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Media Watch (Jan. 22-29, 2007)
Posted 1/30/2007
"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.
An editorial in the Hartford Courant praised plans for the University of Hartford Performing Arts Center project at the former Thomas Cadillac site on Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway. “Some building projects are so worthwhile, and the chances of success are so high, that to deny them funding would be foolhardy,” noted the editorial, which also praised other University initiatives for not just contributing to students’ learning experience, but also for the University’s commitment to community development. Some of these initiatives include the University of Hartford Magnet Elementary School with its theme of multiple intelligences; the decision to house 136 students at the restored site of the former Sage-Allen building; and construction of the University High School of Science and Engineering. Read the editorial. (The Hartford Courant, Jan. 25)
The Silpe Gallery will display the work of hundreds of Connecticut art students in the 18th annual Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards exhibition. The exhibition will be on display through Feb. 2. Students from 134 schools took part in the competition, where awards and scholarships were presented at Lincoln Theater. (The Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
The MassMutual Academic Achiever Conference brought nearly 500 high school students to the University of Hartford campus to celebrate their success and get a glimpse of where continued success could lead them. The event featured workshops for students as well as a motivational address by John Lobon, senior vice president and senior loan officer for the Connecticut Development Authority’s URBANK Small Business Lending Program and one of the "Syracuse Eight." Also speaking to the group was Stacey McCann, a University alum who is now principal of Dwight Elementary School in Hartford. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Jan. 26)
WTIC-AM reported on the 58th annual Model United Nations program that brought hundreds of high school students from across Connecticut to the University of Hartford campus this past weekend to try to address the world’s problems. The event opened with an address by The Honorable Margaret Hughes Ferrari, ambassador and permanent representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations. (WTIC AM, Jan. 26)
University Professor of Humanities Humphrey Tonkin, who is also president emeritus of the University, was interviewed on the “Faith Middleton Show” on WNPR radio. Tonkin was talking about the ambitious President’s College program for this upcoming semester. (WNPR-FM, Jan. 22)
Jason Anick, a junior from Marlborough, Mass., was featured in a story by the Marlborough Enterprise. This accomplished violinist, majoring in acoustical engineering and music, with an emphasis on jazz violin, recently won first place honors in the American String Teachers Association’s Alternative Styles Awards senior division. Anick will be a featured performer at the ASTA National Conference, held in Detroit in March. He will also be performing in New Ross, Ireland, for the community’s 800th anniversary, also in March. (Marlborough Enterprise, Jan. 25)
An exhibition of the City of New Britain’s past and visions of its future will be on display at City Hall, and the exhibition will include works from 11 students in the University of Hartford’s graduate program in architecture. Last year, the students engaged in a competition to redesign the former Trinity United Methodist Church into an arts center. “The remarkably creative and, in some cases, provocative results” will now be on display for a wider audience, noted The Herald. (New Britain Herald, Jan. 22)
Soprano Jolie Rocke Brown of Wethersfield, a Hartt School alum, was the subject of a feature story in the Hartford Courant. Brown was preparing to give a concert at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, which was a step in the road in getting her career as an opera singer back on track. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
University of Hartford graduate Scott Harris is the artist for a new online cartoon that is being written and voiced by two Wilton residents, according to a story in the Wilton Bulletin. “Unleashed” follows the trials and tribulations of canine actors in Hollywood. (Wilton Bulletin, Jan. 25)
NBC 30’s “Sunday Sports Replay” program included a feature story on Hartford Hawks women’s head basketball coach Jen Rizzotti and her husband, assistant coach Bill Sullivan. The piece focused on how the couple manages to live and work together so successfully. (NBC 30, Jan. 27)
K.C. Jones, radio analyst for the University of Hartford’s men’s basketball team and a special assistant to the University's athletics director, was quoted in a story about Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith being the first two African-American coaches to make it to the Super Bowl. The article focused on how in the NBA in 1975 a similar event was hardly even noticed. The meeting of K.C. Jones and Al Attles in May of 1975 was barely commented on. Jones said, “Back when it was Al Attles and myself, no one even thought about it. Now, it’s a big whoop-de-do. That tells you something.” (Baltimore Sun, Jan. 28)
Sophomore Michael Turner of Novato, Calif., was featured in a story in the Marin Independent Journal that highlighted Turner’s career, as well as the changes he is going through moving to New England. At 6-foot 5, Turner has led Hartford in rebounding in eight games, in assists in six games, in blocked shots in two games, and against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), he scored a team-high and career-high 19 points with nine rebounds and three steals plus four assists. “I just try to do all little things,” Turner said. “When we’re getting out of control, I try to slow things down.” (Marin Independent Journal, Jan. 22)
Former University of Hartford basketball player, Aaron Cook of the Vermont Frost Heaves, won the Three Point Shooting Contest at the ABA All-Star Weekend. Cook hit 37 out of 45 shots he took. Farley Flax, host of “Canadian Idol,” presented Cook with a crystal trophy in front of 2,500 people at the Halifax Metro Centre. Cook also played in the ABA All-Star Game. (Vermont Frost Heaves.com, Jan. 27; Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
Other News
Central Connecticut State University Professor Matthew Warshauer and his new book, “Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law,” are attracting a lot of attention because of the historical perspective it can provide in this current climate in which civil liberties are sublimated in the name of the “War on Terror.” (Hartford Courant, Jan. 29)
To attract the 2,500 on-campus Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) students to visit downtown Willimantic, Andrés Hidalgo and fellow 2005 ECSU graduate Kenneth Bjork have designed a Willimantic-centered magazine called “What's Hoppin'.” “Most students go home on the weekend to get their hair cut or oil changed,” said Hidalgo, who made Willimantic his home after graduation because he loved the charm of downtown. The magazine, published twice a year, will feature a phone book style listing of local businesses such as salons and mechanic shops, articles about area attractions and advice for college students. The first issue will be free and is due out in mid-February. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 29)
Jazz legend Chick Corea led a master class at the University of Connecticut the day before the pianist joined forces with vibraphonist Gary Burton for a concert at UConn’s Jorgenson Auditorium. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
Although they won a court order in 1996 requiring the state to alleviate racial isolation in the mostly black and Hispanic public schools in Hartford, backers of the Sheff vs. O'Neill case said efforts are falling far short of goals. A group of about 50 supporters who met at Hartford City Hall called for a lobbying effort to urge state lawmakers to step up progress toward the goals of a 2003 court-approved settlement (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
The interim dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law held a school wide roundtable discussion on Jan. 25 to air concerns raised by a weekend off-campus party in which some law students dressed in hip-hop clothes and toted 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor. Photos of the “Bullets & Bubbly” party were posted on the popular website facebook.com, dismaying some students who regarded the party theme as racially insensitive. Photos depicted partygoers wearing do-rags, muscle shirts, hoodies, and necklaces with gold medallions. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 25) Jeremy R. Paul, associate dean of research for the University of Connecticut School of Law, was named dean of the school after an extensive search, UConn officials announced. Paul, 50, a faculty member of the law school since 1989 and its associate dean for academic affairs from 1999 to 2004, said he was eager to assume the new position April 27. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 25)
The state's community colleges will receive about $10 million to upgrade technology and buy new equipment under a proposal approved by the State Bond Commission on Jan. 26, Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced. The commission approved $5 million for technology and about $5 million for other equipment. The colleges and the breakdown of grants for equipment is as follows: Asnuntuck, $95,009; Capital, $348,450; Gateway, $303,386; Housatonic, $610,638; Manchester, $316,451; Middlesex, $133,647; Naugatuck, $291,941; Northwestern, $92,694; Norwalk, $325,143; Quinebaug, $197,898; Three Rivers, $828,595; and Tunxis, $456,150. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
With Michigan’s new ban on affirmative action going into effect, and similar ballot initiatives looming in other states, many public universities are scrambling to find race-blind ways to attract more blacks and Hispanics. Among the ideas being implemented are working with mostly minority high schools, using minority students as recruiters, and offering summer prep programs for promising students from struggling high schools. (New York Times, Jan. 26)
An admissions department email sent from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill congratulated 2,700 prospective freshmen last week on their acceptance to the school. The problem is that none of the applicants have been admitted. They won’t start finding out until March whether they’ve made the cut. (MSNBC, Jan. 26)
Three football players at Guilford College, a school with a Quaker background, face assault and ethnic intimidation charges after an attack on three Palestinian students, authorities said. School officials believe about 12 people were involved in the altercation. Administrators were still trying to determine whether some were fighting or trying to break it up. Two of the students who were attacked are students at Guilford, while the third is a student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh who was visiting. (Associated Press, Jan. 25)
A report card released on Jan. 24 evaluates North America's 100 wealthiest colleges and universities. Those that rely on renewable energy sources, buy locally grown food and disclose where endowment money is invested get high marks from the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a non-profit research organization in Cambridge, Mass. Top grades went to Stanford University, Harvard University, Williams College and Dartmouth College, which combine eco-friendly practices with policies that allow stakeholders to see where endowment money is invested. (USA Today, Jan. 24)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant praised plans for the University of Hartford Performing Arts Center project at the former Thomas Cadillac site on Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway. “Some building projects are so worthwhile, and the chances of success are so high, that to deny them funding would be foolhardy,” noted the editorial, which also praised other University initiatives for not just contributing to students’ learning experience, but also for the University’s commitment to community development. Some of these initiatives include the University of Hartford Magnet Elementary School with its theme of multiple intelligences; the decision to house 136 students at the restored site of the former Sage-Allen building; and construction of the University High School of Science and Engineering. Read the editorial. (The Hartford Courant, Jan. 25)
The Silpe Gallery will display the work of hundreds of Connecticut art students in the 18th annual Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards exhibition. The exhibition will be on display through Feb. 2. Students from 134 schools took part in the competition, where awards and scholarships were presented at Lincoln Theater. (The Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
The MassMutual Academic Achiever Conference brought nearly 500 high school students to the University of Hartford campus to celebrate their success and get a glimpse of where continued success could lead them. The event featured workshops for students as well as a motivational address by John Lobon, senior vice president and senior loan officer for the Connecticut Development Authority’s URBANK Small Business Lending Program and one of the "Syracuse Eight." Also speaking to the group was Stacey McCann, a University alum who is now principal of Dwight Elementary School in Hartford. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Jan. 26)
WTIC-AM reported on the 58th annual Model United Nations program that brought hundreds of high school students from across Connecticut to the University of Hartford campus this past weekend to try to address the world’s problems. The event opened with an address by The Honorable Margaret Hughes Ferrari, ambassador and permanent representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations. (WTIC AM, Jan. 26)
University Professor of Humanities Humphrey Tonkin, who is also president emeritus of the University, was interviewed on the “Faith Middleton Show” on WNPR radio. Tonkin was talking about the ambitious President’s College program for this upcoming semester. (WNPR-FM, Jan. 22)
Jason Anick, a junior from Marlborough, Mass., was featured in a story by the Marlborough Enterprise. This accomplished violinist, majoring in acoustical engineering and music, with an emphasis on jazz violin, recently won first place honors in the American String Teachers Association’s Alternative Styles Awards senior division. Anick will be a featured performer at the ASTA National Conference, held in Detroit in March. He will also be performing in New Ross, Ireland, for the community’s 800th anniversary, also in March. (Marlborough Enterprise, Jan. 25)
An exhibition of the City of New Britain’s past and visions of its future will be on display at City Hall, and the exhibition will include works from 11 students in the University of Hartford’s graduate program in architecture. Last year, the students engaged in a competition to redesign the former Trinity United Methodist Church into an arts center. “The remarkably creative and, in some cases, provocative results” will now be on display for a wider audience, noted The Herald. (New Britain Herald, Jan. 22)
Soprano Jolie Rocke Brown of Wethersfield, a Hartt School alum, was the subject of a feature story in the Hartford Courant. Brown was preparing to give a concert at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, which was a step in the road in getting her career as an opera singer back on track. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
University of Hartford graduate Scott Harris is the artist for a new online cartoon that is being written and voiced by two Wilton residents, according to a story in the Wilton Bulletin. “Unleashed” follows the trials and tribulations of canine actors in Hollywood. (Wilton Bulletin, Jan. 25)
NBC 30’s “Sunday Sports Replay” program included a feature story on Hartford Hawks women’s head basketball coach Jen Rizzotti and her husband, assistant coach Bill Sullivan. The piece focused on how the couple manages to live and work together so successfully. (NBC 30, Jan. 27)
K.C. Jones, radio analyst for the University of Hartford’s men’s basketball team and a special assistant to the University's athletics director, was quoted in a story about Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith being the first two African-American coaches to make it to the Super Bowl. The article focused on how in the NBA in 1975 a similar event was hardly even noticed. The meeting of K.C. Jones and Al Attles in May of 1975 was barely commented on. Jones said, “Back when it was Al Attles and myself, no one even thought about it. Now, it’s a big whoop-de-do. That tells you something.” (Baltimore Sun, Jan. 28)
Sophomore Michael Turner of Novato, Calif., was featured in a story in the Marin Independent Journal that highlighted Turner’s career, as well as the changes he is going through moving to New England. At 6-foot 5, Turner has led Hartford in rebounding in eight games, in assists in six games, in blocked shots in two games, and against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), he scored a team-high and career-high 19 points with nine rebounds and three steals plus four assists. “I just try to do all little things,” Turner said. “When we’re getting out of control, I try to slow things down.” (Marin Independent Journal, Jan. 22)
Former University of Hartford basketball player, Aaron Cook of the Vermont Frost Heaves, won the Three Point Shooting Contest at the ABA All-Star Weekend. Cook hit 37 out of 45 shots he took. Farley Flax, host of “Canadian Idol,” presented Cook with a crystal trophy in front of 2,500 people at the Halifax Metro Centre. Cook also played in the ABA All-Star Game. (Vermont Frost Heaves.com, Jan. 27; Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
Other News
Central Connecticut State University Professor Matthew Warshauer and his new book, “Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law,” are attracting a lot of attention because of the historical perspective it can provide in this current climate in which civil liberties are sublimated in the name of the “War on Terror.” (Hartford Courant, Jan. 29)
To attract the 2,500 on-campus Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) students to visit downtown Willimantic, Andrés Hidalgo and fellow 2005 ECSU graduate Kenneth Bjork have designed a Willimantic-centered magazine called “What's Hoppin'.” “Most students go home on the weekend to get their hair cut or oil changed,” said Hidalgo, who made Willimantic his home after graduation because he loved the charm of downtown. The magazine, published twice a year, will feature a phone book style listing of local businesses such as salons and mechanic shops, articles about area attractions and advice for college students. The first issue will be free and is due out in mid-February. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 29)
Jazz legend Chick Corea led a master class at the University of Connecticut the day before the pianist joined forces with vibraphonist Gary Burton for a concert at UConn’s Jorgenson Auditorium. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
Although they won a court order in 1996 requiring the state to alleviate racial isolation in the mostly black and Hispanic public schools in Hartford, backers of the Sheff vs. O'Neill case said efforts are falling far short of goals. A group of about 50 supporters who met at Hartford City Hall called for a lobbying effort to urge state lawmakers to step up progress toward the goals of a 2003 court-approved settlement (Hartford Courant, Jan. 28)
The interim dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law held a school wide roundtable discussion on Jan. 25 to air concerns raised by a weekend off-campus party in which some law students dressed in hip-hop clothes and toted 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor. Photos of the “Bullets & Bubbly” party were posted on the popular website facebook.com, dismaying some students who regarded the party theme as racially insensitive. Photos depicted partygoers wearing do-rags, muscle shirts, hoodies, and necklaces with gold medallions. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 25) Jeremy R. Paul, associate dean of research for the University of Connecticut School of Law, was named dean of the school after an extensive search, UConn officials announced. Paul, 50, a faculty member of the law school since 1989 and its associate dean for academic affairs from 1999 to 2004, said he was eager to assume the new position April 27. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 25)
The state's community colleges will receive about $10 million to upgrade technology and buy new equipment under a proposal approved by the State Bond Commission on Jan. 26, Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced. The commission approved $5 million for technology and about $5 million for other equipment. The colleges and the breakdown of grants for equipment is as follows: Asnuntuck, $95,009; Capital, $348,450; Gateway, $303,386; Housatonic, $610,638; Manchester, $316,451; Middlesex, $133,647; Naugatuck, $291,941; Northwestern, $92,694; Norwalk, $325,143; Quinebaug, $197,898; Three Rivers, $828,595; and Tunxis, $456,150. (Hartford Courant, Jan. 23)
With Michigan’s new ban on affirmative action going into effect, and similar ballot initiatives looming in other states, many public universities are scrambling to find race-blind ways to attract more blacks and Hispanics. Among the ideas being implemented are working with mostly minority high schools, using minority students as recruiters, and offering summer prep programs for promising students from struggling high schools. (New York Times, Jan. 26)
An admissions department email sent from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill congratulated 2,700 prospective freshmen last week on their acceptance to the school. The problem is that none of the applicants have been admitted. They won’t start finding out until March whether they’ve made the cut. (MSNBC, Jan. 26)
Three football players at Guilford College, a school with a Quaker background, face assault and ethnic intimidation charges after an attack on three Palestinian students, authorities said. School officials believe about 12 people were involved in the altercation. Administrators were still trying to determine whether some were fighting or trying to break it up. Two of the students who were attacked are students at Guilford, while the third is a student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh who was visiting. (Associated Press, Jan. 25)
A report card released on Jan. 24 evaluates North America's 100 wealthiest colleges and universities. Those that rely on renewable energy sources, buy locally grown food and disclose where endowment money is invested get high marks from the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a non-profit research organization in Cambridge, Mass. Top grades went to Stanford University, Harvard University, Williams College and Dartmouth College, which combine eco-friendly practices with policies that allow stakeholders to see where endowment money is invested. (USA Today, Jan. 24)
