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Media Watch (Aug. 9–15, 2005)
Posted 8/16/2005
"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.
Among the people nominated for top ministerial posts by Iran’s new president is Ali Saeedlou, who attended the University of Hartford. Nominated as oil minister, he served in Iran’s Defense Ministry in the 1980s and was former chief of Iran’s export promotion center. He served as acting mayor of Tehran during this most recent presidential campaign and is considered a pragmatic conservative. (Associated Press, Aug. 13)
President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, was quoted in several articles in newspapers across the country and mentioned in a number of newspaper commentaries in response to the NCAA’s adoption of a policy prohibiting “hostile or abusive” Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery in post-season championship events, effective Feb. 1, 2006. Harrison was also profiled in an article in the St. Petersburg Times. (St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 12; Tampa Tribune, Aug. 13; Mobile Register Aug. 10; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug. 13)
President Harrison was the subject of a front-page question-and-answer interview with the Hartford Courant about his leadership of the NCAA’s Committee on Academic Performance, which has been involved in developing and executing new academic reform legislation designed to improve standards and make colleges and universities more accountable for their student-athletes’ graduation rates.. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 13)
Stephan Bullard, assistant professor of biology at Hillyer College, received a grant of $14,500 from the State of Connecticut to study the growth and impact of the invasive species didemnum in the waters of Long Island Sound off Groton and to discover ways to mitigate its impact. Bullard received a check from Gov. M. Jodi Rell at a ceremony at Avery Point. Also taking part were the state commissioners of environmental protection and transportation. (The Day, New London, Aug. 10)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was interviewed by Fox 61 for a story on its “News at 10” broadcast about a recent report on America’s most liberal cities and whether Hartford is considered a liberal or a conservative city. (Fox 61, Aug. 11)
An archaeological excavation project in Spain this summer by Professor Richard Freund, director of the university’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, was highlighted in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Freund was chosen by the Spanish government to lead an archeological project that would uncover the 11th century Burgos Synagogue, which is buried beneath a 14th century Catholic church. In March of 2006, Freund plans to offer a course through the University of Hartford, taking students on a tour of the site where the Burgos Synagogue is located, as well as to other cities in Spain with Jewish sites and history. Members of the wider community are also expected to join the tour. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Aug. 11)
Business Times magazine published an article and photograph in recognition of the awards won by the University of Hartford and its partnerships at the Connecticut Main Street Center’s 2005 Annual Meeting. The awards were in conjunction with the university’s work with Upper Albany Main Street in North Hartford, including the “Now & Then: Albany Avenue” photographic exhibition, and with the Simsbury Main Street Partnership. (Business Times, August ’05 issue)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s list of the largest MBA programs in the state, the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business ranked fourth by enrollment. In 2004–05, the Barney School of Business had an enrollment of 394 students and conferred 109 degrees. (Hartford Business Journal, Aug. 15)
In a story about Gov. M. Jodi Rell announcing that organizations in Connecticut will be receiving $9 million in federal grants to help adolescents and adults better cope with mental illness and substance abuse problems, it was noted that the University of Hartford’s Connections Wellness Center will be receiving $1.1 million over three years for substance abuse services for students. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 11)
David Cordani, recently named CIGNA HealthCare’s new president, was profiled in the Hartford Courant’s “Business” section. Cordani, a Waterbury native and son of a former policeman, is a certified public accountant and chartered financial consultant who earned an MBA in marketing at the university. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 12)
The lead item in the weekly “Education Briefs” column in the Hartford Courant was about a group of public and private high school teachers who spent Aug. 3 through 5 at the University of Hartford learning new methods for testing bacteria levels in water and how to incorporate the lessons into their classrooms. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 9)
Summer Place students were captured on WFSB-TV Channel 3’s news while setting up stands around campus to sell lemonade and raise funds for the “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” program which generates money for pediatric cancer efforts. The program is named for a little girl who lived in West Hartford. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Aug. 3)
Vera Smith-Winfree, executive director of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce who previously worked in corporate and community relations at the University of Hartford, was named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” winners who exemplify creativity and community service. She said her greatest professional success was producing “Freedom’s Journey: A Celebration of African-American Music” at Lincoln Theater held in conjunction with the appearance of the Emancipation Proclamation last year. (Hartford Business Journal, August 15)
University alum Jerry Kelly was in second place after two rounds of the PGA Championship golf tournament, held Aug. 11 through 15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., and that generated lots of media coverage. For the third round on Aug. 13, Kelly was paired with Phil Mickleson and for the final round on Aug. 14, he was paired with Tiger Woods. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 13, 14 and 15; Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13; New York Times, Aug. 13)
The lead item in the Hartford Courant’s Aug. 11 “Java” column was an item about a new restaurant in Old Saybrook being opened by former University of Hartford standout and NBA All-Star Vin Baker. At a party to celebrate the planned October opening of Vinnie’s Saybrook Fish House, the invited guests included Hartford Athletics Director Pat Meiser-McKnett and welterweight boxing champion Marlon Starling, noted the item. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 11)
Other News
Valentine Todorov Valkov, 21, a Bulgarian student from Trinity College, who apparently drowned in the Connecticut River, may have been participating in a Dartmouth student tradition known as the Ledyard Challenge. Valkov, who was participating in a summer program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, disappeared while trying to swim across the Connecticut River in Hanover, N.H. (Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13)
Trinity College supports a long list of community groups, but it recently faced a $10 million budget deficit in the current year. The college raised tuition, pumped up its fundraising and slashed expenses. So far, its “urban engagement” projects are mostly intact, but staffers at the college are looking at ways to save money in that area as well. (Hartford Advocate, Aug. 11)
A new, 88,000-square-foot science building will open at Western Connecticut State University’s Midtown campus later this month. The new facility has three wings — one each for the biology, chemistry and physics departments. The wings are linked in the center with a public lobby that will showcase a glass sculpture by Ray King of Philadelphia. (Danbury News-Times, Aug. 9)
Officials at Monaco Ford of Glastonbury, a car dealership involved in deals with University of Connecticut athletics, provided a car to former women’s basketball player Maria Conlon last year, prompting a review by the university. A lawyer hired by Uconn to review the arrangement said the deal between Conlon, a fifth-year senior and student assistant coach, and Monaco Ford, a corporate sponsor and booster of UConn athletics, complies with NCAA rules because Conlon was no longer playing. (Associated Press, Aug. 14; Newsday, Aug. 14)
Ten months after suffering a near-fatal brain hemorrhage that wiped out his freshman basketball season at the University of Connecticut, A.J. Price was charged with four counts of third-degree larceny and one count of making a false statement to police in connection with the theft of four laptop computers from dormitory rooms. Price was released on $10,000 bond and ordered to report to Rockville Superior Court on Aug. 23. The larceny counts are Class D felonies and are punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines. (Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13)
Names have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges jockey for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. “All I hear in higher education is, ‘Brand, brand, brand,’ “said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding at Lipman Hearne in Chicago, a marketing firm that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations. “There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.” (New York Times, Aug. 11)
Google will temporarily stop scanning copyright-protected books from libraries into its database, the company said on Aug. 11. The company’s library project, launched in December, involves the scanning of out-of-print and copyright works so that their text can be found through the search engine’s database. Google is working on the project with libraries at Stanford University, Harvard University and other schools. (CNet News.com, Aug. 12)
Among the people nominated for top ministerial posts by Iran’s new president is Ali Saeedlou, who attended the University of Hartford. Nominated as oil minister, he served in Iran’s Defense Ministry in the 1980s and was former chief of Iran’s export promotion center. He served as acting mayor of Tehran during this most recent presidential campaign and is considered a pragmatic conservative. (Associated Press, Aug. 13)
President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, was quoted in several articles in newspapers across the country and mentioned in a number of newspaper commentaries in response to the NCAA’s adoption of a policy prohibiting “hostile or abusive” Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery in post-season championship events, effective Feb. 1, 2006. Harrison was also profiled in an article in the St. Petersburg Times. (St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 12; Tampa Tribune, Aug. 13; Mobile Register Aug. 10; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug. 13)
President Harrison was the subject of a front-page question-and-answer interview with the Hartford Courant about his leadership of the NCAA’s Committee on Academic Performance, which has been involved in developing and executing new academic reform legislation designed to improve standards and make colleges and universities more accountable for their student-athletes’ graduation rates.. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 13)
Stephan Bullard, assistant professor of biology at Hillyer College, received a grant of $14,500 from the State of Connecticut to study the growth and impact of the invasive species didemnum in the waters of Long Island Sound off Groton and to discover ways to mitigate its impact. Bullard received a check from Gov. M. Jodi Rell at a ceremony at Avery Point. Also taking part were the state commissioners of environmental protection and transportation. (The Day, New London, Aug. 10)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was interviewed by Fox 61 for a story on its “News at 10” broadcast about a recent report on America’s most liberal cities and whether Hartford is considered a liberal or a conservative city. (Fox 61, Aug. 11)
An archaeological excavation project in Spain this summer by Professor Richard Freund, director of the university’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, was highlighted in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Freund was chosen by the Spanish government to lead an archeological project that would uncover the 11th century Burgos Synagogue, which is buried beneath a 14th century Catholic church. In March of 2006, Freund plans to offer a course through the University of Hartford, taking students on a tour of the site where the Burgos Synagogue is located, as well as to other cities in Spain with Jewish sites and history. Members of the wider community are also expected to join the tour. (Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Aug. 11)
Business Times magazine published an article and photograph in recognition of the awards won by the University of Hartford and its partnerships at the Connecticut Main Street Center’s 2005 Annual Meeting. The awards were in conjunction with the university’s work with Upper Albany Main Street in North Hartford, including the “Now & Then: Albany Avenue” photographic exhibition, and with the Simsbury Main Street Partnership. (Business Times, August ’05 issue)
In the Hartford Business Journal’s list of the largest MBA programs in the state, the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business ranked fourth by enrollment. In 2004–05, the Barney School of Business had an enrollment of 394 students and conferred 109 degrees. (Hartford Business Journal, Aug. 15)
In a story about Gov. M. Jodi Rell announcing that organizations in Connecticut will be receiving $9 million in federal grants to help adolescents and adults better cope with mental illness and substance abuse problems, it was noted that the University of Hartford’s Connections Wellness Center will be receiving $1.1 million over three years for substance abuse services for students. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 11)
David Cordani, recently named CIGNA HealthCare’s new president, was profiled in the Hartford Courant’s “Business” section. Cordani, a Waterbury native and son of a former policeman, is a certified public accountant and chartered financial consultant who earned an MBA in marketing at the university. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 12)
The lead item in the weekly “Education Briefs” column in the Hartford Courant was about a group of public and private high school teachers who spent Aug. 3 through 5 at the University of Hartford learning new methods for testing bacteria levels in water and how to incorporate the lessons into their classrooms. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 9)
Summer Place students were captured on WFSB-TV Channel 3’s news while setting up stands around campus to sell lemonade and raise funds for the “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” program which generates money for pediatric cancer efforts. The program is named for a little girl who lived in West Hartford. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Aug. 3)
Vera Smith-Winfree, executive director of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce who previously worked in corporate and community relations at the University of Hartford, was named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” winners who exemplify creativity and community service. She said her greatest professional success was producing “Freedom’s Journey: A Celebration of African-American Music” at Lincoln Theater held in conjunction with the appearance of the Emancipation Proclamation last year. (Hartford Business Journal, August 15)
University alum Jerry Kelly was in second place after two rounds of the PGA Championship golf tournament, held Aug. 11 through 15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., and that generated lots of media coverage. For the third round on Aug. 13, Kelly was paired with Phil Mickleson and for the final round on Aug. 14, he was paired with Tiger Woods. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 13, 14 and 15; Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13; New York Times, Aug. 13)
The lead item in the Hartford Courant’s Aug. 11 “Java” column was an item about a new restaurant in Old Saybrook being opened by former University of Hartford standout and NBA All-Star Vin Baker. At a party to celebrate the planned October opening of Vinnie’s Saybrook Fish House, the invited guests included Hartford Athletics Director Pat Meiser-McKnett and welterweight boxing champion Marlon Starling, noted the item. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 11)
Other News
Valentine Todorov Valkov, 21, a Bulgarian student from Trinity College, who apparently drowned in the Connecticut River, may have been participating in a Dartmouth student tradition known as the Ledyard Challenge. Valkov, who was participating in a summer program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, disappeared while trying to swim across the Connecticut River in Hanover, N.H. (Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13)
Trinity College supports a long list of community groups, but it recently faced a $10 million budget deficit in the current year. The college raised tuition, pumped up its fundraising and slashed expenses. So far, its “urban engagement” projects are mostly intact, but staffers at the college are looking at ways to save money in that area as well. (Hartford Advocate, Aug. 11)
A new, 88,000-square-foot science building will open at Western Connecticut State University’s Midtown campus later this month. The new facility has three wings — one each for the biology, chemistry and physics departments. The wings are linked in the center with a public lobby that will showcase a glass sculpture by Ray King of Philadelphia. (Danbury News-Times, Aug. 9)
Officials at Monaco Ford of Glastonbury, a car dealership involved in deals with University of Connecticut athletics, provided a car to former women’s basketball player Maria Conlon last year, prompting a review by the university. A lawyer hired by Uconn to review the arrangement said the deal between Conlon, a fifth-year senior and student assistant coach, and Monaco Ford, a corporate sponsor and booster of UConn athletics, complies with NCAA rules because Conlon was no longer playing. (Associated Press, Aug. 14; Newsday, Aug. 14)
Ten months after suffering a near-fatal brain hemorrhage that wiped out his freshman basketball season at the University of Connecticut, A.J. Price was charged with four counts of third-degree larceny and one count of making a false statement to police in connection with the theft of four laptop computers from dormitory rooms. Price was released on $10,000 bond and ordered to report to Rockville Superior Court on Aug. 23. The larceny counts are Class D felonies and are punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines. (Associated Press, Aug. 13; Newsday, Aug. 13)
Names have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges jockey for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. “All I hear in higher education is, ‘Brand, brand, brand,’ “said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding at Lipman Hearne in Chicago, a marketing firm that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations. “There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.” (New York Times, Aug. 11)
Google will temporarily stop scanning copyright-protected books from libraries into its database, the company said on Aug. 11. The company’s library project, launched in December, involves the scanning of out-of-print and copyright works so that their text can be found through the search engine’s database. Google is working on the project with libraries at Stanford University, Harvard University and other schools. (CNet News.com, Aug. 12)
