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FITCHBURG — Students made the final walk before becoming official graduates on Saturday during the Fitchburg State University 128th commencement exercises, with both graduate and undergraduate degrees awarded.The commencement address at the undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 18 was given by alumna Yla Eason, an assistant professor of business at Rutgers University and the creator […]
Notable names include Governor Maura Healey, filmmaker Ken Burns, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
FITCHBURG–Fitchburg State University alumna Yla Eason, who founded a multiracial toy company dedicated to fighting the racial imbalance in toys and superheroes, will deliver the address at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18. Eason, a 1971 graduate of Fitchburg State, is an accomplished marketing professional based in the Greater New York City area […]
The office of Minority and Women Business Development of Go Topeka hosted its first pitch contest in November with nine participants and four awardees
Rutgers Business School professor Yla Eason, who created a pioneering line of multicultural superhero toys in the 1980s, sees a toy and media trend toward fantastical storylines for Black characters this season. It’s driven, in part, by “Afrofuturism,’’ a science fiction genre incorporating reimagined elements of Black culture and history.