/arts-and-ideas/good-trouble/

September 17-19, 2021

A ton of great events are on tap this year for Homecoming & Family Weekend so make sure you get in on the action.

Highlights include:

• The annual Homecoming Carnival
• The Moonlight Breakfast
• Football vs. UMass Dartmouth and Soccer vs. Westfield State
• Trivia games and prizes on Larned Beach
• Alumni Softball game
• Alumni Legacy brunch
• and much more!

Check out our Homecoming Website for the full schedule and details.

framingham.edu/homecoming

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Register at: https://cm-center.org/events/astronights22

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest, most powerful and complex space-based telescope ever built and launched into space. The McAuliffe Center is an official host of the NASA-supported Webb Space Telescope Community Events initiative. Learn more about Webb and the initiative during the third part of this special AstroNights LIVE series.

Friday, Sept. 17 at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
FSU Planetarium, McAuliffe Center
Register at: https://cm-center.org/events/septplanetarium

Age Recommendation: Ages 10+

Cost: $5 per person, free for FSU students

Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own. Birth of Planet Earth employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today: How did Earth become a living planet in the wake of our solar system’s violent birth? What does its history tell us about our chances of finding other worlds that are truly Earth-like?

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.

9/22
10am-11:30am: Cost Plus World Market
12pm-1:30pm: ERA Key Realty Services

10/6 10am-11:30am: Savers
12pm-1:30pm: The Danforth Museum

10/20
10am-11:30am: Chick-fil-A
12pm-1:30pm: TBD

Engagement Day:
Wednesday, September 29, 12:00 p.m.— 2:00 p.m., Athletic Center

Great opportunity for students to find an on or off-campus job with one of our many local retailers, businesses, or non-profits, or on campus! This event is also a fantastic opportunity for students to learn more about clubs, on campus organizations, and getting involved both on campus. Representatives from over 50 on and off -campus businesses and organizations will be at this in person fair.

MA State Universities Fall Virtual Career Fairs on Handshake

The Massachusetts State Universities are hosting four joint virtual career fairs to be held on HANDSHAKE. Students will virtually meet with employers and explore internship, part-time, and full-time opportunities that meet their career goals, though video group chats and one-on-one sessions. Students MUST pre-register on Handshake.

Each fair is industry focused, but ALL majors are welcome to all fairs.

Register on Handshake at https://app.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs

Accounting, Finance and Business Virtual Career Fair
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Criminal Justice and Government Virtual Career Fair
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Humanities, Nonprofit and Social Sciences Virtual Career Fair
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

STEM and Health Sciences Virtual Career Fair
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

The 16th Annual Major/Minor Fair

Tuesday, October 26, 11:30 a.m.— 1:00 p.m.

MC Forum

Students having difficulty choosing a major or a minor can learn more about which careers would correlate to their choices. Visit academic tables, Career Services, and International Education (Study Abroad). Students can ask questions about classes and skills needed for the major/minor they are considering, and how graduate school and internships play a role.

-Professor Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz from the Sociology and Criminology Department was featured on an episode of CNN/HLN’s Forensic Files II. The episode premiered on Sunday, August 8, and looked at the case of Donna Perry, a transgender woman convicted by a jury in 2017 of three counts of first degree murder for the 1990 slayings of three women sex workers. Dr. Guadalupe-Diaz is the author of Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives,
which was published by New York University Press.

-English Professor Colleen Coyne's newest chapbook, This Document Should Be Retained as Evidence of Your Journey, winner of the Jacar Press 2020 Chapbook Prize, is now available from Jacar Press. Here's a link to the judge, Ely Shipley's, comments, and an excerpt from the book.
http://jacarpress.com/this-document-should-be-retained-as-evidence-of-your-journey/.
A community-active literary press whose proceeds are donated to progressive causes, Jacar has published work by Eavan Boland, Corneilius Eady, Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar, and others.

-Kristen Abbott Bennett recently signed a contract with Cambridge University Press to write a monograph entitled Teaching Shakespeare’s Theatre of the World, as part of the Elements, Shakespeare & Pedagogy series (June 2023). This spring, Dr. Bennet published "Shakespeare Redrawn: Reflection on Shakespeare Reloaded's COVID-19 Lockdown Activity," co-written with Liam E. Semler and Claire Hansen. This article features work by FSU students and was published in mETAphor, English Teachers Association, New South Wales, Special Issue: Shakespeare, Issue 2, 2021. And finally, on the Digital Humanities front, Kristen Abbott Bennett has been named Assistant Director of the Pedagogy Team for the Early Modern Map of London: https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/

-Dr. Thomas Koshy, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, has three articles published recently:
1. "A Family of Sums of Gibonacci Polynomial Products of Order 4 Revisited," The Fibonacci Quarterly, 59.3 (2021), 225-231.
2. "Infinite Sums Involving Gibonacci Polynomial Products," The Fibonacci Quarterly, 59.3 (2021), 237-245.
3. "Infinite Sums Involving Gibonacci Polynomial Products Revisited," The Fibonacci Quarterly, 59.3 (2021), 262-271.

-Earlier this summer, Dr. Thomas Koshy, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, had two articles published:
1) "A Family of Sums of Gibonacci Polynomial Products of Order 4," The Fibonacci Quarterly, 59.2 (2021), 98-107.
2) "Graph-Theoretic Confirmations of Four Sums of Gibonacci Polynomial Products of Order 4," The Fibonacci Quarterly, 59.2 (2021), 167-175.

-Professor Patricia Horvath's short story collection, But Now Am Found, has been accepted for publication by Black Lawrence Press and is slated to come out late next year.

-Professor Jenn DeLeon's WHITE SPACE has been selected as the Metrowest Readers Fest region-wide community read. Stay tuned for several events this fall, including book clubs, discussions, raffles, and more. WHITE SPACE was also reviewed earlier this summer in Los Angeles Review of Books. Here's the link:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/creating-space-for-immigration-and-race-a-conversation-with-jennifer-de-leon/

-Dr. Kelly Matthews was a featured guest earlier this year on Brian O'Donovan's "Celtic Sojourn." Along with guests Joe Nugent of Boston College and Cahal Stephens of the theatre troupe The HCE Players, Dr. Matthews was invited to discuss the significance of Bloomsday, June 16th, as the setting for Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus' epic journey across Dublin in James Joyce's Ulysses. Here's the link:

https://www.wgbh.org/music/celtic/2021/06/13/james-joyce-the-importance-of-song

-Pat Whitney, Assistant Vice President of Facilities & Capital Planning, has been elected President of SNEAPPA, the Southern New England Chapter of the APPA, which is an organization dedicated to Leadership in Educational Facilities.