Worcester State Magazine – Spring 2024

Coming off the 50th anniversary of Division III College Athletics and Title IX, Worcester State University’s Women’s Athletics programs have made tremendous strides to level the playing field for treatment, recognition, and resources for female athletes. The drive and ability to win is infectious across Lancer women’s athletics with teams and individuals consistently winning championships […]

Join us this spring for several special events and reunions. In 2024, we will celebrate alumni who graduated in 1974 or before. Click the links to register for these events, or call Alumni Office at 508-929-8141, or email us at alumni@worcester.edu Saturday, May 11 11:30 a.m. – Classes of 1964 and 1969 Reunion Luncheon, President […]

The American Library Association documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship in 2023. When Enlish Professor MaryLynn Saul sees this list of novels, memoirs, fiction and nonfiction, she can’t help but wonder: What’s in this book that people don’t want others to know? That’s one of the questions Saul is asking the students in […]

By the time Nick Pennucci was five years old, he was already skating and learning to play ice hockey, an activity that would quickly grow into a lifelong passion. His late father, Nick Pennucci Sr., was a legendary figure in the city’s bustling hockey community. He managed the Buffone Skating Arena ice rink on Lake […]

Like much of Southeast Asia, Nepal is plagued by some of the globe’s worst air pollution, and it is causing serious health problems, from respiratory and cardiovascular damage to reproductive and gastrointestinal malfunctioning. Worcester State physicist and air pollution expert Dr. Nabin Malakar, who was born in Nepal, has been tracking air pollution in Southeast […]

When Patrick Sweeney ’20, M.S. ’21 was an undergraduate at Worcester State, he had an internship at an accounting firm where he was given menial tasks no one else wanted to do. “When I got out of school and started working, I realized, ‘This is nothing like school,’” he says. Today he is the supervisor […]

Worcester State students can now reach for the stars thanks to a recent long-term loan of modern and antique telescopes that promise to offer a stellar opportunity for learning and research. The collection was amassed by the late Charles Blumsack, a lawyer and avid amateur astronomer, and includes 18 telescopes, most of them antiques, as […]

As Chief Operating Officer of United Fray, Brittany Rheault ’07 has made a career of bringing fun into other people’s lives. Through inclusive social sports and virtual and in-person programming, Rheault helps build community, strengthen teams, and foster positivity. We spoke with Brittany about the impact of her time playing on Worcester State’s women’s basketball […]

  The university celebrated five outstanding Worcester State alumni with impressive professional and community service accomplishments during a joyful ceremony for the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The October 2023 event in the Wellness Center brought together dignitaries and community leaders, including Worcester Mayor Joe Petty and City Councilor Khrystian King, Senator Robyn Kennedy, and members […]

Education Department graduate students journeyed to Kenya last summer for a transformative experience filled with cultural connections, profound reflections and of course, lions, zebras, and giraffes. Led by Christina Kaniu, professor of education, the group included 10 students, mostly teachers working in Central Massachusetts schools, who immersed themselves in the local community while in Kenya, […]