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  • Alumni Group Awards Sixty-nine Scholarships

    Alumni Group Awards Sixty-nine Scholarships

    IAFSA
    Visit the IAFSA website for additional information about scholarships at www.AlumniHouse.org

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni (IAFSA) is pleased to announce its 2014-2015 scholarship winners.

    IAFSA, a charitable non-profit organization founded in 1874, offers approximately 30 scholarships and awards to Framingham State University students as well as interest-free loans. Some scholarships have multiple recipients. Scholarships and loan funding are provided by donations and bequests.

    This year IAFSA is granting awards to a record 68 Framingham State University students. Scholarships range from $250 to $2,500. Recipients were chosen based upon their area of study, academic achievement, financial need, hometown, and campus involvement.

    Two Framingham residents received awards. John McNeil was selected to receive the Cannes Internship Scholarship which makes it possible for qualified students to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival program through an associated one credit course. It was established in 2013 by an anonymous donor. Rebecca Wilson received The Murtaugh Scholarship which was established in honor of her parents by Joan E. Murtaugh, ’61 who taught for 36 years in the Framingham Public Schools. Graduates of any high school in Framingham may apply, with preference given to the offspring of police, fire, or military personnel.

    Juliana Marra from Natick received the Paul T. Murphy Memorial Scholarship which was established by (more…)

  • Retiring Framingham Elementary School Teacher Receives Educator’s Award

    Retiring Framingham Elementary School Teacher Receives Educator’s Award

    Pat Towle and Deb Cleveland
    Retiring Framingham Elementary School Teacher Pat Towle and Deb Cleveland, Executive Director, Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni, (IAFSA)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Retiring McCarthy Elementary School teacher Patricia Towle of Framingham was honored with this year’s Touch the Future Award from the Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni (IAFSA), Adams Road, Framingham. The award’s name is inspired by Framingham State alum Christa McAuliffe’s oft quoted, “I touch the future, I teach.” as well as Christa’s innovation and enthusiasm in teaching.

    Towle, a 1964 Framingham State graduate, joined the Peace Corps before beginning her teaching career, most of which has been at the Miriam McCarthy Elementary School in Framingham. She opened her classroom to student teachers and maintained a collaborative and creative classroom environment. She inspired students to reach beyond the classroom door and become involved in the community. They witnessed her work on faculty committees to improve curriculum, school climate, and teacher morale. They saw her organize school fundraisers such as fashion or talent shows.

    Towle lives and works in Framingham and participated in the Newcomers Club and the Framingham History Center. For several years she served as an enthusiastic IAFSA Board member. She showed her students that a teacher’s impact can go far beyond an individual classroom.

    She is retiring this June and hopes to spend more time in Maine.

    The purpose of this award is to honor and acknowledge teachers who teach teachers; especially those who have contributed to advancing knowledge in a (more…)

  • Where to Find Framingham Sports Info

    Where to Find Framingham Sports Info

    Framingham Sports Information (logotype)
    www.framingham.com helps you find the best sports information in town!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Back to school also means it’s time for many kids to start various fall sports.

    Parents, student athletes, coaches and others involved in Framingham sports may be overwhelmed if they have to organize sports schedules — especially if they have to coordinate between two or more sports — or for more than one person or team’s schedule.

    Of course, the best source of info is from the organization which runs the particular sports program.

    Most print a schedule that they hand out at the beginning of a season — but (more…)

  • Alumni Association Announces Framingham State 2011-2012 Scholarships

    Alumni Association Announces Framingham State 2011-2012 Scholarships

    Alumni House, Framingham State University
    Alumni House

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni, (“IAFSA”), a self-governing, non-profit organization established in 1874 which receives and administers funds that provide scholarships and interest-free loans to FSU students, has announced its list of 2011-2012 scholarship winners.

    Scholarships, (and loan funding), are made possible by donations, bequests, and rental of the Alumni House.

    Scholarships ranged from $500 to $2500.

    Verena Lutz and Mariya Dzhyoyeva were the only Framingham residents among the 2011-2012 recipients. Both received a “Dorothy Larned Scholarship” award. The scholarship, which encourages the sharing of international cultures was (more…)

  • Framingham State Name Change

    Framingham State Name Change

    Framingham State College changes name to Framingham State University
    Will a degree from Framingham State University look better than one from a mere college? And what to do about those who routinely shorten the name to "FSC" ? , (initials which no longer fit!)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – “Framingham State University” is now the official name of the school which has sat atop Bare Hill since 1853.

    The school was originally founded in 1839 as a state-funded “Normal School” to standardize, (or “normalize“), the training of teachers in America.

    The Normal School was first located in Lexington and then Newton, MA and after outgrowing both locations moved to Framingham where it has flourished and grown for more than a century and a half.

    An act which became effective October 26, 2010 changes M.G.L. Ch. 15A, Sec. 5, and creates sub-sections of the law which in addition to renaming (6) colleges, breaks the state’s system of higher education into three segments;

    • (i) the university of Massachusetts segment
    • (ii) the state university segment
    • (iii) the community college segment (more…)
  • Metrowest Colonials Semi-Pro Football

    Metrowest Colonials Semi-Pro Football

    [PHOTO] Metrowest Colonial, semi-pro football league.
    Nick Ferrera, Quarterback for the Metrowest Colonials on the gridiron.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Metrowest Colonials, a Framingham based semi-pro football team is scheduled to play the first three games of it’s season at Framingham State College‘s football stadium on July 17, 24 and 31, 2010. Adult tickets are $6.00, Teens 13-18 and Seniors are $3.00, and kids 12 and under are free.

    The “double-A” team, which is owned and managed by Framingham resident Mario Alvarez is affiliated with the NEFL, (New England Football League), the largest semi-pro league in the country. The NEFL is also the only league that is sanctioned by the NCAA, (National Collegiate Athletic Association).

    Alvarez explained that the NEFL, which was started in 1994 with just four teams now runs three divisions, (A, Double-A, and Triple-A), and has forty-three teams.

    The league serves as a regional alternative for players who either do not attend college or attend a school which doesn’t have a football team. The NEFL which has seen expansion nearly every year since it’s inception now organizes what is referred to as “NEFL2“, a developmental league which provides new (more…)

  • Framingham State Student Films in International Festival

    FRAMINGHAM,MA — The Framingham State College Communication Arts Department is proud to announce that two student films have been named official selections at the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

    The films were created with the mentorship and expertise of Framingham State College’s Assistant Professor James Bock in a required Visual Media Production Course: COMM 280 Introduction to Film Production.

    The first film is entitled “Walkin’ Like Wine” (directed by Geoffrey Filetti, written by Joe “Safety” DeRosa, director of photography Derek Gannon, edited by Thomas Sanderson and produced by Matthew Tulipano). The second film is entitled “Spare Change” (directed by Jessica Camp, written by Eric Cavolowsky, director of photography Justin Andrews, edited by Sarah Maguire and produced by Dennis Staires).

    The film festival will begin on April 16, 2009, and conclude with the awards ceremony on April 26, 2009.

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  • Annual Art Doyle Road Race

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — On Saturday, May 10, 2008, the Greater Framingham Track Club, in conjunction with Framingham State College, will sponsor a 3.2 mile road race. This event is a yearly tribute to a beloved teacher and former Framingham State Academic Vice President, Arthur Doyle, who died tragically in 2002 as a result of a car accident.

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  • Global Warming “Town Meeting” at Framingham State College

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham State College Professor Lisa Eck invites all interested members of the community to attend and participate in a Town Meeting on Global Warming that will take place Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 7 pm in the Athletic Center on the FSC campus.

    You’ve seen the Documentary, ” An Inconvenient Truth”, What Next ?

    Framingham State College invites all interested members of the community to participate in our campus wide initiative to educate ourselves on global warming, with an eye towards informed action. The Town meeting will be run as a question and answer session with Climate Activists Keith Bergman and Donna Kramer Merritt of the Climate Project and members of the FSC faculty – from Biology, Geography, Sociology and Philosophy.

    Everyone is welcome to attend.

    For more information, email Dr. Lisa Eck at leck@frc.mass.edu

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  • Video & Framingham State Honor Christa McAuliffe

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Christa McAuliffe Center, in collaboration with Framingham State College, will sponsor events during the week of January 23 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Challenger accident, which occurred January 28, 1986. Among the scheduled activities will be screenings of the documentary Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars, by independent filmmakers Renee Sotile and Mary Jo Godges. The film is narrated by Susan Sarandon and features the ballad “You’re Where I Go” by Carly Simon.

    Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the film is “a compelling and honest account of Challenger 51L’s ‘Teacher in Space’ mission. A portrait of a courageous young teacher whose enthusiasm for education and optimism in the future of America’s young people came to express the driving force behind the space program itself – our passionate belief in a boundless future. An inspiring tribute to a true American hero”.

    Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, a Framingham local and FSC graduate, Class of 1970, was a social studies teacher in Concord, New Hampshire when she was selected from thousands of applicants to be NASA’s first civilian astronaut. Her mission was to make space exploration come alive for millions of school children across America.

    The documentary examines Christa’s personal journey as a fledging astronaut. The producers worked closely with Christa McAuliffe’s mother, Grace Corrigan, and other members of her family, gaining access to exclusive family photos and home movies. Together the material paints a new and more intimate portrait of Christa’s public and private life.

    For more information on the screenings and other activities to mark this anniversary, please contact the Challenger Learning Center at 508-626-4050, or visit: www.christa.org

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