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* '''Campus Police Headquarters''': The new Campus Police headquarters opened on Clinton Street in March 2009.
* '''Campus Police Headquarters''': The new Campus Police headquarters opened on Clinton Street in March 2009.
* '''Dupont Facilities Building''': houses the offices of [[Capital planning]] and [[Maintenance, repair and operations|Maintenance]].This building also houses a power plant which includes a green smokestack that rises {{convert|250|ft|m}} in the air. <ref name=autogenerated1 />
* '''Dupont Facilities Building''': houses the offices of [[Capital planning]] and [[Maintenance, repair and operations|Maintenance]].This building also houses a power plant which includes a green smokestack that rises {{convert|250|ft|m}} in the air. <ref name=autogenerated1 />
* '''Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center''': The former chapel on campus, the Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center was renamed in 2009<ref> [http://web.fsc.edu/fscnews/index.cfm?detail=740 Fitchburg State to Dedicate Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center} Fitchburg State College Public Relations. August 5, 2009</ref> after being converted into the new home for the Alumni and Development office as well as meeting spaces.
* '''McKay Campus School''': is an elementary school that Fitchburg State College uses as a [[laboratory school]] as well as a public school for the Fitchburg Public School District. It is also home to the education and geophysical science departments.
* '''McKay Campus School''': is an elementary school that Fitchburg State College uses as a [[laboratory school]] as well as a public school for the Fitchburg Public School District. It is also home to the education and geophysical science departments.
* '''Miller Hall''': houses the offices of the English, speech, math, and social science departments and their faculty. Originally, it was the all woman’s residence hall on campus.
* '''Miller Hall''': houses the offices of the English, speech, math, and social science departments and their faculty. Originally, it was the all woman’s residence hall on campus.
* '''Newman Center''': The former chapel on campus, the Newman Center is being converted into the new home for the Alumni and Development office. as well as other offices.
* '''Parkinson Gymnasium''': Shut down after the new Recreation Center was opened in 2000, the Parkinson Gym was renovated and reopened in 2004.
* '''Parkinson Gymnasium''': Shut down after the new Recreation Center was opened in 2000, the Parkinson Gym was renovated and reopened in 2004.
* '''Recreation Center''': boasts three basketball courts, an [[Olympic size swimming pool]], two [[racquetball]] courts, a dance studio, boys and girls locker rooms, classrooms, and a fully equipped exercise center. It is also home to the exercise and sport science department.
* '''Recreation Center''': boasts three basketball courts, an [[Olympic size swimming pool]], two [[racquetball]] courts, a dance studio, boys and girls locker rooms, classrooms, and a fully equipped exercise center. It is also home to the exercise and sport science department.

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This article is for the state college in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. For other uses see FSC (disambiguation)
Fitchburg State College
File:Fitchburg State College Seal.jpg
MottoPerseverantia
TypePublic
Established1894
Endowment$9.2 million
PresidentDr. Robert V. Antonucci
Academic staff
171 full-time
Students5,201
Undergraduates3,522
Postgraduates1,679
Location
United StatesFitchburg
,
MA
,
USA

42°35′20″N 71°47′21″W / 42.588858°N 71.789167°W / 42.588858; -71.789167
CampusUrban, 31.4 acres (0.13 km²) main campus
226.2 acres (0.92km²) total[1]
ColorsGreen   and Gold  
NicknameThe Burg
AffiliationsNCAA Division III, New England Football Conference
MascotFalconFile:Fscfalcon.jpg
Websitehttp://www.fsc.edu/
File:Fitchburg State 2 line logo.png

Fitchburg State College, also known as Fitchburg State, is a four year public institution of higher learning with a compact urban campus, located in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Fitchburg State College has over 3,500 undergraduate and over 1650 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment over 5200. The College offers Postgraduate certificates, Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees, and MBAs in more than 25 academic disciplines. The main campus, the McKay Campus School, and athletic fields comprise 79 acres (320,000 m²) in the city of Fitchburg; the biological study fields comprise 120 acres (490,000 m²) in the neighboring towns of Lancaster, Leominster, and Lunenburg.

History

The State Normal School in Fitchburg

Fitchburg State College was founded as the State Normal School in Fitchburg in 1894 by the state legislature. Its first President was John G. Thompson (President 1895-1920). Initially a secondary educational school for women (coeducation arrived in 1911), the Normal School was not authorized to grant Bachelor degrees until 1930, after the presidency of William D. Parkinson (1920-1927), and during Dr. Charles M. Herlihy's (1927-1945) tenure. In 1932, that authorization was extended to all academic disciplines within Education. At the same time, the name was changed to State Teachers College at Fitchburg. Dr. Charles M. Herlihy's died while in office and was followed by Dr. William J. Sanders (1945-1950) and Ellis F. White (1950-1953).

During Ralph H. Weston's (1953-1963) presidency of the college, the Education program was the primary focus. That changed in 1960, when the school changed its name to State College at Fitchburg and added degree programs outside of Education. In 1965, the College's name evolved into its present form, Fitchburg State College. James J. Hammond (1963-1975) and Dr. Vincent J. Mara (1975-2003) were the next two presidents of the school and added many buildings to the campus, most notably what are now called the Hammond Building and Mara Village.

In the past 5 years, since Robert V. Antonucci(2003-Present) became president, the college has focused on enhancing its buildings and grounds as well as its programs. The school has focused on renovations and rehabilitation of underutilized buildings and areas as opposed to extensive building, even though there has been some. One notable building currently under construction is the new 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) Campus Police Station.[2]

Continuing Education at Fitchburg State College began in 1915, with the first summer courses offered through the College. Twenty years later, its first graduate programs were established. [3]

Campus

The college originally housed students in buildings that are now surrounding the alumni quad.

Main Campus

There are five purely academic buildings on campus. Thompson Hall, built in 1896, was the college's original building, but is now primarily a classroom building. It is home to the Nursing Department and its laboratories, including a 10 bed mock hospital. When the Hammond Campus Center was built an existing tunnel that ran to the former Palmer House dormitory was made into a thoroughfare between the second level of the new building and the basement of Thompson Hall. [4]

Percival Hall

Edgerly Hall, when built, was used as “an eighth-grade model and practice school,” which made it one of the first junior high schools in America. It is now home to the computer science department. Percival Hall is located directly across the Quad from Edgerly, and is the home of the behavioral science department and classrooms. It also has a theater called Percival Auditorium inside, which seats about 400. The Condike Science Building, on the other hand, houses science classrooms, laboratories and departmental offices, as well as a 135-seat lecture hall.

The Conlon Building is actually two buildings connected by an enclosed walkway. One building is home to the large communications /media and industrial technology departments, and also home to the schools Information Technology office. This section of the building also includes large video and film production resources, a large photography and graphic arts department, a metal shop, wood shop and theatrical scene shop. The other part contains a 280-seat lecture hall, the offices of the fine arts faculty, as well as art studios and classrooms.

The Hammond Campus Center, with Thompson Hall to the left.

The Hammond Campus Center contains the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, the main campus center, mail room, and the commuter café. The third floor houses the student services center which includes the tutor center, math center, writing center, disability services, and counseling services , among others.The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library is the main library on campus, and houses over 1 million books, rolls of microfiche, journals, and periodicals, spread out over 4 floors. It also has an extensive collection of children's and young adults books.The Library houses many special collections from notable alumni, faculty and local residents [5]. These special collections include works from Robert Cormier, well known Author for young adults, and R. A. Salvatore, A prolific fantasy writer, well known for his Forgotten Realms Novels and The DemonWars Saga. There are also works by Richard Kent, former music teacher for whom Kent Recital Hall was named, Ernst Fandreyer's Translation of Gauss' Proof, works by William Wolkovich-Valkavicius, as well as papers by John Ellis Van Courtland Moon, former Professor of History.

additional buildings are campus include:

  • Anthony Building: Anthony houses financial aid, financial services, health services, and the brand new admissions office.
  • Campus Police Headquarters: The new Campus Police headquarters opened on Clinton Street in March 2009.
  • Dupont Facilities Building: houses the offices of Capital planning and Maintenance.This building also houses a power plant which includes a green smokestack that rises 250 feet (76 m) in the air. [3]
  • Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center: The former chapel on campus, the Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center was renamed in 2009[6] after being converted into the new home for the Alumni and Development office as well as meeting spaces.
  • McKay Campus School: is an elementary school that Fitchburg State College uses as a laboratory school as well as a public school for the Fitchburg Public School District. It is also home to the education and geophysical science departments.
  • Miller Hall: houses the offices of the English, speech, math, and social science departments and their faculty. Originally, it was the all woman’s residence hall on campus.
  • Parkinson Gymnasium: Shut down after the new Recreation Center was opened in 2000, the Parkinson Gym was renovated and reopened in 2004.
  • Recreation Center: boasts three basketball courts, an Olympic size swimming pool, two racquetball courts, a dance studio, boys and girls locker rooms, classrooms, and a fully equipped exercise center. It is also home to the exercise and sport science department.
  • Sanders Administration Building: is the administrative office building on campus. It houses many offices such as such as the President's Office,Registrar, Academic Affairs, Graduate and Continuing Education, Student Affairs, Human Resources, Public Relations, and Cultural Affairs.
  • Weston Auditorium: is the 800 seat home for most large performances at the school, including dance shows and band concerts, and the school’s cultural series, "CenterStage".
    • CenterStage is the cultural series at Fitchburg State. It presents music, dance, and theatrical performances, writer series and talks, films, workshops, and various lecture series. Most CenterStage events occur in Weston Auditorium. These acts originate from all over the world.[7]
  • Wallace Civic Center: is made up of two ice rinks (the Gaetz Arena and the Landry Arena) and a planetarium. Fitchburg State College acquired the Civic Center in August 2007 from the city of Fitchburg [8]. The planetarium fell into disrepair while being owned by the city and the college is working on making it usable again.

[9]

Residence Halls

The campus consists of 6 Residence Halls, three of which have rooms set up in suites, two are designated as apartment style living, and one has a normal dormitory layout.[10][11]

The Townhouse Apartments

Aubuchon Hall, Mara Village, and Russell Towers are the three halls set up in suites. Each suite has a common living room area and between 4 and 6 rooms - depending on the hall - and a bathroom. Aubuchon Hall and Mara Village have what is calld locked off suites, which meens that a key is needed to get into the suite as oposed to Russell Towers where one is not.

There are two apartment style residence halls on campus. These are the Townhouse Apartments and the North Street Apartments. Because of the apartment layout, both of these residence halls are usually reserved for upperclassmen. Each one of the 33 Townhouses is equipped with a combination living room/kitchen area, one and a half baths and individual bedrooms for each student.[12] The North Street Apartment building was acquired in the summer of 2007 and consists of 6 apartments. Each apartment has a living room area, bathroom and kitchen.

Herlihy Hall is the smallest, and oldest, of the college's current residence halls, but has the largest rooms. It houses 150 students in a normal domitory style (one long corridor with rooms off this corridor).

Marra Village Construction

Currently an expansion to the Mara Village complex is in the works. The $12 million expansion will add 125 beds allow 50 percent of the undergraduate population to live on campus. The expansion is planned to open for fall 2009.[13]

Dining Facilities

Holmes Dining Commons, often referred to as "Daka", is the main dining facility on campus. It spans North St, the main road through campus, and lets foot traffic easily move from one side of the street. It is run by the foodservice Chartwells and is set up buffet style. In the summer of 2006, it had a 4 million dollar renovation.

Besides the main dining hall there are two satellite dining facilities. The Commuter Cafe and the McKay Cafe. The Commuter Cafe' is located on the bottom floor of the Hammond building and is also run by Chartwells. It includes a Burger King, Mama Leon's Pizza, Au Bon Pain soups, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Edy's ice cream. It is open until 10 pm on most nights. The McKay Cafe' is a small cafe' housed in the McKay Campus School. It serves drinks, pastries, soups, and sandwiches.

Transportation

Transportation around Fitchburg State College's campus is usually accomplished through walking. Also, there is a shuttle bus that goes from the Wallace Civic Center, through campus, and then to the MBTA Commuter Rail stop. The loop takes about 15 minutes.[14]

The MBTA Commuter Rail stop closest to the college is the Fitchburg stop on the Fitchburg Line. The line ends at North Station and is about an hour and a half ride. It is wheelchair accessible and a short walk from campus.[15]

A new addition to transportation on and off campus is the collaboration between the school and the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority(MART). Faculity, staff and students can ride any of the bus routes in Fitchburg or Leominster free of charge.[16]

Academics

Fitchburg State College Entrance

Fitchburg State employs the Carnegie rule. This translates to the requirement that a student take at least 4 classes per semester to be considered a full-time student. In most cases, 5 classes per semester are required for a student to complete their major within 4 years.

The most competitive majors at Fitchburg State are Nursing, Communications Media (including Film and Video Production), Education, Business Administration, and Industrial Technology.[17] The Industrial Technology department, along with the English department, have hosted the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 1 festival from 2006 to 2009.

Majors and Concentrations

Fitchburg State College offers 56 Undergraduate Majors and Concentrations[18]. They include:

 

Rankings and Accreditations

Fitchburg State College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, the Council for Standards in Human Service Education, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Individual programs have been accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, the Interstate Certification Compact of Educational Personnel, the State Board of Registration in Nursing, the Board of Higher Education, and the Commonwealth Honors Program. [19]

U.S. News and World Report ranked Fitchburg State College as a Universities–Master's (North) school, third tier (highest ranked Massachusetts State College) [20]

Athletics

College Teams

File:Fscfalcon.jpg

Fitchburg State College is currently ranked as an NCAA Division III college. It offers men's Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Football, and ice hockey. Women's sports offered are Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Field Hockey, and Lacrosse. Cross Country and Track & Field are offered for both men and women.[21]

Intramural Sports

Fitchburg State College also offers a selection of intramural sports each semester. These sports are only students on campus versus other students on campus. The chosen sports can differ from year to year[22]. In the past, they have included, Basketball, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Floor Hockey, Kickball, Soccer (indoor and outdoor), Softball, Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee, and Volleyball.

Student Activities

Organizations

Fitchburg State College recognizes over 60 student clubs and organizations, including the student-run newspaper, The Point,[23] and the student-run radio station, WXPL (91.3 FM).[24] Currently the Dance club is the largest club on campus. Other organizations include the Anime Club, Biology Club, English Club, Falcon Players (Drama Club), FSC Habitat for Humanity, First Responders (Rescue Squad), GEO Club, Math Club, MASSPIRG at FSC, Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB), Martial Arts Club, Nursing Student Association (NSA), Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, Psychology Club, Student Government Association (SGA), Filmmaker's Society, Model United Nations Team, and the Table Top Gaming Club.

Greek life

FSC is home to two fraternities and three sororities. Approximately 4-5% of undergraduate students are affiliated with fraternities and sororities recognized by the College. The recognized fraternities on campus are Sigma Pi and Sigma Tau Gamma, while the recognized sororities are Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Alpha Sigma Tau.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ Facilities - Interesting Facts
  2. ^ http://www.fitchburgpride.com/news/2008/0829/front_page/002.html
  3. ^ a b Fitchburg State College - History of the College
  4. ^ Capital Planning & Maintenance - Thompson Hall - Basement Floor Plan
  5. ^ Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library: Archives & Special Collections
  6. ^ [http://web.fsc.edu/fscnews/index.cfm?detail=740 Fitchburg State to Dedicate Guglielmi Mazzaferro Center} Fitchburg State College Public Relations. August 5, 2009
  7. ^ http://www.fsc.edu/cultural/
  8. ^ CHAPTER 88 OF THE ACTS OF 2007
  9. ^ http://www.virtualtour.fsc.edu
  10. ^ Tour
  11. ^ Fitchburg State College - Housing and Residential Services
  12. ^ Housing and Residential Services - Housing Process - Housing Costs
  13. ^ http://www.fsc-alumni.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=99999999
  14. ^ Campus Police - Shuttle Bus Service
  15. ^ MBTA schedule
  16. ^ Fitchburg State College - Public Relations - News
  17. ^ http://www.fsc.edu/enrollsrv/topten.cfm
  18. ^ 2007 Fitchburg State College Viewbook, page 5
  19. ^ 2007 Fitchburg State College Viewbook, page 22
  20. ^ USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Fitchburg State College: At a glance
  21. ^ http://www.fscfalcons.com/landing/index
  22. ^ Fitchburg State College - Intramural Sports
  23. ^ http://falcon.fsc.edu/thepoint/
  24. ^ http://falcon.fsc.edu/~wxpl/
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