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Feb. 19, 2021
Framingham State is pleased to announce that Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark will deliver the commencement address to Framingham State University s Class of 2021 during a virtual ceremony on Sunday, May 23rd.
Subscribe We are fortunate to be represented by a Congresswoman who shares our students passion for issues such as social justice, protecting our environment, supporting public education, and helping working families, says Framingham State University President F. Javier Cevallos. We are honored that Congresswoman Clark has accepted our invitation.
Congresswoman Clark was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013 and has quickly risen to the rank of Assistant Speaker, the fourth ranking post in the House leadership. She represents the Massachusetts 5th Congressional District, which includes the City of Framingham. During the ceremony, Framingham State will present Congresswoman Clark with an honorary doctoral degree in
Katherine Clark will be Framingham State s 2021 commencement speaker
The May 23 ceremony will be virtual due to COVID-19. We are fortunate to be represented by a Congresswoman who shares our students’ passion for issues such as social justice, protecting our environment, supporting public education, and helping working families,” said university President F. Javier Cevallos. We are honored that Congresswoman Clark has accepted our invitation.
Clark, of Melrose, represents the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts, which locally includes Ashland, Holliston, Framingham, Natick, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. She first won the seat in a special election in December 2013.
Before that, she served as a state senator, school committee member, state representative, general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, and policy chief for the state attorney general.
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A flag flies over a department of corrections building ablaze during protests on Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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WASHINGTON – From the playground to the political arena, anger is the overriding emotion that seems to reflect society s dominant mood.
It s an emotion seen erupting on the road with rage directed at strangers. But it also hits closer to heart and home with families torn apart over political, religious, and other sources of disagreement. Anger, as an emotion, actually has a lot of value, explained Michael Greenstein, an assistant professor of psychology at Framingham State University.
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In the late playwright A.R. Gurney s popular 1988 Love Letters, a male actor and female actor read to the audience letters and notes between Andrew and Melissa from early childhood through their respective marriages, children, and, in Melissa s case, divorces.
There is a good deal of humor in what is read and the authors of these letters do love each other, but for various reasons important opportunities get lost.
In Other Letters, a play by Bryan Renaud and Carin Silkaitic inspired by Love Letters, Charlie and Tommy begin passing notes when they are 8 years old. What follows are lives and a love similarly told in letters, notes and emails with some connections and lots of near-misses.
Horticulture professor patents new plants
This article originally appeared on CAHNR Newsroom. By Kim Colavito Markesich Since 1988, Mark Brand, professor of horticulture in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, has been involved in plant breeding yielding over thirty-eight plant introductions and twenty patented plants for the University. Each new cultivar takes at least ten to fifteen years […]
Dark Star, a smaller form of purple leaf sand cherry, is one of Mark Brand’s new patented plants. Copy Link
Since 1988, Mark Brand, professor of horticulture in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, has been involved in plant breeding yielding over thirty-eight plant introductions and twenty patented plants for the University. Each new cultivar takes at least ten to fifteen years to bring to market, while the patents help fund research at the College.