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Media Watch (Sept. 4 – 10, 2007)
Posted 9/11/2007
"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.
Susan Coleman, professor of finance at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a story about where Connecticut companies are going to find their future workforce. Speaking at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s annual fall economic conference, Coleman said that finding ways to keeping the growing population of educated immigrants in Connecticut will be key to workforce growth and business development. (Hartford Courant,Sept. 7)
Coleman also had a commentary article published in the Kansas City Star about the critical need for parents to sit down with their children and talk to them about personal finance. “There is a nationwide need to educate our children, and [parents] can take the lead to impart these important life lessons at home,” Coleman wrote. (Kansas City Star, Sept. 8)
The Hartford Courant gave a glowing review of Jonatha Brooke and Lucy Kaplansky, who performed in the MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series at the University of Hartford. “Jonatha Brooke and Lucy Kaplansky both make folk music that is earthy and frank, but approach their craft from very different angles. Their complementary manners made for a rich double bill when they shared the stage at the University of Hartford’s Millard Auditorium Friday night in an entertaining showcase of diverse methods and thoughtful tunes,” noted the reviewer. The show was also previewed in the Courant’s “Cal” section. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 23 and Sept. 9)
A photo of University of Hartford engineering student Ben Young, who was the 250,000th visitor to the Automobile Hall of Fame, and the race car that he and a team of students from the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) worked on for competitions last year, was published in the Sunday edition of the Springfield Republican. (Springfield Republican, Sept. 9)
In a Hartford Courant story about the problem many Connecticut companies are having in bringing foreign professionals here to work because of federal restrictions on visas, it was noted that the Capitol Region Education Council, which runs some of Hartford’s magnet schools, is in the midst of hiring a Cape Verde citizen to oversee an exchange program with the African island nation. Through a partnership with the University of Hartford, it avoided being shut out by the federal visa cap. Without that relationship with the University, “it would have been impossible,” to obtain that visa, said Jennifer Traks, a human resource specialist for the council. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 9)
Mariel Peck, who took the intensive business planning course offered by the University’s Entrepreneurial Center, launched “Mariel the Shoe Bar” store in West Hartford last year and has done so well she launched a second store in Avon this past week. One of her partners is Guy Neumann, who earned a degree in finance and economics from the Barney School of Business. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Sept. 7)
Nathan Keagle, 26, an alum of The Hartt School, was profiled in his local East Aurora, N.Y., newspaper. A regular cellist with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra and a substitute cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, he teaches at the Buffalo Suzuki Strings school in North Tonawanda, and at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. He also plays hallway concerts at Absolut of East Aurora nursing home (East Aurora Advertiser, Sept. 5)
According to the Worcester Telegram, “If you want to watch one of the best college golf tournaments in the Northeast, head to the Oaks Course at The International GC in Bolton [Mass.] Friday and Saturday, [where] 13 teams from eight states and 11 conferences will take part in the third annual University of Hartford Hawks Invitational.” The article also noted that Hartford Hawks men’s golf coach Bill Poutre was named America East Conference Coach of the Year in each of his first two years as coach. (Worcester Telegram, Sept. 9)
Other News
Trinity College officials are considering whether to continue to allow outside organizations to use campus facilities if minors are involved. The review follows reports that Hartford police have obtained an arrest warrant for a prominent Jamaican cricket coach that charges him with molesting one of his 13-year-old players while staying at a Trinity dorm this summer. Trinity has no written policy regarding summer visitors but considers requests on a case-by-case basis. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 8)
Congress gave final approval to a broad overhaul of federal student loan programs, sharply cutting subsidies to lenders and increasing grants to needy students .In quick succession, both the House and Senate approved the changes, allowing Democrats to say they had made good on one of their campaign promises last year to ease the strain of rising college costs. (New York Times, Sept. 10)
The University of Connecticut called for mandatory water conservation on campus after returning students drove up demand by 30 percent during what turned out to be the third driest August on record. The drought watch advisory prohibits washing cars and streets, and watering down construction sites for dust control. It also limits lawn watering and water main flushing, among other measures. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 7)
A proposal to test a radical change in the U.S. student loan industry by putting it on the auction block is set to pit Democratic lawmakers against the Bush administration and the banking industry. That would dramatically change the current system and some in the industry are attacking the proposal as “unworkable.” (Reuters, Sept. 6)
Text messages sent by security officials at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland warning of an alleged off-campus abduction attempt were not received by everyone who signed up for the service, some students have complained. A school spokeswoman said the students who didn't receive the messages may not have registered correctly for the service. (Associated Press, Sept. 6)
Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., received a $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a new full-tuition science-based scholarship. Scholars in the Interdisciplinary Science Scholarship Program will be selected on the basis of financial need, academic excellence and leadership potential. (Associated Press, Sept. 5)
Susan Coleman, professor of finance at the Barney School of Business, was quoted in a story about where Connecticut companies are going to find their future workforce. Speaking at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s annual fall economic conference, Coleman said that finding ways to keeping the growing population of educated immigrants in Connecticut will be key to workforce growth and business development. (Hartford Courant,Sept. 7)
Coleman also had a commentary article published in the Kansas City Star about the critical need for parents to sit down with their children and talk to them about personal finance. “There is a nationwide need to educate our children, and [parents] can take the lead to impart these important life lessons at home,” Coleman wrote. (Kansas City Star, Sept. 8)
The Hartford Courant gave a glowing review of Jonatha Brooke and Lucy Kaplansky, who performed in the MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series at the University of Hartford. “Jonatha Brooke and Lucy Kaplansky both make folk music that is earthy and frank, but approach their craft from very different angles. Their complementary manners made for a rich double bill when they shared the stage at the University of Hartford’s Millard Auditorium Friday night in an entertaining showcase of diverse methods and thoughtful tunes,” noted the reviewer. The show was also previewed in the Courant’s “Cal” section. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 23 and Sept. 9)
A photo of University of Hartford engineering student Ben Young, who was the 250,000th visitor to the Automobile Hall of Fame, and the race car that he and a team of students from the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) worked on for competitions last year, was published in the Sunday edition of the Springfield Republican. (Springfield Republican, Sept. 9)
In a Hartford Courant story about the problem many Connecticut companies are having in bringing foreign professionals here to work because of federal restrictions on visas, it was noted that the Capitol Region Education Council, which runs some of Hartford’s magnet schools, is in the midst of hiring a Cape Verde citizen to oversee an exchange program with the African island nation. Through a partnership with the University of Hartford, it avoided being shut out by the federal visa cap. Without that relationship with the University, “it would have been impossible,” to obtain that visa, said Jennifer Traks, a human resource specialist for the council. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 9)
Mariel Peck, who took the intensive business planning course offered by the University’s Entrepreneurial Center, launched “Mariel the Shoe Bar” store in West Hartford last year and has done so well she launched a second store in Avon this past week. One of her partners is Guy Neumann, who earned a degree in finance and economics from the Barney School of Business. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Sept. 7)
Nathan Keagle, 26, an alum of The Hartt School, was profiled in his local East Aurora, N.Y., newspaper. A regular cellist with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra and a substitute cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, he teaches at the Buffalo Suzuki Strings school in North Tonawanda, and at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. He also plays hallway concerts at Absolut of East Aurora nursing home (East Aurora Advertiser, Sept. 5)
According to the Worcester Telegram, “If you want to watch one of the best college golf tournaments in the Northeast, head to the Oaks Course at The International GC in Bolton [Mass.] Friday and Saturday, [where] 13 teams from eight states and 11 conferences will take part in the third annual University of Hartford Hawks Invitational.” The article also noted that Hartford Hawks men’s golf coach Bill Poutre was named America East Conference Coach of the Year in each of his first two years as coach. (Worcester Telegram, Sept. 9)
Other News
Trinity College officials are considering whether to continue to allow outside organizations to use campus facilities if minors are involved. The review follows reports that Hartford police have obtained an arrest warrant for a prominent Jamaican cricket coach that charges him with molesting one of his 13-year-old players while staying at a Trinity dorm this summer. Trinity has no written policy regarding summer visitors but considers requests on a case-by-case basis. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 8)
Congress gave final approval to a broad overhaul of federal student loan programs, sharply cutting subsidies to lenders and increasing grants to needy students .In quick succession, both the House and Senate approved the changes, allowing Democrats to say they had made good on one of their campaign promises last year to ease the strain of rising college costs. (New York Times, Sept. 10)
The University of Connecticut called for mandatory water conservation on campus after returning students drove up demand by 30 percent during what turned out to be the third driest August on record. The drought watch advisory prohibits washing cars and streets, and watering down construction sites for dust control. It also limits lawn watering and water main flushing, among other measures. (Hartford Courant, Sept. 7)
A proposal to test a radical change in the U.S. student loan industry by putting it on the auction block is set to pit Democratic lawmakers against the Bush administration and the banking industry. That would dramatically change the current system and some in the industry are attacking the proposal as “unworkable.” (Reuters, Sept. 6)
Text messages sent by security officials at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland warning of an alleged off-campus abduction attempt were not received by everyone who signed up for the service, some students have complained. A school spokeswoman said the students who didn't receive the messages may not have registered correctly for the service. (Associated Press, Sept. 6)
Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., received a $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a new full-tuition science-based scholarship. Scholars in the Interdisciplinary Science Scholarship Program will be selected on the basis of financial need, academic excellence and leadership potential. (Associated Press, Sept. 5)
