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Media Watch (July 24 – 31, 2006)
Posted 8/1/2006
"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.
Warren Goldstein, professor and chair of the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an opinion column about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The column, headlined "Not In My Name: Israel's Bombs Test Limits Of Loyalty," was the lead item in the "Commentary" section of the Sunday Hartford Courant. Goldstein said that, as a Jew and as an American, he is "in anguish" over the ongoing killing of innocent civilians. "The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah does not distinguish between Israeli and Lebanese children," he wrote. Read Goldstein's column. (Hartford Courant, July 30; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 30; Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 28)
Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by Metro Radio Network. Ellis, who recently returned from a fellowship in Israel with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talked about the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the potential for resolving the conflict. (Metro Radio Network, July 25)
Jennifer Moore, 18, of Harrington Park, N.J., who was scheduled to enter the University of Hartford as a freshman this fall, was killed after she was lured or forced into a taxi, taken to a New Jersey motel, and strangled, police said. Moore had gone for a night of clubbing in New York City with a friend, and apparently wandered away from a vehicle impound lot where the friend’s car had been towed for parking illegally. The story received extensive coverage from New York and New Jersey media outlets. (Associated Press, July 28 and 29; New York Times, July 28 and 29; New York Daily News, July 28, 29 and 30; Newark Star Ledger, July 28 and 29; Boston Globe,July 28 and 29; ABC News, July 28 and 29)
Former University of Hartford golfer Jerry Kelly came within two strokes of winning the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. He finished second overall to Corey Pavin. Kelly, a native of Madison, Wisc., shot a 67 in the final round, and for the four-day tournament was 18 under par at 262. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
Maki Kobayashi, who will be coming to the University of Hartford this fall as a freshman, shot a 1-under-par 71 Friday to win the Westfield Connecticut Section Junior PGA Championship for the third straight time, this one by 10 strokes at The Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. Kobayashi, 18, qualified for the Westfield Junior PGA, Aug. 10-13 in Westfield Center, Ohio. He finished tied for 13th at the Westfield Junior PGA in 2005. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
Stephan Bullard, a marine biologist and an assistant professor of biology in Hillyer College, was highlighted in a story by Hartford Courant columnist Susan Campbell about the possibility that venomous Portuguese men-of-war could come into Long Island Sound, and what would be the best treatment options. Bullard noted that he has been stung in the course of research work. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
William Cianci, executive director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford, was quoted in a story about a construction project at the Foxwoods Resort Casino involving an 824-room hotel tower, a 50,000-square-foot MGM Grand casino, and 115,000 square feet of new meeting space. With a $700 million price tag, the project is probably the biggest construction effort in Connecticut at the moment, Cianci said. (The Day, New London, July 30)
The Parent Power Institute, a program of the Hartford Public Schools held at the University of Hartford, was the subject of a feature story on NBC 30’s 6 p.m. news broadcast on July 24. In the program, Hartford parents learn computer skills and get a taste of the things their students are learning in Hartford schools. The story showed lab activity in the University’s ISET complex and included interviews with parents and instructors. (NBC 30, July 24)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that the University of Hartford recently honored Francis X. Hursey, co-founder of Z-Medica Corp., with its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (Hartford Courant, July 25)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that the University’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Students presented Holocaust Educators Awards this spring to three high school and middle school teachers. Eleanor B. Ulbaldini, a teacher at Mercy High School in Middletown, received the Joseph Korzenik Holocaust Award; Jenna Brohinsky of Bennet Middle School in Manchester received the Joseph Zola Holocaust Award; and Marsha Goren of Ein Ganim Middle School in Petah Tikva, Israel, received the Zola Development Award for Holocaust Teaching. (Hartford Courant, July 25)
Sam Fingold is a Hartford developer who is the leading candidate to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, and his development firm is a partner in the Sage-Allen redevelopment project in downtown Hartford, a project that when completed will house more than 130 University of Hartford students. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 25)
Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Boccato, currently a guest faculty member at The Hartt School, was highlighted in a review of a performance by Canadian jazzwoman Jane Bunnett and her Spirits of Havana sextet at Wesleyan University. Boccato sat in with the sextet on a number of songs. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
John Mack, who was the principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1965 to 2001 and who reigned as dean of American oboists for several decades, died on July 23 in Cleveland. Mack, who was 78, taught at the Juilliard School and at The Hartt School. (New York Times, July 26)
Other News
University of Connecticut graduate student Molly Smith and about a dozen other students are part of a new organic gardening club at Uconn that not only serves as an informal lab for organic gardening, but also will grow enough produce to supply Whitney Hall, a university dining hall. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
The British Library, and Yale and Harvard universities report more maps missing from their collections than those that map dealer E. Forbes Smiley III has admitted to taking. The most valuable maps are early maps of North America, and several are copies of maps he has admitted stealing. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
Ending days of negotiations, the Connecticut governor and top political leaders have selected four more people—including an architect, and a former FBI agent—for a new committee to monitor the University of Connecticut’s massive building program. The seven-member committee is a key part of legislation passed this spring to address revelations of mismanagement, cost overruns and fire and building code violations in the ongoing UConn 2000 construction program. (Hartford Courant, July 27)
College administrators across the nation and state have reported a burst in parental involvement in campus activities and student life over the last decade. While some campuses have welcomed the trend, adding institutionalized support for the onslaught, some have raised concerns about over-parenting. The University of Vermont, for instance, has received national attention for hiring “parent bouncers” to keep moms and dads at bay during orientation events. (Associated Press, July 31)
It’s about all the stuff kids take to college. According to generational consultants William Strauss and Neil Howe, $170 billion was spent on 12- to 19-year-olds in 2004, up from $153 billion five years earlier. Each year, the National Retail Federation asks incoming college students how much they and their families plan to spend on college. Last year, students estimated they would spend $34.4 billion on college merchandise, up one-third from the year before. (Associated Press, July 31)
Providence College will no longer require applicants to take the Scholastic Assessment Test or another standardized college entrance exam, the ACT, as part of its admissions process, making it the first four-year institution in Rhode Island to adopt a “test-optional” policy. High school seniors applying to the Catholic college for acceptance in September 2007 without the test scores “will receive full consideration, without penalty, for admission.” (Providence Journal, July 27)
Colleges and universities are inundated with more and better applicants than ever, but it won’t last much longer. By 2009, the last of those born in the late1980s and early 1990s will reach college age, heralding the first sustained decline in the number of graduating high school students in nearly two decades. The drop is expected to be about four percent nationwide, but far sharper in the Northeast, according to the U.S. Department of Education. (Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31)
The American Federation of Teachers rebuked Quinnipiac University for abolishing a faculty union, and called on the university to restore union bargaining rights. Quinnipiac won a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling to reclassify 240 full-time faculty as managerial employees and disband the Quinnipiac Faculty Federation. (Associated Press, July 26)
Dr. Michael H. Merson, professor at Yale University, former director of the World Health Organization’s AIDS program and one of the country's top AIDS researchers, will lead Duke University’s new Global Health Institute. He will take over as institute director on Nov. 1. (Associated Press, July 26)
Louisiana Tech and the University of Louisiana are ensuring freshmen are educated on the possible dangers of the online world, from online predators seeking to prey on the vulnerabilities of college students. Misuse of web sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, and LiveJournal have led these universities to include sessions on the web sites at their freshman orientations. (USA Today, July 26)
At graduate schools, study abroad programs are more popular than ever. It would be hard to find a college or university that doesn't offer some sort of international learning option. And they're not just for students who can afford to spend a lot of time and money on a semester overseas. Many graduate programs offer short-term study abroad courses and service learning opportunities that even students who work full time can attend. (Chicago Tribune, July 25)
William H. Crouch Jr., president of Georgetown University, and the school’s trustees have decided it is time to end the college’s 63-year affiliation with the Baptist religious denomination after a struggle about who could be on the board of trustees. Georgetown is among a half-dozen colleges and universities whose ties with state Baptist conventions have been severed in the last four years. (New York Times, July 24)
Warren Goldstein, professor and chair of the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an opinion column about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The column, headlined "Not In My Name: Israel's Bombs Test Limits Of Loyalty," was the lead item in the "Commentary" section of the Sunday Hartford Courant. Goldstein said that, as a Jew and as an American, he is "in anguish" over the ongoing killing of innocent civilians. "The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah does not distinguish between Israeli and Lebanese children," he wrote. Read Goldstein's column. (Hartford Courant, July 30; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 30; Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 28)
Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by Metro Radio Network. Ellis, who recently returned from a fellowship in Israel with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talked about the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the potential for resolving the conflict. (Metro Radio Network, July 25)
Jennifer Moore, 18, of Harrington Park, N.J., who was scheduled to enter the University of Hartford as a freshman this fall, was killed after she was lured or forced into a taxi, taken to a New Jersey motel, and strangled, police said. Moore had gone for a night of clubbing in New York City with a friend, and apparently wandered away from a vehicle impound lot where the friend’s car had been towed for parking illegally. The story received extensive coverage from New York and New Jersey media outlets. (Associated Press, July 28 and 29; New York Times, July 28 and 29; New York Daily News, July 28, 29 and 30; Newark Star Ledger, July 28 and 29; Boston Globe,July 28 and 29; ABC News, July 28 and 29)
Former University of Hartford golfer Jerry Kelly came within two strokes of winning the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. He finished second overall to Corey Pavin. Kelly, a native of Madison, Wisc., shot a 67 in the final round, and for the four-day tournament was 18 under par at 262. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
Maki Kobayashi, who will be coming to the University of Hartford this fall as a freshman, shot a 1-under-par 71 Friday to win the Westfield Connecticut Section Junior PGA Championship for the third straight time, this one by 10 strokes at The Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. Kobayashi, 18, qualified for the Westfield Junior PGA, Aug. 10-13 in Westfield Center, Ohio. He finished tied for 13th at the Westfield Junior PGA in 2005. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
Stephan Bullard, a marine biologist and an assistant professor of biology in Hillyer College, was highlighted in a story by Hartford Courant columnist Susan Campbell about the possibility that venomous Portuguese men-of-war could come into Long Island Sound, and what would be the best treatment options. Bullard noted that he has been stung in the course of research work. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
William Cianci, executive director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford, was quoted in a story about a construction project at the Foxwoods Resort Casino involving an 824-room hotel tower, a 50,000-square-foot MGM Grand casino, and 115,000 square feet of new meeting space. With a $700 million price tag, the project is probably the biggest construction effort in Connecticut at the moment, Cianci said. (The Day, New London, July 30)
The Parent Power Institute, a program of the Hartford Public Schools held at the University of Hartford, was the subject of a feature story on NBC 30’s 6 p.m. news broadcast on July 24. In the program, Hartford parents learn computer skills and get a taste of the things their students are learning in Hartford schools. The story showed lab activity in the University’s ISET complex and included interviews with parents and instructors. (NBC 30, July 24)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that the University of Hartford recently honored Francis X. Hursey, co-founder of Z-Medica Corp., with its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (Hartford Courant, July 25)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that the University’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Students presented Holocaust Educators Awards this spring to three high school and middle school teachers. Eleanor B. Ulbaldini, a teacher at Mercy High School in Middletown, received the Joseph Korzenik Holocaust Award; Jenna Brohinsky of Bennet Middle School in Manchester received the Joseph Zola Holocaust Award; and Marsha Goren of Ein Ganim Middle School in Petah Tikva, Israel, received the Zola Development Award for Holocaust Teaching. (Hartford Courant, July 25)
Sam Fingold is a Hartford developer who is the leading candidate to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, and his development firm is a partner in the Sage-Allen redevelopment project in downtown Hartford, a project that when completed will house more than 130 University of Hartford students. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 25)
Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Boccato, currently a guest faculty member at The Hartt School, was highlighted in a review of a performance by Canadian jazzwoman Jane Bunnett and her Spirits of Havana sextet at Wesleyan University. Boccato sat in with the sextet on a number of songs. (Hartford Courant, July 29)
John Mack, who was the principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1965 to 2001 and who reigned as dean of American oboists for several decades, died on July 23 in Cleveland. Mack, who was 78, taught at the Juilliard School and at The Hartt School. (New York Times, July 26)
Other News
University of Connecticut graduate student Molly Smith and about a dozen other students are part of a new organic gardening club at Uconn that not only serves as an informal lab for organic gardening, but also will grow enough produce to supply Whitney Hall, a university dining hall. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
The British Library, and Yale and Harvard universities report more maps missing from their collections than those that map dealer E. Forbes Smiley III has admitted to taking. The most valuable maps are early maps of North America, and several are copies of maps he has admitted stealing. (Hartford Courant, July 31)
Ending days of negotiations, the Connecticut governor and top political leaders have selected four more people—including an architect, and a former FBI agent—for a new committee to monitor the University of Connecticut’s massive building program. The seven-member committee is a key part of legislation passed this spring to address revelations of mismanagement, cost overruns and fire and building code violations in the ongoing UConn 2000 construction program. (Hartford Courant, July 27)
College administrators across the nation and state have reported a burst in parental involvement in campus activities and student life over the last decade. While some campuses have welcomed the trend, adding institutionalized support for the onslaught, some have raised concerns about over-parenting. The University of Vermont, for instance, has received national attention for hiring “parent bouncers” to keep moms and dads at bay during orientation events. (Associated Press, July 31)
It’s about all the stuff kids take to college. According to generational consultants William Strauss and Neil Howe, $170 billion was spent on 12- to 19-year-olds in 2004, up from $153 billion five years earlier. Each year, the National Retail Federation asks incoming college students how much they and their families plan to spend on college. Last year, students estimated they would spend $34.4 billion on college merchandise, up one-third from the year before. (Associated Press, July 31)
Providence College will no longer require applicants to take the Scholastic Assessment Test or another standardized college entrance exam, the ACT, as part of its admissions process, making it the first four-year institution in Rhode Island to adopt a “test-optional” policy. High school seniors applying to the Catholic college for acceptance in September 2007 without the test scores “will receive full consideration, without penalty, for admission.” (Providence Journal, July 27)
Colleges and universities are inundated with more and better applicants than ever, but it won’t last much longer. By 2009, the last of those born in the late1980s and early 1990s will reach college age, heralding the first sustained decline in the number of graduating high school students in nearly two decades. The drop is expected to be about four percent nationwide, but far sharper in the Northeast, according to the U.S. Department of Education. (Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31)
The American Federation of Teachers rebuked Quinnipiac University for abolishing a faculty union, and called on the university to restore union bargaining rights. Quinnipiac won a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling to reclassify 240 full-time faculty as managerial employees and disband the Quinnipiac Faculty Federation. (Associated Press, July 26)
Dr. Michael H. Merson, professor at Yale University, former director of the World Health Organization’s AIDS program and one of the country's top AIDS researchers, will lead Duke University’s new Global Health Institute. He will take over as institute director on Nov. 1. (Associated Press, July 26)
Louisiana Tech and the University of Louisiana are ensuring freshmen are educated on the possible dangers of the online world, from online predators seeking to prey on the vulnerabilities of college students. Misuse of web sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, and LiveJournal have led these universities to include sessions on the web sites at their freshman orientations. (USA Today, July 26)
At graduate schools, study abroad programs are more popular than ever. It would be hard to find a college or university that doesn't offer some sort of international learning option. And they're not just for students who can afford to spend a lot of time and money on a semester overseas. Many graduate programs offer short-term study abroad courses and service learning opportunities that even students who work full time can attend. (Chicago Tribune, July 25)
William H. Crouch Jr., president of Georgetown University, and the school’s trustees have decided it is time to end the college’s 63-year affiliation with the Baptist religious denomination after a struggle about who could be on the board of trustees. Georgetown is among a half-dozen colleges and universities whose ties with state Baptist conventions have been severed in the last four years. (New York Times, July 24)
