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  • 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…)

  • Sannicandro Moderates Single Payer Health Care Forum

    Sannicandro Moderates Single Payer Health Care Forum

    MA Rep. Tom Sannicandro, (D-Ashland)
    Rep. Tom Sannicandro, (D-Ashland)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – (From Press Release) – Rep. Tom Sannicandro, (D-Ashland), will be moderating a forum, “Spotlight on Health Care: Exploring Single Payer Option” from 6:30p.m until 9:30p.m., Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 in the Forum Room of the D. Justin McCarthy Center at Framingham State University, 100 State Street, Framingham, MA.

    Rep. Sannicandro will moderate a four person panel featuring Senator Jamie Eldridge, the chief sponsor of single payer legislation in the Massachusetts legislature; Ben Day, the executive director of Mass-Care, a single payer advocacy organization; Dr. Gerald Friedman, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst; and Alex Robbins, a small business owner.

    In advance of the forum, Tom will be accepting questions from the public via his Twitter account, @TSannicandro

    Other “tweets” on the subject (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…)

  • 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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