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Media Watch (March 19 – 26, 2007)
Posted 3/27/2007
"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.
Dozens of high school aged girls who are interested in science and engineering came to the University of Hartford on Sunday to participate in SWEET (Society of Women Engineers Educating for Tomorrow) Day. The students were treated to a day of hands-on engineering fun, along with a tour of various campus areas, such as the Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology (ISET) complex. (WFSB Channel 3, March 25)
WNPR radio did an extensive story on the R.C. Knox Symposium that was presented by the University’s Barney School of Business. The report on the issue of what companies can and should provide as compensation to their employees included comments from the panelists: State Comptroller Nancy Wyman; Jack VanDerhei, an associate professor of risk management and insurance at Temple University; Howard Levine, principal of Mercer Human Resource Counseling; and Benedict Cozzi, business manager and president of International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 478 and president of the Building and Construction Trades Council. (WNPR-FM, March 21)
More than 100 young people between the ages of 18 and 20, including a number of University of Hartford students, were arrested in a raid by Hartford police at a downtown Hartford club. However, many of the students and their parents were puzzled as to why the young people were charged with “loitering where alcohol is sold,” when the club advertised the evening as a dance party for those 18 and over. Police officials reportedly acknowledged that they could not determine which of the students arrested were actually drinking. (NBC 30, March 23; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 23; Hartford Courant, March 24)
Members of the A Capella group L’Shir, all students at the University of Hartford, were featured on the WNPR radio show “Where We Live” as part of a feature on the upcoming the Northeast Semifinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, being held on March 31 at the Stamford Center for the Arts. L’Shir will be among the competitors. (WNPR-FM, March 21)
Eleta Jones, assistant director of the Center for Professional Development at the University of Hartford, was interviewed by David Smith on WICC-AM Radio about generational issues in the workplace, in advance of the Center’s event today (March 27) at Lincoln Theater that will focus on that issue. (WICC-AM, March 21)
The Hartford School Building Committee discussed the issue of whether the proposed new University High School of Science and Engineering building should have a full-size gymnasium, a half-size gym or a fitness center. Building Committee officials noted that the original construction bids on the project came in much higher than projected and that the building is being redesigned to reduce the overall cost. Because of the redesign, the building could not be constructed and ready for occupancy before January 2009 at the earliest. (Hartford Courant, March 20)
Hartt School Assistant Professor and renowned double bassist Nat Reeves and students from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade and performed in New Ross, Ireland. New Ross is Hartford’s sister city and was celebrating its 800th birthday. (Hartford Courant, March 16; WFSB Channel 3, March 15)
Faith & Form, a quarterly magazine on issues pertaining to religion, art and architecture, did a brief story about a project by graduate architecture students at the University to design a 15,000 square-foot mosque and Islamic Center, at a site near the Connecticut State Capitol. The article included a photograph of University students presenting their design ideas. (Faith & Form Magazine, March 2007 issue)
Michael Crosbie, chair of the architecture department in the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture (CETA), told New Urban News that he was adding a course on “New Urbanism” to the department’s curriculum. The course is being taught by New Haven architect and urban designer Robert Orr. (New Urban News, July-Aug. 2006 issue)
Newington resident Bob Nenna, a University of Hartford alum, has been named executive director of the West Hartford and Tri-Town YMCAs. Nenna was a varsity baseball player at the University of Hartford, as well as the assistant coach and an interim head coach. (Rocky Hill Post, March 22)
Other News
Michael S. Roth, 49, a historian and president of California College of the Arts, will become the 16th president of Wesleyan University at the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year. Roth has been a history and humanities professor since 1983 and founded the Scripps College Humanities Institute in Claremont, Calif. He is associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Roth, a member of Wesleyan’s Class of 1978, will replace President Douglas Bennet, who will step down at the end of this year. (Hartford Courant, March 26)
A Massachusetts biotech entrepreneur, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1973, has pledged $2.5 million for a new science building at the university. The gift from Joshua Boger and his wife, Amy Boger, will help fund the design of a molecular and life sciences building to replace the aging Hall-Atwater Laboratory. The new building is expected to provide at least 175,000 square feet of space and to cost at least $125 million. Construction could begin in 2009, according to the university. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
The University of Connecticut is searching for its next president and a committee has been gathering opinions from a wide variety of people to find out the qualities they'd like to see in the next president. The group has also met separately with key figures, such Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who is a member of the committee, to hear her views on the value of having someone who understands the relationship between the legislature and the university and who is a good communicator, said UConn Board of Trustees Chairman John W. Rowe, who heads the search committee. (Hartford Courant, March 20)
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings convened a summit on March 22 aimed at building consensus among higher education stakeholders as they chart a road map for reform. More than 300 people, including college presidents, corporate CEOs and congressional representatives, shared their views on how to move forward on 25 items identified by the department as having the greatest potential to improve higher education. (USA Today, March 23)
Pledging greater attention to the environment, academic excellence, international learning, and the pockets of alumni donors, Ann Weaver Hart was officially installed as Temple University’s first female president. Hart, former president of the University of New Hampshire, also announced the selection of a new provost, Lisa Staiano-Coico, currently the dean of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. Temple officials said Staiano-Coico’s hiring marks the first time women have held the president’s and provost’s positions at a Philadelphia university. (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 23)
American universities, eager to expand to markets abroad, are training their sights on India. Some 40 percent of that country’s population is under 18, and a scarcity of higher education opportunities is frequently cited as a potential hurdle to economic progress. The American universities are just testing the waters, because the law in India is still vague on how foreign educational institutions can operate. But that may soon change. (New York Times, March 23)
Lawmakers from both parties, as well as President Bush, are all scrambling to find ways to make higher education more affordable. In a blizzard of bills and proposals in recent months, they are looking to slash loan rates, tie repayment to graduates' income to help students who choose low-paying fields, sweeten grants for less-affluent scholars, encourage students to borrow directly from the government, and improve disclosure about loan terms to students and their families. (Wall Street Journal, March 22)
Upcoming
Eleta Jones, assistant director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, was interviewed by consumer reporter Debra Bogsti of NBC 30 for a story on the best and worst ways to ask for a raise. The story is scheduled to run in May.
Dozens of high school aged girls who are interested in science and engineering came to the University of Hartford on Sunday to participate in SWEET (Society of Women Engineers Educating for Tomorrow) Day. The students were treated to a day of hands-on engineering fun, along with a tour of various campus areas, such as the Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology (ISET) complex. (WFSB Channel 3, March 25)
WNPR radio did an extensive story on the R.C. Knox Symposium that was presented by the University’s Barney School of Business. The report on the issue of what companies can and should provide as compensation to their employees included comments from the panelists: State Comptroller Nancy Wyman; Jack VanDerhei, an associate professor of risk management and insurance at Temple University; Howard Levine, principal of Mercer Human Resource Counseling; and Benedict Cozzi, business manager and president of International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 478 and president of the Building and Construction Trades Council. (WNPR-FM, March 21)
More than 100 young people between the ages of 18 and 20, including a number of University of Hartford students, were arrested in a raid by Hartford police at a downtown Hartford club. However, many of the students and their parents were puzzled as to why the young people were charged with “loitering where alcohol is sold,” when the club advertised the evening as a dance party for those 18 and over. Police officials reportedly acknowledged that they could not determine which of the students arrested were actually drinking. (NBC 30, March 23; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 23; Hartford Courant, March 24)
Members of the A Capella group L’Shir, all students at the University of Hartford, were featured on the WNPR radio show “Where We Live” as part of a feature on the upcoming the Northeast Semifinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, being held on March 31 at the Stamford Center for the Arts. L’Shir will be among the competitors. (WNPR-FM, March 21)
Eleta Jones, assistant director of the Center for Professional Development at the University of Hartford, was interviewed by David Smith on WICC-AM Radio about generational issues in the workplace, in advance of the Center’s event today (March 27) at Lincoln Theater that will focus on that issue. (WICC-AM, March 21)
The Hartford School Building Committee discussed the issue of whether the proposed new University High School of Science and Engineering building should have a full-size gymnasium, a half-size gym or a fitness center. Building Committee officials noted that the original construction bids on the project came in much higher than projected and that the building is being redesigned to reduce the overall cost. Because of the redesign, the building could not be constructed and ready for occupancy before January 2009 at the earliest. (Hartford Courant, March 20)
Hartt School Assistant Professor and renowned double bassist Nat Reeves and students from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade and performed in New Ross, Ireland. New Ross is Hartford’s sister city and was celebrating its 800th birthday. (Hartford Courant, March 16; WFSB Channel 3, March 15)
Faith & Form, a quarterly magazine on issues pertaining to religion, art and architecture, did a brief story about a project by graduate architecture students at the University to design a 15,000 square-foot mosque and Islamic Center, at a site near the Connecticut State Capitol. The article included a photograph of University students presenting their design ideas. (Faith & Form Magazine, March 2007 issue)
Michael Crosbie, chair of the architecture department in the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture (CETA), told New Urban News that he was adding a course on “New Urbanism” to the department’s curriculum. The course is being taught by New Haven architect and urban designer Robert Orr. (New Urban News, July-Aug. 2006 issue)
Newington resident Bob Nenna, a University of Hartford alum, has been named executive director of the West Hartford and Tri-Town YMCAs. Nenna was a varsity baseball player at the University of Hartford, as well as the assistant coach and an interim head coach. (Rocky Hill Post, March 22)
Other News
Michael S. Roth, 49, a historian and president of California College of the Arts, will become the 16th president of Wesleyan University at the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year. Roth has been a history and humanities professor since 1983 and founded the Scripps College Humanities Institute in Claremont, Calif. He is associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Roth, a member of Wesleyan’s Class of 1978, will replace President Douglas Bennet, who will step down at the end of this year. (Hartford Courant, March 26)
A Massachusetts biotech entrepreneur, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1973, has pledged $2.5 million for a new science building at the university. The gift from Joshua Boger and his wife, Amy Boger, will help fund the design of a molecular and life sciences building to replace the aging Hall-Atwater Laboratory. The new building is expected to provide at least 175,000 square feet of space and to cost at least $125 million. Construction could begin in 2009, according to the university. (Hartford Courant, March 21)
The University of Connecticut is searching for its next president and a committee has been gathering opinions from a wide variety of people to find out the qualities they'd like to see in the next president. The group has also met separately with key figures, such Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who is a member of the committee, to hear her views on the value of having someone who understands the relationship between the legislature and the university and who is a good communicator, said UConn Board of Trustees Chairman John W. Rowe, who heads the search committee. (Hartford Courant, March 20)
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings convened a summit on March 22 aimed at building consensus among higher education stakeholders as they chart a road map for reform. More than 300 people, including college presidents, corporate CEOs and congressional representatives, shared their views on how to move forward on 25 items identified by the department as having the greatest potential to improve higher education. (USA Today, March 23)
Pledging greater attention to the environment, academic excellence, international learning, and the pockets of alumni donors, Ann Weaver Hart was officially installed as Temple University’s first female president. Hart, former president of the University of New Hampshire, also announced the selection of a new provost, Lisa Staiano-Coico, currently the dean of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. Temple officials said Staiano-Coico’s hiring marks the first time women have held the president’s and provost’s positions at a Philadelphia university. (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 23)
American universities, eager to expand to markets abroad, are training their sights on India. Some 40 percent of that country’s population is under 18, and a scarcity of higher education opportunities is frequently cited as a potential hurdle to economic progress. The American universities are just testing the waters, because the law in India is still vague on how foreign educational institutions can operate. But that may soon change. (New York Times, March 23)
Lawmakers from both parties, as well as President Bush, are all scrambling to find ways to make higher education more affordable. In a blizzard of bills and proposals in recent months, they are looking to slash loan rates, tie repayment to graduates' income to help students who choose low-paying fields, sweeten grants for less-affluent scholars, encourage students to borrow directly from the government, and improve disclosure about loan terms to students and their families. (Wall Street Journal, March 22)
Upcoming
Eleta Jones, assistant director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, was interviewed by consumer reporter Debra Bogsti of NBC 30 for a story on the best and worst ways to ask for a raise. The story is scheduled to run in May.
