Fitchburg State University Earth and Geographic Sciences Dept.

10/02/2025

Current Students & Alumns:
One of our graduates has landed a job at TRC Companies Inc. - a large environmental engineering/remediation company that is hiring - check it out!

TRC Companies Careers

01/11/2024

Internship Opportunity at MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

05/25/2023

Congrats to FSU class of '23! You have made us so proud. Also, special shout out to our students who are not graduating, but received an award from the Earth and Geographic Sciences Dept.:
Outstanding Student in Environmental and Earth Science - Madison Ambrogi
Outstanding Student in Public Health Sciences - Alice Miranda and Brooke Livingston
Earth and Geographic Sciences Community Service Award - Mary Kate Moreau
Stephen W. Clair Memorial Scholarship - Paulina Torres

PS - If you are in a position to make a donation to support our dept's monetary awards to outstanding students, please do so at:
https://support.fitchburgstate.edu/makeagift
and add earth sciences to the designation area.
THANK YOU!

05/08/2023

Students in Geomorphology (study of Earth's landscapes and the processes that shape them) conduct stream surveys at two local sites to assess changes in stream character upstream and downstream of places where dams have been removed.

01/13/2023

Students - take advantage of these opportunities to hone your resume and find career opportunities!

01/08/2023

Students in last semester's Data Visualization course shared some eye-popping final presentations!

Ave. annual rainfall correlation with large mountain ranges:
U.S. Fire record:
Global Flood Risk:

09/21/2022

Students: Come join us in Peru in Spring 2023!

09/20/2022

Students doing Mars Research earn money and credit for their degree!

The knowledge I’m learning can be applied to many different things. Jun Basan ‘22 and Kate Messer ‘25 spent their summer analyzing the surface of Mars. Through a NASA-funded research project led by Professor Reid Parsons of the Earth and Geographic Sciences Department, Basan and Messer earned ...

09/20/2022

Some internship opportunities with deadlines fast approaching:
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6946915
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6793531
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6814647
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6137418
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6891907
And a full-time job:
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/6979916