- Maribel Mateo, Student Government Association President
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Student Government Association President Maribel Mateo, Class of 2020, has been very active during her three years at Worcester State. She worked for the Jumpstart Program at the university’s Binienda Center for Civic Engagement for two years and served as a Student Senator for two years. Maribel is now currently a two-term Student Government President. In addition, she is a student in the university’s Community Leadership Experience. After two years as an Orientation Leader, she returned for her third year as a Co-Director. Maribel completed a year as a Resident Advisor ,or “RA,” and continues to work as a student manager and a Wellness Center Fitness Monitor.
- Jillian Witkowski, Class of 2016
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Jillian Witkowski graduated with a communications degree in 2016. She was involved in a number of activities while at Worcester State University including a member of the WSU soccer and softball teams. She is currently a Health and Family Consumer Science Teacher at Wachusett High School and pursuing her Masters of Education.
- Dr. Tim Murphy, Ph.D., Department of Urban Studies
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Dr. Murphy earned his bachelor’s degree in both French and Communication and Culture from Indiana University, Bloomington and both his masters and doctoral degrees in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis.
He teaches a variety of courses in Urban Studies, including Human Identity and the Urban Environment, Urban Anthropology, The Queer City, Introduction to Urban Studies, First Year Seminar, and Crime and the City. Dr. Murphy is a faculty advisor of Pride Alliance, one of the leaders of WSU’s Favela Partnership Project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and an organizer of the annual Global Action Fair.
He has conducted extensive research in urban Brazil as well as Massachusetts and his research interests include urban anthropology, middle-sized cities, social marginalization, youth, gender, sexuality, and belonging.
- Dr. Linda S. Larrivee, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Education, Health, and Natural Sciences
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Welcome to Worcester State University. I am Dr. Linda S. Larrivee, Dean of the School of Education, Health, and Natural Sciences. My office is in the Science and Technology Building, room ST 101. I oversee ten academic departments including: Biology and Biotechnology; Chemistry; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Earth, Environment, and Physics; Education; Health Sciences; Mathematics; Nursing; and Occupational Therapy. These 10 departments encompass 23 undergraduate programs and 15 graduate programs. I also oversee five centers including the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Studies and Practice, the Center for PreK-12 Initiatives in Education, the Math Center, the WSU Speech-Language-Hearing Center, and the Center for STEM Research and Education as well as the WSU online journal Currents in Teaching and Learning.
Faculty and staff members of Worcester State University’s School of Education, Health, and Natural Science work to engage students in learning so they may become successful and conscientious citizens of the world. Through teaching, scholarship, and research, students learn theoretical and practical knowledge, while gaining a passion for critical analysis and a desire for continuous learning. Faculty members in the WSU School of Education, Health, and Natural Sciences have expertise in such areas as STEM education, elementary and secondary education, fundamental and applied science, technology, and health and health studies. Students can gain experience outside of the classroom by working with faculty members on research in the faculty members’ labs, internship experiences, and practicum experiences. Students can showcase their research work in WSU’s Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity or by participating with faulty members in local, state, or national conferences.
- Dr. Russ Pottle, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Welcome to Worcester State University. I am Dr. Russ Pottle, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. My office is in Sullivan Academic Center, room 210. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences includes eleven departments, including Business Administration and Economics, Communication, Criminal Justice, English, History and Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies, Visual and Performing Arts, and World Languages. These departments offer 35 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs, including a number of bachelor’s-to-master’s programs and an early law school program. The School also includes five interdisciplinary centers: the Center for Community Media, the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Center for Social Innovation, the Translation Center, and the Urban Action Institute.
Departments and programs in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Worcester State University cultivate intellectual growth, engaged citizenship, and professional accomplishment among faculty and students. Together, faculty and students in the Humanities and Social Sciences encounter and analyze the variety of human experiences and human expression, the value of multiple perspectives, and the natures of social, economic, and political power. Through inspired teaching, research, scholarship, and creative work, they produce new knowledge and contribute to the common good. Through dedicated service, they benefit the community. In all these activities, students find passions and life paths.