![Student Spotlight | Blake Thorne](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/01/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Blake Thorne, a junior from Bridgewater, MA, is a Communication major with a focus in Digital Media Production. Besides acting at the President for the Club Lacrosse Team, Blake is also heavily involved with the Center for Community Media on campus, where he hosts in-studio interviews and fills various studio roles including camera person, technical […]
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![Professor Alex Briesacher is Making Space for Everyone](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/12/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Alex Briesacher loves teaching his students. Asking around campus, those students who have taken his sociology classes mention his approachability, caring nature, honesty, and innate ability to teach through stories and humor as reasons they return to his classes as often as they can.
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![Student Spotlight | Anna Johnson](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/11/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Anna Johnson, a junior studying sociology with a minor in pre-law, is all-in when it comes to life as a Worcester State student. A Worcester, MA native, Anna has spent the past two years building an impressive resume of leadership and involvement experiences. She is currently the Student Trustee, a Presidential Student Ambassador, Third World […]
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![Sharing Your Power & Knowing Yourself with Demitrius Evans](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Resident Hall Director Demitruis Evans comes to us from Chicago, Illinois, where she recalls growing up in a working class black and brown community and finding passion in her education. “A lot of what I learned about myself happened when I was coming of age as a senior in high school. Those moments were the […]
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![Student Spotlight | Victoria Donahue](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-2-1.png)
Occupational Therapy major Victoria Donahue is a member and Treasurer for both Best Buddies and the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA). A junior from West Roxbury, MA, she spends her time as a student balancing her class responsibilities, student organization roles, and a job at the Wellness Center. Throughout the last two years Victoria has […]
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![Dr. Dawn Eades & The Importance of Mentorship](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
For Dawn Eades, Ed.D., it’s been a journey to arrive at Worcester State. As a Pawtucket, Rhode Island native, she left home to attend Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, made a quick stop at Clemson University for graduate school, and then made a 3,000 mile move across the country to LA to work at […]
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![Student Spotlight | Ben Morin](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/09/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-2.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Ben Morin is making a name for himself as an up-and-coming student leader at Worcester State. A junior Psychology major with a concentration in Mental Health Services and minors in Addictions Counseling and Ethnic Studies, Ben is adding to his mental health advocacy work this year as President of Active Minds, a student organization that […]
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![Jaymi-Lyn Souza | Student Senate Chairperson](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2019/10/jaymi-2.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Jaymi-Lyn Souza, Class of 2021, discuss leadership and her plan to take on the entire political system.
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![OSILD Welcomes New Assistant Director, Linzy Martinez](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2019/09/img_9275-e1568753354295-scaled.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Linzy Martinez joins the staff of the Office of Student Involvement & Leadership Development as an Assistant Director for fall 2019.
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![Professor Tanya Mears Discusses Identity, Diversity & Service](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2019/04/tanya-mears.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Worcester State Profesor Tanya Mears has been a dedicated member of the WSU community both inside and outside the classroom. She works closely with students to develop both their academic and their leadership skills. Dr. Mears took some time to sit down with us her involvement here on campus.
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