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Media Watch (Feb. 4 – 11, 2008)
Posted 2/12/2008
"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.
Malcolm Morrison, dean of the University’s Hartt School, who announced that he will be stepping down at the end of this year, was congratulated for his leadership of the renowned performing arts conservatory in an editorial in the Hartford Courant. “A man of wit and Continental style, Mr. Morrison lifted Hartt’s image and standing across the country," the editorial said. An earlier story in the Courant about Morrison's announcement noted that under his leadership, The Hartt School is now larger and more successful across a wide spectrum of performing arts programs than at any time in its history.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 6, 11)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts & Sciences, was a guest on “Front and Center with Ray Hardman,” which airs on both Connecticut Public Radio and Connecticut Public Television. Desmond discussed the impact of violent video games and violence in the media on young children. The show continues to be rebroadcast on both outlets.
(WNPR-FM, Feb. 8; CPTV, Feb. 8)
In an article published in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Regina Miller was profiled in conjunction with her announcement that she will be retiring after her 30 years at the University. The article also reported on her involvement with the Jewish community, particularly Jewish educational issues. Miller is retiring from her position as chair of the Education Department in the University’s College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions.
(Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Feb. 5)
It was noted in the “Capitol Watch” column in the Hartford Courant that Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and a Democratic state representative from Farmington, has been named the new deputy speaker for the Connecticut House of Representatives by House Speaker James Amann.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 4)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC-AM, where he talked about the impact of the rally held in Hartford by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. McMiller also offered his analysis of voting in Super Tuesday primary states. (WDRC-AM, Feb. 5)
Drew Glackin, a bass player with the Silos, the Crash Test Dummies, Graham Parker and others, died suddenly on Jan. 3 from cardiac arrest due to complications of an undiagnosed thyroid condition. Glackin studied at The Hartt School in the early ‘80s and remained in Hartford until about 1997 performing with many Hartford area bands, such as Mr. Right and the Monster Band. A festival will be held in his honor in New York, and another is being planned for Hartford.
(The Villager, Feb. 5)
Three college students, including a student from the University of Hartford, were arrested and charged by police with spraying swastikas on statues and signs in three central New Jersey communities. The charges facing this University of Hartford freshman, who has since expressed regret and remorse for the incident, and a student from George Washington University and one from the University of Delaware, include bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief.
(Newsday, Feb. 8)
Ruby Hinds, who studied at The Hartt School, will present a one-woman multimedia show chronicling the life and legacy of legendary contralto Marian Anderson, the first black person to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House, at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside Communication’s Art Theater. Hinds said, “I am honored by the legacy left by Marian Anderson. When I was a young artist at the Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford, I was singled out as one of the singers to sing to Ms. Anderson when she was being conferred with an honorary degree from the Hartt College of Music.”
(The Journal Times, Feb. 10)
Edward D. Klonoski '78, the president of a state agency designed to promote distance learning, has been tapped to lead Charter Oak State College, a New Britain-based school focused on distance learning. Klonoski, an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, previously worked at the University of Hartford for 19 years, teaching writing before he began working with early MacIntosh computers, networking, and, eventually, the Internet. The appointment is in some ways a homecoming for Klonoski, who previously served as Charter Oak’s director of information technology. Klonoski succeeds Merle W. Harris, who is retiring after 18 years as the college’s president.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 8)
Other News
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that calls for billions of dollars in new financial aid for needy students to attend college and new steps to protect student loan borrowers and to lower the cost of textbooks. The bill, which passed 354 to 58, also would lead to the creation of a web site to help families to compare the costs of schools and would require that institutions of higher education with rapidly growing tuition and fee prices report why costs are rising. The House’s College Opportunity and Affordability Act is opposed by the White House, which said yesterday that it will try to eliminate some provisions before the bill is enacted.
(Washington Post, Feb. 11)
The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is becoming an important export as more universities take their programs overseas. In a kind of educational gold rush, American universities are competing to set up outposts in countries with limited higher education opportunities. American universities--not to mention Australian and British ones, are starting, or expanding, hundreds of programs and partnerships in booming markets like China, India and Singapore. And many are now considering full-fledged foreign branch campuses, particularly in the oil-rich Middle East.
(New York Times, Feb. 11)
The University of Connecticut will recover $14.98 million, just over half the $25.5 million it has spent to fix code problems at the Hilltop Apartments dorm complex, in a settlement with an Alabama development company. Hilltop is where the university's construction problems first came to light in the summer of 2004 when elevated levels of carbon monoxide were first detected in two apartments there. That eventually led to emergency inspections of Hilltop and several other dorms, which were found to have hundreds of fire and safety violations, prompting fire watches, investigations, an administrative shake-up and legislative action to increase oversight of the continuing $2.3 billion construction program.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 8)
This year’s college admissions ordeal is one for the record books: The largest crop of high school seniors ever is applying at a time when the college-going rate has never been higher. At colleges, admissions officers are working overtime to process the tsunami of applications. Over the past decade, the number of students sending out more than a dozen applications has doubled, reports the Higher Education Research Institute.
(USA Today, Feb. 8)
Generous new financial initiatives from Yale, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and some other elite schools have drawn renewed attention to the plight of families struggling to afford college. But what if you can’t get into one of these brutally selective schools? Though some other private colleges have taken modest steps to aid more families, they can't begin to match the Ivies’ financial bounty. Most middle-class families, experts say, won’t find any additional aid on the table, and some schools might feel compelled to reduce aid for low-income students.
(USA Today, Feb. 6)
Daniel Civco, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering at the University of Connecticut, has received a National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences. Civco, who specializes in remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems, received the award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. Since 2002, he has been director of UConn’s Center for Land Use Education and Research.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
Malcolm Morrison, dean of the University’s Hartt School, who announced that he will be stepping down at the end of this year, was congratulated for his leadership of the renowned performing arts conservatory in an editorial in the Hartford Courant. “A man of wit and Continental style, Mr. Morrison lifted Hartt’s image and standing across the country," the editorial said. An earlier story in the Courant about Morrison's announcement noted that under his leadership, The Hartt School is now larger and more successful across a wide spectrum of performing arts programs than at any time in its history.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 6, 11)
Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts & Sciences, was a guest on “Front and Center with Ray Hardman,” which airs on both Connecticut Public Radio and Connecticut Public Television. Desmond discussed the impact of violent video games and violence in the media on young children. The show continues to be rebroadcast on both outlets.
(WNPR-FM, Feb. 8; CPTV, Feb. 8)
In an article published in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Regina Miller was profiled in conjunction with her announcement that she will be retiring after her 30 years at the University. The article also reported on her involvement with the Jewish community, particularly Jewish educational issues. Miller is retiring from her position as chair of the Education Department in the University’s College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions.
(Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Feb. 5)
It was noted in the “Capitol Watch” column in the Hartford Courant that Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and a Democratic state representative from Farmington, has been named the new deputy speaker for the Connecticut House of Representatives by House Speaker James Amann.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 4)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC-AM, where he talked about the impact of the rally held in Hartford by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. McMiller also offered his analysis of voting in Super Tuesday primary states. (WDRC-AM, Feb. 5)
Drew Glackin, a bass player with the Silos, the Crash Test Dummies, Graham Parker and others, died suddenly on Jan. 3 from cardiac arrest due to complications of an undiagnosed thyroid condition. Glackin studied at The Hartt School in the early ‘80s and remained in Hartford until about 1997 performing with many Hartford area bands, such as Mr. Right and the Monster Band. A festival will be held in his honor in New York, and another is being planned for Hartford.
(The Villager, Feb. 5)
Three college students, including a student from the University of Hartford, were arrested and charged by police with spraying swastikas on statues and signs in three central New Jersey communities. The charges facing this University of Hartford freshman, who has since expressed regret and remorse for the incident, and a student from George Washington University and one from the University of Delaware, include bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief.
(Newsday, Feb. 8)
Ruby Hinds, who studied at The Hartt School, will present a one-woman multimedia show chronicling the life and legacy of legendary contralto Marian Anderson, the first black person to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House, at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside Communication’s Art Theater. Hinds said, “I am honored by the legacy left by Marian Anderson. When I was a young artist at the Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford, I was singled out as one of the singers to sing to Ms. Anderson when she was being conferred with an honorary degree from the Hartt College of Music.”
(The Journal Times, Feb. 10)
Edward D. Klonoski '78, the president of a state agency designed to promote distance learning, has been tapped to lead Charter Oak State College, a New Britain-based school focused on distance learning. Klonoski, an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, previously worked at the University of Hartford for 19 years, teaching writing before he began working with early MacIntosh computers, networking, and, eventually, the Internet. The appointment is in some ways a homecoming for Klonoski, who previously served as Charter Oak’s director of information technology. Klonoski succeeds Merle W. Harris, who is retiring after 18 years as the college’s president.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 8)
Other News
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that calls for billions of dollars in new financial aid for needy students to attend college and new steps to protect student loan borrowers and to lower the cost of textbooks. The bill, which passed 354 to 58, also would lead to the creation of a web site to help families to compare the costs of schools and would require that institutions of higher education with rapidly growing tuition and fee prices report why costs are rising. The House’s College Opportunity and Affordability Act is opposed by the White House, which said yesterday that it will try to eliminate some provisions before the bill is enacted.
(Washington Post, Feb. 11)
The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is becoming an important export as more universities take their programs overseas. In a kind of educational gold rush, American universities are competing to set up outposts in countries with limited higher education opportunities. American universities--not to mention Australian and British ones, are starting, or expanding, hundreds of programs and partnerships in booming markets like China, India and Singapore. And many are now considering full-fledged foreign branch campuses, particularly in the oil-rich Middle East.
(New York Times, Feb. 11)
The University of Connecticut will recover $14.98 million, just over half the $25.5 million it has spent to fix code problems at the Hilltop Apartments dorm complex, in a settlement with an Alabama development company. Hilltop is where the university's construction problems first came to light in the summer of 2004 when elevated levels of carbon monoxide were first detected in two apartments there. That eventually led to emergency inspections of Hilltop and several other dorms, which were found to have hundreds of fire and safety violations, prompting fire watches, investigations, an administrative shake-up and legislative action to increase oversight of the continuing $2.3 billion construction program.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 8)
This year’s college admissions ordeal is one for the record books: The largest crop of high school seniors ever is applying at a time when the college-going rate has never been higher. At colleges, admissions officers are working overtime to process the tsunami of applications. Over the past decade, the number of students sending out more than a dozen applications has doubled, reports the Higher Education Research Institute.
(USA Today, Feb. 8)
Generous new financial initiatives from Yale, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and some other elite schools have drawn renewed attention to the plight of families struggling to afford college. But what if you can’t get into one of these brutally selective schools? Though some other private colleges have taken modest steps to aid more families, they can't begin to match the Ivies’ financial bounty. Most middle-class families, experts say, won’t find any additional aid on the table, and some schools might feel compelled to reduce aid for low-income students.
(USA Today, Feb. 6)
Daniel Civco, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering at the University of Connecticut, has received a National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences. Civco, who specializes in remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems, received the award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. Since 2002, he has been director of UConn’s Center for Land Use Education and Research.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 5)
