(1:04:07) Fitchburg State alumna Kristin Link '85 offers tips and tricks to "Elevate your virtual presentation from competent to captivating." Kristin C. (Anderson) Link graduated from Fitchburg State with a degree in Computer Science in 1985 and began her career in Silicon Valley. At Hewlett-Packard, she began in technical roles, then in sales and marketing before moving into leadership training. Her varied jobs often included conveying technical information to non-technical audiences. The skills she learned about storytelling and simplifying information are the foundation of what she shares with her clients. As a Public Speaking Coach and Storyteller, Kristin inspires people to share stories that create meaningful change. She works with global business leaders from executives to engineers to entrepreneurs at Amazon, eBay, Intuit, Stanford Graduate School of Business, TEDx San Francisco, Zoom, etc. She offers workshops, one-on-one coaching and team coaching. (kristinlinkcoaching.com). Presented by the Fitchburg State University Alumni Association

(1:12:36) Rob Comeau is a 1993 graduate of Fitchburg State’s communications media program. Comeau is a passionate, energetic and resourceful photographer/videographer and has worked extensively in advertising, and creative management. He currently teaches at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, CA and has conducted workshops over the summer through AndersonRanch Arts Center (RobComeau.com). Comeau will lead us in an engaging conversation about how photography has changed in 195 years and the fundamentals that still hold true today, even when using our camera phone. Moderated by Amy Riley, Class of 1993.This presentation is sponsored by the Fitchburg State University Alumni Association.

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(7:23) Motion Design Compilation 2 from Fitchburg State Professor Jon Krasner, a member of the Communications Media Department faculty. To learn more about the university's graphic design concentration, please visit https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/graphic-design-concentration-communications-media-bs. To learn about the minor in graphic design, go to https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/undergraduate/undergraduate-day-programs/all-minors/graphic-design-minor/.

(12:22) Motion Design Compilation 1 from Professor Jon Krasner, a faculty member in Fitchburg State University's Communications Media Department. Learn more about the graphic design concentration at https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/graphic-design-concentration-communications-media-bs. Learn about the graphic design minor at https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/undergraduate/undergraduate-day-programs/all-minors/graphic-design-minor/.

(1:26:11) Part of the Fitchburg State University Alumni Association's Falcon Talks series, this discussion from November 2020 features Professor Charles Roberts (Communications Media) and Fitchburg Historical Society Executive Director Susan Navarre reviewing newly-restored footage of the city of Fitchburg from November 1941. Professor Roberts has overseen a painstaking digital restoration of the original film elements, which provide, with Navarre's assistance, an incomparable window into the city's past.

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(9:54) Congratulations Falcons! Here are some bonus well-wishes for the graduates of 2020.

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(26:32) We kicked off the holiday season with our annual Lighting of the Campus, featuring holiday greetings from around the world.

(15:19) Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.This video was created by the Gay Straight Alliance at Fitchburg State, with guidance from the Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of Student Development.

(3:38) The Fitchburg State University Choirs and Christ Church Fitchburg have collaborated to create a performance from a distance! Each musician's independently created contribution has been combined to build a performance of Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's (1875-1912) anthem for choir and organ, "O Ye That Love the Lord" (1892), as a tribute to this musical luminary. This project was supported by a grant from the Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Center for Civic Engagement at Fitchburg State University.

(4:53) Professor jenn berg of the Mathematics Department received the 2020 Faculty Service Award.

(5:20) Professor Paul Weizer from the Economics, History and Political Science Department was the 2020 recipient of the Vincent J. Mara Award for Excellence in Teaching.