WWUH's 'Beyond the Classroom' to Feature Peters and Fitzgerald

WWUH Radio and the University of Hartford have launched a weekly radio show to highlight the wide variety of research endeavors and other projects being pursued by the University’s faculty and staff.

“Beyond the Classroom,” which will feature weekly interviews with University faculty and staff, can be heard every Thursday at 12 noon on WWUH Radio (91.3 FM and www.wwuh.org) and its affiliates.

The show began airing on Thursday, Sept. 5, with an interview with University President Emeritus Humphrey Tonkin.

This week's show, which will air on Thursday, Sept. 12, at noon, will feature an interview with Vice President for Student Affairs Lee Peters and Senior Advisor to the President Susan Fitzgerald, who will offer helpful advice to current and prospective college students and their parents. Peters and Fitzgerald are the authors of The Everything College Survival Book (Third Edition) and Who Moved My Laundry?: A day-by-day guide to your first year of college life.

Podcasts of all the shows will be available for download at www.hartford.edu/news, beginning in about a week.

"Beyond the Classroom" is hosted by David Schonfeld and produced locally by WWUH Radio. In this weekly series, Schonfeld will talk with members of the faculty and staff of the University of Hartford about their wide-ranging research activities and about their work on behalf of the University and the community-at-large.

See a list of guests who have been interviewed for future broadcasts of the show.

Among the many faculty and staff members who will share their expertise on "Beyond the Classroom" are: Avi Patt, assistant professor of Jewish history and assistant director of the University’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, who discusses how a society recovers from genocide; Mala Matacin, associate professor of psychology, who discusses her work with young women on the issues of female body image and society; Lynne Kelly, professor and director of the University’s School of Communication, who discusses the impact of smartphones on interpersonal communications among young people; Thomas Filburn, professor of mechanical engineering, who discusses nuclear power plant construction, operation, and safety issues; Donn Weinholtz, professor and director of the University's Educational Leadership program, who discusses education reform issues and efforts to improve urban schools; and Otto Wahl, professor of psychology, who discusses the stigma that surrounds mental illness and how that hinders people from getting the treatments that they need.