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Media Watch (Feb. 27-March 6, 2006)
Posted 3/7/2006
"Media Watch" is a round-up of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
The New York Times "Connecticut Weekly " section featured an article on how University of Hartford students Diana Silvestri and Dan Baird-Miller, along with their peers from colleges and universities statewide, will travel to the Gulf Coast during spring break to help communities ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Silvestri and Baird-Miller are part of a 28-person group of volunteers from the University of Hartford who are going to New Orleans on a trip initiated by Hillyer College Assistant Professor of Sociology Wick Griswold. Hillyer Dean David Goldenberg, Silvestri, and Baird-Miller were all quoted in the article. (The New York Times, "Connecticut Weekly" section, March 5)
In a Hartford Courant op-ed, Lou Manzione, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, wrote about how America cannot afford to keep losing its engineering edge to other countries through a shortage of American engineers and scientists. He said that as a nation, we should make it attractive to study, teach and conduct engineering research, and should support the "Protecting America's Competitive Edge Act" promoted by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd. The act would provide scholarships to students interested in math, science and engineering, and train teachers who can help them pursue careers in these fields. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
Joshua Tagore, a sophomore at the University High School of Science and Engineering, testified in Washington before the Senate subcommittee on education and early childhood development on the need for increased federal support for math and science education. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., wanted the point of view of someone who is still being shaped by the public education system. Dodd met Tagore earlier this year when Dodd was promoting his education agenda in Hartford and asked him to come to Washington. (Hartford Courant, March 2 and 3)
A Hartford Courant article discussed Hartford’s 66-62 loss to New Hampshire Saturday night in the America East tournament quarterfinals. Kenny Adeleke, the best player in the league, took only one shot in the second half. "They took us out of some things that we wanted to do offensively," Hawks coach Larry Harrison said. "They did a good job of fronting Kenny--putting him off the block." (Hartford Courant, March 5)
The Hawks entered the quarterfinal tournament against New Hampshire on March 4 as the No. 4 seed, as Hartford finished the season as the most improved team in the America East. Larry Harrison was also named conference coach of the year. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
As a result of the Academic Progress Rates (APR) report released Wednesday, the NCAA said that 99 Division I sports teams at 65 colleges and universities will lose scholarships for poor scholastic performance by their student-athletes. These results, for the first time, come with penalties. President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA's Committee on Academic Performance, said the reduction of scholarships is meant to be a "tough warning." (Associated Press, March 1; Sacramento Bee, March 1; ESPN.com, March 1; SI.com, March 2; The New York Times, March 2; Washington Post, March 2; Inside Higher Ed.com, March 2)
The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team has met minimum NCAA standards based on the APR report, but its academic progress rate could put it at risk for future penalties. Central Connecticut State University must reduce the number of football players receiving aid by three. "The contemporaneous penalties, the loss of scholarships, they are meant to be warnings to institutions and to teams that you are headed on the wrong course and need to turn yourself around," said President Harrison. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
University of Hartford students will begin working in Avon to conduct a needs assessment of local businesses. The program, a partnership with the Connecticut Economic Gardening Group, will be conducted during the next three months. "This program is about reality and getting first-hand experience about how these types of businesses are run," said Assistant Professor David Desplaces. "We are hoping to add some value to these businesses and to the town of Avon." (Avon Post, March 2)
Tim Black, associate professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Center for Social Research, was interviewed for a Fox 61 News "Special Assignment" on the impact of the widening gap between upper-income and lower-income residents in Connecticut. (WTIC-TV, Feb. 27)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Joseph Schwantner, composer-in-residence at The Hartt School, performed on March 1 and 2 at the University of Hartford and on March 3 at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater. These performances coincided with his weeklong residence at The Hartt School that included master classes for composition students and coaching for instrumentalists. Hartt Associate Professor Glen Adsit said he conducted Schwantner’s "Sparrows" last year and decided to invite him to be composer-in-residence. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
On March 9, The Hartt School and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts’ Advest Classical Series will present the Miami String Quartet, The Hartt School’s quartet-in-residence, in concert with five winners of the Quartet’s student competition at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater. Pictured in the article were winners Rodrigo Queiroz, Wonkyung Oh, Lauren Russo, Minna Choi, and Steven Sherts. (West Hartford News, March 2)
The Open Hearth’s online newsletter featured a story and photograph about how students participating in the Department of Nursing's Project Horizon serve people in need. Four student nurses, Shanta Campbell, Beth Delaney, Billie Fields and Patricia Frasier, have promoted wellness at The Open Hearth since last September through health screenings and educational components, including a stress management classes. ("The Open Hearth" online newsletter, February)
An article about alumnus Vin Baker described him as a gifted player who became an alcoholic, denied it, confronted it, went into treatment, relapsed, and now is trying again as a Los Angeles Clipper. "If I had to do it over, I'd do a lot of things different," Baker said. "But you have to grow from something like that, learn to understand it, and I feel blessed that I have been able to get to this point, back in the league." (Boston Globe, March 5)
Mary M. Merritt, 85, one of two founders of the University’s Career Counseling Center and director of the center from 1976-83, died on Jan. 17. "She never took 'no.' There was always a way," said Gail Champlin, the current director of the counseling center. (Hartford Courant, March 5)
Six Flags New England amusement park in Agawam, Mass., plans to hire more than 2,000 seasonal associates before it opens on April 15. "This is my first time applying here," said University of Hartford student Kyle Sehirmer. "I applied for security (because) I'm majoring in criminal justice, so it will probably look good on a resume in the future." (The Republican-American, Springfield, Mass., March 5)
Other News
Five well-regarded private colleges, plus three highly selective public schools-the flagship campuses of the universities of Michigan, California and North Carolina-announced plans to accommodate a total of about 1,100 more community college transfer students from low- to moderate-income families over the next four years. (Associated Press, March 6)
From three-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick and New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini -- to Red Sox Assistant General Manager Jed Hoyer and NBA executive Dennis Robinson -- Wesleyan University, an elite Division III liberal arts college, has sent an unexpected number of its alumni to prominent positions in the pros. (Hartford Courant, March 6)
Student activists called on the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees to make the university stop experimenting on monkeys and drop its contract with Coca-Cola and other companies they claim use sweatshops. In an unusual show of student activism before trustees, several students stepped up to the microphone and pleaded with the board of 18 to address their various social causes. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
It took just a few paragraphs in a budget bill for Congress to open a new frontier in education: Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus instead of online to qualify for federal student aid. The provision is just one sign of how an industry that once had a dubious reputation has gained new influence. (The New York Times, March 2)
The government of Peru has rejected a Yale University proposal to divide thousands of artifacts from the Incan city of Machu Picchu among museums in Peru and New Haven, and intends to sue the university, the country’s ambassador to the United States said. (Associated Press, March 2)
Eastern Connecticut State University held a ribbon-cutting for a $10 million early childhood center and a ground-breaking ceremony for a $45 million science building under construction as part of ongoing growth at the public liberal arts university. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
Indiana State University has selected the Lenovo ThinkPad as its preferred computer for students and faculty as the university moves toward becoming a notebook institution. ISU will become the first public university in the state to require all students to have notebook computers, beginning with incoming freshmen in fall 2007. (Tribune-Star, Indiana, Feb. 28)
The New York Times "Connecticut Weekly " section featured an article on how University of Hartford students Diana Silvestri and Dan Baird-Miller, along with their peers from colleges and universities statewide, will travel to the Gulf Coast during spring break to help communities ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Silvestri and Baird-Miller are part of a 28-person group of volunteers from the University of Hartford who are going to New Orleans on a trip initiated by Hillyer College Assistant Professor of Sociology Wick Griswold. Hillyer Dean David Goldenberg, Silvestri, and Baird-Miller were all quoted in the article. (The New York Times, "Connecticut Weekly" section, March 5)
In a Hartford Courant op-ed, Lou Manzione, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, wrote about how America cannot afford to keep losing its engineering edge to other countries through a shortage of American engineers and scientists. He said that as a nation, we should make it attractive to study, teach and conduct engineering research, and should support the "Protecting America's Competitive Edge Act" promoted by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd. The act would provide scholarships to students interested in math, science and engineering, and train teachers who can help them pursue careers in these fields. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
Joshua Tagore, a sophomore at the University High School of Science and Engineering, testified in Washington before the Senate subcommittee on education and early childhood development on the need for increased federal support for math and science education. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., wanted the point of view of someone who is still being shaped by the public education system. Dodd met Tagore earlier this year when Dodd was promoting his education agenda in Hartford and asked him to come to Washington. (Hartford Courant, March 2 and 3)
A Hartford Courant article discussed Hartford’s 66-62 loss to New Hampshire Saturday night in the America East tournament quarterfinals. Kenny Adeleke, the best player in the league, took only one shot in the second half. "They took us out of some things that we wanted to do offensively," Hawks coach Larry Harrison said. "They did a good job of fronting Kenny--putting him off the block." (Hartford Courant, March 5)
The Hawks entered the quarterfinal tournament against New Hampshire on March 4 as the No. 4 seed, as Hartford finished the season as the most improved team in the America East. Larry Harrison was also named conference coach of the year. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
As a result of the Academic Progress Rates (APR) report released Wednesday, the NCAA said that 99 Division I sports teams at 65 colleges and universities will lose scholarships for poor scholastic performance by their student-athletes. These results, for the first time, come with penalties. President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA's Committee on Academic Performance, said the reduction of scholarships is meant to be a "tough warning." (Associated Press, March 1; Sacramento Bee, March 1; ESPN.com, March 1; SI.com, March 2; The New York Times, March 2; Washington Post, March 2; Inside Higher Ed.com, March 2)
The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team has met minimum NCAA standards based on the APR report, but its academic progress rate could put it at risk for future penalties. Central Connecticut State University must reduce the number of football players receiving aid by three. "The contemporaneous penalties, the loss of scholarships, they are meant to be warnings to institutions and to teams that you are headed on the wrong course and need to turn yourself around," said President Harrison. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
University of Hartford students will begin working in Avon to conduct a needs assessment of local businesses. The program, a partnership with the Connecticut Economic Gardening Group, will be conducted during the next three months. "This program is about reality and getting first-hand experience about how these types of businesses are run," said Assistant Professor David Desplaces. "We are hoping to add some value to these businesses and to the town of Avon." (Avon Post, March 2)
Tim Black, associate professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Center for Social Research, was interviewed for a Fox 61 News "Special Assignment" on the impact of the widening gap between upper-income and lower-income residents in Connecticut. (WTIC-TV, Feb. 27)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Joseph Schwantner, composer-in-residence at The Hartt School, performed on March 1 and 2 at the University of Hartford and on March 3 at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater. These performances coincided with his weeklong residence at The Hartt School that included master classes for composition students and coaching for instrumentalists. Hartt Associate Professor Glen Adsit said he conducted Schwantner’s "Sparrows" last year and decided to invite him to be composer-in-residence. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
On March 9, The Hartt School and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts’ Advest Classical Series will present the Miami String Quartet, The Hartt School’s quartet-in-residence, in concert with five winners of the Quartet’s student competition at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater. Pictured in the article were winners Rodrigo Queiroz, Wonkyung Oh, Lauren Russo, Minna Choi, and Steven Sherts. (West Hartford News, March 2)
The Open Hearth’s online newsletter featured a story and photograph about how students participating in the Department of Nursing's Project Horizon serve people in need. Four student nurses, Shanta Campbell, Beth Delaney, Billie Fields and Patricia Frasier, have promoted wellness at The Open Hearth since last September through health screenings and educational components, including a stress management classes. ("The Open Hearth" online newsletter, February)
An article about alumnus Vin Baker described him as a gifted player who became an alcoholic, denied it, confronted it, went into treatment, relapsed, and now is trying again as a Los Angeles Clipper. "If I had to do it over, I'd do a lot of things different," Baker said. "But you have to grow from something like that, learn to understand it, and I feel blessed that I have been able to get to this point, back in the league." (Boston Globe, March 5)
Mary M. Merritt, 85, one of two founders of the University’s Career Counseling Center and director of the center from 1976-83, died on Jan. 17. "She never took 'no.' There was always a way," said Gail Champlin, the current director of the counseling center. (Hartford Courant, March 5)
Six Flags New England amusement park in Agawam, Mass., plans to hire more than 2,000 seasonal associates before it opens on April 15. "This is my first time applying here," said University of Hartford student Kyle Sehirmer. "I applied for security (because) I'm majoring in criminal justice, so it will probably look good on a resume in the future." (The Republican-American, Springfield, Mass., March 5)
Other News
Five well-regarded private colleges, plus three highly selective public schools-the flagship campuses of the universities of Michigan, California and North Carolina-announced plans to accommodate a total of about 1,100 more community college transfer students from low- to moderate-income families over the next four years. (Associated Press, March 6)
From three-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick and New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini -- to Red Sox Assistant General Manager Jed Hoyer and NBA executive Dennis Robinson -- Wesleyan University, an elite Division III liberal arts college, has sent an unexpected number of its alumni to prominent positions in the pros. (Hartford Courant, March 6)
Student activists called on the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees to make the university stop experimenting on monkeys and drop its contract with Coca-Cola and other companies they claim use sweatshops. In an unusual show of student activism before trustees, several students stepped up to the microphone and pleaded with the board of 18 to address their various social causes. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
It took just a few paragraphs in a budget bill for Congress to open a new frontier in education: Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus instead of online to qualify for federal student aid. The provision is just one sign of how an industry that once had a dubious reputation has gained new influence. (The New York Times, March 2)
The government of Peru has rejected a Yale University proposal to divide thousands of artifacts from the Incan city of Machu Picchu among museums in Peru and New Haven, and intends to sue the university, the country’s ambassador to the United States said. (Associated Press, March 2)
Eastern Connecticut State University held a ribbon-cutting for a $10 million early childhood center and a ground-breaking ceremony for a $45 million science building under construction as part of ongoing growth at the public liberal arts university. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
Indiana State University has selected the Lenovo ThinkPad as its preferred computer for students and faculty as the university moves toward becoming a notebook institution. ISU will become the first public university in the state to require all students to have notebook computers, beginning with incoming freshmen in fall 2007. (Tribune-Star, Indiana, Feb. 28)
