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Media Watch (April 4-11, 2005)
Posted 4/12/2005
"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.
In a Hartford Courant article about plans to build a new baseball field as part of the university’s Home Field Advantage campaign, Baseball Coach Jeff Calcaterra and players talked about how excited they are to have a home field that will actually be on the university’s campus. The groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the project, which also includes the construction of a revamped soccer and lacrosse field (Al-Marzook Field) and a new softball field, will be held on Wednesday, April 20. (Hartford Courant, April 9)
Three Weaver High School students gave a presentation at the Harvard Divinity School that offered a taste of the adversity they face. Helping them with their presentation was University of Hartford student Hannah Sigel, who has been working as a tutor at Weaver, and Educational Main Street Director Mary Christensen. After the session was over, Christensen said she liked having the personal testimonials as opposed to a lecture from a program administrator. “I thought their stories were much more poignant,” she said. (Hartford Courant, April 10)
A $250,000 gift from United Technologies to the university’s ISET project was the lead “News Brief” item in a number of editions of the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, April 8)
Fifth-graders from Rawson and Annie Fisher elementary schools in Hartford, who visited the University of Hartford on April 8, were among more than 1,500 city students who participated in Fifth Graders go to College 2005. Over the past week, all of the city fifth-graders visited one of 11 campuses across the state, where they took tours and ate lunch with college students and participated in a wide variety of activities. At the University of Hartford, the youngsters visited sculpture classes at the Hartford Art School, checked out the library and met with Coach Larry Harrison and members of the Hawks men’s basketball team. (Hartford Courant, April 9)
Chauncey Patterson, a member of the Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was photographed at a recent session with Hartford youngsters at a Community Renewal Team event. The photograph ran in the “Connecticut” section of the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, April 6)
Matthew Silver, the 2004/05 Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, CCSU, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, wrote an opinion article for the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about the plan to create the University of the Galilee. Israel “must give highest priority to institutions that cultivate its main resource, this being the talents and skills of its young people,” Silver said. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, April 8)
President Walter Harrison, along with five other area college presidents, is featured on the cover of the April issue of Hartford magazine. The presidents took part in a roundtable discussion on the issues facing higher education. (Hartford magazine, April ’04 issue)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant about Gov. Jodi Rell’s anger over MetLife seeking incentives from the state at the same time as it has announced it was cutting jobs in the state cited the creation of the Insurance and Financial Services Cluster, a nonprofit consortium under the umbrella of the Governor’s Council on Competitiveness. The cluster has led to a vigorous cooperative effort with the University of Connecticut, University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State University and community colleges to train students for insurance careers. (Hartford Courant, April 5)
A story about the relationship that blossomed between two Hartford Art School students was featured in the “Lifestyle” section of the Sunday Hartford Courant. Anthony and Krista Billard first met in the spring of 1991 at the university and were married in 1993. Today, Krista and Anthony live in Hebron with their sons Paul and Mark and continue to pursue their art and faith. Anthony is an art teacher at Sedgwick Middle School in West Hartford, and Krista incorporates interior design into her real estate career. (Hartford Courant, April 10)
In its round-up report on the Masters golf tournament, the Hartford Courant noted that University of Hartford grad Jerry Kelly was upbeat after matching his best finish in 22 majors. A closing 71, which included a 7-iron at No. 16 that stopped 12 inches short of a hole-in-one, put him at 1-over 289 and a tie for 20th, matching his showing in his Masters debut in 2002. “I feel so much better about my game,” said Kelly, who is still recovering from walking pneumonia. “I still don’t have the major finish I’m looking for, but I have more control of every facet of my game than I’ve had in a while.” (Hartford Courant, April 11)
Dave Gunas Jr., a university alum and golf team member who roomed with future PGA Tour players Jerry Kelly, Tim Petrovic and Patrick Sheehan, lasted through seven of the 11 show episodes of “The Big Break II,” a reality show on The Golf Channel. Gunas made a name for himself as “Barefoot Dave,” the golfer who eschewed shoes because of his tender feet. He’s now using his celebrity and unbridled energy to launch “The Barefoot Challenge,” a nationwide golf fund-raiser for autistic children. (Associated Press, April 6)
Other News
University of Connecticut athletic director Jeff Hathaway twice misled the state ethics commission when he sought permission for an “endorsement” contract with Monaco Ford of Glastonbury that provided free cars to Hathaway and his wife. Hathaway acknowledged that his contracts were a means by which he traded his personal tickets to UConn sporting events for the cars, rather than advertising and endorsement contracts as portrayed to the commission. (Hartford Courant, April 11; WTNH-TV8, April 11)
Renovation of the University of Connecticut’s student union is $15.8 million over budget, an overrun that includes what the school claims was a $9 million mistake by the project manager. That overrun has swollen the project’s price tag to $62.8 million or 39.5 percent over the original $45 million budget. (Hartford Courant, April 5)
A fire early Sunday morning at a house near Miami University in Ohio killed three students and injured two others, authorities said. Officials believe the fire was accidental and may have started in a recreation room on the first floor. (Associated Press, April 10; NBC 30)
A natural gas explosion in a boiler room sent flames shooting through a Northeastern University dormitory, injuring seven people and severely damaging the six-story brick building. (Los Angeles Times, April 7)
Norwalk Community College inaugurated its new president, David Levinson, nine months after he was tapped to succeed the longtime leader of the first and largest of the state’s community colleges. (Stamford Advocate, April 3)
A student organization representing about 25 percent of Yale University graduate students promised a strike vote if President Richard Levin refused to recognize it as a union within a week. University officials said they would not reverse their long-standing policy against union recognition. If, as organizers expect, the strike is approved April 13, graduate students would not teach classes for five days beginning April 18. (Hartford Courant, April 7)
Though difficult to track exactly how many universities are involved in construction projects at any given moment, schools across the nation are adapting to significant technological advancements and student enrollment growth by remodeling, renovating, and expanding outdated architecture. (Christian Science Monitor, April 5)
In a Hartford Courant article about plans to build a new baseball field as part of the university’s Home Field Advantage campaign, Baseball Coach Jeff Calcaterra and players talked about how excited they are to have a home field that will actually be on the university’s campus. The groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the project, which also includes the construction of a revamped soccer and lacrosse field (Al-Marzook Field) and a new softball field, will be held on Wednesday, April 20. (Hartford Courant, April 9)
Three Weaver High School students gave a presentation at the Harvard Divinity School that offered a taste of the adversity they face. Helping them with their presentation was University of Hartford student Hannah Sigel, who has been working as a tutor at Weaver, and Educational Main Street Director Mary Christensen. After the session was over, Christensen said she liked having the personal testimonials as opposed to a lecture from a program administrator. “I thought their stories were much more poignant,” she said. (Hartford Courant, April 10)
A $250,000 gift from United Technologies to the university’s ISET project was the lead “News Brief” item in a number of editions of the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, April 8)
Fifth-graders from Rawson and Annie Fisher elementary schools in Hartford, who visited the University of Hartford on April 8, were among more than 1,500 city students who participated in Fifth Graders go to College 2005. Over the past week, all of the city fifth-graders visited one of 11 campuses across the state, where they took tours and ate lunch with college students and participated in a wide variety of activities. At the University of Hartford, the youngsters visited sculpture classes at the Hartford Art School, checked out the library and met with Coach Larry Harrison and members of the Hawks men’s basketball team. (Hartford Courant, April 9)
Chauncey Patterson, a member of the Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was photographed at a recent session with Hartford youngsters at a Community Renewal Team event. The photograph ran in the “Connecticut” section of the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, April 6)
Matthew Silver, the 2004/05 Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, CCSU, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, wrote an opinion article for the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about the plan to create the University of the Galilee. Israel “must give highest priority to institutions that cultivate its main resource, this being the talents and skills of its young people,” Silver said. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, April 8)
President Walter Harrison, along with five other area college presidents, is featured on the cover of the April issue of Hartford magazine. The presidents took part in a roundtable discussion on the issues facing higher education. (Hartford magazine, April ’04 issue)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant about Gov. Jodi Rell’s anger over MetLife seeking incentives from the state at the same time as it has announced it was cutting jobs in the state cited the creation of the Insurance and Financial Services Cluster, a nonprofit consortium under the umbrella of the Governor’s Council on Competitiveness. The cluster has led to a vigorous cooperative effort with the University of Connecticut, University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State University and community colleges to train students for insurance careers. (Hartford Courant, April 5)
A story about the relationship that blossomed between two Hartford Art School students was featured in the “Lifestyle” section of the Sunday Hartford Courant. Anthony and Krista Billard first met in the spring of 1991 at the university and were married in 1993. Today, Krista and Anthony live in Hebron with their sons Paul and Mark and continue to pursue their art and faith. Anthony is an art teacher at Sedgwick Middle School in West Hartford, and Krista incorporates interior design into her real estate career. (Hartford Courant, April 10)
In its round-up report on the Masters golf tournament, the Hartford Courant noted that University of Hartford grad Jerry Kelly was upbeat after matching his best finish in 22 majors. A closing 71, which included a 7-iron at No. 16 that stopped 12 inches short of a hole-in-one, put him at 1-over 289 and a tie for 20th, matching his showing in his Masters debut in 2002. “I feel so much better about my game,” said Kelly, who is still recovering from walking pneumonia. “I still don’t have the major finish I’m looking for, but I have more control of every facet of my game than I’ve had in a while.” (Hartford Courant, April 11)
Dave Gunas Jr., a university alum and golf team member who roomed with future PGA Tour players Jerry Kelly, Tim Petrovic and Patrick Sheehan, lasted through seven of the 11 show episodes of “The Big Break II,” a reality show on The Golf Channel. Gunas made a name for himself as “Barefoot Dave,” the golfer who eschewed shoes because of his tender feet. He’s now using his celebrity and unbridled energy to launch “The Barefoot Challenge,” a nationwide golf fund-raiser for autistic children. (Associated Press, April 6)
Other News
University of Connecticut athletic director Jeff Hathaway twice misled the state ethics commission when he sought permission for an “endorsement” contract with Monaco Ford of Glastonbury that provided free cars to Hathaway and his wife. Hathaway acknowledged that his contracts were a means by which he traded his personal tickets to UConn sporting events for the cars, rather than advertising and endorsement contracts as portrayed to the commission. (Hartford Courant, April 11; WTNH-TV8, April 11)
Renovation of the University of Connecticut’s student union is $15.8 million over budget, an overrun that includes what the school claims was a $9 million mistake by the project manager. That overrun has swollen the project’s price tag to $62.8 million or 39.5 percent over the original $45 million budget. (Hartford Courant, April 5)
A fire early Sunday morning at a house near Miami University in Ohio killed three students and injured two others, authorities said. Officials believe the fire was accidental and may have started in a recreation room on the first floor. (Associated Press, April 10; NBC 30)
A natural gas explosion in a boiler room sent flames shooting through a Northeastern University dormitory, injuring seven people and severely damaging the six-story brick building. (Los Angeles Times, April 7)
Norwalk Community College inaugurated its new president, David Levinson, nine months after he was tapped to succeed the longtime leader of the first and largest of the state’s community colleges. (Stamford Advocate, April 3)
A student organization representing about 25 percent of Yale University graduate students promised a strike vote if President Richard Levin refused to recognize it as a union within a week. University officials said they would not reverse their long-standing policy against union recognition. If, as organizers expect, the strike is approved April 13, graduate students would not teach classes for five days beginning April 18. (Hartford Courant, April 7)
Though difficult to track exactly how many universities are involved in construction projects at any given moment, schools across the nation are adapting to significant technological advancements and student enrollment growth by remodeling, renovating, and expanding outdated architecture. (Christian Science Monitor, April 5)
