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Media Watch (Oct. 8 – 15, 2007)
Posted 10/16/2007
"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.
Woody Doane, professor of sociology and associate dean of Hillyer College, was quoted in an opinion piece in the Memphis-based newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. The opinion piece stated that whether it's a transition, increased tolerance, or a new view on how to tackle the city's problems, there is a lot of interracial networking going on. Doane, a nationally recognized expert in race relations, said, “There has been an evolution of white attitudes that still hasn't evolved enough.” Still, he said, “When you bring people with the same economic backgrounds together with a common goal, you get a lot of positive results." (The Commercial Appeal, Oct. 14)
Warren Goldstein, professor of history and chair of the department, A&S, was quoted in an article published in the Denver Post about faith and sports, specifically baseball. Goldstein observed that sports and religious worship are society’s oldest communal impulses, they go hand in glove. “It’s perfectly understandable that players… are believers,” Goldstein said. “They live so intensely. The margin between victory and failure is so thin. They will look for anything to give them an edge. Their zone is a religious experience.” (Denver Post, Oct. 14)
After decades of sparse modernist buildings and symbol-less “megachurches”, many Christians and congregations are returning to symbolism in their houses of worship. But any effort to make a church architecturally unique will run into a common roadblock—cost. “Churches are very conscious about cost,” said Michael Crosbie, chair of the University’s Department of Architecture. “Art tends to add costs, and sometimes it’s a likely thing to be cut.” (The Baptist Standard, Oct. 12)
President Walter Harrison was a guest on the Colin McEnroe Show on WTIC-AM, talking about the results of the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs and looking ahead to the next round. (WITC-AM, Oct. 11)
Lou Manzione, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), was interviewed on the Brad Davis Show about nanotechnology and what it means for the state. Manzione served as master of ceremonies at a nanotechnology workshop titled "Planning Tomorrow's Nanotechnology Workforce" on Oct. 10. Manzione is chair of the Connecticut Nanotechnology Consortium. (WDRC-AM, Oct, 9)
Katie Roy became Hillel program director on Aug. 1, at the University of Hartford and Central Connecticut State University. She took over the reins as interim director of the Hartford Hillel Foundation by the time the school year began. Roy was previously operations manager/program director at the Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Denver. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Oct. 9)
Jesse Johnson, a senior studying music management at The Hartt School, recently won his sixth Cutco scholarship and placed 11th nationwide out of 40,000 sales representatives. He has sold over $135,000 of cutlery this year. “Working with Cutco is great because we are independent contractors, a lot like Mary Kay or Avon or Tupperware, so I’m able to set my work schedule around classes,” Johnson said. (Frederick News-Post, Frederick County, Maryland, Oct. 15)
Alumna Celeste Ryan '97, '00 is the Windsor High School varsity cheerleading team coach and president of the cheerleading conference for the Central Connecticut Conference (CCC), which has established a cheerleading league. Within the league there will be a first-ever cheerleading competition on Feb. 2, 2008, at Newington High School. Ryan was a cheerleader at West Springfield High in Massachusetts and at the University of Hartford. (Windsor Journal, Oct. 11)
Defending champion Paul Casey reached the second round of the World Match Play Championship at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, England. Casey, seeded No. 1 in the field of 16, beat University of Hartford graduate Jerry Kelly. "Jerry could have taken the match further or even won it, but I did get fortunate and he missed a couple of putts," said Casey. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 12)
Other News
Elsa M. Nuñez became president of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic just over a year ago and has already set her sights on improving the university academically. Nuñez has now begun to develop a strategic academic plan to raise Eastern from the third tier of the 24 public liberal arts universities in the country to the top five. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14)
A Hartford Courant editorial said that a large-scale capital expenditure program benefiting the four Connecticut State University System (CSUS) campuses may well be a good idea. But CSUS should be required, as was UConn before it, to submit to legislators for approval a list of each project, along with its projected cost, the Courant said. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14)
Pamela Trotman Reid, 61, was named the new president of St. Joseph College. Reid, provost and executive vice president of Roosevelt University in Chicago, is a noted professor of psychology with a focus on women's studies. Before taking the job at Roosevelt, she was the head of the women's studies program and a research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 12)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $1.3 million competitive training grant to the Center for Continuing Studies at the University of Connecticut. The center will offer a Collaborative Leadership in Homeland Security program to train 660 state and local homeland security leaders from across the state and nation over three years. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 9)
Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price - a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition. Private foundations are required by law to spend at least 5 percent of their endowments each year on their missions, but public charities - a category that includes colleges - face no such requirement. The Senate Finance Committee wants to hold colleges and Universities to this same standard. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
Woody Doane, professor of sociology and associate dean of Hillyer College, was quoted in an opinion piece in the Memphis-based newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. The opinion piece stated that whether it's a transition, increased tolerance, or a new view on how to tackle the city's problems, there is a lot of interracial networking going on. Doane, a nationally recognized expert in race relations, said, “There has been an evolution of white attitudes that still hasn't evolved enough.” Still, he said, “When you bring people with the same economic backgrounds together with a common goal, you get a lot of positive results." (The Commercial Appeal, Oct. 14)
Warren Goldstein, professor of history and chair of the department, A&S, was quoted in an article published in the Denver Post about faith and sports, specifically baseball. Goldstein observed that sports and religious worship are society’s oldest communal impulses, they go hand in glove. “It’s perfectly understandable that players… are believers,” Goldstein said. “They live so intensely. The margin between victory and failure is so thin. They will look for anything to give them an edge. Their zone is a religious experience.” (Denver Post, Oct. 14)
After decades of sparse modernist buildings and symbol-less “megachurches”, many Christians and congregations are returning to symbolism in their houses of worship. But any effort to make a church architecturally unique will run into a common roadblock—cost. “Churches are very conscious about cost,” said Michael Crosbie, chair of the University’s Department of Architecture. “Art tends to add costs, and sometimes it’s a likely thing to be cut.” (The Baptist Standard, Oct. 12)
President Walter Harrison was a guest on the Colin McEnroe Show on WTIC-AM, talking about the results of the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs and looking ahead to the next round. (WITC-AM, Oct. 11)
Lou Manzione, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), was interviewed on the Brad Davis Show about nanotechnology and what it means for the state. Manzione served as master of ceremonies at a nanotechnology workshop titled "Planning Tomorrow's Nanotechnology Workforce" on Oct. 10. Manzione is chair of the Connecticut Nanotechnology Consortium. (WDRC-AM, Oct, 9)
Katie Roy became Hillel program director on Aug. 1, at the University of Hartford and Central Connecticut State University. She took over the reins as interim director of the Hartford Hillel Foundation by the time the school year began. Roy was previously operations manager/program director at the Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Denver. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Oct. 9)
Jesse Johnson, a senior studying music management at The Hartt School, recently won his sixth Cutco scholarship and placed 11th nationwide out of 40,000 sales representatives. He has sold over $135,000 of cutlery this year. “Working with Cutco is great because we are independent contractors, a lot like Mary Kay or Avon or Tupperware, so I’m able to set my work schedule around classes,” Johnson said. (Frederick News-Post, Frederick County, Maryland, Oct. 15)
Alumna Celeste Ryan '97, '00 is the Windsor High School varsity cheerleading team coach and president of the cheerleading conference for the Central Connecticut Conference (CCC), which has established a cheerleading league. Within the league there will be a first-ever cheerleading competition on Feb. 2, 2008, at Newington High School. Ryan was a cheerleader at West Springfield High in Massachusetts and at the University of Hartford. (Windsor Journal, Oct. 11)
Defending champion Paul Casey reached the second round of the World Match Play Championship at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, England. Casey, seeded No. 1 in the field of 16, beat University of Hartford graduate Jerry Kelly. "Jerry could have taken the match further or even won it, but I did get fortunate and he missed a couple of putts," said Casey. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 12)
Other News
Elsa M. Nuñez became president of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic just over a year ago and has already set her sights on improving the university academically. Nuñez has now begun to develop a strategic academic plan to raise Eastern from the third tier of the 24 public liberal arts universities in the country to the top five. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14)
A Hartford Courant editorial said that a large-scale capital expenditure program benefiting the four Connecticut State University System (CSUS) campuses may well be a good idea. But CSUS should be required, as was UConn before it, to submit to legislators for approval a list of each project, along with its projected cost, the Courant said. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14)
Pamela Trotman Reid, 61, was named the new president of St. Joseph College. Reid, provost and executive vice president of Roosevelt University in Chicago, is a noted professor of psychology with a focus on women's studies. Before taking the job at Roosevelt, she was the head of the women's studies program and a research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 12)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $1.3 million competitive training grant to the Center for Continuing Studies at the University of Connecticut. The center will offer a Collaborative Leadership in Homeland Security program to train 660 state and local homeland security leaders from across the state and nation over three years. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 9)
Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price - a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition. Private foundations are required by law to spend at least 5 percent of their endowments each year on their missions, but public charities - a category that includes colleges - face no such requirement. The Senate Finance Committee wants to hold colleges and Universities to this same standard. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
