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Communication Studies Professor Writes Piece for Ms. Magazine
Dr. Michele Meek, an assistant professor, weighed in on race and gender inequities in the film industry. Read her piece in Ms.
Track Athlete Featured on NBC 10 Boston
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic cutting short his BSU athletic career, Josh Winsper, '20, hopes to compete in the Paralympics. Watch the story.
Societies Support First Students in New Photonics Program
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Photonics Society, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and the Optical Society are funding tuition for the first 15 students in a new photonics-technician program that Bridgewater State University and Stonehill College are launching this summer in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more at MIT News.
Alumnus Highlights Value of Internships
The Washington Center featured Augusto Goncalves, '12, who describes how his internship at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development helped launch a career in politics. Goncalves is now finance director for the African American Leadership Council at the Democratic National Committee. Read the feature.
Criminal Justice Professor Featured on The Academic Minute Podcast
Dr. Michael DeValve, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, discusses justice and the failure of past reform efforts on The Academic Minute podcast. Listen to his episode.
Social Work Student Pens Column in The Sun Chronicle
Shannon Zimmerman, a graduate student studying social work, wrote a guest column in The Sun Chronicle about the need for more law enforcement training to fight child exploitation. Read the column.
President Clark Co-Writes Op-Ed on Photonics
President Frederick W. Clark Jr., '83, outlined the benefits new photonics programming will have for students, the region and the state in an op-ed written with the Rev. John Denning, the president of Stonehill College. BSU and Stonehill received a state grant to open a photonics training center and lab. Read more in the Boston Business Journal.
Professor’s Work with Service Dogs Featured in The Patriot Ledger
Dr. Brian Payne, a professor of history, and his family raise guide dogs for the nonprofit Guiding Eyes for the Blind. He’s also involving BSU students. Read more about him in The Patriot Ledger.
The Enterprise Features Professor’s Research on Geckos
Dr. Thilina Surasinghe, an associate professor of biological sciences, is part of an international team discovering new species of geckos in Sri Lanka. Read more in The Enterprise.
Alumna Inspires High School Athletes
Laney Clement-Holbrook, ’75, who played softball and basketball at Bridgewater State, inspired hundreds of female high school athletes at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Girls and Women in Sports Day. Read about her speech in The Boston Globe. Clement-Holbrook, who coaches basketball at Oliver Ames High School in Easton, also recently earned her 700th win.
WHDH highlights emergency notification system
Television station WHDH covered BSU’s new one-button emergency notification system. Read the story.
Staffer Featured on Boston 25 after Becoming Miss Massachusetts USA
Sabrina Victor, who works in Human Resources and Talent Management, spoke with Boston 25 about being Miss Massachusetts USA at a time when the Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and Miss World titles are all held by Black women. Read more and watch the video.