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Media Watch (March 20-27, 2006)
Posted 3/28/2006
"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.
Gail Champlin, director of the University’s Career Development Center, was selected by the Hartford Business Journal as one of its "Eight Remarkable Women in Business" for 2006. She told the HBJ that "My greatest victory is that 38 years after our founding, the Career Development Center remains a vital community resource. I’m proud that I have been able to play a major role in the accomplishments of the center and in guiding its direction and influence." Champlin has been in charge of the center for nearly 24 years. All eight recipients were featured on the cover of the Business Journal and will be honored at a May 11 luncheon. (Hartford Business Journal, March 27)
Susan Coleman, professor of finance at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in the Hartford Business Journal’s lead news story about the simultaneous decline of women in the corporate workforce and the increase in the number of women starting their own businesses. "I think women start businesses for a number of different reasons," Coleman said. "Ask men why they start their own business. It’s because they want to make money. The economic motive dominates. With women, it is more likely that they want to be their own boss." (Hartford Business Journal, March 27)
A story about preparations for the inaugural launch from the New Mexico Spaceport noted that the first rocket will carry a number of science experiments by teams of college students from Brown University, the University of Colorado and New Mexico State University. In addition, University of Hartford students will be testing a Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR) system. That technology represents the next generation in water recovery for human spaceflight missions, noted Eric Knight, chief executive officer for UP Aerospace. (Space.com, March 23)
John Ogilvie, associate professor of management at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a Waterbury Republican-American "Business" section story about the issues involved in the strike by workers at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. "The number one concern in human resources management is health care costs," Ogilvie said. (Waterbury Republican-American, March 24)
A potential for a delay in the start of construction of the new University High School of Science and Engineering building on the University’s campus, at the end of the Mark Twain Drive Extension, was noted at a Hartford School Building Committee meeting. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
Regina Miller, professor of early childhood education in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was one of the panelists at a conference on careers in early childhood education, held on March 23 at Charter Oak State College. (Hartford Courant, March 21 and 22)
Javier Colon, a 2000 graduate of The Hartt School who recently released his second CD, "Left of Center," was profiled in the "Connecticut" section of the Sunday New York Times. The article includes a quote from one of Colon’s teachers, Gabor Viragh, an associate professor of music theory at The Hartt School. (New York Times, March 26)
Hartt School alumnus Glenn Lawrence '03 will star in the title role in Goodspeed Musicals’ revival of "Li’l Abner," the musical inspired by Al Capp’s comic strip. The show will run April 21 to July 2. (Playbill, March 14; Hartford Courant, March 26)
Gibbons Middle School and Westborough High School string instructor Richard Hagar, a Hartt School alumnus, was recently honored as "Director of the Year" by the American String Teachers Association. He has previously been honored twice as Orchestra Director of the Year by his colleagues in the Massachusetts Music Educators’ Association. (Westborough News, March 24)
An art exhibit, featuring the works of Bloomfield students from elementary to high school, opened on March 20 at the Hartford Art School’s Silpe Gallery and will be on display through March 29. The exhibit is part of the Bloomfield school district’s fourth annual performing arts festival. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
In an article in the "Courtside" supplement in the Hartford Courant in advance of Sweet 16 games in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Uconn coach Geno Auriemma commented on the success of the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team and its coach, Jen Rizzotti. "I think what Jen has done at the University of Hartford, in today’s day and age, given the conference they’re in and given where they were when she started, they should be pretty proud of themselves," he said. (Hartford Courant, March 24)
Coverage of Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team’s historic second-round game in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament included a feature story on New Jersey native and America East Player of the Year Erika Messam, and a comment from a sports writer who covered the game against Georgia that "the Hartford women’s basketball season ended last night, but a run of winning seasons may just be getting under way." (PhillyBurbs.com, March 21; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 20; Bristol Press, March 22)
The news that Houston Astros star Jeff Bagwell, the most successful player in Hartford Hawks baseball history, will have to start the 2006 major league baseball season on the disabled list and that this might mark the end of his career, was carried by publications across the country. (Sports Illustrated, March 25; ABC News, March 25; MSNBC, March 25; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 25; Chicago Tribune, March 26; BBC Sport, March 26)
Government analysts say the price of textbooks throughout Connecticut and nationwide has risen at twice the annual inflation rate since 1986. Connecticut legislators are now considering a bill to require publishers to inform professors of books available on a particular subject, how long they will remain on the market and the wholesale price they charge to bookstores. (A story on this issue, featuring interviews with University of Hartford students, was scheduled to be broadcast March 27 on New England Cable News.) (Associated Press, March 27)
Other News
The College Board has disclosed that problems resulting from the misscoring of its October SAT examination were larger than it had previously reported. The organization discovered that 27,000 of the 495,000 October tests had not been rechecked for errors. After checking those exams and one other overlooked set, it had found that 400 more students than previously reported had received scores that were too low. The maximum error was 450 points, not 400. The College Board also announced that it is taking steps to crack down on the recently disclosed grading errors. (New York Times, March 27; Hartford Courant, March 23)
The Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, an affiliate of Yale University and home to one of the world’s foremost collections of 18th-century literature and art, needs a serious makeover, but the town’s zoning commission has rejected its multimillion-dollar redesign and expansion plans. (Hartford Courant, March 27)
State inspectors found 33 fire code violations in 2002 at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Since then, furniture that blocked doors and hallways has been moved and better emergency lights have been installed, but officials could not say whether other problems have been fixed. (Hartford Courant, March 26)
Following through on a promise to make it easier for low- and middle-income students to attend the University of Pennsylvania, President Amy Gutmann announced that Penn would cover the full cost of undergraduate education—including room and board—for students with family incomes of $50,000 or less. (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 24)
A student e-mail campaign at the University of Connecticut is protesting financial changes in the anthropology department that will mean fewer teaching assistants and fewer classes for students. But university administrators say that the anthropology budget is not being cut and that the university is simply curtailing overspending in that department. (Hartford Courant, March 23)
Dr. John W. Rowe wants another term as chairman of the University of Connecticut trustees, despite complaints and negative publicity about the school’s lack of oversight over the UConn 2000 construction projects. But Rowe first needs approval from the state legislature, and he faced questioning from the nominations committee before members voted 5-1 to send his nomination to the Senate floor. (Hartford Courant, March 22)
The number of foreign students who applied to graduate programs in American universities during the current academic year increased by 11 percent from the year before, according to a survey by the Council of Graduate Schools, which represents more than 450 universities. That growth reverses two years of decline that occurred in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. The survey found that despite the increase, the number of applications remained lower than in the years before 2003. (New York Times, March 23)
Universities are in a tug of war pitting traditionally powerful professors against a new generation of business-savvy presidents hired to control costs, boost research and make classes more relevant in a global economy. Last month’s resignation of Harvard President Larry Summers after a faculty mutiny is adding fuel to the simmering tensions, and could slow long-sought reforms in higher education across the USA. (USA Today, March 22)
Gail Champlin, director of the University’s Career Development Center, was selected by the Hartford Business Journal as one of its "Eight Remarkable Women in Business" for 2006. She told the HBJ that "My greatest victory is that 38 years after our founding, the Career Development Center remains a vital community resource. I’m proud that I have been able to play a major role in the accomplishments of the center and in guiding its direction and influence." Champlin has been in charge of the center for nearly 24 years. All eight recipients were featured on the cover of the Business Journal and will be honored at a May 11 luncheon. (Hartford Business Journal, March 27)
Susan Coleman, professor of finance at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in the Hartford Business Journal’s lead news story about the simultaneous decline of women in the corporate workforce and the increase in the number of women starting their own businesses. "I think women start businesses for a number of different reasons," Coleman said. "Ask men why they start their own business. It’s because they want to make money. The economic motive dominates. With women, it is more likely that they want to be their own boss." (Hartford Business Journal, March 27)
A story about preparations for the inaugural launch from the New Mexico Spaceport noted that the first rocket will carry a number of science experiments by teams of college students from Brown University, the University of Colorado and New Mexico State University. In addition, University of Hartford students will be testing a Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR) system. That technology represents the next generation in water recovery for human spaceflight missions, noted Eric Knight, chief executive officer for UP Aerospace. (Space.com, March 23)
John Ogilvie, associate professor of management at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a Waterbury Republican-American "Business" section story about the issues involved in the strike by workers at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. "The number one concern in human resources management is health care costs," Ogilvie said. (Waterbury Republican-American, March 24)
A potential for a delay in the start of construction of the new University High School of Science and Engineering building on the University’s campus, at the end of the Mark Twain Drive Extension, was noted at a Hartford School Building Committee meeting. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
Regina Miller, professor of early childhood education in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was one of the panelists at a conference on careers in early childhood education, held on March 23 at Charter Oak State College. (Hartford Courant, March 21 and 22)
Javier Colon, a 2000 graduate of The Hartt School who recently released his second CD, "Left of Center," was profiled in the "Connecticut" section of the Sunday New York Times. The article includes a quote from one of Colon’s teachers, Gabor Viragh, an associate professor of music theory at The Hartt School. (New York Times, March 26)
Hartt School alumnus Glenn Lawrence '03 will star in the title role in Goodspeed Musicals’ revival of "Li’l Abner," the musical inspired by Al Capp’s comic strip. The show will run April 21 to July 2. (Playbill, March 14; Hartford Courant, March 26)
Gibbons Middle School and Westborough High School string instructor Richard Hagar, a Hartt School alumnus, was recently honored as "Director of the Year" by the American String Teachers Association. He has previously been honored twice as Orchestra Director of the Year by his colleagues in the Massachusetts Music Educators’ Association. (Westborough News, March 24)
An art exhibit, featuring the works of Bloomfield students from elementary to high school, opened on March 20 at the Hartford Art School’s Silpe Gallery and will be on display through March 29. The exhibit is part of the Bloomfield school district’s fourth annual performing arts festival. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
In an article in the "Courtside" supplement in the Hartford Courant in advance of Sweet 16 games in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Uconn coach Geno Auriemma commented on the success of the Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team and its coach, Jen Rizzotti. "I think what Jen has done at the University of Hartford, in today’s day and age, given the conference they’re in and given where they were when she started, they should be pretty proud of themselves," he said. (Hartford Courant, March 24)
Coverage of Hartford Hawks women’s basketball team’s historic second-round game in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament included a feature story on New Jersey native and America East Player of the Year Erika Messam, and a comment from a sports writer who covered the game against Georgia that "the Hartford women’s basketball season ended last night, but a run of winning seasons may just be getting under way." (PhillyBurbs.com, March 21; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 20; Bristol Press, March 22)
The news that Houston Astros star Jeff Bagwell, the most successful player in Hartford Hawks baseball history, will have to start the 2006 major league baseball season on the disabled list and that this might mark the end of his career, was carried by publications across the country. (Sports Illustrated, March 25; ABC News, March 25; MSNBC, March 25; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 25; Chicago Tribune, March 26; BBC Sport, March 26)
Government analysts say the price of textbooks throughout Connecticut and nationwide has risen at twice the annual inflation rate since 1986. Connecticut legislators are now considering a bill to require publishers to inform professors of books available on a particular subject, how long they will remain on the market and the wholesale price they charge to bookstores. (A story on this issue, featuring interviews with University of Hartford students, was scheduled to be broadcast March 27 on New England Cable News.) (Associated Press, March 27)
Other News
The College Board has disclosed that problems resulting from the misscoring of its October SAT examination were larger than it had previously reported. The organization discovered that 27,000 of the 495,000 October tests had not been rechecked for errors. After checking those exams and one other overlooked set, it had found that 400 more students than previously reported had received scores that were too low. The maximum error was 450 points, not 400. The College Board also announced that it is taking steps to crack down on the recently disclosed grading errors. (New York Times, March 27; Hartford Courant, March 23)
The Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, an affiliate of Yale University and home to one of the world’s foremost collections of 18th-century literature and art, needs a serious makeover, but the town’s zoning commission has rejected its multimillion-dollar redesign and expansion plans. (Hartford Courant, March 27)
State inspectors found 33 fire code violations in 2002 at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Since then, furniture that blocked doors and hallways has been moved and better emergency lights have been installed, but officials could not say whether other problems have been fixed. (Hartford Courant, March 26)
Following through on a promise to make it easier for low- and middle-income students to attend the University of Pennsylvania, President Amy Gutmann announced that Penn would cover the full cost of undergraduate education—including room and board—for students with family incomes of $50,000 or less. (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 24)
A student e-mail campaign at the University of Connecticut is protesting financial changes in the anthropology department that will mean fewer teaching assistants and fewer classes for students. But university administrators say that the anthropology budget is not being cut and that the university is simply curtailing overspending in that department. (Hartford Courant, March 23)
Dr. John W. Rowe wants another term as chairman of the University of Connecticut trustees, despite complaints and negative publicity about the school’s lack of oversight over the UConn 2000 construction projects. But Rowe first needs approval from the state legislature, and he faced questioning from the nominations committee before members voted 5-1 to send his nomination to the Senate floor. (Hartford Courant, March 22)
The number of foreign students who applied to graduate programs in American universities during the current academic year increased by 11 percent from the year before, according to a survey by the Council of Graduate Schools, which represents more than 450 universities. That growth reverses two years of decline that occurred in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. The survey found that despite the increase, the number of applications remained lower than in the years before 2003. (New York Times, March 23)
Universities are in a tug of war pitting traditionally powerful professors against a new generation of business-savvy presidents hired to control costs, boost research and make classes more relevant in a global economy. Last month’s resignation of Harvard President Larry Summers after a faculty mutiny is adding fuel to the simmering tensions, and could slow long-sought reforms in higher education across the USA. (USA Today, March 22)
