Campus Currents

March 2, 2026

A collage of different locations around the world to promote the Study Abroad Fair


Study Abroad Fair

Tuesday, March 3, 11:30 to 2:30 in the McCarthy Center Forum

Are you interested in studying abroad, but not sure where to start? Join the Office of International Student Services and Study Abroad for our Spring Study Abroad Fair! We'll be in the McCarthy Center Forum from 11:30-2:30 on Tuesday, March 3!

We'll be hosting our partner universities and providers from across the globe so you can speak to the representatives about studying abroad in the location of your choice. If you aren't sure where you want to go, you can ask them why their location is the best!

You can study abroad for a short term in the summer or winter, a full semester, or even a full year.

Can't make it? Have more questions? Email studyabroad [at] framingham.edu (subject: Study%20Abroad%20Fair%20Questions) (studyabroad[at]framingham[dot]edu).

Check out who is coming on Handshake! framingham.joinhandshake.com…

Linda Vaden-Goad Authors & Artists Series

Tuesday, March 3, 4:30, Heineman Ecumenical Center

Stevie Leigh Andrascik is a fashion artist and educator specializing in sustainable fashion design and upcycling. She will show examples of her work while discussing her unique approach to garment creation using materials others overlook and how that has helped her stand out. Joey Gould ('07), a CASA tutor whose poetry explores faith, grief, longing, birds, & human connection, has published poems, reviews, and two books. They will discuss their ex­perience serving as writer-in-residence at Sundress Academy for the Arts Firefly Farms in 2024.

Challenger Series: The Challenger Disaster: Communication, Culture and Ethics

Thursday, March 5, 2026, 5 – 6pm, Zoom Webinar 

Remembering the 40th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster: January 28, 1986-2026.  

The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy.

The Challenger Disaster: Communication, Culture and Ethics

Speaker:

Jennifer Braggin, Sr. Lecturer, The Gordon Institute, Tufts University

Spring Undergraduate Open House

Saturday, March 7, 2026, 9am – 2pm

Explore academic programs with faculty and current students, learn about admissions, financial aid, athletics, support services, and campus life. Enjoy a complimentary lunch, take a campus tour, and much more!

Visit framingham.edu/open-house to learn more and register.

*Check-in will begin at 8:30 AM in the McCarthy Center.

Would You Invest?

Thursday, March 5, 2 p.m., Entrepreneur Innovation Center

The new  Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) chapter at Framingham State University is sponsoring its first event this week.

As part of its “Would You Invest?” series, Matt Halperin, founder of Act2 Financial, will present a live venture capital pitch. Participants will then step into the role of investors to evaluate the opportunity and make their investment decision.

Panelists discuss MLK ideals and how they are still relevant

By Francisco Omar Fernandez Rodriguez
Publication Intern

Framingham State Counseling Director Benjamin Day said he wouldn’t be where he is today if it weren’t for Martin Luther King Jr.’s work and ideals.

Day was part of a panel discussion on MLK’s legacy and work at the Center for Inclusive Excellence. Other panelists included Dean of Education and Social and Behavioral Sciences Stephanie Logan, Vivian Okyere, access services librarian at the Henry Whittemore Library, David Baldwin, director of Human Resources, and Tatiana Johnson-Boria, a visiting lecturer in the English department.

Okyere said people are afraid to speak up and that it is professors’ responsibility to teach students to think for themselves and overcome this fear.

“If we let fear conquer us we become more oppressed because right now there is so much fear out there, and no one wants to talk,” Okyere said.

Logan said it is important to find what role to fulfill in living up to MLK’s ideals.

“We will only get to the other side together. So find your role, play your role, do your part. Because we all have a part,” Logan said.

Baldwin said trying to take on all of these problems can be overwhelming, so it’s important to focus on something.

“You don’t have to take on housing insecurity, food insecurity, racism… Choose something. Chose a piece and work at that piece,” Baldwin said.

Johnson-Boria said people need to learn from history and read about what’s going on.

“People are choosing not to read or it’s uncomfortable to sit with reading and to actually understand something. So I would say learning from the history that exists and also reading and understanding what’s actually happening, really getting a grasp on it,” Johnson-Boria said.
 

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