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Media Watch (Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2006)
Posted 10/3/2006
"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.
Approximately 150 Muslim and Jewish University of Hartford students met at the Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization to observe the third day of Ramadan for Muslims and the Fast of Gedalia for Jews, which are celebrated at the same time once every seven years. Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, said "Perhaps it was destiny that we would come together this year when it is really necessary for the Muslim, Jewish and Christian community to come together much more than they have in the past." Many guests were students of Maha Darawsha, an adjunct professor of biblical archaeology. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 26)
President Walter Harrison was quoted in a number of publications about an NCAA study that showed 77 percent of all Division I athletes are getting degrees within six years of entering college. "If you're below the average for a sport, that would be a red flag," said Harrison, who heads the NCAA's Executive Committee. "In my case, where I aspire for . . . Hartford to have one of the top graduation success rates in the country in every sport, I would think anything that's significantly lower than, say, 67 or 70 percent would be something I would be asking the (athletics director) to talk to me about.” (USA Today, Sept. 28; Austin-American Statesman, Sept. 28; The Arizona Republic, Sept. 28; The News-Observer, Sept. 28)
According to data released by the NCAA, the University of Connecticut graduated only 30 percent of the men's basketball players who entered the school between 1996 and 1999. While there are no penalties tied to the graduation success rate, President Walter Harrison said schools with low scores should be concerned. "Different universities may have different aspirations," said Harrison. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
Jacob Harney, associate professor of biology, was interviewed on WTIC-FM (96.5) by WTIC personality Gina J. on Sunday, Oct. 1, from 6:30 to 7 a.m. Harney discussed diabetes symptoms and research in preparation for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 21st Annual Walk to Cure Diabetes at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. (WTIC-FM 96.5, Oct. 1)
Lou Manzione, dean of the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He was cited for his career contributions to computer chip manufacturing and electronics assembly technologies. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 26)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication, was quoted in a story about how the sale of The Hartford Courant, as a possible element in the shake-up of its parent, Tribune Co., could alter the media landscape in Connecticut. He said chain ownership allows papers to share content both in print and on the Web. But with distant corporate owners drawing away local profits and having fewer ties to the community, he believes the scale tips in favor of local ownership in serving readers. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
A group of 50 protesters organized by the Connecticut Citizens Action Group (CCAG) and the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans rallied outside U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson's office protesting a gap in drug coverage for seniors. Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science at Hillyer College, urged elected officials to adopt an agenda to promote investment in new energy technology, education and healthcare. (The Herald, New Britain, Sept. 30)
A story about how Laura Pence, associate professor of chemistry, met her husband, Stephen Steve Watton, an assistant professor of chemistry at Central Connecticut State University, was published in the Sunday Hartford Courant. They married on Aug. 5 and live in Wethersfield. “She's a wonderful person in her own right. It’s lovely to be part of that, to complement that," Watton said. “It's chemistry beyond chemistry. It's human chemistry.” (Hartford Courant, Oct. 1)
The first concert of the Hartt Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 season on Friday, Sept. 29, was featured in the Hartford Courant’s “Cal” section with a photo of the orchestra’s conductor, Christopher Zimmerman. The concert featured student conductor Michael Kennedy and saxophonist Jeffrey Welsh, winner of the Hartt Student Concerto Competition. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
The Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was listed in a story about the many live classical music performances in Connecticut. The quartet will perform five concerts in Lincoln Theater in 2006-07, on Oct. 5, Nov. 16, March 8 and 29, and April 19. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
Six business owners in Simsbury will work with undergraduate students from the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business. The Students in Free Enterprise project will allow students to conduct a business needs assessment and apply the business practices they have learned to the real world. A photo of the group was published in the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, Oct. 2)
Kate Darcy Hohenthal, a doctoral student in educational leadership at the University of Hartford, wrote a letter to the editor in response to the fact that many music classes are being eliminated at Hartford’s Bulkeley High School. “As a society, we really need to think about education as being beyond the three R's and address the educational interests of the whole child,” wrote Hohenthal. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
Other News
Yale University has raised $1.3 billion, nearly half the $3 billion it is seeking to expand its international focus in its most ambitious fundraising campaign ever.The money will strengthen Yale's libraries and museums, expand international studies, pay for new buildings, support research into cancer and other diseases and help ensure every undergraduate student has an opportunity to study or work abroad. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 2)
Many colleges are providing healthier choices for their students while throwing a lifeline to farmers getting by on thin margins. The website www.farmtocollege.org lists more than 100 college buying programs, with participants including Harvard, Ohio University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Associated Press, Sept. 24)
Who needs the Ivies, or any other elite U.S. college, when students can hop across the Atlantic for an excellent educational adventure? Besides lower costs, prestigious British universities offer the excitement of living abroad. Plus, they have less stringent entry requirements than Ivy League schools. (BusinessWeek, Sept. 25)
The University of Phoenix Inc., the largest U.S. private university with about 250,000 students, signed a 20-year, $154 million contract to put its name on the Arizona Cardinals football stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The agreement, averaging $7.7 million annually, is the richest in U.S. sports history for a single venue. (Bloomberg, Sept. 28)
Columbia University said it was starting a five-year, $4 billion fundraising campaign, the largest in its history, more than one-fourth of which has already been collected by the school. Columbia's $5.1 billion endowment is the eighth largest among US universities but one of the smallest in the Ivy League. (MSNBC, Sept. 29)
Ten years ago, Philip E. Austin arrived at the University of Connecticut with a vision to turn a good, but dilapidated, regional state university into a nationally recognized research university. Under his leadership, the campus has been transformed with cutting-edge labs and dorms, the university attracts a better grade of students and faculty, the endowment has more than quadrupled, and athletic prowess has put UConn in the national spotlight. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 2)
Zak A. Brohinsky, a former University of Connecticut student sentenced to 75 days in prison for performing a lewd act on a female student was released on furlough 10 days early and is now a student at Central Connecticut State University. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
Upcoming
An article by Lou Manzione, dean of the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, about the Clean Energy Institute is scheduled to appear in October’s Connecticut Business Magazine.
Approximately 150 Muslim and Jewish University of Hartford students met at the Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization to observe the third day of Ramadan for Muslims and the Fast of Gedalia for Jews, which are celebrated at the same time once every seven years. Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, said "Perhaps it was destiny that we would come together this year when it is really necessary for the Muslim, Jewish and Christian community to come together much more than they have in the past." Many guests were students of Maha Darawsha, an adjunct professor of biblical archaeology. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 26)
President Walter Harrison was quoted in a number of publications about an NCAA study that showed 77 percent of all Division I athletes are getting degrees within six years of entering college. "If you're below the average for a sport, that would be a red flag," said Harrison, who heads the NCAA's Executive Committee. "In my case, where I aspire for . . . Hartford to have one of the top graduation success rates in the country in every sport, I would think anything that's significantly lower than, say, 67 or 70 percent would be something I would be asking the (athletics director) to talk to me about.” (USA Today, Sept. 28; Austin-American Statesman, Sept. 28; The Arizona Republic, Sept. 28; The News-Observer, Sept. 28)
According to data released by the NCAA, the University of Connecticut graduated only 30 percent of the men's basketball players who entered the school between 1996 and 1999. While there are no penalties tied to the graduation success rate, President Walter Harrison said schools with low scores should be concerned. "Different universities may have different aspirations," said Harrison. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
Jacob Harney, associate professor of biology, was interviewed on WTIC-FM (96.5) by WTIC personality Gina J. on Sunday, Oct. 1, from 6:30 to 7 a.m. Harney discussed diabetes symptoms and research in preparation for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 21st Annual Walk to Cure Diabetes at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. (WTIC-FM 96.5, Oct. 1)
Lou Manzione, dean of the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He was cited for his career contributions to computer chip manufacturing and electronics assembly technologies. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 26)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication, was quoted in a story about how the sale of The Hartford Courant, as a possible element in the shake-up of its parent, Tribune Co., could alter the media landscape in Connecticut. He said chain ownership allows papers to share content both in print and on the Web. But with distant corporate owners drawing away local profits and having fewer ties to the community, he believes the scale tips in favor of local ownership in serving readers. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
A group of 50 protesters organized by the Connecticut Citizens Action Group (CCAG) and the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans rallied outside U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson's office protesting a gap in drug coverage for seniors. Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science at Hillyer College, urged elected officials to adopt an agenda to promote investment in new energy technology, education and healthcare. (The Herald, New Britain, Sept. 30)
A story about how Laura Pence, associate professor of chemistry, met her husband, Stephen Steve Watton, an assistant professor of chemistry at Central Connecticut State University, was published in the Sunday Hartford Courant. They married on Aug. 5 and live in Wethersfield. “She's a wonderful person in her own right. It’s lovely to be part of that, to complement that," Watton said. “It's chemistry beyond chemistry. It's human chemistry.” (Hartford Courant, Oct. 1)
The first concert of the Hartt Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 season on Friday, Sept. 29, was featured in the Hartford Courant’s “Cal” section with a photo of the orchestra’s conductor, Christopher Zimmerman. The concert featured student conductor Michael Kennedy and saxophonist Jeffrey Welsh, winner of the Hartt Student Concerto Competition. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
The Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was listed in a story about the many live classical music performances in Connecticut. The quartet will perform five concerts in Lincoln Theater in 2006-07, on Oct. 5, Nov. 16, March 8 and 29, and April 19. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
Six business owners in Simsbury will work with undergraduate students from the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business. The Students in Free Enterprise project will allow students to conduct a business needs assessment and apply the business practices they have learned to the real world. A photo of the group was published in the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, Oct. 2)
Kate Darcy Hohenthal, a doctoral student in educational leadership at the University of Hartford, wrote a letter to the editor in response to the fact that many music classes are being eliminated at Hartford’s Bulkeley High School. “As a society, we really need to think about education as being beyond the three R's and address the educational interests of the whole child,” wrote Hohenthal. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 28)
Other News
Yale University has raised $1.3 billion, nearly half the $3 billion it is seeking to expand its international focus in its most ambitious fundraising campaign ever.The money will strengthen Yale's libraries and museums, expand international studies, pay for new buildings, support research into cancer and other diseases and help ensure every undergraduate student has an opportunity to study or work abroad. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 2)
Many colleges are providing healthier choices for their students while throwing a lifeline to farmers getting by on thin margins. The website www.farmtocollege.org lists more than 100 college buying programs, with participants including Harvard, Ohio University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Associated Press, Sept. 24)
Who needs the Ivies, or any other elite U.S. college, when students can hop across the Atlantic for an excellent educational adventure? Besides lower costs, prestigious British universities offer the excitement of living abroad. Plus, they have less stringent entry requirements than Ivy League schools. (BusinessWeek, Sept. 25)
The University of Phoenix Inc., the largest U.S. private university with about 250,000 students, signed a 20-year, $154 million contract to put its name on the Arizona Cardinals football stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The agreement, averaging $7.7 million annually, is the richest in U.S. sports history for a single venue. (Bloomberg, Sept. 28)
Columbia University said it was starting a five-year, $4 billion fundraising campaign, the largest in its history, more than one-fourth of which has already been collected by the school. Columbia's $5.1 billion endowment is the eighth largest among US universities but one of the smallest in the Ivy League. (MSNBC, Sept. 29)
Ten years ago, Philip E. Austin arrived at the University of Connecticut with a vision to turn a good, but dilapidated, regional state university into a nationally recognized research university. Under his leadership, the campus has been transformed with cutting-edge labs and dorms, the university attracts a better grade of students and faculty, the endowment has more than quadrupled, and athletic prowess has put UConn in the national spotlight. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 2)
Zak A. Brohinsky, a former University of Connecticut student sentenced to 75 days in prison for performing a lewd act on a female student was released on furlough 10 days early and is now a student at Central Connecticut State University. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 27)
Upcoming
An article by Lou Manzione, dean of the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, about the Clean Energy Institute is scheduled to appear in October’s Connecticut Business Magazine.
