Nurses in a lab with a practice dummy
February 13, 2023
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Nursing Department will host re-accreditation team

Every 10 years, the Dr. Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing prepares an exhaustive self-study in preparation for a re-accreditation visit from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education . . .

Erika Briesacher and Hardeep Sidhu at the podium
February 7, 2023
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Alden awardees speak on pandemic teaching challenges and innovations

The college classroom of 2023 is not the same as it was just four years ago. Professors Erika Briesacher (History and Political Science), and Hardeep Sidhu (English), both recipients of the 2022 . . .

Midaly Carrasquillo and Adam Saltsman in front of a mural outside the UAI office
January 30, 2023
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New UAI assistant director brings student-focused perspective

Midaly Carrasquillo ’17, MA ’21 knows what food insecurity feels like. Coming to Worcester State straight out of high school in Puerto Rico, there were many times when Carrasquillo worried . . .

Portrait of the Career Services staff
January 23, 2023
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With new staff, Career Services revamps student programs and resources

Melisa Alves, Career Services director at Worcester State University, is hoping students won’t do what she did.  “In college, I didn't go to my Career Services office until I was a senior . . .

January 17, 2023
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MLK Youth Breakfast celebrates youth talents, honors Dr. King's life

The 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Breakfast honored the life, principles, and philosophy of Dr. King, and encouraged youth to uphold his vision through poetry, song, and dance. About . . .

Kathleen Youngs (L) and Kristie McNamara in the new prayer and meditation lounge
January 10, 2023
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New prayer and meditation space opens for students.

  Worcester State has a new space where students can focus on religious faith in a safe, quiet setting. The Campus Ministry Prayer and Meditation Lounge, which opened in November in room . . .

Man on a motorcycle riding through a burning jungle
November 14, 2022
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National Geographic human rights film “The Territory” to be screened at Worcester State Nov. 16

Since the Uru-eu-wau-wau, an Amazon Indigenous group, were first contacted by the Brazilian government in 1981, their territory has become an island of green rainforest surrounded by denuded farms . . .

Tiny furniture set made of brass
November 1, 2022
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Alumnus pursues dream of placing father’s metal art in major museum

At an age when most people look forward to retiring, Robert Megerdichian MS ’22 has found a new mission in life: to see his father’s metal art in a major museum. He even returned to college with . . .

(L to R) Dell'Aera, Browder, and Rep. McGovern pose together
October 18, 2022
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Author and financier Bill Browder: Surviving Putin's Wrath

Bill Browder, an author, financier, and a man who is said to be among people Russian President Vladimir Putin most dislikes in the world, spoke recently at Worcester State  about politics, . . .

October 9, 2022
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Buddhist monks make sand mandala at Worcester State

Worcester State University welcomed three Buddhist monks to campus Sept. 20 to 22 for a colorful and engaging cultural exchange. The visit included the ancient Tibetan tradition of creating and then . . .

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