![Bringing Awareness to Student’s Needs | A Deep Dive with Alison Park, Assistant Director](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2023/12/Blog-Header-Templates-16.png)
In the Fall of 2022, Worcester State welcomed LGBTQ+ Resource Room Assistant Director/Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Alison Park. Alison got her bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University where she held several leadership positions at the institution and in her community. While getting her degree in Policy Studies she worked with the Girl Scouts and at the […]
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![Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2023/02/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png)
Worcester State’s New Director of Career Services Melisa Alves comes to us from her previous role at Fitchburg State University. As a newer member of the WSU community, Melisa shares how her leadership style was formed from her experiences as a first-generation Latinx student, how her first six months at Worcester State have gone, and […]
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![A Welcome from OSILD](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2022/08/Google-Form-Headers-1.png)
As we head into the new academic year, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all returning students as well as new students to WSU. The Office of Student Involvement and Leadership Development (OSILD) along with the student organizations have been busy planning some great events for the campus this year and […]
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![Professor Alex Briesacher is Making Space for Everyone](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/12/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Alex Briesacher loves teaching his students. Asking around campus, those students who have taken his sociology classes mention his approachability, caring nature, honesty, and innate ability to teach through stories and humor as reasons they return to his classes as often as they can.
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![Sharing Your Power & Knowing Yourself with Demitrius Evans](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Resident Hall Director Demitruis Evans comes to us from Chicago, Illinois, where she recalls growing up in a working class black and brown community and finding passion in her education. “A lot of what I learned about myself happened when I was coming of age as a senior in high school. Those moments were the […]
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![Dr. Dawn Eades & The Importance of Mentorship](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
For Dawn Eades, Ed.D., it’s been a journey to arrive at Worcester State. As a Pawtucket, Rhode Island native, she left home to attend Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, made a quick stop at Clemson University for graduate school, and then made a 3,000 mile move across the country to LA to work at […]
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![OSILD Welcomes New Assistant Director, Linzy Martinez](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2019/09/img_9275-e1568753354295-scaled.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Linzy Martinez joins the staff of the Office of Student Involvement & Leadership Development as an Assistant Director for fall 2019.
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![Professor Tanya Mears Discusses Identity, Diversity & Service](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2019/04/tanya-mears.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Worcester State Profesor Tanya Mears has been a dedicated member of the WSU community both inside and outside the classroom. She works closely with students to develop both their academic and their leadership skills. Dr. Mears took some time to sit down with us her involvement here on campus.
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![Professor Hardeep Sidhu | Teaching Our Diverse Student Population](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2018/10/prof_sidhu-e1540927530601.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Assistant Professor of English Hardeep Sidhu, who was recently appointed Director of the Ethnic Studies program, discusses the importance of creating an inclusive campus environment both inside and outside the classroom.
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![Professor Emily Soltano | On Learning to Be Comfortable with Who You Are](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2018/09/youre-invited-to-an.png)
Professor Emily Soltano is approaching 20 years as a faculty member here at Worcester State. She has had many exciting and challenging opportunities during her time here. She took the time to sit down with us and share some of the biggest lessons she’s learned along the way.
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