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Media Watch (June 12-19, 2006)
Posted 6/20/2006
"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.
Hartford Courant columnist Stan Simpson highlighted Hartford Scholar and University of Hartford junior Elizabeth Rodriguez in his column headlined “Beacon of Hope Cuts the Gloom.” Rodriguez, who carries a 3.2 grade point average, is majoring in criminal justice, is president of the campus Hispanic organization, reads to elementary school children and encourages them to make college part of their future. She plans to get a master’s degree in criminal justice and wants to stay in the city, working with juvenile delinquents. Eventually, Rodriguez wants to join the FBI. DeLois Traynum Lindsey, the University’s assistant vice president for student development, was also quoted in the column. (Hartford Courant, June 14)
Albert DiChiara, director of the University’s criminal justice program, was interviewed for a story about the rising violence among young people in Hartford and the United States. He was also interviewed on two separate occasions for stories on the Fox 61 “News at Ten.” In one piece, he commented on a recent survey on the rise of violent crimes in Hartford and in the second he was interviewed for a story about the recent shooting of a teenage girl in New Haven. (Toronto Globe and Mail, June 13; Fox 61, June 12; Fox 61, June 14)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, had a commentary article published in the “Forum” section of the New Haven Register. He wrote about the decline in young people reading newspapers and what could be done to reverse this trend. He also included information from research on whether young people are actually retaining the news that they do see on the Internet or other digital media. (New Haven Register, June 8)
Harvey Jassem, associate professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story about how radio station WCCC-FM is coping financially after the popular Howard Stern radio show moved from commercial airwaves to satellite radio. (Hartford Business Journal, June 19)
Nick Frye, a junior-to-be at the University with a dual major of criminal justice and sociology, was highlighted in a Lowell Sun story about the debt load being carried by college students and the impact of rising interest rates on student loans. (Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., June 15)
An NE magazine story about young people who are striving to make a difference in their communities highlighted Jasmine Levy of Hartford’s Bulkeley High School, who will be attending the University of Hartford this fall. A member of the Connecticut Youth Forum and the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, she has been working with other Greater Hartford youths on a pilot youth employment center at two Hartford high schools called Project OBJECT (Our Business is Jobs Employing Connecticut Teens). (Hartford Courant, June 18)
The June 16 concert in Wilde Auditorium by the five-piece Irish band Gradá was reviewed and previewed by the Hartford Courant. Both pieces noted the band’s “first-rate display of instrumental interplay and smoothly-crafted songs.” (Hartford Courant, June 15 and June 18)
Donna Harris, women’s golf coach at the University of Hartford, won her second Connecticut Women's Golf Association Championship, which was held at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Wilton, Conn. In addition to being featured in coverage of the competition, Harris was profiled about her dedication to practicing. “I tell my kids to get to the course an hour early and practice like I do. I’m a grinder. I’m a competitive person,” Harris told reporter Tommy Hine. Harris is in her fourth year as Hartford Hawks women’s golf coach. (Hartford Courant, June 13, 14, 15, and 17)
Other News
Judith Gill, chancellor of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education since 2000, is stepping down to become a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Gill will remain as chancellor until September, and is scheduled to start at UMass-Boston in June 2007. (Boston Globe, June 16)
Harvard University will spend $7.5 million to expand child-care and academic grants to support female and minority faculty and staff as they climb the ladder at the prestigious school. These are the first steps that Harvard will take to spend the more than $50 million that president Lawrence H. Summers pledged to improve the climate for women on campus. (Boston Globe, June 16)
After a meeting with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education decided to sue the NCAA for penalizing the University of North Dakota’s use of its “Fighting Sioux” nickname and Indian head logo. The NCAA concluded that the Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo are hostile and abusive to American Indians. UND may not use them during NCAA postseason tournaments, and may not host a tournament if it continues using them. (Houston Chronicle, June 16)
The University of Connecticut commissioned its new research vessel with a champagne toast and thank-you speeches at the dock at its Avery Point campus, naming the vessel after former U.S. Sen. and Gov. Lowell P. Weicker. The vessel will research and collect live data on changing environmental and weather conditions for boaters, weathermen and fishermen. (Hartford Courant, June 16)
Shortly after the federal government simplified rules concerning 529 college savings plans earlier this year, interest in these tax-deferred savings vehicles soared. In the first quarter, 529 plan assets swelled 38 percent to $75.1 billion, according to the Financial Research Corp., which tracks financial data. (U.S. News and World Report, June 15)
Universities are struggling with the secrecy clauses in the $30 billion in federal research contracts offered each year by the U.S. government. Education groups and companies say the restrictions pit higher education’s traditional support for academic freedom and open communication against what the government says are its national security needs. Some universities accept the government rules because they can’t turn down such lucrative contracts. (Bloomberg, June 15)
The town of Hamden has given Quinnipiac University the go ahead to take over an apartment complex on Whitney Avenue and convert it into new off-campus student housing. The university says it plans to have resident directors on-site, and the complex will be patrolled by University Police. (WTNH-TV NewsChannel 8, June 15)
Hartford Courant columnist Stan Simpson highlighted Hartford Scholar and University of Hartford junior Elizabeth Rodriguez in his column headlined “Beacon of Hope Cuts the Gloom.” Rodriguez, who carries a 3.2 grade point average, is majoring in criminal justice, is president of the campus Hispanic organization, reads to elementary school children and encourages them to make college part of their future. She plans to get a master’s degree in criminal justice and wants to stay in the city, working with juvenile delinquents. Eventually, Rodriguez wants to join the FBI. DeLois Traynum Lindsey, the University’s assistant vice president for student development, was also quoted in the column. (Hartford Courant, June 14)
Albert DiChiara, director of the University’s criminal justice program, was interviewed for a story about the rising violence among young people in Hartford and the United States. He was also interviewed on two separate occasions for stories on the Fox 61 “News at Ten.” In one piece, he commented on a recent survey on the rise of violent crimes in Hartford and in the second he was interviewed for a story about the recent shooting of a teenage girl in New Haven. (Toronto Globe and Mail, June 13; Fox 61, June 12; Fox 61, June 14)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, had a commentary article published in the “Forum” section of the New Haven Register. He wrote about the decline in young people reading newspapers and what could be done to reverse this trend. He also included information from research on whether young people are actually retaining the news that they do see on the Internet or other digital media. (New Haven Register, June 8)
Harvey Jassem, associate professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story about how radio station WCCC-FM is coping financially after the popular Howard Stern radio show moved from commercial airwaves to satellite radio. (Hartford Business Journal, June 19)
Nick Frye, a junior-to-be at the University with a dual major of criminal justice and sociology, was highlighted in a Lowell Sun story about the debt load being carried by college students and the impact of rising interest rates on student loans. (Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., June 15)
An NE magazine story about young people who are striving to make a difference in their communities highlighted Jasmine Levy of Hartford’s Bulkeley High School, who will be attending the University of Hartford this fall. A member of the Connecticut Youth Forum and the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, she has been working with other Greater Hartford youths on a pilot youth employment center at two Hartford high schools called Project OBJECT (Our Business is Jobs Employing Connecticut Teens). (Hartford Courant, June 18)
The June 16 concert in Wilde Auditorium by the five-piece Irish band Gradá was reviewed and previewed by the Hartford Courant. Both pieces noted the band’s “first-rate display of instrumental interplay and smoothly-crafted songs.” (Hartford Courant, June 15 and June 18)
Donna Harris, women’s golf coach at the University of Hartford, won her second Connecticut Women's Golf Association Championship, which was held at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Wilton, Conn. In addition to being featured in coverage of the competition, Harris was profiled about her dedication to practicing. “I tell my kids to get to the course an hour early and practice like I do. I’m a grinder. I’m a competitive person,” Harris told reporter Tommy Hine. Harris is in her fourth year as Hartford Hawks women’s golf coach. (Hartford Courant, June 13, 14, 15, and 17)
Other News
Judith Gill, chancellor of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education since 2000, is stepping down to become a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Gill will remain as chancellor until September, and is scheduled to start at UMass-Boston in June 2007. (Boston Globe, June 16)
Harvard University will spend $7.5 million to expand child-care and academic grants to support female and minority faculty and staff as they climb the ladder at the prestigious school. These are the first steps that Harvard will take to spend the more than $50 million that president Lawrence H. Summers pledged to improve the climate for women on campus. (Boston Globe, June 16)
After a meeting with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education decided to sue the NCAA for penalizing the University of North Dakota’s use of its “Fighting Sioux” nickname and Indian head logo. The NCAA concluded that the Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo are hostile and abusive to American Indians. UND may not use them during NCAA postseason tournaments, and may not host a tournament if it continues using them. (Houston Chronicle, June 16)
The University of Connecticut commissioned its new research vessel with a champagne toast and thank-you speeches at the dock at its Avery Point campus, naming the vessel after former U.S. Sen. and Gov. Lowell P. Weicker. The vessel will research and collect live data on changing environmental and weather conditions for boaters, weathermen and fishermen. (Hartford Courant, June 16)
Shortly after the federal government simplified rules concerning 529 college savings plans earlier this year, interest in these tax-deferred savings vehicles soared. In the first quarter, 529 plan assets swelled 38 percent to $75.1 billion, according to the Financial Research Corp., which tracks financial data. (U.S. News and World Report, June 15)
Universities are struggling with the secrecy clauses in the $30 billion in federal research contracts offered each year by the U.S. government. Education groups and companies say the restrictions pit higher education’s traditional support for academic freedom and open communication against what the government says are its national security needs. Some universities accept the government rules because they can’t turn down such lucrative contracts. (Bloomberg, June 15)
The town of Hamden has given Quinnipiac University the go ahead to take over an apartment complex on Whitney Avenue and convert it into new off-campus student housing. The university says it plans to have resident directors on-site, and the complex will be patrolled by University Police. (WTNH-TV NewsChannel 8, June 15)
