Fitchburg State Partners With Mount Wachusett To Allow On-Campus Housing

Chaiel Schaffel

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Matthew lecture at Fitchburg State, says students at the local
community college wanted a taste of the college experience.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
We were getting calls from students. A few students every
year every semester would reach out to us and rarely
ask us if there was housing available.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Now, because of a new agreement between Fitchbrook State and
Mount Wachusett Community College, that prayers have been answered. The
school will now allows students from the nearby community college
to live on its campus and take part in student life,
something they had been missing. He says, that's a win
for everyone.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
It allows greater life learning to take place for the
students here at Fitchburg State right It brings more students,
more vibrancy to the campus as a whole.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
The university had been trying to fill up empty dorm
space anyway. The program will cost between five and six
grand a semester and start in the fall. Kyle Shaffel WBZ,
Boston's news radio