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Media Watch (Aug. 22-29, 2005)
Posted 8/30/2005
"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.
Joseph Voelker, dean of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s Hartford Courant about the issues parents face when they drop a child off at college. He writes that “college offers a rich, three-dimensional adulthood, where the student must become a person wise in judgment, generous in dispute, patient with peers and able to put in the strenuous intellectual effort it takes to make the most of the amazing opportunities college makes available.” (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28)
During ceremonies marking the formal opening of Phase I of the university’s Integrated Science, Engineering and Technology complex, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, presented a $1 million grant to the university from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) for research into laser-guided manufacturing. President Walter Harrison; Peter Eio, chairman of the Board of Regents; inventor Dean Kamen; Larson; and Caitlin Rega ’07, a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, spoke at the ceremony, which included demonstrations of various research experiments by students and faculty. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 29; Connecticut Networks, Aug. 29; WFSB-TV3, Aug. 29; WTIC-TV Fox 61, Aug. 29)
Move-In Weekend at the university was highlighted in radio and television reports over the weekend. WFSB-TV showed video footage of incoming freshmen and their parents moving clothes and supplies into their dormitories. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28; WTIC-AM, Aug 26 and Aug. 27)
In an article in the “Life” section of the Hartford Courant about what college presidents were reading this summer, President Walter Harrison said he will be leading a book discussion of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi, at the Hartford Public Library this fall. He also read Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, He is also is reading Thomas L. Friedman’s The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 29)
The university’s President’s College program and its offerings were profiled in a feature story in the September issue of West Hartford Life. The article included quotes from University President Emeritus Humphrey Tonkin, founder of the program, and area residents who have attended President’s College classes. (West Hartford Life, Sept. ’05 issue)
In stories highlighting the federal governments efforts to help adolescents and adults better cope with mental illness and substance abuse problems by providing $15 million in grants 12 colleges and universities around the country, 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 University of Hartford students. (WFCR-FM, Amherst, Mass., Aug. 22; WBUR-FM, Boston, Aug. 18; WWLP-TV (NBC) Channel 22, Aug. 17)
University of Hartford alums Jerry Kelly, Tim Petrovic, and Pat Sheehan generated significant news coverage for the university during the 2005 Buick Championship held last week in Cromwell. Kelly had the best finish of the three, finishing in a tie for fourth place, two shots behind the leaders. During its national telecast, CBS Sports also showed a photo of the 1988 university’s golf team. “I didn’t hit the fairways on some of the key holes where you’re going to have wedges to easy pins and start making up ground,” said Kelly, the former University of Hartford standout. “I didn’t birdie the first three holes and I couldn’t get it in there on the seventh. But I fought back” (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28 and 29)
Dan Gaspar, new head coach of the Hartford Hawks men’s soccer team, was profiled in the September issue of West Hartford Life. (West Hartford Life, Sept. ’05 issue)
Other News
Colleges and universities in Connecticut and across the United States, locked in a high stakes struggle to attract the best and brightest, are turning to upscale dorm amenities and recreation facilities to tip the balance in their favor. For example, students at Wesleyan University will find large, flat-screen television sets in the lounge areas on their floors and kitchen facilities. (New Haven Register, Aug. 28)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant said the governor’s commission looking into the University of Connecticut’s mishandling of its massive building program is headed toward recommending more state and legislative oversight of remaining projects while allowing the school to retain control over construction. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28)
Abraham S. Goldstein, 80, late dean of the Yale Law School, died Saturday at his home in Woodbridge after a heart attack, the university said. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 25)
An employee with the auditing firm that first raised concerns about the UConn 2000 construction program told an investigating commission that the school planned to submit the audit’s results to the legislature—contradicting UConn’s recent claims that it never planned for lawmakers to see the audit. When the university presented the update on the $1 billion program in early 1999, it included none of the problems identified in the audit. Lawmakers subsequently gave the school another $1.3 billion for more construction. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
Lt. Gov. Kevin Sullivan called on the University of Connecticut to rename its John Rowland Center for Biosciences in Farmington. Sullivan said the center, on the ground floor of the University of Connecticut Health Center, should not be named for the former governor. Rowland, who resigned from office in July 2004, is serving a year-and-a-day federal prison sentence for corruption. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
The American Medical Association found that nearly half of college students in a recent survey reported that at some point in time they were so depressed that they could not function. Nearly 15 percent of college students reported that they had been diagnosed with depression. About 10 percent reported that they had considered suicide at least once. There are more than 1,100 suicides on college campuses each year, making it the second-leading cause of death, after accidents, among students. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
Upcoming
The Hartford Courant is working on a feature story that will profile Louis Manzione, the new dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) and highlight the opening of the new ISET complex. The story, with accompanying photographs, is expected to run later this week.
Joseph Voelker, dean of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s Hartford Courant about the issues parents face when they drop a child off at college. He writes that “college offers a rich, three-dimensional adulthood, where the student must become a person wise in judgment, generous in dispute, patient with peers and able to put in the strenuous intellectual effort it takes to make the most of the amazing opportunities college makes available.” (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28)
During ceremonies marking the formal opening of Phase I of the university’s Integrated Science, Engineering and Technology complex, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, presented a $1 million grant to the university from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) for research into laser-guided manufacturing. President Walter Harrison; Peter Eio, chairman of the Board of Regents; inventor Dean Kamen; Larson; and Caitlin Rega ’07, a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, spoke at the ceremony, which included demonstrations of various research experiments by students and faculty. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 29; Connecticut Networks, Aug. 29; WFSB-TV3, Aug. 29; WTIC-TV Fox 61, Aug. 29)
Move-In Weekend at the university was highlighted in radio and television reports over the weekend. WFSB-TV showed video footage of incoming freshmen and their parents moving clothes and supplies into their dormitories. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28; WTIC-AM, Aug 26 and Aug. 27)
In an article in the “Life” section of the Hartford Courant about what college presidents were reading this summer, President Walter Harrison said he will be leading a book discussion of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi, at the Hartford Public Library this fall. He also read Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, He is also is reading Thomas L. Friedman’s The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 29)
The university’s President’s College program and its offerings were profiled in a feature story in the September issue of West Hartford Life. The article included quotes from University President Emeritus Humphrey Tonkin, founder of the program, and area residents who have attended President’s College classes. (West Hartford Life, Sept. ’05 issue)
In stories highlighting the federal governments efforts to help adolescents and adults better cope with mental illness and substance abuse problems by providing $15 million in grants 12 colleges and universities around the country, 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 University of Hartford students. (WFCR-FM, Amherst, Mass., Aug. 22; WBUR-FM, Boston, Aug. 18; WWLP-TV (NBC) Channel 22, Aug. 17)
University of Hartford alums Jerry Kelly, Tim Petrovic, and Pat Sheehan generated significant news coverage for the university during the 2005 Buick Championship held last week in Cromwell. Kelly had the best finish of the three, finishing in a tie for fourth place, two shots behind the leaders. During its national telecast, CBS Sports also showed a photo of the 1988 university’s golf team. “I didn’t hit the fairways on some of the key holes where you’re going to have wedges to easy pins and start making up ground,” said Kelly, the former University of Hartford standout. “I didn’t birdie the first three holes and I couldn’t get it in there on the seventh. But I fought back” (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28 and 29)
Dan Gaspar, new head coach of the Hartford Hawks men’s soccer team, was profiled in the September issue of West Hartford Life. (West Hartford Life, Sept. ’05 issue)
Other News
Colleges and universities in Connecticut and across the United States, locked in a high stakes struggle to attract the best and brightest, are turning to upscale dorm amenities and recreation facilities to tip the balance in their favor. For example, students at Wesleyan University will find large, flat-screen television sets in the lounge areas on their floors and kitchen facilities. (New Haven Register, Aug. 28)
An editorial in the Hartford Courant said the governor’s commission looking into the University of Connecticut’s mishandling of its massive building program is headed toward recommending more state and legislative oversight of remaining projects while allowing the school to retain control over construction. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 28)
Abraham S. Goldstein, 80, late dean of the Yale Law School, died Saturday at his home in Woodbridge after a heart attack, the university said. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 25)
An employee with the auditing firm that first raised concerns about the UConn 2000 construction program told an investigating commission that the school planned to submit the audit’s results to the legislature—contradicting UConn’s recent claims that it never planned for lawmakers to see the audit. When the university presented the update on the $1 billion program in early 1999, it included none of the problems identified in the audit. Lawmakers subsequently gave the school another $1.3 billion for more construction. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
Lt. Gov. Kevin Sullivan called on the University of Connecticut to rename its John Rowland Center for Biosciences in Farmington. Sullivan said the center, on the ground floor of the University of Connecticut Health Center, should not be named for the former governor. Rowland, who resigned from office in July 2004, is serving a year-and-a-day federal prison sentence for corruption. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
The American Medical Association found that nearly half of college students in a recent survey reported that at some point in time they were so depressed that they could not function. Nearly 15 percent of college students reported that they had been diagnosed with depression. About 10 percent reported that they had considered suicide at least once. There are more than 1,100 suicides on college campuses each year, making it the second-leading cause of death, after accidents, among students. (Hartford Courant, Aug. 24)
Upcoming
The Hartford Courant is working on a feature story that will profile Louis Manzione, the new dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) and highlight the opening of the new ISET complex. The story, with accompanying photographs, is expected to run later this week.
