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Media Watch (March 5-12, 2007)
Posted 3/13/2007
"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.
The top-seeded University of Hartford women’s basketball team got extensive media coverage during its three days of appearances in the America East tournament. The Hawks were upset by the 7th-seeded UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Retrievers Sunday in the title game of the championship. The Retrievers defeated the Hawks 48-46 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The Hawks beat No. 8 Albany by a score of 60-50 in a quarterfinal match on Friday, and they defeated 4th-seeded Binghamton, 56-46, in the semifinals on Saturday. (Associated Press, March 11; Hartford Courant, March 11 and 12; Kansas City Star, March 12; Barre Montpelier Times Argus, March 12; Baltimore Sun, March 12; WJZ, Maryland, March 12)
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of Stephen Michael Gryc's "Passaggi: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra," with soloist Joseph Alessi, on Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, at the Bushnell Center for Performing Arts. Gryc is professor of composition and music theory at The Hartt School. (New York Times, March 11)
The University of Connecticut's enrollment boom has come at a cost as many students, drawn by new programs and updated facilities, say they cannot get spots in the crowded classes. While UConn's undergraduate enrollment increased by 44 percent over the past decade, the number of full-time faculty members grew just 15 percent in the same time frame. Melissa Noonan, 20, of Simsbury said she could not get into many of her required classes at UConn. Because she was so disappointed, she transferred to the University of Hartford. (Hartford Courant, March 11; Associated Press, March 11)
University of Hartford graduate Lynn Valentine of East Lyme regained full-time Futures golf tour status by finishing eighth and qualifying. The 19-stop tour will be at Gillette Ridge Golf Course in Bloomfield July 13-15 for the $80,000 CIGNA Classic, which benefits Chip In For A Cure. (Hartford Courant, March 9)
Ed Krech, owner of Integrity 'n Music, presented another in his series of free concerts showcasing young Hartford-area jazz talent in his Wethersfield record shop. Tapped from the student body at the Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, the Integrity All-Stars feature: Matt Chasen, tenor saxophone and combo leader; Joseph Bruneau, trumpet; Yunie Mojica, alto saxophone; Matt Kos, piano; Rob Stragnell, bass; Jake Wardwell, drums. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Bob Yass, chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, was one of several Connecticut individuals who attended the annual Jewish Council for Public Affairs Plenum in Washington, D.C. in February. At the same time, 18 local college students representing the Hillels of several universities, including the University of Hartford, also attended. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, March 8)
Michael Auriemma, son of University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, was featured in a Hartford Courant sports story. The article speculated whether Mike is a good enough basketball player to play at a mid-level Division I program, and said he could end up at the University of Hartford, which is said to be trying to find a scholarship for him. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
Matthew Russo, a 2005 New Hartford High graduate and student at The Hartt School wrote a commentary to encourage voters to vote on a proposed auditorium and science and technologies wing to further New Hartford high school’s reputation and excellence. (Utica Observer-Dispatch, March 11)
Other News
The head of the Howard University faculty senate called for the ouster of President H. Patrick Swygert, saying that the school is in a state of crisis and that it's time to end "an intolerable condition of incompetence and dysfunction at the highest level." (Washington Post, March 12)
Lawmakers from both parties are pressuring the federal Education Department to explain why it let a student loan company keep $278 million in subsidies that an audit found improper. The loan company, Nelnet, received the payments through a subsidy program that guaranteed a 9.5 percent interest rate on student loans. In an accord reached in January, the department allowed Nelnet to keep the $278 million it had received but suspended future payments of more than $800 million until a future audit could determine whether the company was eligible for the money. (New York Times, March 8)
Some of Connecticut's most troubled urban schools could undergo complete shake-ups - in staffing, curriculum, even school hours - under a proposal outlined by a coalition led by the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. Those schools, patterned after a similar program that has operated in Boston, would be granted significant autonomy to tackle the problem of chronic low achievement among urban schoolchildren. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Wesleyan University has long been known as a place for high-achieving iconoclasts, left-leaning mavericks and brilliant bohemians. But some students are beginning to believe that the elite liberal arts school is in danger of losing its hippie heart. Sophomore Collin Cutrone McMichael launched an online group called "Keep Wesleyan Weird" on the Facebook social networking website. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Over the past 15 months, the endowment of St. Joseph College in West Hartford has grown by $3 million to a record high of $18.5 million. Much of the growth came through three major estate gifts, totaling nearly $1.65 million. Mary F. Preston, a lifelong West Hartford resident left the college $750,000; Mary Brosnan, who received a bachelor's degree from the college in economics and business in 1944, left the college $500,000; and Morton A. and Marilyn Fineberg Elsner of West Hartford left the college $400,000. (Hartford Courant, March 6)
The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies, and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education. Immigrants, who make up 13 percent of the nation's college-age black population, account for more than a quarter of black students at Ivy League and other selective universities, according to the study, produced by Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. (Washington Post, March 6)
A longtime donor to the College of William and Mary is withholding a $12 million pledge because of the decision to remove a cross from a campus chapel, the school said. The donor, who was not identified, changed his mind after school President Gene Nichol decided in October that the cross should be stored in a sacristy to make the chapel welcoming to students of all faiths. (CNN, March 5)
The top-seeded University of Hartford women’s basketball team got extensive media coverage during its three days of appearances in the America East tournament. The Hawks were upset by the 7th-seeded UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Retrievers Sunday in the title game of the championship. The Retrievers defeated the Hawks 48-46 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The Hawks beat No. 8 Albany by a score of 60-50 in a quarterfinal match on Friday, and they defeated 4th-seeded Binghamton, 56-46, in the semifinals on Saturday. (Associated Press, March 11; Hartford Courant, March 11 and 12; Kansas City Star, March 12; Barre Montpelier Times Argus, March 12; Baltimore Sun, March 12; WJZ, Maryland, March 12)
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of Stephen Michael Gryc's "Passaggi: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra," with soloist Joseph Alessi, on Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, at the Bushnell Center for Performing Arts. Gryc is professor of composition and music theory at The Hartt School. (New York Times, March 11)
The University of Connecticut's enrollment boom has come at a cost as many students, drawn by new programs and updated facilities, say they cannot get spots in the crowded classes. While UConn's undergraduate enrollment increased by 44 percent over the past decade, the number of full-time faculty members grew just 15 percent in the same time frame. Melissa Noonan, 20, of Simsbury said she could not get into many of her required classes at UConn. Because she was so disappointed, she transferred to the University of Hartford. (Hartford Courant, March 11; Associated Press, March 11)
University of Hartford graduate Lynn Valentine of East Lyme regained full-time Futures golf tour status by finishing eighth and qualifying. The 19-stop tour will be at Gillette Ridge Golf Course in Bloomfield July 13-15 for the $80,000 CIGNA Classic, which benefits Chip In For A Cure. (Hartford Courant, March 9)
Ed Krech, owner of Integrity 'n Music, presented another in his series of free concerts showcasing young Hartford-area jazz talent in his Wethersfield record shop. Tapped from the student body at the Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, the Integrity All-Stars feature: Matt Chasen, tenor saxophone and combo leader; Joseph Bruneau, trumpet; Yunie Mojica, alto saxophone; Matt Kos, piano; Rob Stragnell, bass; Jake Wardwell, drums. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Bob Yass, chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, was one of several Connecticut individuals who attended the annual Jewish Council for Public Affairs Plenum in Washington, D.C. in February. At the same time, 18 local college students representing the Hillels of several universities, including the University of Hartford, also attended. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, March 8)
Michael Auriemma, son of University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, was featured in a Hartford Courant sports story. The article speculated whether Mike is a good enough basketball player to play at a mid-level Division I program, and said he could end up at the University of Hartford, which is said to be trying to find a scholarship for him. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
Matthew Russo, a 2005 New Hartford High graduate and student at The Hartt School wrote a commentary to encourage voters to vote on a proposed auditorium and science and technologies wing to further New Hartford high school’s reputation and excellence. (Utica Observer-Dispatch, March 11)
Other News
The head of the Howard University faculty senate called for the ouster of President H. Patrick Swygert, saying that the school is in a state of crisis and that it's time to end "an intolerable condition of incompetence and dysfunction at the highest level." (Washington Post, March 12)
Lawmakers from both parties are pressuring the federal Education Department to explain why it let a student loan company keep $278 million in subsidies that an audit found improper. The loan company, Nelnet, received the payments through a subsidy program that guaranteed a 9.5 percent interest rate on student loans. In an accord reached in January, the department allowed Nelnet to keep the $278 million it had received but suspended future payments of more than $800 million until a future audit could determine whether the company was eligible for the money. (New York Times, March 8)
Some of Connecticut's most troubled urban schools could undergo complete shake-ups - in staffing, curriculum, even school hours - under a proposal outlined by a coalition led by the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. Those schools, patterned after a similar program that has operated in Boston, would be granted significant autonomy to tackle the problem of chronic low achievement among urban schoolchildren. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Wesleyan University has long been known as a place for high-achieving iconoclasts, left-leaning mavericks and brilliant bohemians. But some students are beginning to believe that the elite liberal arts school is in danger of losing its hippie heart. Sophomore Collin Cutrone McMichael launched an online group called "Keep Wesleyan Weird" on the Facebook social networking website. (Hartford Courant, March 8)
Over the past 15 months, the endowment of St. Joseph College in West Hartford has grown by $3 million to a record high of $18.5 million. Much of the growth came through three major estate gifts, totaling nearly $1.65 million. Mary F. Preston, a lifelong West Hartford resident left the college $750,000; Mary Brosnan, who received a bachelor's degree from the college in economics and business in 1944, left the college $500,000; and Morton A. and Marilyn Fineberg Elsner of West Hartford left the college $400,000. (Hartford Courant, March 6)
The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies, and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education. Immigrants, who make up 13 percent of the nation's college-age black population, account for more than a quarter of black students at Ivy League and other selective universities, according to the study, produced by Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. (Washington Post, March 6)
A longtime donor to the College of William and Mary is withholding a $12 million pledge because of the decision to remove a cross from a campus chapel, the school said. The donor, who was not identified, changed his mind after school President Gene Nichol decided in October that the cross should be stored in a sacristy to make the chapel welcoming to students of all faiths. (CNN, March 5)
