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Media Watch (July 3-10)
Posted 7/11/2006
"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.
In Sports Illustrated’s seventh annual “Where Are They Now?” issue, KC Jones, special assistant to the University’s athletics director, was featured as part of the University of San Francisco basketball team—known as the San Francisco Dons—that won back-to-back NCAA titles and had a winning streak of 60 games in 1956. The team was anchored by Bill Russell and Jones, who both went on to Hall of Fame careers with the Boston Celtics. “It wasn’t such a tough transition,” said Jones. “By the time we got up there, we knew a little something about winning.” The article also featured a team photo and photo of Jones playing offense.
See a preview of the Sports Illustrated article (you must be a subscriber to access the full article) and a photo of the "San Francisco Dons" (Jones is wearing number 4). (Sports Illustrated, July 3-10 issue)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, Hillyer College, was quoted in a Hartford Courant column by Stan Simpson about the recent debate between U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and primary challenger Ned Lamont. “Lieberman left me with the impression that he knows he has a fight on his hands—and he came to rumble," said McMiller, a Lamont supporter. “He was ready to defend his record and what he feels has been the distortion of his record. On the other side, he may appear to be running desperate that he may lose this primary. So, he’s come out aggressive, but maybe over aggressive.” McMiller was also interviewed by New England Cable News’ Brian Burnell about his analysis of the debate (Hartford Courant, July 8; New England Cable News, July 7)
In addition, McMiller was quoted in an Associated Press story about how some voters approached Lieberman as he marched in Willimantic’s annual July 4 Boom Box Parade, asking where they could sign a petition letting him run as an independent candidate in November. McMiller said one of the reasons Lieberman is considering petitioning his way onto the November ballot is to sap the enthusiasm for Lamont’s campaign. (Associated Press, July 4; Boston Globe, July 4)
In a CT Business “Straight Talk” column, Farhad Rassekh, professor of economics at the Barney School of Business, writes that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) contributes to business cycles as well as predicting them. He writes that households, businesses and the government would be better off adopting a long-term economic strategy and following some basic rules rather than focusing on the monthly fluctuations in the CCI. “The CCI is a structure built on shifting sands, and we would all be better off ignoring it,” writes Rassekh. (CT Business magazine, June 2006)
Many musicians say that Hartford has a case of unrealized potential, according to an article in the New York Times. After the death of Jackie McLean, jazz saxophonist and educator, on March 31, the jazz world turned its attention to Hartford. The globe-trotting musician was the most visible figure in the city's arts and education arena, helping to create and oversee two of its better-known institutions: the Artists Collective, which McLean founded with his wife, Dollie, and the jazz program at the University's Hartt School, known since 2001 as the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. (New York Times, July 7)
At the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies' 20th anniversary celebration and dinner to honor the outgoing chair of its Board of Visitors, Philip D. Feltman, University of Hartford President Walter Harrison said the Greenberg Center, together with Hillel, are the reasons the University “has been singled out nationally for the quality of Jewish life on campus. People from coast to coast know about the Greenberg Center.” (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, July 8)
An article about Prudential Retirement’s donation of $90,000 to the University of Hartford’s Educational Main Street program was covered in Connecticut Life. The gift will help fund student bookstores within 11 Hartford-area elementary schools supported by the program, as well as tutoring and other literacy-related programs. (Connecticut Life, June 2006)
University of Connecticut freshman Tina Charles had 13 points and 13 rebounds, both game highs, as the United States beat Canada 87-52 for the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in Colorado Springs. The University of Hartford's Jennifer Rizzotti was an assistant coach for the U.S. team, under Head Coach Doug Bruno of DePaul. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Jason Winnie of Windsor was among 42 people who were recognized on June 29 at the University of Hartford’s Auerbach Science Center for their participation in a business program offered by the University. Winnie, who has been making leather products for four years, was among those recognized for completing training programs offered by the Career Development Center through the University’s Entrepreneurial Center. (Windsor Journal, July 7)
In a story about the estimated 1,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees who came to Connecticut last fall, the Hartford Courant mentioned that Catherine Dinan will spend this hurricane season back in New Orleans at Loyola University, where she will be a senior majoring in business marketing and the music industry. Dinan returned home to Wethersfield after Katrina and spent the fall semester at the University of Hartford. (Hartford Courant, July 10)
Former University of Hartford assistant men’s basketball coach Chris Pompey has been named to a similar position at New Mexico State, filling the post left vacant by former assistant coach Tony Stubblefield. Pompey spent six seasons at Hartford before becoming an assistant coach at Hampton University. (Associated Press, July 7; WTNH-TV8, July 7)
CareerDNA, a recently launched Internet-based career mentoring and counseling site, is aimed at helping recent college graduates get jobs based on individual traits and talents. The site was tested at four East Coast institutions, including Wesleyan University and the University of Hartford. (Stamford Advocate, July 3)
The Jason Anick Quintet, with a distinctly jazz sound, is preparing for its first show on July 28 at Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, Mass., where several of the players started playing together at weekly jazz jam sessions. University of Hartford sophomore Jason Anick, 20, of Marlborough, will be on violin. (MetroWest Daily News, July 9)
Other News
Famous architects from around the world competed to design a $90 million School of Fine Arts building for the University of Connecticut, but three years later, there is no shovel in the ground. Uconn has set aside $20 million from the Uconn 2000 construction program to pay for the first phase, a proscenium auditorium and an art gallery. But to date, it has only raised about $43,000 of the remaining $70 million. (Hartford Courant, July 9)
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, a former ambassador for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan who studied at Yale University this past academic year, has been rejected by a program that would have set him on the path to earn a Yale degree. He will continue taking classes at Yale but the credits he earns will not make him eligible for a degree. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
The University of Connecticut has won a national award for its student retention rates. The campaign, which raised the retention rate as of 2004 to 92 percent for freshmen overall and to 93 percent for minority freshmen, won the Outstanding Retention Program Award from the Educational Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization. (Hartford Courant,July 5)
Officials at Naugatuck Valley Community College are being sued by a Catholic priest who claims religious discrimination. The Rev. James A. Crowley, a business professor, has filed a federal lawsuit along with his immediate supervisor, who claims officials retaliated against him for backing the priest. The federal lawsuit claims that a promotion for Crowley was delayed after a superior objected to his clerical clothing and use of “Catholic examples” in business ethics classes. (Associated Press, July 5)
Zak Allan Brohinsky, 20, of Simsbury, a former University of Connecticut student admitted to his role in an incident in which he, and allegedly two others, ejaculated onto a female student while she slept in a dorm room. He pleaded no contest to a single count of first-degree reckless endangerment and was sentenced to 75 days in prison. He is the first of three former students to settle a case that prompted the state legislature to close a loophole in the state’s sexual assault law. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Upcoming
Hartford Magazine will be featuring a University High School of Science and Engineering student in its upcoming “kids” issue.
In Sports Illustrated’s seventh annual “Where Are They Now?” issue, KC Jones, special assistant to the University’s athletics director, was featured as part of the University of San Francisco basketball team—known as the San Francisco Dons—that won back-to-back NCAA titles and had a winning streak of 60 games in 1956. The team was anchored by Bill Russell and Jones, who both went on to Hall of Fame careers with the Boston Celtics. “It wasn’t such a tough transition,” said Jones. “By the time we got up there, we knew a little something about winning.” The article also featured a team photo and photo of Jones playing offense.
See a preview of the Sports Illustrated article (you must be a subscriber to access the full article) and a photo of the "San Francisco Dons" (Jones is wearing number 4). (Sports Illustrated, July 3-10 issue)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, Hillyer College, was quoted in a Hartford Courant column by Stan Simpson about the recent debate between U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and primary challenger Ned Lamont. “Lieberman left me with the impression that he knows he has a fight on his hands—and he came to rumble," said McMiller, a Lamont supporter. “He was ready to defend his record and what he feels has been the distortion of his record. On the other side, he may appear to be running desperate that he may lose this primary. So, he’s come out aggressive, but maybe over aggressive.” McMiller was also interviewed by New England Cable News’ Brian Burnell about his analysis of the debate (Hartford Courant, July 8; New England Cable News, July 7)
In addition, McMiller was quoted in an Associated Press story about how some voters approached Lieberman as he marched in Willimantic’s annual July 4 Boom Box Parade, asking where they could sign a petition letting him run as an independent candidate in November. McMiller said one of the reasons Lieberman is considering petitioning his way onto the November ballot is to sap the enthusiasm for Lamont’s campaign. (Associated Press, July 4; Boston Globe, July 4)
In a CT Business “Straight Talk” column, Farhad Rassekh, professor of economics at the Barney School of Business, writes that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) contributes to business cycles as well as predicting them. He writes that households, businesses and the government would be better off adopting a long-term economic strategy and following some basic rules rather than focusing on the monthly fluctuations in the CCI. “The CCI is a structure built on shifting sands, and we would all be better off ignoring it,” writes Rassekh. (CT Business magazine, June 2006)
Many musicians say that Hartford has a case of unrealized potential, according to an article in the New York Times. After the death of Jackie McLean, jazz saxophonist and educator, on March 31, the jazz world turned its attention to Hartford. The globe-trotting musician was the most visible figure in the city's arts and education arena, helping to create and oversee two of its better-known institutions: the Artists Collective, which McLean founded with his wife, Dollie, and the jazz program at the University's Hartt School, known since 2001 as the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. (New York Times, July 7)
At the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies' 20th anniversary celebration and dinner to honor the outgoing chair of its Board of Visitors, Philip D. Feltman, University of Hartford President Walter Harrison said the Greenberg Center, together with Hillel, are the reasons the University “has been singled out nationally for the quality of Jewish life on campus. People from coast to coast know about the Greenberg Center.” (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, July 8)
An article about Prudential Retirement’s donation of $90,000 to the University of Hartford’s Educational Main Street program was covered in Connecticut Life. The gift will help fund student bookstores within 11 Hartford-area elementary schools supported by the program, as well as tutoring and other literacy-related programs. (Connecticut Life, June 2006)
University of Connecticut freshman Tina Charles had 13 points and 13 rebounds, both game highs, as the United States beat Canada 87-52 for the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in Colorado Springs. The University of Hartford's Jennifer Rizzotti was an assistant coach for the U.S. team, under Head Coach Doug Bruno of DePaul. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Jason Winnie of Windsor was among 42 people who were recognized on June 29 at the University of Hartford’s Auerbach Science Center for their participation in a business program offered by the University. Winnie, who has been making leather products for four years, was among those recognized for completing training programs offered by the Career Development Center through the University’s Entrepreneurial Center. (Windsor Journal, July 7)
In a story about the estimated 1,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees who came to Connecticut last fall, the Hartford Courant mentioned that Catherine Dinan will spend this hurricane season back in New Orleans at Loyola University, where she will be a senior majoring in business marketing and the music industry. Dinan returned home to Wethersfield after Katrina and spent the fall semester at the University of Hartford. (Hartford Courant, July 10)
Former University of Hartford assistant men’s basketball coach Chris Pompey has been named to a similar position at New Mexico State, filling the post left vacant by former assistant coach Tony Stubblefield. Pompey spent six seasons at Hartford before becoming an assistant coach at Hampton University. (Associated Press, July 7; WTNH-TV8, July 7)
CareerDNA, a recently launched Internet-based career mentoring and counseling site, is aimed at helping recent college graduates get jobs based on individual traits and talents. The site was tested at four East Coast institutions, including Wesleyan University and the University of Hartford. (Stamford Advocate, July 3)
The Jason Anick Quintet, with a distinctly jazz sound, is preparing for its first show on July 28 at Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, Mass., where several of the players started playing together at weekly jazz jam sessions. University of Hartford sophomore Jason Anick, 20, of Marlborough, will be on violin. (MetroWest Daily News, July 9)
Other News
Famous architects from around the world competed to design a $90 million School of Fine Arts building for the University of Connecticut, but three years later, there is no shovel in the ground. Uconn has set aside $20 million from the Uconn 2000 construction program to pay for the first phase, a proscenium auditorium and an art gallery. But to date, it has only raised about $43,000 of the remaining $70 million. (Hartford Courant, July 9)
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, a former ambassador for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan who studied at Yale University this past academic year, has been rejected by a program that would have set him on the path to earn a Yale degree. He will continue taking classes at Yale but the credits he earns will not make him eligible for a degree. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
The University of Connecticut has won a national award for its student retention rates. The campaign, which raised the retention rate as of 2004 to 92 percent for freshmen overall and to 93 percent for minority freshmen, won the Outstanding Retention Program Award from the Educational Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization. (Hartford Courant,July 5)
Officials at Naugatuck Valley Community College are being sued by a Catholic priest who claims religious discrimination. The Rev. James A. Crowley, a business professor, has filed a federal lawsuit along with his immediate supervisor, who claims officials retaliated against him for backing the priest. The federal lawsuit claims that a promotion for Crowley was delayed after a superior objected to his clerical clothing and use of “Catholic examples” in business ethics classes. (Associated Press, July 5)
Zak Allan Brohinsky, 20, of Simsbury, a former University of Connecticut student admitted to his role in an incident in which he, and allegedly two others, ejaculated onto a female student while she slept in a dorm room. He pleaded no contest to a single count of first-degree reckless endangerment and was sentenced to 75 days in prison. He is the first of three former students to settle a case that prompted the state legislature to close a loophole in the state’s sexual assault law. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Upcoming
Hartford Magazine will be featuring a University High School of Science and Engineering student in its upcoming “kids” issue.
