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Media Watch (Feb. 26 – March 3, 2008)
Posted 3/4/2008
"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.
The opening of the exhibition, Rebirth After The Holocaust: the Bergen-Belson Displaced Persons Camp, 1945-1950, at the University’s Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization, was featured in a news story on WTNH-TV Channel 8. Featured are photos and other artifacts drawn from survivors, liberators, and their families, which depict an often untold chapter in Jewish history, noted the news report. The exhibition will be on display until Aug. 20.
(WTNH-TV Channel 8, March 2)
Mary Jane Williams, chair of the nursing Department of Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Connecticut Post article about how the shortage in nurses is affecting elder care, particularly in long-term care facilities. “Through additional home-care programs and more care being delivered either in the home or assisted-living facilities, the resident of long-term care facilities is sicker and more dependent now,” said Williams.
(Connecticut Post, March 2)
Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and deputy speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC Radio. Giannaros discussed the economic impact of tax credits for the film industry, noting that Connecticut needed to offer incentives to bring this industry and its jobs to the state. He predicted that this will be an emerging growth area that will generate well-paying jobs to keep young people in Connecticut.
(WDRC-AM, Feb. 27)
The MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series at the University of Hartford was praised in an article in the Waterbury Republican-American. The series, presented by the University in cooperation with WWUH Radio (93.1 FM), has raised thousands of dollars for Greater Hartford charities and nonprofit organizations. The article also gave a list of upcoming performers in the series.
(Waterbury Republican-American, Feb. 28)
Tyrell Jones, a junior at University High School of Science and Engineering, was interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio at the New England region’s FIRST robotics competition. Jones spoke about learning to use sign language to communicate with other members of his robotics team who are students at the American School of the Deaf. “We just learned the letters. We tried to spell out with the letters, and then we learned our numbers and stuff like that,” said Jones.
(New Hampshire Public Radio, Feb. 28)
John DeSilvestri, a graduate of the University of Hartford, along with his longtime friend, Michael Cusumano, have founded Free Agi Productions, a not-for-profit organization that will showcase theatrical artists and their work. “By establishing this production company, we are not only creating an opportunity to showcase our own talents, but also an environment that is welcoming to new artists and new works while gaining the attention of industry professionals,” DeSilvestri said.
(Asbury Park Press, Feb. 28)
Julius Elias, former dean of the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as a former opera teacher and faculty member of the President's College at the University of Hartford, died on Feb. 25. He was 82. Elias was known as an opera aficionado. He translated about a dozen opera libretti for Columbia Records and other companies. (UConn Advance, March 3)
Aaron Farbo of Marlborough, Mass., who holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in acoustics from the University of Hartford, has joined Cavanaugh Tocci Associates Inc. in Sudbury, Mass., as a consultant. At Cavanaugh Tocci, Farbo will focus on architectural acoustics for colleges, schools, places of worship, and corporate office projects.
(Milford Daily News, March 3)
Former Hartford Hawks men’s player David Ruffin was named the starting small forward for the Elmira Bulldogs, which is making its debut in the National Professional Basketball League. At 6-4 and 210 pounds, Ruffin is the fastest player and best jumper on the team, said James Schutz, the Bulldogs’ co-owner, general manager, and head coach.
(Elmira Star-Gazette, March 1)
Other News
Nearly all colleges and universities nationwide ban firearms on campus. However, a new group, called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), would like to change that, arguing that concealed-carry permit holders should be able to bring weapons to school to defend themselves and their classmates against a deranged killer. The group, which sprang up after the Virginia Tech massacre, claims to have 16,000 members at 500 campuses nationwide, with every incident drawing in more frightened students, faculty and parents. With a click of a Facebook account, anyone can sign up. “We got more than 1,000 new members after the [Northern Illinois University] shooting,” said Stephen Feltoon, a national director of SCCC and a recent Miami University graduate.
(Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3)
While hundreds of campuses have adopted text alerts, most students are not embracing the system--even in an age when they consider their mobile phones indispensable. Omnilert, a Northern Virginia company that provides an emergency alert system called e2Campus to more than 500 campuses (among them, the University of Hartford), reports an average enrollment rate among students, faculty and staff of just 39 percent. Another industry leader, Blackboard Connect, reports even lower participation—28 percent for the 300 campuses that use its Connect-Ed emergency alerts.
(Associated Press, March 3)
The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University will be demolished, Illinois officials said on Feb. 27. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed that the state will provide the funding for the university to demolish Cole Hall, the site of Steven Kazmierczak’s Feb. 14 rampage. Cole Hall will be replaced by a high-tech classroom building to be named Memorial Hall, the office said. Kazmierczak, of Champaign, Ill., opened fire on a geology class, shooting 21 people before killing himself. About 160 students were registered for the class that met in the large lecture hall.
(CNN.com, Feb. 28)
Concerned about the national sub-prime mortgage crisis trickling down to the student loan market, the University of Connecticut plans to warn parents not to wait until the last minute to apply for loans and is offering a new monthly payment plan to help parents budget. UConn officials say they are particularly concerned about the squeeze on middle-income families, which UConn defines as those earning $60,000 to $90,000 a year, who don’t qualify for low-income, federally backed loans.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 28)
Quinnipiac University in Hamden will begin offering a master of science in interactive communications online in the fall semester. Students in the accelerated 36-credit program will take one course per seven-week segment in the fall, spring and summer for a total of 18 credits per calendar year. Students can complete the program within two years. Quinnipiac faculty members will teach the courses in the online program.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 27)
Several recently wounded Iraq War veterans have found their way to the Dartmouth campus, and many more have enrolled in other colleges, thanks in part to a counseling program conceived by Dartmouth President James Wright. Simultaneously troubled and inspired by the sacrifices soldiers made in the November 2004 battle of Fallujah, President Wright decided to visit military hospitals, walking bed to bed and encouraging veterans to think about college. He says college opened up a whole new world for him after a stint in the Marines as a young man. “In the course of these conversations they would ask me for advice,” Wright says, with questions ranging from how to transfer credits to whether particular campuses had elevators. What they needed, he realized, was ongoing college counseling.
(Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 29)
Upcoming
John Feierabend, professor of music and director of the Hartt Music Education Division, will be interviewed for the nationally syndicated The Parents Journal radio program. The program airs locally on WTIC-AM on Sunday mornings. The broadcast date for Feierabend’s interview has not been scheduled.
The opening of the exhibition, Rebirth After The Holocaust: the Bergen-Belson Displaced Persons Camp, 1945-1950, at the University’s Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization, was featured in a news story on WTNH-TV Channel 8. Featured are photos and other artifacts drawn from survivors, liberators, and their families, which depict an often untold chapter in Jewish history, noted the news report. The exhibition will be on display until Aug. 20.
(WTNH-TV Channel 8, March 2)
Mary Jane Williams, chair of the nursing Department of Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Connecticut Post article about how the shortage in nurses is affecting elder care, particularly in long-term care facilities. “Through additional home-care programs and more care being delivered either in the home or assisted-living facilities, the resident of long-term care facilities is sicker and more dependent now,” said Williams.
(Connecticut Post, March 2)
Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and deputy speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC Radio. Giannaros discussed the economic impact of tax credits for the film industry, noting that Connecticut needed to offer incentives to bring this industry and its jobs to the state. He predicted that this will be an emerging growth area that will generate well-paying jobs to keep young people in Connecticut.
(WDRC-AM, Feb. 27)
The MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series at the University of Hartford was praised in an article in the Waterbury Republican-American. The series, presented by the University in cooperation with WWUH Radio (93.1 FM), has raised thousands of dollars for Greater Hartford charities and nonprofit organizations. The article also gave a list of upcoming performers in the series.
(Waterbury Republican-American, Feb. 28)
Tyrell Jones, a junior at University High School of Science and Engineering, was interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio at the New England region’s FIRST robotics competition. Jones spoke about learning to use sign language to communicate with other members of his robotics team who are students at the American School of the Deaf. “We just learned the letters. We tried to spell out with the letters, and then we learned our numbers and stuff like that,” said Jones.
(New Hampshire Public Radio, Feb. 28)
John DeSilvestri, a graduate of the University of Hartford, along with his longtime friend, Michael Cusumano, have founded Free Agi Productions, a not-for-profit organization that will showcase theatrical artists and their work. “By establishing this production company, we are not only creating an opportunity to showcase our own talents, but also an environment that is welcoming to new artists and new works while gaining the attention of industry professionals,” DeSilvestri said.
(Asbury Park Press, Feb. 28)
Julius Elias, former dean of the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as a former opera teacher and faculty member of the President's College at the University of Hartford, died on Feb. 25. He was 82. Elias was known as an opera aficionado. He translated about a dozen opera libretti for Columbia Records and other companies. (UConn Advance, March 3)
Aaron Farbo of Marlborough, Mass., who holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in acoustics from the University of Hartford, has joined Cavanaugh Tocci Associates Inc. in Sudbury, Mass., as a consultant. At Cavanaugh Tocci, Farbo will focus on architectural acoustics for colleges, schools, places of worship, and corporate office projects.
(Milford Daily News, March 3)
Former Hartford Hawks men’s player David Ruffin was named the starting small forward for the Elmira Bulldogs, which is making its debut in the National Professional Basketball League. At 6-4 and 210 pounds, Ruffin is the fastest player and best jumper on the team, said James Schutz, the Bulldogs’ co-owner, general manager, and head coach.
(Elmira Star-Gazette, March 1)
Other News
Nearly all colleges and universities nationwide ban firearms on campus. However, a new group, called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), would like to change that, arguing that concealed-carry permit holders should be able to bring weapons to school to defend themselves and their classmates against a deranged killer. The group, which sprang up after the Virginia Tech massacre, claims to have 16,000 members at 500 campuses nationwide, with every incident drawing in more frightened students, faculty and parents. With a click of a Facebook account, anyone can sign up. “We got more than 1,000 new members after the [Northern Illinois University] shooting,” said Stephen Feltoon, a national director of SCCC and a recent Miami University graduate.
(Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3)
While hundreds of campuses have adopted text alerts, most students are not embracing the system--even in an age when they consider their mobile phones indispensable. Omnilert, a Northern Virginia company that provides an emergency alert system called e2Campus to more than 500 campuses (among them, the University of Hartford), reports an average enrollment rate among students, faculty and staff of just 39 percent. Another industry leader, Blackboard Connect, reports even lower participation—28 percent for the 300 campuses that use its Connect-Ed emergency alerts.
(Associated Press, March 3)
The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University will be demolished, Illinois officials said on Feb. 27. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed that the state will provide the funding for the university to demolish Cole Hall, the site of Steven Kazmierczak’s Feb. 14 rampage. Cole Hall will be replaced by a high-tech classroom building to be named Memorial Hall, the office said. Kazmierczak, of Champaign, Ill., opened fire on a geology class, shooting 21 people before killing himself. About 160 students were registered for the class that met in the large lecture hall.
(CNN.com, Feb. 28)
Concerned about the national sub-prime mortgage crisis trickling down to the student loan market, the University of Connecticut plans to warn parents not to wait until the last minute to apply for loans and is offering a new monthly payment plan to help parents budget. UConn officials say they are particularly concerned about the squeeze on middle-income families, which UConn defines as those earning $60,000 to $90,000 a year, who don’t qualify for low-income, federally backed loans.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 28)
Quinnipiac University in Hamden will begin offering a master of science in interactive communications online in the fall semester. Students in the accelerated 36-credit program will take one course per seven-week segment in the fall, spring and summer for a total of 18 credits per calendar year. Students can complete the program within two years. Quinnipiac faculty members will teach the courses in the online program.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 27)
Several recently wounded Iraq War veterans have found their way to the Dartmouth campus, and many more have enrolled in other colleges, thanks in part to a counseling program conceived by Dartmouth President James Wright. Simultaneously troubled and inspired by the sacrifices soldiers made in the November 2004 battle of Fallujah, President Wright decided to visit military hospitals, walking bed to bed and encouraging veterans to think about college. He says college opened up a whole new world for him after a stint in the Marines as a young man. “In the course of these conversations they would ask me for advice,” Wright says, with questions ranging from how to transfer credits to whether particular campuses had elevators. What they needed, he realized, was ongoing college counseling.
(Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 29)
Upcoming
John Feierabend, professor of music and director of the Hartt Music Education Division, will be interviewed for the nationally syndicated The Parents Journal radio program. The program airs locally on WTIC-AM on Sunday mornings. The broadcast date for Feierabend’s interview has not been scheduled.
