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University of Hartford Weekly News Summary (July 2 – 9, 2007)
Posted 7/10/2007
“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.
Steve Metcalf, director of instrumental studies at The Hartt School, wrote an article for the Hartford Courant’s “Commentary” section about the impact of opera singer Beverly Sills, who died on July 2 at the age of 78. Metcalf, who was the Courant’s music critic from 1982 to 2001, wrote about how Sills made opera accessible to a wide range of people. (Hartford Courant, July 8)
University of Hartford student Matthew Daigle, founder of the annual ConnectiCon gathering, which is expected to draw more than 4,000 devoted fans of comics, anime, video games and a host of other genres to Hartford, was profiled in the Hartford Business Journal. Daigle and friends organized the first gathering four years ago on the University campus. (Hartford Business Journal, July 9)
Julio Morales, a 2005 University of Hartford graduate, threw out a ceremonial first pitch at the July 4 New Britain Rock Cats baseball game. Morales got that honor because he was one of 19 local residents from 16 different countries who were sworn in as U.S. citizens at a ceremony prior to the game. (Hartford Courant, July 5)
Hartford Courant columnist Stan Simpson wrote an article that proposed the creation of an annual three-day Jackie McLean Jazz Festival in Hartford to be held on the Fourth of July weekend. He suggested that a partnership of the Artists Collective, the University of Hartford, the city of Hartford and corporate Hartford would make this work. The article also included an interview with Steve Davis, a faculty member at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Sandra Biloon, a former faculty member at the Barney School of Business and leader of the school’s Master’s in Public Administration program, passed away on July 1 at the age of 76. The accomplished life of Biloon, who was appointed by Gov. Ella Grasso as director of personnel and labor relations, the equivalent of deputy commissioner in the Department of Administrative Services, was profiled in the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, July 8)
An article about a new program that helps set up savings accounts for inmates to put aside money they earn while working in prison featured the story of Linda Anthony, who had attended the University of Hartford for two years in the early 1970s and studied early childhood education in the hopes of becoming a teacher before running into problems with the law. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
Robert Yonskie of Middletown, N.Y., a junior at The Hartt School, organized a benefit concert in honor of his friend, Caitlin M. Hammaren, who was killed in the Virginia Tech mass shooting. Singers from The Hartt School, including Patrick Dunn of Port Jervis, N.Y., who co-starred on Broadway in “A Christmas Carol,” performed at the July 7 event. Following the concert, there was a reception, for which Yonskie had rounded up gifts from local businesses to be raffled off for the fund. (Times Herald-Record, July 6)
A two-part profile of University High School of Science and Engineering student Jacob Komar, who started and runs a company called “Computers for Communities,” was broadcast as a WFSB-TV Channel 3 “Everyday Heroes” segment. Komar, 14, is set to graduate from the University of Hartford next year. The profile featured interviews with Alan Hadad, University dean of magnet schools, and Colleen Kruger of the University’s Center for Professional Development, who described the IT Community Support Project that the University runs and that Jacob works on. (WSFB-TV Channel 3, June 30)
The NBC affiliate television station in Philadelphia aired a report on tips for asking one’s boss for a raise, and tips from Eleta Jones, assistant director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, were included in the report. The interview with Jones was taken from an earlier interview she did for a story for NBC 30 in Hartford. (WCAU-TV Channel 10, Philadelphia, July 2)
Lynn Valentine, a Hartford Hawks women’s golf team standout, was profiled in a Hartford Courant story in advance of the CIGNA Golf Classic at Gillette Ridge Golf Club. Valentine said she hopes improved play this season sets her up for her first visit to the LPGA qualifying school this fall. (Hartford Courant, July 6)
Former University of Hartford golfer Jerry Kelly finished at even-par 140 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., on Monday to qualify for the British Open golf tournament, being held July 19 to 22 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Hartford Courant, July 3)
Other News
The struggle to desegregate Hartford’s public schools is back in court. Plaintiffs in the Sheff v. O’Neill case filed a legal motion, saying they will wait no longer for the legislature to approve a tentative agreement that would require the state to take aggressive new measures to reduce racial isolation in Hartford's public schools. (Hartford Courant, July 6)
Trinity College students and faculty mourned the death this week of Lisa P. Nestor, 50, a popular chemistry lecturer known for her teaching ability and efforts to help struggling students. Nestor, who taught at Trinity since 1999, died after a recurrence of cancer this spring. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
A majority of the 80 college presidents attending the Annapolis Group’s annual meeting expressed their intention not to participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking survey. Their decision did not reflect a lack of concern about providing accurate, comprehensive information to help students and their families make decisions about college. (Washington Post, July 9)
Northeastern University, long known for its practical approach to higher education, is shedding instructors without advanced degrees and coming under fire from student leaders and some faculty for abandoning its roots. The school did not renew the contracts of several longtime faculty members because they did not have advanced degrees. (Washington Post, July 9)
Gallaudet, the nation’s only liberal arts university for the deaf, has been put on probation by its accrediting agency, Middle States Commission on Higher Education. This is a sign that the institution continues to face problems months after protests last year shut down the school for several days. (Associated Press, July 2)
Kenneth Feinberg, the Washington lawyer who administered $7 billion in claims after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, has been talking with Virginia Tech officials about possibly advising the university on how to handle its $7 million fund to aid victims of its April 16 shooting rampage. (Pilot online.com, July 3)
John V. Lombardi, the embattled chancellor of the University of Massachusetts flagship campus, is a finalist for the top job at Louisiana State University. He has interviewed for the job at least twice, and a vote on a new president could come this week. (Associated Press, July 5)
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.
Steve Metcalf, director of instrumental studies at The Hartt School, wrote an article for the Hartford Courant’s “Commentary” section about the impact of opera singer Beverly Sills, who died on July 2 at the age of 78. Metcalf, who was the Courant’s music critic from 1982 to 2001, wrote about how Sills made opera accessible to a wide range of people. (Hartford Courant, July 8)
University of Hartford student Matthew Daigle, founder of the annual ConnectiCon gathering, which is expected to draw more than 4,000 devoted fans of comics, anime, video games and a host of other genres to Hartford, was profiled in the Hartford Business Journal. Daigle and friends organized the first gathering four years ago on the University campus. (Hartford Business Journal, July 9)
Julio Morales, a 2005 University of Hartford graduate, threw out a ceremonial first pitch at the July 4 New Britain Rock Cats baseball game. Morales got that honor because he was one of 19 local residents from 16 different countries who were sworn in as U.S. citizens at a ceremony prior to the game. (Hartford Courant, July 5)
Hartford Courant columnist Stan Simpson wrote an article that proposed the creation of an annual three-day Jackie McLean Jazz Festival in Hartford to be held on the Fourth of July weekend. He suggested that a partnership of the Artists Collective, the University of Hartford, the city of Hartford and corporate Hartford would make this work. The article also included an interview with Steve Davis, a faculty member at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School. (Hartford Courant, July 4)
Sandra Biloon, a former faculty member at the Barney School of Business and leader of the school’s Master’s in Public Administration program, passed away on July 1 at the age of 76. The accomplished life of Biloon, who was appointed by Gov. Ella Grasso as director of personnel and labor relations, the equivalent of deputy commissioner in the Department of Administrative Services, was profiled in the Hartford Courant. (Hartford Courant, July 8)
An article about a new program that helps set up savings accounts for inmates to put aside money they earn while working in prison featured the story of Linda Anthony, who had attended the University of Hartford for two years in the early 1970s and studied early childhood education in the hopes of becoming a teacher before running into problems with the law. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
Robert Yonskie of Middletown, N.Y., a junior at The Hartt School, organized a benefit concert in honor of his friend, Caitlin M. Hammaren, who was killed in the Virginia Tech mass shooting. Singers from The Hartt School, including Patrick Dunn of Port Jervis, N.Y., who co-starred on Broadway in “A Christmas Carol,” performed at the July 7 event. Following the concert, there was a reception, for which Yonskie had rounded up gifts from local businesses to be raffled off for the fund. (Times Herald-Record, July 6)
A two-part profile of University High School of Science and Engineering student Jacob Komar, who started and runs a company called “Computers for Communities,” was broadcast as a WFSB-TV Channel 3 “Everyday Heroes” segment. Komar, 14, is set to graduate from the University of Hartford next year. The profile featured interviews with Alan Hadad, University dean of magnet schools, and Colleen Kruger of the University’s Center for Professional Development, who described the IT Community Support Project that the University runs and that Jacob works on. (WSFB-TV Channel 3, June 30)
The NBC affiliate television station in Philadelphia aired a report on tips for asking one’s boss for a raise, and tips from Eleta Jones, assistant director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, were included in the report. The interview with Jones was taken from an earlier interview she did for a story for NBC 30 in Hartford. (WCAU-TV Channel 10, Philadelphia, July 2)
Lynn Valentine, a Hartford Hawks women’s golf team standout, was profiled in a Hartford Courant story in advance of the CIGNA Golf Classic at Gillette Ridge Golf Club. Valentine said she hopes improved play this season sets her up for her first visit to the LPGA qualifying school this fall. (Hartford Courant, July 6)
Former University of Hartford golfer Jerry Kelly finished at even-par 140 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., on Monday to qualify for the British Open golf tournament, being held July 19 to 22 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Hartford Courant, July 3)
Other News
The struggle to desegregate Hartford’s public schools is back in court. Plaintiffs in the Sheff v. O’Neill case filed a legal motion, saying they will wait no longer for the legislature to approve a tentative agreement that would require the state to take aggressive new measures to reduce racial isolation in Hartford's public schools. (Hartford Courant, July 6)
Trinity College students and faculty mourned the death this week of Lisa P. Nestor, 50, a popular chemistry lecturer known for her teaching ability and efforts to help struggling students. Nestor, who taught at Trinity since 1999, died after a recurrence of cancer this spring. (Hartford Courant, July 7)
A majority of the 80 college presidents attending the Annapolis Group’s annual meeting expressed their intention not to participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking survey. Their decision did not reflect a lack of concern about providing accurate, comprehensive information to help students and their families make decisions about college. (Washington Post, July 9)
Northeastern University, long known for its practical approach to higher education, is shedding instructors without advanced degrees and coming under fire from student leaders and some faculty for abandoning its roots. The school did not renew the contracts of several longtime faculty members because they did not have advanced degrees. (Washington Post, July 9)
Gallaudet, the nation’s only liberal arts university for the deaf, has been put on probation by its accrediting agency, Middle States Commission on Higher Education. This is a sign that the institution continues to face problems months after protests last year shut down the school for several days. (Associated Press, July 2)
Kenneth Feinberg, the Washington lawyer who administered $7 billion in claims after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, has been talking with Virginia Tech officials about possibly advising the university on how to handle its $7 million fund to aid victims of its April 16 shooting rampage. (Pilot online.com, July 3)
John V. Lombardi, the embattled chancellor of the University of Massachusetts flagship campus, is a finalist for the top job at Louisiana State University. He has interviewed for the job at least twice, and a vote on a new president could come this week. (Associated Press, July 5)
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.
