Our 2012 Annual Meeting was held at the Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Challenger Center at Framingham State on Saturday, April 28th.  We were happy to have several FSU students join us as participants and recipients of IAFSA awards.

IAFSA presented the inaugural Touch the Future Award to Mary Liscombe, class of 1970, and the Director of the McAuliffe . . . → Read More: Our Annual Meeting was “out of this world!”

You are invited…

Members are invited to attend the Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni’s Annual Business Meeting to be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Challenger Center in O’Connor Hall at Framingham State University.  Coffee will be served during registration.

As a special activity, we have been . . . → Read More: There is still time to reserve your “space” mission slot…

~ For those of you who remember Jim and Margy Judge Akillian ~

Their sons, Tom and Dan, have planned an evening of dinner and fun with family and friends to benefit the continuation of the two scholarships in the names of their parents.

When:                                                  May 4, 2012

Where:                                                Knights of Columbus Hall

Route 106, South Easton, . . . → Read More: Akillian Scholarship Celebration

The Echo Newsletter is in the mail!  It includes information about our annual business meeting and exciting Voyage to Mars program at the Christa McAuliffe Center at FSU on Saturday morning, April 28th. The Echo features our annual report of donors,  scholarship and award recipients, news about three programs initiated in 2011-12 and . . . → Read More: Your newsletter is in the mail!!

Thanks to the recently established Class of 1961 Textbook Assistance Award, four students received help with their book purchases this semester. Congratulations to Corey Ciullo ’13 – nutrition/biochemistry; Kaitlyn Flenke ’12 – elementary education; Jacquelyn Johnston ’12 – fashion merchandising and Nicole Collins ’13 – early childhood education, who each received $ 350 in credits . . . → Read More: Class of 1961 helps four students with book expenses

Lt. Col. (ret. USAF) Thomas H. Murtaugh and Mary H. Murtaugh

The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni happily announces a new scholarship opportunity for FSU students. The Murtaugh Scholarship honors the memory of Thomas H. and Mary H. Murtaugh. Lt. Col. Murtaugh, ret. USAF, was a graduate of Manhattan College. He . . . → Read More: Announcing…The Murtaugh Scholarship

Members of the FSU Newman Club stopped by Alumni House to sing carols during an Executive Board meeting. We didn’t have “figgy pudding” but we did have Christmas cookies to offer them. The carolers were distributing candy canes with seasonal messages and collecting food for a local food pantry.

Happy Holidays to one and . . . → Read More: Here we come a-caroling!

IAFSA recently heard from Kevin Tobin, a 2003 graduate of Framingham State University. Kevin is a Peace Corps volunteer serving as a Health Economic Development advisor in Wukro, Ethiopia. He is working with an organization called Wukro Social Development Project (WSDP) which supports orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS, and the elderly.

Kevin contacted us about . . . → Read More: Out of Africa – A Request for Books

Recently two of our members passed away.

Both alums had their education serve them well in challenging situations.

One taught in a one-room school in Vermont and worked for the War Department in Washington, D.C. during WWII. After raising her family, she worked for the IRS.

The other alum used her home economics training as community . . . → Read More: In Memoriam and Thanksgiving

IAFSA Board members, Framingham State University administrators and professors, alumni, and the general public enjoyed thought-provoking presentations by six Whitney Travel Grant recipients. The presenters enthralled the audience with highlights of their travels and stunning photos. Their discoveries and research will be incorporated into their upcoming classes. Dr. Irene Foster, who was in . . . → Read More: An Evening of Travel and Scholarship