May 7, 2020
Achievers

Stories of Resilience: Jilian Bianchi ’09 Serves on COVID-19 Intubation Team as Nurse Anesthetist

Jilian (Parzych) Bianchi ’09 works at Virginia Hospital Center as a nurse anesthetist (CRNA), providing anesthesia care and managing patients clinically while they undergo surgery. She takes care . . .

Michaila Parent
May 29, 2019
Achievers

Michaila Parent Named MASCAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Field hockey player Michaila Parent ’19 added another award to her already jam-packed trophy case, as she has been named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Female . . .

Speaker Renee Diaz with the Class of 2019
May 20, 2019
Achievers

Keep Pressing Forward, Says Queen's Cups Founder Renee King Diaz ’12

Running a highly successful bakery is no piece of cake. Just ask Renee King Diaz ’12, owner of the Queen's Cups, who was the keynote speaker at Worcester State University’s 143rd commencement . . .

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April 29, 2019
Achievers

Graduate School Commencement Features Student Speaker

More than 260 students will receive graduate degrees from Worcester State University on Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m. in the Wellness Center. Graduating master’s degree student Poliana Alarcón Bustos . . .

Worcester State University alumna Renah Razzaq (center) with Professor of Education Sue Foo and Associate Dean of Education Raynold Lewis
May 31, 2017
Achievers

Alumna Honored by State Universities as an Outstanding Educator

Worcester State University alumna Renah Razzaq, a teacher at Doherty Memorial High School and WSU adjunct professor of mathematics, was recently honored by the State Universities of Massachusetts as . . .

Worcester State University's graduate commencement student speaker Virginia Eliya
May 12, 2016
Achievers

Biotech Graduate Buoyed by Supportive Campus

For Verzhiniya “Virginia” Eliya, 2016 will be memorable for its happy endings. She is earning her master’s degree this month, and her mother, father, and sisters recently reunited in France . . .

Image of the inside of Belchertown State School
February 2, 2016
Achievers

Book Shows Remains of Sad Time in Mental Health Care

What began as a whim to take haunting pictures of an old asylum in New York has turned into two friends’ passion to document a seamy era in the care of the mentally ill and disabled. In doing so, . . .

Worcester State University Alumna Barbara O'Brien
October 30, 2015
Achievers

Education Department Named for Longtime Worcester Teacher and Alumna

The Worcester State University Education Department will be named for Barbara (Hickey) O’Brien, a 1957 graduate and a generous benefactor of the college during her life and beyond. A formal . . .

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November 18, 2014
Achievers

State Recognizes Alumna and Chandler Magnet Educator for Teaching Excellence

At a State House ceremony today, the State Universities of Massachusetts honored eight of the Commonwealth’s outstanding pre-K-12 educators who graduated from the system’s teacher preparation . . .

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November 17, 2014
Achievers

New Grad Aims to Take NonProfit to National Level

Recent graduate Julie Broderick of the Business Administration and Economics Department says it was the support of professors and challenging classes that gave her the skills to succeed. “I had . . .

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