Campus Currents

Monday, April 10, 2023
Dwight Hall at 7:00 PM

A college student aspires to leave Bhutan for Australia to pursue a singing career, but instead he gets assigned to teach children in a remote mountainous village isolated from modern life. The extraordinary 2019 film Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom was an Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature Film.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

"I know we have a lot to say about the situation...but, like, who has the time?" A window into the formation and research of the motherscholar collective
McCarthy Center Alumni Room, 6 to 8 PM (Hybrid Event)
Zoom Link Here

Members of the MotherScholar Collective, a multidisciplinary research group formed during the pandemic, discuss their research on the intersection of motherhood and academia, and collaborative possibilities of radical feminist flexibility. Panel participants: Maggie Campbell-Obaid, Ph.D, Katharina A. Azim, Ph.D., Kathryn Frazier, Ph.D, Helen Ho, Ph.D., Ivanna Richardson, M.A.

Friday, April 28, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
In Front of May Hall

Participants of all ages are welcome!

Use telescopes to observe the Moon, Venus, Mars, and the Pleiades star cluster!

McAuliffe Center staff are available to answer your questions about telescopes and our Universe.

Saturday, April 22
2:00PM – 6:00PM

Science on State Street is Framingham State University’s annual science festival, a community-wide event organized by the Christa McAuliffe Center in collaboration with MetroWest STEM Education Network.

Science on State Street has a particular focus on themes relating to planet Earth. Explore science, technology, engineering, and math and the ways they support environmental justice and environmental sustainability!

This year, the feature performance is the Climate Hope Concert brought to us by Multiverse. Multiverse is leveraging its partnership with the McAuliffe Center to create an ambitious new concert that interweaves climate science with the emotive power of music in order to build community and spark action. Climate Hope Concert presents a vision of hope for our planet and a call to action for people in all fields.

Join the Center for Inclusive Excellence in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: K-pop & Culture ‘Just Dance’ Event
Center for Inclusive Excellence, O'Connor Hall
Wednesday, April 12
2 p.m.

National Library Week is April 23-29! The Whittemore Library will be hosting several events:

(For more information, including Zoom links and registration details, visit the Whittemore Library online calendar)

Monday 4/24: Annual Literary Cake Decorating Contest: Our annual cake decorating contest returns! Turn your favorite book or character into a tasty baked treat and bring it down to the Library. Patrons will get a chance to vote on their favorite cakes, which will be set up in the library lobby near the Red Barn Café. All cakes must be submitted by 9:00am on 4/24 and the winner will be announced at 12:30pm! Don’t forget to stop by after winner is announced to taste all the delicious cakes! For more information, please email Colleen Previte (cprevite@framingham.edu).

Tuesday 4/25: Outdoor Fun on Larned Beach 12:30pm to 2:30pm: Did you know that, in addition to our great books, databases, and academic resources, the Whittemore Library also has a great selection of outdoor and board games that you can check out? Join us as we share some of those great games outside on Larned Beach! What if it’s raining? Join us inside where we will have our board games (that you can check out, too!) and items from our Rams Renew Space available for you to try out. For more information, contact Kathleen Barnard (kbarnard@framingham.edu).

Wednesday 4/26: Library Careers Presentation 1:30pm on Zoom: Co-sponsored with the Career Center. Ever wondered what it’s like to work in a library? Curious about what career opportunities exist in the library field? Think you have to have a specific major to even consider becoming a librarian? Join the librarians and staff of the Whittemore Library as we talk about our varied paths through the library field. We’ll talk about different types of libraries, which jobs require grad school and which ones don’t, and we’ll dispel that myth (once and for all) that you must have an English degree to work in a library (hint – ALL majors are welcome). This presentation will take place on Zoom.  For more information, contact Kathleen Barnard (kbarnard@framingham.edu).

Thursday 4/27: Breathwork with Susan Clark 1pm in UM-14 and Zoom: Susan Clark, Reiki master from Heal from Within, will lead a hybrid session on exploring the power of breath and its healing potential to increase self-awareness, reduce stress and anxiety, build resilience and cultivate greater vitality. She will share mindful breathing techniques such as alternate nostril breathing and triangle breathwork. 

Tuesday, April 11, 12:30 p.m.
May Hall, Room 117

About the Speaker:

MaryRose Mazzola is an attorney and the inaugural Director of Planned Parenthood Massachusetts’ ASPIRE Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health, which oversees Planned Parenthood’s nationally recognized clinical and social science research, clinical training, and professional education programs. MaryRose also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she teaches speechwriting, and as an Adjunct Professor in the Merrimack College Women’s and Gender Studies Department, where she develops and teaches the department’s legal courses.

MaryRose has held many leadership positions on political campaigns and in state and local government. Most recently, she served as Senior Advisor to Mayor Michelle Wu’s campaign, Chief of Staff to Massachusetts State Senator Barry Finegold, and as the Executive Director of the Boston Women’s Workforce Council, the City of Boston’s public-private initiative dedicated to closing gender and racial wage gaps. She holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the Merrimack College Honors Program.

Artist Talk: Sunday Spotlight with Jill Pottle
Danforth Museum, 14 Vernon Street
Sunday, April 23
3 p.m.

Join us to hear Massachusetts-based artist Jill Pottle talk about her painting in the Danforth’s permanent collection Pandemic Wedding Dress, and her expressionistic realism style. She will share how her work evolved during the uncertainty and isolation associated with the pandemic.
Free with museum admission.

Questions? Contact Katherine Tako-Girard
ktakogirard@framingham.edu, 508-215-5117