Campus Currents

September 29, 2025

Maura Jane Farrelly

Gilded Age Secrets and the Closing of American Frontiers

Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 2:30 – 4:30pm, Alumni Room and Zoom

A conversation with Maura Jane Farrelly about her new book, Compliments of Hamilton & Sargent. Farrelly examines the loss of our “right to be forgotten” by exploring three East Coast elites who fled to nineteenth-century Wyoming. Despite escaping, their past humiliations followed them—much as the internet preserves our mistakes today.

Community Stargazing with the McAuliffe Center

Stop by on Monday, Sept. 29th, between 7 and 8:15 p.m. outside May Hall

Use telescopes to observe the Moon! McAuliffe Center staff are available to answer your questions about telescopes and our Universe.

Participants of all ages are welcome!

State of the University Address

Monday, Sept. 29, 1:30 p.m., Forum and Zoom

An update that provides an overview of the university’s current condition, accomplishments, and future priorities.

Fall Open House

Saturday, Oct. 4, 9 a.m. to noon

One of the most important undergraduate admissions events during the academic year, we hope you can join us as we host prospective students and their families on campus. 
 

Additional Events

CIE Hosts Event on Potential DOE Closure

By Dylan Pichnarcik, publications intern

As the fall semester begins, national news has spread as the possibility of a U.S. Department of Education shutdown looms over the nation. 

For many college students, including Izayah Morgan, the idea causes great concern. 

“I’m very passionate about education. It’s a very powerful tool, and it’s at risk. I come from a poor background, and [education] is at risk of being taken away from people that are in similar situations,” said Morgan at “The People’s Education: What’s at stake if the U.S. Department of Education Closes,” hosted by the Center for Inclusive Excellence on Thursday, Sept. 18. 

Conversations such as these are held on Framingham State University’s campus to promote education of community members and promote dialogue between peers and members of the faculty, according to Education Professor James Cressey. 

“I want to force myself to get more educated, even though I have a Ph.D. in education and work with the amazing education faculty, there’s still some avoidance around this topic … it’s just so emotionally heavy and so worrisome.” 

During the conversation, many attendees raised concerns regarding actions taken against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Title XI, and k-12 education. 

Associate Provost Karri Ann Sather-Wagstaff said she was “proud” of FSU’s response to the Trump Administration's rollback of Title XI protections regarding gender identity. 

She said Kim Dexter, assistant vice president of Human Resources, issued two statements regarding federal and state requirements around this issue. 

Cressey agreed with Sather-Wagstaff and said he was also proud of FSU’s response to the response and that he appreciated the response made by the Massachusetts State University Presidents regarding gender identity protections.