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Media Watch (May 9-16, 2005)
Posted 5/17/2005
"Media Watch" is a round-up 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.
Hartt School faculty memberJay Lichtmann, the principal trumpet player for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, was seriously injured in a bicycling accident last week. Lichtmann was hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center for injuries suffered in the accident, which occurred as he was traveling along West Avon Road. (Hartford Courant, May 13 and May 14)
The University of Hartford’s Commencement ceremony was the lead item in the Hartford Courant’s Commencement round-up story, which ran on the front page of the “Connecticut” section. The photograph accompanying the story was of Monica Pirotta, of Goshen, who received a BS in nursing, and her two sons; and the pull-out quote was from honorary degree recipient Richard Booth’s address to the graduating class. The university’s Commencement ceremony was also covered by three local television stations. (Hartford Courant, May 16; WTIC-AM, May 15 and May 16; WFSB-TV Channel 3, May 15; Fox 61, May 15; NBC 30, May 15; WLAT-AM, May 16)
The announcement that Louis Manzione, the head of Bell Labs research in Dublin, Ireland, had been appointed as the new dean of the university’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) was highlighted in the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, May 16)
A story in the “News Briefs” section of the Hartford Courant noted that a group of University of Hartford students were accepting donations of furniture and other items that students usually throw out before they move back home for the summer. Those collected items were then being donated to local nonprofit organizations. (Hartford Courant, May 14)
A concert by the band Eddie From Ohio, which closed out the 2004–05 MUSIC for a CHANGE concert series at the university, was reviewed by the Hartford Courant. The show had also been previewed in the “Cal” section. (Hartford Courant, May 12 and May 15)
A talk by author Jonathan Rosen, who will be receiving the Wallant Award from the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies for his highly praised novel, Joy Comes in the Morning, was previewed in the “Cal” Section. (Hartford Courant, May 12)
Andy Thibault, an adjunct professor of journalism in the School of Communication, was a guest on “Connecticut Newsmakers” on NBC 30. Thibault, who is also a columnist for the Connecticut Law Tribune, was discussing a case that he has investigated and written about. (NBC 30, May 15)
A May 19 show to benefit the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the university’s Hartt School, featuring a performance by the jazz group One for All, including pianist Harold Mabern, was highlighted in the Jazz column in the “Cal” section. Tickets for the show, which is being presented in Wilde Auditorium, are available from the university box office and at the Integrity ‘n Music store in Wethersfield. (Hartford Courant, May 12)
The announcement of James Fairfield-Sonn’s appointment as dean of the university’s Barney School of Business led to a profile of Fairfield-Sonn, a resident of Old Lyme in Lymeline.com. (Lymeline.com, May 11)
The Nashua Telegraph published a story that originally appeared in the Hartford Courant, profiling some of the young people in the Farmington Valley Transition Academy, a unique collaboration between Farmington and Simsbury schools and the university. (Nashua Telegraph, May 15)
President Walter Harrison was named by the NCAA to a new presidential task force to study the future of college sports. NCAA President Myles Brand said the task force will conduct its work through four subcommittees. Harrison was named to the Fiscal Responsibility subcommittee. (SMU News, May 11)
Mike Scrapchansky, a former Hartford Hawks baseball player, was recently named manager of the Tourtellotte Memorial High School men’s baseball team. (Norwich Bulletin, May 15)
Heather Weindorfer, the all-team leader in scoring and rebounding in Hartford Hawks women’s basketball history, has been named head women’s basketball coach at Central Bucks West high school. In Doylestown, Pa. (PhillyBurbs.com, May 11)
Other News
Connecticut Chief Justice William J. Sullivan told graduates of the Quinnipiac University School of Law on Sunday to be proud to be lawyers and look past the lampooning of their new profession. Among this year’s graduates was John Carpenter of Hamden, the first top prize winner on the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” television game show. (Hartford Courant, May 16)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell emphasized the importance of culture Saturday as she accepted an honorary degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She encouraged the 22 graduates to “make this state a state that values the arts and culture and appreciates the beauty and the messages that we receive from wonderful people like you.” (Associated Press, May 15; Hartford Courant, May 15)
Local colleges and universities are walking a fine line in choosing commencement speakers as students pressure them to move away from the traditional choices – academics, politicians, and industry titans – and toward celebrities. The graduates almost always prefer well-known figures, particularly from the entertainment world, in hopes of a speech that will provide a lighthearted finale to their college years, college administrators say. (Boston Globe, May 12)
The Connecticut College Board of Trustees has named a group of 14 college trustees, faculty, staff and students to serve on a Presidential Search Committee to seek a replacement for Norman Fainstein, who will step down as president in June. The committee will be co-chaired by college trustees Phil McLoughlin, former chairman of Phoenix Investment Partners Ltd. in Hartford, and Sally Susman, a 1984 alumna who is executive vice president for global communications for The Estee Lauder Companies. (The Day, New London, May 13)
Three former University of Rhode Island students will not face charges in connection with the death of a Fairfield University student during a Newport pub crawl last year. The parents of Francis J. Marx, who was crushed by a bus that was being used to carry URI students on a bar tour, said Attorney General Patrick Lynch told them charges would not be filed. (Associated Press, May 14; Newsday, May 14)
The University of Connecticut Athletic Department has given a financial break worth thousands of dollars to a car dealership that privately provided cars to top officials in exchange for sports tickets. Monaco Ford, which for years delivered two courtesy cars to the athletic department as part of a corporate sponsorship, signed a new deal in 2002, agreeing to provide a third car in return for a significant boost in season tickets and other perks from the university. (Hartford Courant, May 16)
The state House of Representatives narrowly defeated a bill that would have offered children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at public colleges. Representatives voted 77-65 against the proposal. Proponents said children should not be penalized for their parents’ decision to come to the country illegally, and should be granted the opportunity for an affordable education. (Associated Press, May 12; Hartford Courant, May 12)
Three Rivers Community College and Fairfield University agreed to allow graduates from Three Rivers’ Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology programs to transfer into Fairfield’s School of Engineering. Three Rivers’ graduates must have a GPA of 3.0 or better, and have a C or better in all transferable courses. (The Day, New London, May 13)
Sister Patricia Thomas, a rector at Notre Dame University, has accepted a position as director of campus ministry at Albertus Magnus, a school founded by the Dominican Congregation of St. Mary of the Springs, her own order. (The Observer, May 13)
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to look into whether ousted UH President Evan Dobelle breached his settlement with the university. Regents Chairwoman Patricia Lee said the regents haven’t seen any evidence that Dobelle has done “significant work” on a research project, for which taxpayers are paying him a six-figure salary. In a settlement that resulted in Dobelle’s resignation last year, the university agreed to pay him $125,000 a year as a researcher at the school’s Urban and Regional Planning Department. (MSNBC, May 12)
Hartt School faculty memberJay Lichtmann, the principal trumpet player for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, was seriously injured in a bicycling accident last week. Lichtmann was hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center for injuries suffered in the accident, which occurred as he was traveling along West Avon Road. (Hartford Courant, May 13 and May 14)
The University of Hartford’s Commencement ceremony was the lead item in the Hartford Courant’s Commencement round-up story, which ran on the front page of the “Connecticut” section. The photograph accompanying the story was of Monica Pirotta, of Goshen, who received a BS in nursing, and her two sons; and the pull-out quote was from honorary degree recipient Richard Booth’s address to the graduating class. The university’s Commencement ceremony was also covered by three local television stations. (Hartford Courant, May 16; WTIC-AM, May 15 and May 16; WFSB-TV Channel 3, May 15; Fox 61, May 15; NBC 30, May 15; WLAT-AM, May 16)
The announcement that Louis Manzione, the head of Bell Labs research in Dublin, Ireland, had been appointed as the new dean of the university’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) was highlighted in the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, May 16)
A story in the “News Briefs” section of the Hartford Courant noted that a group of University of Hartford students were accepting donations of furniture and other items that students usually throw out before they move back home for the summer. Those collected items were then being donated to local nonprofit organizations. (Hartford Courant, May 14)
A concert by the band Eddie From Ohio, which closed out the 2004–05 MUSIC for a CHANGE concert series at the university, was reviewed by the Hartford Courant. The show had also been previewed in the “Cal” section. (Hartford Courant, May 12 and May 15)
A talk by author Jonathan Rosen, who will be receiving the Wallant Award from the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies for his highly praised novel, Joy Comes in the Morning, was previewed in the “Cal” Section. (Hartford Courant, May 12)
Andy Thibault, an adjunct professor of journalism in the School of Communication, was a guest on “Connecticut Newsmakers” on NBC 30. Thibault, who is also a columnist for the Connecticut Law Tribune, was discussing a case that he has investigated and written about. (NBC 30, May 15)
A May 19 show to benefit the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the university’s Hartt School, featuring a performance by the jazz group One for All, including pianist Harold Mabern, was highlighted in the Jazz column in the “Cal” section. Tickets for the show, which is being presented in Wilde Auditorium, are available from the university box office and at the Integrity ‘n Music store in Wethersfield. (Hartford Courant, May 12)
The announcement of James Fairfield-Sonn’s appointment as dean of the university’s Barney School of Business led to a profile of Fairfield-Sonn, a resident of Old Lyme in Lymeline.com. (Lymeline.com, May 11)
The Nashua Telegraph published a story that originally appeared in the Hartford Courant, profiling some of the young people in the Farmington Valley Transition Academy, a unique collaboration between Farmington and Simsbury schools and the university. (Nashua Telegraph, May 15)
President Walter Harrison was named by the NCAA to a new presidential task force to study the future of college sports. NCAA President Myles Brand said the task force will conduct its work through four subcommittees. Harrison was named to the Fiscal Responsibility subcommittee. (SMU News, May 11)
Mike Scrapchansky, a former Hartford Hawks baseball player, was recently named manager of the Tourtellotte Memorial High School men’s baseball team. (Norwich Bulletin, May 15)
Heather Weindorfer, the all-team leader in scoring and rebounding in Hartford Hawks women’s basketball history, has been named head women’s basketball coach at Central Bucks West high school. In Doylestown, Pa. (PhillyBurbs.com, May 11)
Other News
Connecticut Chief Justice William J. Sullivan told graduates of the Quinnipiac University School of Law on Sunday to be proud to be lawyers and look past the lampooning of their new profession. Among this year’s graduates was John Carpenter of Hamden, the first top prize winner on the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” television game show. (Hartford Courant, May 16)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell emphasized the importance of culture Saturday as she accepted an honorary degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She encouraged the 22 graduates to “make this state a state that values the arts and culture and appreciates the beauty and the messages that we receive from wonderful people like you.” (Associated Press, May 15; Hartford Courant, May 15)
Local colleges and universities are walking a fine line in choosing commencement speakers as students pressure them to move away from the traditional choices – academics, politicians, and industry titans – and toward celebrities. The graduates almost always prefer well-known figures, particularly from the entertainment world, in hopes of a speech that will provide a lighthearted finale to their college years, college administrators say. (Boston Globe, May 12)
The Connecticut College Board of Trustees has named a group of 14 college trustees, faculty, staff and students to serve on a Presidential Search Committee to seek a replacement for Norman Fainstein, who will step down as president in June. The committee will be co-chaired by college trustees Phil McLoughlin, former chairman of Phoenix Investment Partners Ltd. in Hartford, and Sally Susman, a 1984 alumna who is executive vice president for global communications for The Estee Lauder Companies. (The Day, New London, May 13)
Three former University of Rhode Island students will not face charges in connection with the death of a Fairfield University student during a Newport pub crawl last year. The parents of Francis J. Marx, who was crushed by a bus that was being used to carry URI students on a bar tour, said Attorney General Patrick Lynch told them charges would not be filed. (Associated Press, May 14; Newsday, May 14)
The University of Connecticut Athletic Department has given a financial break worth thousands of dollars to a car dealership that privately provided cars to top officials in exchange for sports tickets. Monaco Ford, which for years delivered two courtesy cars to the athletic department as part of a corporate sponsorship, signed a new deal in 2002, agreeing to provide a third car in return for a significant boost in season tickets and other perks from the university. (Hartford Courant, May 16)
The state House of Representatives narrowly defeated a bill that would have offered children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at public colleges. Representatives voted 77-65 against the proposal. Proponents said children should not be penalized for their parents’ decision to come to the country illegally, and should be granted the opportunity for an affordable education. (Associated Press, May 12; Hartford Courant, May 12)
Three Rivers Community College and Fairfield University agreed to allow graduates from Three Rivers’ Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology programs to transfer into Fairfield’s School of Engineering. Three Rivers’ graduates must have a GPA of 3.0 or better, and have a C or better in all transferable courses. (The Day, New London, May 13)
Sister Patricia Thomas, a rector at Notre Dame University, has accepted a position as director of campus ministry at Albertus Magnus, a school founded by the Dominican Congregation of St. Mary of the Springs, her own order. (The Observer, May 13)
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to look into whether ousted UH President Evan Dobelle breached his settlement with the university. Regents Chairwoman Patricia Lee said the regents haven’t seen any evidence that Dobelle has done “significant work” on a research project, for which taxpayers are paying him a six-figure salary. In a settlement that resulted in Dobelle’s resignation last year, the university agreed to pay him $125,000 a year as a researcher at the school’s Urban and Regional Planning Department. (MSNBC, May 12)
