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Media Watch (June 25 – July 2, 2007)
Posted 7/3/2007
“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.
University High School of Science and Engineering student Jacob Komar, who started a company called “Computers for Communities,” was featured in WFSB-TV Channel 3’s “Everyday Heroes” segment. Komar, 14, is set to graduate next year from the University of Hartford. His company refurbishes computers for individuals who cannot afford to have a computer at home. He is also helping young people with a program called the IT Community Support Project through the University of Hartford’s Center for Professional Development. "We train young people in Hartford schools, seventh to 12th graders, in advanced IT skills, Web design, graphics, networking, computer architecture and communication," said Colleen Kruger, director of continuing education at the University of Hartford's Center for Professional Development. (WSFB-TV Channel 3, June 29)
Hartford Magazine profiled trombonist Steve Davis ’89 and saxophonist Jimmy Greene ’97, who will open this year’s Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz on July 20 in Hartford’s Bushnell Park. Both are globetrotting jazz musicians with dozens of recordings between them. Greene, a celebrated tenor saxophonist and member of The Hartt School’s Board of Trustees, also teaches at the Artists Collective, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, and Hartt’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. Davis graduated from The Hartt School, played in McLean’s band from 1992 to 1997, and teaches at The Hartt School and Artists Collective. (Hartford Magazine, July issue)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s “Book of Lists 2007,” the University of Hartford was ranked sixth among colleges and universities in Connecticut in terms of total enrollment (behind the University of Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, Yale University, and Quinnipiac University). The Barney School of Business’s MBA program ranked second only to the Yale School of Management in terms of enrollment. (Hartford Business Journal, July 2)
In a story about revitalizing downtown New London, Upper Albany Main Street was cited as an organization that has earned accolades for its work in Hartford’s North End. Marilyn Risi, executive director of Upper Albany Main Street, said that Upper Albany works to “raise the bar” every day, starting with the basics of law enforcement and taking pride in the area. (The Day of New London, July 2)
The Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was highlighted in the Boston Globe for its upcoming performance at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival. “The Miami has shown a strong commitment to contemporary music, as well as some of the more neglected byways of the repertoire (such as the quartets of Saint-Saens and Ginastera),” noted the story. (Boston Globe, June 29)
University President Walter Harrison, whose term as head of the NCAA’s Executive Committee concluded in April, was quoted in an Indianapolis Star story about the salary paid to NCAA President Myles Brand. “The job is incredibly challenging in a way most people wouldn’t recognize,” he said, adding that Brand is doing a “spectacular job.” (Indianapolis Star, June 28)
Cable Car Cinema is bringing “Student Films Across America,” the first-ever student-run traveling film festival, to Providence for a one-performance engagement. This summer, short movies made by college and high school students from around the world are coming to 50 college towns in the United States and Canada. In Providence at the Cable Car Cinema, University of Hartford student Ryan Cummings will be represented by his film “American Standard.” The festival will conclude with an awards show in Los Angeles on Aug. 8. (Providence Journal, June 29)
Katharine Peet of Manchester, a music teacher at Hartford’s Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School, was named Hartford’s Teacher of the Year and featured in a Hartford Courant story. Peet grew up in New Jersey and came to Connecticut to attend the University’s Hartt School. She graduated in 1979 as a violin and viola performance major. Her son, who just graduated from Manchester High School, plans to study music education at The Hartt School. (Hartford Courant, June 28)
Photos from the opening gala for the Renée Samuels Center at The Hartford Art School, which included an auction of works that raised $250,000, were featured in Hartford Magazine’s “Flash” section. Among those pictured were University Regent and Hartford Art School Trustee Renée Samuels; her husband, Robert; and daughter, Diane. (Hartford Magazine, June issue)
The Hartt School’s annual gala at the Hartford Hilton was also featured in Hartford Magazine’s “Flash” section. The event included performances by students from Hartt's music, dance, theatre and vocal studies divisions. Hartt School Dean Malcolm Morrison and his wife, Johanna, were among those featured in the photos. (Hartford Magazine, June issue)
Other News
Chunks of limestone have fallen from the gold-domed Wilbur Cross building, the University of Connecticut’s signature building on campus, posing a potential safety hazard and prompting $1.7 million worth of repairs. The university has set up scaffolding over building entrances to protect pedestrians from debris falling from the deteriorating stone coping and decorative trim, and plans to replace the stone next year. (Hartford Courant, July 1)
The search committee for a new University of Connecticut president has whittled the original pool of 500 candidates down to 10 to 12 individuals, who will be invited to be interviewed off campus within the next month, said UConn Board of Trustees Chairman John W. Rowe, chairman of the search committee. The committee is hoping to select a new president by September when Philip E. Austin plans to resign from the post he has held for 10 years. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
A U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding schools from enrolling children strictly on the basis of race threatens many voluntary desegregation plans throughout the nation, but experts believe that it will have little effect on school desegregation efforts in Hartford. That is because Hartford’s court-approved desegregation plan in the Sheff v. O'Neill case differs from the voluntary plans in Louisville and Seattle that were overturned in the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on June 28. The key difference, legal experts said, is that the magnet schools and school choice plans that are a central piece of the Sheff efforts do not single out students by race. Rather, the plans attempt to achieve racial balance by selecting students based on where they live. (Hartford Courant, June 29)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill that would have provided state tuition rates for illegal immigrants at state colleges and universities in Connecticut, saying she did not want to encourage the flouting of federal immigration laws. “I understand these students are not responsible for their undocumented status, having come to the United States with their parents,” Governor Rell said, in a statement issued by her office on Tuesday afternoon. “The fact remains, however, that these students and their parents are here illegally, and neither sympathy nor good intentions can ameliorate that fact.” (New York Times, June 27)
A former volunteer research assistant at Yale University accused of defrauding illegal Irish immigrants will be returned to Connecticut to face charges after being arrested at a hotel near T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, authorities said. Ralph Cucciniello, 55, of Branford was arrested on June 28 and is being held at the state prison in Cranston, R.I. He was charged on an arrest warrant issued in Connecticut with one count of racketeering and 58 counts of larceny and also faces charges of fraudulently representing himself as an attorney. (Associated Press, June 30)
Judy Greiman, president of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, was the subject of a question-and-answer interview in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Greiman talked about the organization (of which the University of Hartford is member) and its role in contributing the state’s economy and quality of life. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, June 28)
Eastern Connecticut State University was presented with a Green Circle Award by the state Department of Environmental Protection for its Green Campus initiative. Among other steps, the university has replaced an obsolete heating system with a geothermal system to heat and cool a dormitory; created a 19-acre arboretum and installed photovoltaic solar panels on bus stops around campus. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
To help address a statewide nursing shortage, the University of Connecticut is expanding its master’s entry to nursing program to its Stamford and Waterbury campuses. The board of trustees has approved the expansion to bring a total of 64 more nurses a year into the work force. The program, introduced in Storrs four years ago, is regarded as a cost-effective means of preparing nurses in a relatively short period. The nursing shortage is predicted to exceed 11,000 too few nurses by 2010 in Connecticut. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
The gifts of comfort that have been showered upon Virginia Tech after a student killed 32 people and himself are getting larger, heavier and more exotic since the April 16 shooting rampage. One supportive message came engraved on a 150-pound rock from the Mississippi River. Another was a lime-green hood from a race car bearing Virginia Tech’s logo. A large painting of a tree arrived on a semi-trailer from a New York university. One person wanted to donate a motorcycle, university spokesman Larry Hincker said (Associated Press, June 28)
For the first time ever in the South, blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the regions population as a whole – something not yet true of the country overall. The milestone is noted in a new fact book to be released on July 2 by the Southern Regional Education Board, a nonprofit organization that promotes education. In the 16 states measured, blacks now make up 21 percent of college students and 19 percent of the overall population. Black enrollment rates for college-age students, while improving, still lag well behind those of whites, as do the graduation rates of black college students. (Lexington Herald-Leader, June 26)
Upcoming
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, will be a guest on WNPR’s “Faith Middleton Show” as it offers a segment called, “Politics, Burgers and Beer,” a fast-paced opinion, analysis, and debate about the 2008 Presidential race.. The dates for the next airings of "Politics, Burgers and Beer" are July 13, July 27, and Aug. 10, all at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Coverage of the construction kick-off event for the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center of The Hartt School at the University of Hartford is scheduled to appear in upcoming issues of the Hartford News, Hartford Inquirer, and West Indian American.
University High School of Science and Engineering student Jacob Komar, who started a company called “Computers for Communities,” was featured in WFSB-TV Channel 3’s “Everyday Heroes” segment. Komar, 14, is set to graduate next year from the University of Hartford. His company refurbishes computers for individuals who cannot afford to have a computer at home. He is also helping young people with a program called the IT Community Support Project through the University of Hartford’s Center for Professional Development. "We train young people in Hartford schools, seventh to 12th graders, in advanced IT skills, Web design, graphics, networking, computer architecture and communication," said Colleen Kruger, director of continuing education at the University of Hartford's Center for Professional Development. (WSFB-TV Channel 3, June 29)
Hartford Magazine profiled trombonist Steve Davis ’89 and saxophonist Jimmy Greene ’97, who will open this year’s Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz on July 20 in Hartford’s Bushnell Park. Both are globetrotting jazz musicians with dozens of recordings between them. Greene, a celebrated tenor saxophonist and member of The Hartt School’s Board of Trustees, also teaches at the Artists Collective, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, and Hartt’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. Davis graduated from The Hartt School, played in McLean’s band from 1992 to 1997, and teaches at The Hartt School and Artists Collective. (Hartford Magazine, July issue)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s “Book of Lists 2007,” the University of Hartford was ranked sixth among colleges and universities in Connecticut in terms of total enrollment (behind the University of Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, Yale University, and Quinnipiac University). The Barney School of Business’s MBA program ranked second only to the Yale School of Management in terms of enrollment. (Hartford Business Journal, July 2)
In a story about revitalizing downtown New London, Upper Albany Main Street was cited as an organization that has earned accolades for its work in Hartford’s North End. Marilyn Risi, executive director of Upper Albany Main Street, said that Upper Albany works to “raise the bar” every day, starting with the basics of law enforcement and taking pride in the area. (The Day of New London, July 2)
The Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, was highlighted in the Boston Globe for its upcoming performance at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival. “The Miami has shown a strong commitment to contemporary music, as well as some of the more neglected byways of the repertoire (such as the quartets of Saint-Saens and Ginastera),” noted the story. (Boston Globe, June 29)
University President Walter Harrison, whose term as head of the NCAA’s Executive Committee concluded in April, was quoted in an Indianapolis Star story about the salary paid to NCAA President Myles Brand. “The job is incredibly challenging in a way most people wouldn’t recognize,” he said, adding that Brand is doing a “spectacular job.” (Indianapolis Star, June 28)
Cable Car Cinema is bringing “Student Films Across America,” the first-ever student-run traveling film festival, to Providence for a one-performance engagement. This summer, short movies made by college and high school students from around the world are coming to 50 college towns in the United States and Canada. In Providence at the Cable Car Cinema, University of Hartford student Ryan Cummings will be represented by his film “American Standard.” The festival will conclude with an awards show in Los Angeles on Aug. 8. (Providence Journal, June 29)
Katharine Peet of Manchester, a music teacher at Hartford’s Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School, was named Hartford’s Teacher of the Year and featured in a Hartford Courant story. Peet grew up in New Jersey and came to Connecticut to attend the University’s Hartt School. She graduated in 1979 as a violin and viola performance major. Her son, who just graduated from Manchester High School, plans to study music education at The Hartt School. (Hartford Courant, June 28)
Photos from the opening gala for the Renée Samuels Center at The Hartford Art School, which included an auction of works that raised $250,000, were featured in Hartford Magazine’s “Flash” section. Among those pictured were University Regent and Hartford Art School Trustee Renée Samuels; her husband, Robert; and daughter, Diane. (Hartford Magazine, June issue)
The Hartt School’s annual gala at the Hartford Hilton was also featured in Hartford Magazine’s “Flash” section. The event included performances by students from Hartt's music, dance, theatre and vocal studies divisions. Hartt School Dean Malcolm Morrison and his wife, Johanna, were among those featured in the photos. (Hartford Magazine, June issue)
Other News
Chunks of limestone have fallen from the gold-domed Wilbur Cross building, the University of Connecticut’s signature building on campus, posing a potential safety hazard and prompting $1.7 million worth of repairs. The university has set up scaffolding over building entrances to protect pedestrians from debris falling from the deteriorating stone coping and decorative trim, and plans to replace the stone next year. (Hartford Courant, July 1)
The search committee for a new University of Connecticut president has whittled the original pool of 500 candidates down to 10 to 12 individuals, who will be invited to be interviewed off campus within the next month, said UConn Board of Trustees Chairman John W. Rowe, chairman of the search committee. The committee is hoping to select a new president by September when Philip E. Austin plans to resign from the post he has held for 10 years. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
A U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding schools from enrolling children strictly on the basis of race threatens many voluntary desegregation plans throughout the nation, but experts believe that it will have little effect on school desegregation efforts in Hartford. That is because Hartford’s court-approved desegregation plan in the Sheff v. O'Neill case differs from the voluntary plans in Louisville and Seattle that were overturned in the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on June 28. The key difference, legal experts said, is that the magnet schools and school choice plans that are a central piece of the Sheff efforts do not single out students by race. Rather, the plans attempt to achieve racial balance by selecting students based on where they live. (Hartford Courant, June 29)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill that would have provided state tuition rates for illegal immigrants at state colleges and universities in Connecticut, saying she did not want to encourage the flouting of federal immigration laws. “I understand these students are not responsible for their undocumented status, having come to the United States with their parents,” Governor Rell said, in a statement issued by her office on Tuesday afternoon. “The fact remains, however, that these students and their parents are here illegally, and neither sympathy nor good intentions can ameliorate that fact.” (New York Times, June 27)
A former volunteer research assistant at Yale University accused of defrauding illegal Irish immigrants will be returned to Connecticut to face charges after being arrested at a hotel near T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, authorities said. Ralph Cucciniello, 55, of Branford was arrested on June 28 and is being held at the state prison in Cranston, R.I. He was charged on an arrest warrant issued in Connecticut with one count of racketeering and 58 counts of larceny and also faces charges of fraudulently representing himself as an attorney. (Associated Press, June 30)
Judy Greiman, president of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, was the subject of a question-and-answer interview in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Greiman talked about the organization (of which the University of Hartford is member) and its role in contributing the state’s economy and quality of life. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, June 28)
Eastern Connecticut State University was presented with a Green Circle Award by the state Department of Environmental Protection for its Green Campus initiative. Among other steps, the university has replaced an obsolete heating system with a geothermal system to heat and cool a dormitory; created a 19-acre arboretum and installed photovoltaic solar panels on bus stops around campus. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
To help address a statewide nursing shortage, the University of Connecticut is expanding its master’s entry to nursing program to its Stamford and Waterbury campuses. The board of trustees has approved the expansion to bring a total of 64 more nurses a year into the work force. The program, introduced in Storrs four years ago, is regarded as a cost-effective means of preparing nurses in a relatively short period. The nursing shortage is predicted to exceed 11,000 too few nurses by 2010 in Connecticut. (Hartford Courant, June 26)
The gifts of comfort that have been showered upon Virginia Tech after a student killed 32 people and himself are getting larger, heavier and more exotic since the April 16 shooting rampage. One supportive message came engraved on a 150-pound rock from the Mississippi River. Another was a lime-green hood from a race car bearing Virginia Tech’s logo. A large painting of a tree arrived on a semi-trailer from a New York university. One person wanted to donate a motorcycle, university spokesman Larry Hincker said (Associated Press, June 28)
For the first time ever in the South, blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the regions population as a whole – something not yet true of the country overall. The milestone is noted in a new fact book to be released on July 2 by the Southern Regional Education Board, a nonprofit organization that promotes education. In the 16 states measured, blacks now make up 21 percent of college students and 19 percent of the overall population. Black enrollment rates for college-age students, while improving, still lag well behind those of whites, as do the graduation rates of black college students. (Lexington Herald-Leader, June 26)
Upcoming
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, will be a guest on WNPR’s “Faith Middleton Show” as it offers a segment called, “Politics, Burgers and Beer,” a fast-paced opinion, analysis, and debate about the 2008 Presidential race.. The dates for the next airings of "Politics, Burgers and Beer" are July 13, July 27, and Aug. 10, all at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Coverage of the construction kick-off event for the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center of The Hartt School at the University of Hartford is scheduled to appear in upcoming issues of the Hartford News, Hartford Inquirer, and West Indian American.
