DeFeudis Gift Will Match Every Dollar Given to the Student Emergency Fund, Up to $25,000
To help Worcester State students in this time of financial uncertainty, longtime generous supporters Gene and Julianne DeFeudis will match every dollar donated to the Worcester State Student . . .
Photographer Matt Wright ‘10 Documents Experiences of Local Health Care Workers
In the weeks since COVID-19 put a halt to the productivity of many freelance photographers and videographers, Matt Wright ‘10 has shifted his attention to documenting the central players in this . . .
Mindfulness Meditation Blog Continues Student Group Online
Michaela White ’20 discovered meditation really helped her in managing her anxiety. To share this helpful mental health technique with other students, she started the Mindfulness Meditation Club . . .
Worcester State Leads in Saving Students Money Through Open Educational Resource Initiative
Since 2016, Worcester State’s Open Educational Resource (OER) Initiative has saved over $157,000 for more than 3,000 WSU students who were able to reduce the total cost of their textbooks, and in . . .
L.A. Sheriff Deputy Andrew Garcia ’13 Sees the Best and Worst in People in the Age of COVID-19
Andrew Garcia ’13 has endured many stressful experiences in his six years as a deputy sheriff in Los Angeles County—shootings, robberies, high speed chases—but nothing compares what he is going . . .
Sarah Duff ’21 Uses Lessons Learned on the Field Hockey Team to Help COVID-19 Patients
Normally at this time of year, nursing major Sarah Duff ’21 would be in the middle of her field hockey team’s non-traditional spring practice schedule, perhaps running sprints on Coughlin Field, . . .
Duriya Ayubali ’17 Proudly Considers Herself a COVID-19 Nurse
In mid-March, Duriya Ayubali ’17 was working as a nurse on a heart and vascular floor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield when the facility’s first COVID-19 positive patient was identified. . . .
Occupational Therapy Students Continue Keeping Nursing Home Patients Happy
When Emma Caneira ‘20 started her job as a part-time activities assistant at Christopher House Skilled Nursing Center in the fall, she never expected to be working in the middle of a global health . . .
DGCE Helps Keep Nontraditional Students from Falling Through the Cracks
News and information about the shift to remote learning has heavily focused on traditional undergraduate students—typically those in the 18-22 age range. But Worcester State is well-known for being . . .
Stories of Resilience: Bringing Our Study Abroad Students Home Safely
Director of International Programs Katey Palumbo talks about how the worldwide coronavirus pandemic affected Worcester State students who were studying abroad during this spring semester, or were . . .
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