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Media Watch (July 9 – 16, 2007)
Posted 7/17/2007
“Media Watch” is a roundup 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 Hartford Courant’s “Java” column noted that a number of students from New Ross, Ireland, are taking classes this month at the University as part of an exchange program between Hartford and its sister city of New Ross. The students are staying with host families and learning about Irish-American culture. (Hartford Courant, July 14)
The “Accolades & More” section of the Hartford Business Journal noted that University graduate architecture student Dmitry Kulikov’s diploma thesis project, “2 in 1,” was recently selected as one of the seven winners for the international Hunter Douglas Award in Architecture. (Hartford Business Journal, July 16)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was one of the commentators on the “Politics, Burgers and Beer” segment that aired on July 13 on the “Faith Middleton Show” on WNPR-FM (Connecticut’s National Public Radio affiliate). The fast-paced opinion and analysis segments, which focus on the 2008 Presidential race are scheduled to air again on July 27 and Aug. 10, at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m., and McMiller will be a guest then as well. He was also interviewed recently by the State Line news service for an article about the 2007 Connecticut legislative session. (WNPR-FM, July 13)
Mary Jane Williams, interim chair of the Department of Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was profiled in Spring 2007 issue of New England Watershed magazine. Williams, who also chairs the Connecticut Nursing Association’s government relations committee, was interviewed about the steps that need to be taken to avoid a national nursing shortage. (New England Watershed, Spring 2007 issue)
The University's sales agreement to sell its Alumni House property on Bloomfield Avenue to the Hebrew High School of New England for the construction of a permanent home for the school was highlighted in the West Hartford News. (WestHartford News, July 12)
The philosophy and teaching of John Feierabend, professor and chair of music education at The Hartt School, are the foundation of the curriculum of a new, early childhood music school that will open in the fall of 2007 in South Berwick, Maine. The Making Music School will offer parent/child classes for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. (York County Coast Star, July 11)
Jazz saxophonist “Sweet” Sue Terry, a protégé of Jackie McLean and alumna of The Hartt School, was profiled in advance of her appearance as a headliner at the Jersey Jazz Girlz concert and lecture series at the Barron Arts Center in Woodbridge, N.J. Terry, 48, who has crafted a strong career as a performer, composer, bandleader, producer, and teacher, talked in the article about helping more women get into the jazz world. (New Brunswick Home News Tribune, July 15)
A.J. Oleksak of Agawam, Mass., described as “a rising senior” for the Hartford Hawks men’s golf team, lost in the quarterfinal match of the Massachusetts Amateur Championship at Concord Country Club. “It kind of tells me where I am and where I could be,” said Oleksak, who will attempt to qualify for the U.S. Amateur on Aug. 2 at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. (Springfield Republican, July 11 and 13)
Patrick Flint, a former singles standout on the Hartford Hawks men’s tennis team, teamed up with Nick Coutts to win the City of Victoria Open men’s doubles final in British Columbia. The pair, who have played together as a doubles team during their summers between college seasons, are now looking to Asia and Australia, where they hope to test their skills against touring pros. “It’s been a goal for some time for us, and we both figured we wanted to travel around a bit,” Flint said. (Goldstream News Gazette, July 11)
Other News
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved far-reaching changes in student aid programs, voting to cut $19 billion in federal subsidies to student lenders over five years, while increasing grants for needy students and halving interest rates on federally backed loans with the savings. The bill marks a stark reversal of fortune for the student loan industry. Investigations by Congress, the news media and the New York attorney general bruised the standing of lenders, exposing systems of paying colleges commissions to win business, offering college officials free trips and other perks. While President Bush opposes some elements of the bill, it is widely expected that a broad overhaul of student aid will become law this year. (New York Times, July 13)
Lorraine M. Aronson, the University of Connecticut’s chief financial officer and a familiar figure in state government circles and key player in the university’s resurgence over the past decade, will retire next year. Aronson, 56, came to UConn after holding several top positions under Govs. William A. O'Neill, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. and John G. Rowland. Over three decades, her jobs included deputy commissioner of education, commissioner of the state Department of Income Maintenance, and deputy secretary in the state budget office. (Hartford Courant, July 11)
The University of Connecticut is holding its first weeklong archaeological field school. Participants will take part in a dig of a 3,000- to 4,000-year-old Native American encampment on the Quinebaug River in Lisbon under the supervision of the Office of State Archeology. The field school is organized by the State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn. (Hartford Courant, July 3)
University fundraisers are increasingly worried over young graduates who they have been making appeals to, even before they leave college. They fear that with student debt ballooning today, campus coffers may be suffering tomorrow. Private student loans are growing an average of 27 percent each year, according to the College Board. Almost a quarter of college students are turning to credit cards to help pay tuition, another study found. (Boston Globe, July 10)
College students took part in a weeklong protest fast in California to try to convince federal lawmakers to adopt the Dream Act, an immigration bill that would, among other things, allow undocumented students to attend college and receive financial aid, and would create a pathway toward citizenship. Hunger strikers spent much of the past week camped out in front of lawmakers’ offices in five cities across the state before making their way to San Francisco. (San Jose Mercury News, July 11)
Facing steep increases in the price of birth control, many college students are weighing whether to shell out several hundred more dollars each year, switch medications, or just go without oral contraceptives. Prices have tripled at universities around the country because of a change in the Medicaid rebate law that discourages pharmaceutical companies from offering big discounts on medications to college health centers. (Houston Chronicle, July 12)
The Hartford Courant’s “Java” column noted that a number of students from New Ross, Ireland, are taking classes this month at the University as part of an exchange program between Hartford and its sister city of New Ross. The students are staying with host families and learning about Irish-American culture. (Hartford Courant, July 14)
The “Accolades & More” section of the Hartford Business Journal noted that University graduate architecture student Dmitry Kulikov’s diploma thesis project, “2 in 1,” was recently selected as one of the seven winners for the international Hunter Douglas Award in Architecture. (Hartford Business Journal, July 16)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was one of the commentators on the “Politics, Burgers and Beer” segment that aired on July 13 on the “Faith Middleton Show” on WNPR-FM (Connecticut’s National Public Radio affiliate). The fast-paced opinion and analysis segments, which focus on the 2008 Presidential race are scheduled to air again on July 27 and Aug. 10, at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m., and McMiller will be a guest then as well. He was also interviewed recently by the State Line news service for an article about the 2007 Connecticut legislative session. (WNPR-FM, July 13)
Mary Jane Williams, interim chair of the Department of Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was profiled in Spring 2007 issue of New England Watershed magazine. Williams, who also chairs the Connecticut Nursing Association’s government relations committee, was interviewed about the steps that need to be taken to avoid a national nursing shortage. (New England Watershed, Spring 2007 issue)
The University's sales agreement to sell its Alumni House property on Bloomfield Avenue to the Hebrew High School of New England for the construction of a permanent home for the school was highlighted in the West Hartford News. (WestHartford News, July 12)
The philosophy and teaching of John Feierabend, professor and chair of music education at The Hartt School, are the foundation of the curriculum of a new, early childhood music school that will open in the fall of 2007 in South Berwick, Maine. The Making Music School will offer parent/child classes for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. (York County Coast Star, July 11)
Jazz saxophonist “Sweet” Sue Terry, a protégé of Jackie McLean and alumna of The Hartt School, was profiled in advance of her appearance as a headliner at the Jersey Jazz Girlz concert and lecture series at the Barron Arts Center in Woodbridge, N.J. Terry, 48, who has crafted a strong career as a performer, composer, bandleader, producer, and teacher, talked in the article about helping more women get into the jazz world. (New Brunswick Home News Tribune, July 15)
A.J. Oleksak of Agawam, Mass., described as “a rising senior” for the Hartford Hawks men’s golf team, lost in the quarterfinal match of the Massachusetts Amateur Championship at Concord Country Club. “It kind of tells me where I am and where I could be,” said Oleksak, who will attempt to qualify for the U.S. Amateur on Aug. 2 at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. (Springfield Republican, July 11 and 13)
Patrick Flint, a former singles standout on the Hartford Hawks men’s tennis team, teamed up with Nick Coutts to win the City of Victoria Open men’s doubles final in British Columbia. The pair, who have played together as a doubles team during their summers between college seasons, are now looking to Asia and Australia, where they hope to test their skills against touring pros. “It’s been a goal for some time for us, and we both figured we wanted to travel around a bit,” Flint said. (Goldstream News Gazette, July 11)
Other News
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved far-reaching changes in student aid programs, voting to cut $19 billion in federal subsidies to student lenders over five years, while increasing grants for needy students and halving interest rates on federally backed loans with the savings. The bill marks a stark reversal of fortune for the student loan industry. Investigations by Congress, the news media and the New York attorney general bruised the standing of lenders, exposing systems of paying colleges commissions to win business, offering college officials free trips and other perks. While President Bush opposes some elements of the bill, it is widely expected that a broad overhaul of student aid will become law this year. (New York Times, July 13)
Lorraine M. Aronson, the University of Connecticut’s chief financial officer and a familiar figure in state government circles and key player in the university’s resurgence over the past decade, will retire next year. Aronson, 56, came to UConn after holding several top positions under Govs. William A. O'Neill, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. and John G. Rowland. Over three decades, her jobs included deputy commissioner of education, commissioner of the state Department of Income Maintenance, and deputy secretary in the state budget office. (Hartford Courant, July 11)
The University of Connecticut is holding its first weeklong archaeological field school. Participants will take part in a dig of a 3,000- to 4,000-year-old Native American encampment on the Quinebaug River in Lisbon under the supervision of the Office of State Archeology. The field school is organized by the State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn. (Hartford Courant, July 3)
University fundraisers are increasingly worried over young graduates who they have been making appeals to, even before they leave college. They fear that with student debt ballooning today, campus coffers may be suffering tomorrow. Private student loans are growing an average of 27 percent each year, according to the College Board. Almost a quarter of college students are turning to credit cards to help pay tuition, another study found. (Boston Globe, July 10)
College students took part in a weeklong protest fast in California to try to convince federal lawmakers to adopt the Dream Act, an immigration bill that would, among other things, allow undocumented students to attend college and receive financial aid, and would create a pathway toward citizenship. Hunger strikers spent much of the past week camped out in front of lawmakers’ offices in five cities across the state before making their way to San Francisco. (San Jose Mercury News, July 11)
Facing steep increases in the price of birth control, many college students are weighing whether to shell out several hundred more dollars each year, switch medications, or just go without oral contraceptives. Prices have tripled at universities around the country because of a change in the Medicaid rebate law that discourages pharmaceutical companies from offering big discounts on medications to college health centers. (Houston Chronicle, July 12)
