By Sophia Oppedisano Editor-in-Chief President Nancy Niemi notified the University community of the passing of former University President Paul Weller in an email April 3. Weller was the president of then Framingham State College from 1985 to 1996. He led the College through its 150th anniversary in 1989, oversaw the creation of the Christa McAuliffe Center in 1986 following the Challenger disaster, and implemented the first Arts & Humanities series, according to Niemi’s em

Izabela Gage / THE GATEPOST By Bella Grimaldi News Editor SGA held their second Administrators’ Forum of the academic year, providing club representatives, among other students, with the opportunity to voice their campus concerns on April 7. This year, the forum was structured differently, as there was time allotted for administrators to ask questions to students. This new segment was in addition to the portion of the meeting at which Luke Yubeta, SGA student trustee, pose

Courtesy of Emilce Cordeiro By Bella Grimaldi News Editor What is your academic and professional background? My master’s degree is from Argentina, and it was in Argentinian literature - specifically about the authors who disappeared in my country during the dictatorship. The dictatorship was from 1976 until 1983. So then I moved to this country in 1998 and I ended up in the Philadelphia area. And I applied to Temple University and UPenn in Philadelphia. I was accepted into b

By Sophia Oppedisano  Editor-in-Chief The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new Campus Master Plan (CMP), which will cost $486 million, at its first meeting of the semester on Jan. 28.   The University’s previous CMP was completed in 2012 and was updated until 2022, according to Robert Totino, vice president of Finance, Technology, and Administration.  Totino said he “engaged with” the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in September 2024 to be

By Dylan Pichnarcik  Associate Editor The Commonwealth of Massachusetts did not renew the State Behavioral and Mental Health grant given to the University by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) during the last two fiscal years, according to Glenn Cochran, assistant vice president of Student Affairs. The University received approximately $280,000 each of the two fiscal years, Cochran said.  Cochran said he, along with Vice President of Student Affairs Meg Nowak Borrego, C

Adrien Gobin / THE GATEPOST By Bella Grimaldi News Editor What is your academic and professional background?  I studied history as an undergraduate at Brown University. After graduation, I went to New Orleans, and I taught high school for two years at a public high school through the Teach for America program. And then I went to graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, where I studied history but really focused on colonial American history and the history of race

Adrien Gobin / THE GATEPOST By Dylan Pichnarcik News Editor By Izabela Gage Editorial Staff The women's ice hockey team has completed...

Izabela Gage / THE GATEPOST By Bella Grimaldi Asst. News Editor The construction of solar panel canopies at the Salem End Lot is...

By Kaitlin Carman Asst. News Editor President Nancy Niemi and President Grace Wang of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) celebrated...

By Kaitlin Carman Interim News Editor The Board of Trustees discussed NECHE updates, the search for a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO),...

By Sophia Harris Associate Editor The Student Government Association discussed the success of the Safety Walk, the addition of changing...

By Kaitlin Carman Asst. News Editor By Adam Harrison Asst. News Editor The administration provided updates on enrollment, NECHE, and...

By Naidelly Coelho News Editor The Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service (CELTSS) has funded faculty and...

By Emily Rosenberg Editor-in-Chief By Dylan Pichnarcik Editorial Staff Several major changes are coming to the FAFSA for the 2024-25...

By Andrea O’Brien Staff Writer Three hundred dorm rooms across all residence halls were transformed from standard doubles to premium...

By Sophia Harris Associate Editor What is your educational and professional background? I have a bachelor of science in finance -...

By Emily Rosenberg Editor-in-Chief By Sophia Harris Associate Editor From August 31 to September 11, Framingham experienced high levels...

Courtesy of Haley Hadge What is your educational and professional background? I got my bachelor’s at Virginia Tech. I actually started...

By Haley Hadge SGA discussed updates on the Gender-inclusive Bathroom Study, the Massachusetts State College Debt Review, and outdated...

By Steven Bonini What is your role at Framingham State and what does your job entail? Well, I was called to be a minister – the...