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Media Watch (March 31 – April 7, 2008)
Posted 4/8/2008
"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.
Tom Condon, editor of the “Place” section of the Hartford Courant, wrote about the potential closing of the Hartford Courant Arts Center building on Farmington Avenue in Hartford. Condon noted that the University and its Hartt School dance programs had been a tenant of the building, but that they will be moving this summer to the new Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center that the University is constructing at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway. “Let’s hope many Hartford youngsters will make their way to the Handel Center on Albany Avenue,” he wrote.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
The upcoming April 9 talk at the University by journalist/author Gwyneth Cravens, on her conversion to being a supporter of nuclear power, was previewed in the “Arts” section of the Hartford Courant.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
The opening of Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art at the University’s Joseloff Gallery was previewed in the “Cal” section of the Hartford Courant. The preview included a photograph titled "Footprints" by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla that is included in the exhibition. The show will continue at the Joseloff Gallery through June 10.
(Hartford Courant, April 3)
Hartt School senior Ryan Speedo Green will be a guest vocal soloist at a performance of “Identity,” which is part of the sixth annual Bloomfield Performing and Visual Arts Festival, to be held on April 10 at the Bushnell. The annual festival was launched by Joseph Olzacki, Bloomfield High School’s director of performing and visual arts and a University of Hartford alumnus.
(Hartford Courant, April 3)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that University of High School of Science and Engineering was selected to receive a 2008 Magnet School of Excellence Award. University High School was one of 50 magnet schools (out of more than 2,000 across the country) selected.
(Hartford Courant, April 1)
In the Hartford Courant’s “Travel” section there was a story about how Jewish travelers can find a Seder (the traditional service and meal on the first night of Passover) if they are on the road during the Passover holiday. The article included a photograph of President Walter Harrison and University students at last year’s Passover Seder sponsored by the Hillel organization.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
In a preview article prior to the NCAA Women’s Final Four, former University of Connecticut star and now ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo and current UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma compared backcourt star Renee Montgomery to former Husky star and current University of Hartford coach Jennifer Rizzotti, who led UConn to its first national title in 1995. “She just has a fire about her and a confidence about her,” Lobo said. “It was that same kind of feel with Jen, if you were ever having doubts, there was one player that you could look to who was not going to let you lose.”
(SI.com, April 3)
Jim Evans, who served as the University of Hartford head men’s soccer coach from 1993-2005, has been named the new women's soccer coach at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. Evans, who led a 1996 Hawks team that reached the NCAA Elite Eight (the highest achievement in the history of America East Conference men's soccer), did a two-year stint as the Simsbury High School girls coach. His Simsbury teams made it to the state finals in 2007 and were league champions in 2006. (Log Cabin Democrat, April 3)
Other News
A norovirus sickened about 30 students who attended a banquet hosted by a University of Connecticut sorority on Saturday, March 29. The banquet was held off campus, at the Adams Mill Restaurant in Manchester. Uconn detailed the outbreak in an email to students, urging them to take precautions to prevent the illness from spreading on campus. Health department officials and Uconn health services spent several days tracing the illness before determining its source.
(Hartford Courant, April 2, 3, 4)
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is seeking to ease worries that tight credit markets might make it hard for students to get college loans. Spellings said that her department had reviewed the law and concluded that it has the authority to quickly free up money from the U.S. Treasury, if needed, to finance student loans.
(Associated Press, April 7)
Trinity College hosted the third annual International Hip-Hop Festival on April 5 and 6. The Trinity senior who founded the festival said the event demonstrates that there is an “international movement” to take hip-hop seriously as an academic discipline. Many major colleges in the U.S. offer hip-hop courses. Festival participants also said hip-hop is a form of protest and expression in many urban communities. (Hartford Courant, April 6)
In a milestone accord, the University of Massachusetts has struck an agreement with Chinese officials to become the first foreign university to offer government-sanctioned online classes in the nation of 1.3 billion. The agreement gives UMass an exclusive window to offer the classes for the next five years in China. Officials said the new program eventually could serve some 5,000 students a year throughout the country, generating up to $5 million a year for UMass.
(Boston Globe, April 2)
Cash-strapped Antioch College has rejected an alumni group's fundraising offer, moving ahead with plans to shut its doors this summer unless a buyer offers more than $12 million up front, a school spokeswoman said. Because of declining enrollment, heavy dependence on tuition, and a small endowment, the college made plans to close in order to reorganize and reopen in 2012.
(Associated Press, April 1)
Upcoming
Eleta Jones, associate director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, was interviewed by Debra Bogsti of NBC 30 on March 27 for a story about “Strategies to Ace the Job Interview.” The airdate has not yet been determined
William Sanders, a professor in the Multimedia Web Design and Development program, is working with NBC 30 reporter Monica Buchanan on a “Consumer Affairs” story about possible scams while getting one’s computer repaired. The segment will air sometime during the May “sweeps” period.
Tom Condon, editor of the “Place” section of the Hartford Courant, wrote about the potential closing of the Hartford Courant Arts Center building on Farmington Avenue in Hartford. Condon noted that the University and its Hartt School dance programs had been a tenant of the building, but that they will be moving this summer to the new Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center that the University is constructing at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway. “Let’s hope many Hartford youngsters will make their way to the Handel Center on Albany Avenue,” he wrote.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
The upcoming April 9 talk at the University by journalist/author Gwyneth Cravens, on her conversion to being a supporter of nuclear power, was previewed in the “Arts” section of the Hartford Courant.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
The opening of Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art at the University’s Joseloff Gallery was previewed in the “Cal” section of the Hartford Courant. The preview included a photograph titled "Footprints" by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla that is included in the exhibition. The show will continue at the Joseloff Gallery through June 10.
(Hartford Courant, April 3)
Hartt School senior Ryan Speedo Green will be a guest vocal soloist at a performance of “Identity,” which is part of the sixth annual Bloomfield Performing and Visual Arts Festival, to be held on April 10 at the Bushnell. The annual festival was launched by Joseph Olzacki, Bloomfield High School’s director of performing and visual arts and a University of Hartford alumnus.
(Hartford Courant, April 3)
In its “Education Briefs” column, the Hartford Courant noted that University of High School of Science and Engineering was selected to receive a 2008 Magnet School of Excellence Award. University High School was one of 50 magnet schools (out of more than 2,000 across the country) selected.
(Hartford Courant, April 1)
In the Hartford Courant’s “Travel” section there was a story about how Jewish travelers can find a Seder (the traditional service and meal on the first night of Passover) if they are on the road during the Passover holiday. The article included a photograph of President Walter Harrison and University students at last year’s Passover Seder sponsored by the Hillel organization.
(Hartford Courant, April 6)
In a preview article prior to the NCAA Women’s Final Four, former University of Connecticut star and now ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo and current UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma compared backcourt star Renee Montgomery to former Husky star and current University of Hartford coach Jennifer Rizzotti, who led UConn to its first national title in 1995. “She just has a fire about her and a confidence about her,” Lobo said. “It was that same kind of feel with Jen, if you were ever having doubts, there was one player that you could look to who was not going to let you lose.”
(SI.com, April 3)
Jim Evans, who served as the University of Hartford head men’s soccer coach from 1993-2005, has been named the new women's soccer coach at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. Evans, who led a 1996 Hawks team that reached the NCAA Elite Eight (the highest achievement in the history of America East Conference men's soccer), did a two-year stint as the Simsbury High School girls coach. His Simsbury teams made it to the state finals in 2007 and were league champions in 2006. (Log Cabin Democrat, April 3)
Other News
A norovirus sickened about 30 students who attended a banquet hosted by a University of Connecticut sorority on Saturday, March 29. The banquet was held off campus, at the Adams Mill Restaurant in Manchester. Uconn detailed the outbreak in an email to students, urging them to take precautions to prevent the illness from spreading on campus. Health department officials and Uconn health services spent several days tracing the illness before determining its source.
(Hartford Courant, April 2, 3, 4)
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is seeking to ease worries that tight credit markets might make it hard for students to get college loans. Spellings said that her department had reviewed the law and concluded that it has the authority to quickly free up money from the U.S. Treasury, if needed, to finance student loans.
(Associated Press, April 7)
Trinity College hosted the third annual International Hip-Hop Festival on April 5 and 6. The Trinity senior who founded the festival said the event demonstrates that there is an “international movement” to take hip-hop seriously as an academic discipline. Many major colleges in the U.S. offer hip-hop courses. Festival participants also said hip-hop is a form of protest and expression in many urban communities. (Hartford Courant, April 6)
In a milestone accord, the University of Massachusetts has struck an agreement with Chinese officials to become the first foreign university to offer government-sanctioned online classes in the nation of 1.3 billion. The agreement gives UMass an exclusive window to offer the classes for the next five years in China. Officials said the new program eventually could serve some 5,000 students a year throughout the country, generating up to $5 million a year for UMass.
(Boston Globe, April 2)
Cash-strapped Antioch College has rejected an alumni group's fundraising offer, moving ahead with plans to shut its doors this summer unless a buyer offers more than $12 million up front, a school spokeswoman said. Because of declining enrollment, heavy dependence on tuition, and a small endowment, the college made plans to close in order to reorganize and reopen in 2012.
(Associated Press, April 1)
Upcoming
Eleta Jones, associate director of the University’s Center for Professional Development, was interviewed by Debra Bogsti of NBC 30 on March 27 for a story about “Strategies to Ace the Job Interview.” The airdate has not yet been determined
William Sanders, a professor in the Multimedia Web Design and Development program, is working with NBC 30 reporter Monica Buchanan on a “Consumer Affairs” story about possible scams while getting one’s computer repaired. The segment will air sometime during the May “sweeps” period.
