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Media Watch (Oct. 10-17, 2005)
Posted 10/18/2005
"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.
Professor John Feierabend, director of the Music Education Division at The Hartt School, was featured in USA Today’s “USA Weekend” magazine, in a story about the value of music in a young child’s development. He noted that children enrolled in Hartt’s “First Steps in Music” program, which emphasizes moving to music and singing, score higher on tests measuring a child’s musical potential than those not enrolled. (USA Weekend Magazine, Oct. 16)
The torrential rains of Oct. 14 and 15, which resulted in significant flooding on the University of Hartford campus, as well as around the state, received significant coverage in the local media. There were two separate incidents in the early morning hours on Saturday, Oct. 15, in which two students and a visitor, who apparently went around Public Safety barricades, were caught in the water’s tow and had to be rescued from the powerful, surging flood waters by members of the Windsor and Hartford Fire Departments and the Hartford Police Department. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Oct. 15; NBC 30, Oct. 15; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Oct. 15; Fox 61, Oct. 15; WTIC-AM, Oct. 15; Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Michael J. Crosbie, an architect who is a member of the Hartford Courant’s “Place” board of contributors, wrote an opinion article for the “Commentary” section about the value of the work done by the late Samuel Mockbee and the students at his Rural Studio at Auburn University. That work is now on display at the University of Hartford’s Joseloff Galley. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Jacob Komar, a student at the University High School of Science and Engineering, was interviewed live on NBC 30’s “News at 10” morning program. He was interviewed about his endeavors with Computers for Communities and the recent announcement that he will be presented with a National Caring Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in December. The award to Komar was also noted in a Hartford Courant column about achievements by Farmington Valley residents. (NBC30, Oct. 14; Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
Ann Louise Gittleman was interviewed on the “Bruce and Colin Show” on WTIC-AM radio in advance of her talk at the university on Sunday, Oct. 16. Gittleman, a renowned nutritionist, spoke on “The Biblical Prescription for Health and Healing” as part of a program presented by the university’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. Her talk was also previewed in the “Flavor” section of the Hartford Courant. (WTIC-AM, Oct. 13; Hartford Courant, Oct. 13)
A Hartford Courant feature story about the owners of the three central Connecticut dealerships that sell Harley Davidson motorcycles included a profile of E. Clayton “Skip” Gengras Jr. of the Gengras Harley-Davidson dealership in East Hartford. “Gengras is the son of a legendary Connecticut businessman and politician, and owns car dealerships in East Hartford and Meriden that sell Volvos, Chryslers, Dodges, Jeeps, Chevrolets, Lincolns and Mercurys. The family name is on all of the dealerships, as well as on buildings at the University of Hartford and the Institute of Living, where Gengras is chairman of the board,” noted the article. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Michael Burchard, 21, of Thornwood, N.Y., a University of Hartford student, was arrested on Oct. 14 after an assortment of drugs and a large amount of cash were found in his dorm room. Hartford Police found 2.3 ounces of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 9 grams of opium, 6.47 ounces of marijuana and 20 amphetamine pills in a safe in his dorm room. Police also said they discovered $6,600 in cash. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
The awarding of a nearly $49,000 grant to the university’s MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series by the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation was noted in the “Accolades” section of the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, Oct. 10)
Hartford Hawks men’s golf coach William Poutre, who is also an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship in the university’s Barney School of Business, was featured in a story about a “Playbook for Life” presentation to student-athletes at Temple University. “Playbook for Life” is a program developed by The Hartford, one of the nation’s largest financial services companies, in cooperation with the NCAA, which aims to educate college athletes about the fiscal facts of life. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 13)
“College Central,” a program on The Golf Channel cable television network, came to campus on Sunday, Sept. 11, to do a feature story on the University of Hartford and its men’s and women’s golf teams. The feature ran at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, and then at three separate times on Friday, Oct. 14. (The Golf Channel, Oct. 13, Oct. 14)
Other News
The Hartford Courant did a question-and-answer interview with Wesleyan University graduates Jordan Goldman and Colleen Buyers, authors of “Students’ Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America’s Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts—The Students Who Attend Them.” The 623-page book was published by Penguin. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 17)
The University of Rhode Island (URI) has opted to extend its disciplinary powers over students who misbehave on or off campus. In doing so, the campus joins a growing list of schools that have expanded their disciplinary reach beyond the confines of their buildings. Officials at URI, where two-thirds of students live off campus, say the new policy will keep students safer, arguing that they wear the school colors no matter where they are. (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 14)
After a two-day power outage, the University of Bridgeport went back on line and resumed midterm exams. On Friday evening, workers got a large transformer system on campus running again, and officials began bringing back the power in the buildings, one by one. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14; Connecticut Post, Oct. 15)
JPI Inc. of Irving, Texas, the contractor who built a University of Connecticut student-housing complex plagued with safety problems, has told the state that a school official instructed the contractor not to install a firewall between the complex’s buildings. The lack of a firewall between the attached buildings at the Charter Oak Suites has become part of a criminal probe into fire and safety violations at some UConn housing facilities. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 13)
The MBA degree may be a U.S. invention, but more American students are taking a closer look at Europe’s increasingly competitive business schools. Many European schools have stepped up their marketing in the U.S., touting the advantages of their international culture and curriculum in an ever more global economy. Some schools also promote their one-year degrees as a better value than the typical two-year U.S. program. (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12)
Vivian Malone Jones, the first African-American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, has died at age 63. Malone was one of the students Gov. George Wallace tried to block from entering the university in 1963. (NPR, Oct. 13)
Educational software maker Blackboard will get a bigger piece of the market through the acquisition of competitor WebCT for approximately $180 million. The acquisition will create an e-learning company with more than 3,700 customers, including colleges and universities, corporate and government clients. The merged company will operate under the Blackboard name and be headquartered in D.C. The merger still requires regulatory approval, but is expected to close late this year or early in 2006. (Washington Business Journal, Oct. 13)
Apple Computer recently unveiled its long-rumored video iPod, as well as a new iMac and an updated version of iTunes that lets users buy music videos, TV shows and movies. The new iMac G5 desktop computer will be similar to the current model but thinner. The iMacs will come with a built-in, Webcam-style iSight camera with still and video capabilities. (CNET News, Oct. 13)
Warning that the Boston area’s preeminence in higher education is threatened, a report from the Boston Foundation and Tufts University is calling on presidents of the region’s colleges to form a group to represent their institutions’ interests, along the lines of the Chamber of Commerce or the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition. (Boston Globe, Oct. 13)
Professor John Feierabend, director of the Music Education Division at The Hartt School, was featured in USA Today’s “USA Weekend” magazine, in a story about the value of music in a young child’s development. He noted that children enrolled in Hartt’s “First Steps in Music” program, which emphasizes moving to music and singing, score higher on tests measuring a child’s musical potential than those not enrolled. (USA Weekend Magazine, Oct. 16)
The torrential rains of Oct. 14 and 15, which resulted in significant flooding on the University of Hartford campus, as well as around the state, received significant coverage in the local media. There were two separate incidents in the early morning hours on Saturday, Oct. 15, in which two students and a visitor, who apparently went around Public Safety barricades, were caught in the water’s tow and had to be rescued from the powerful, surging flood waters by members of the Windsor and Hartford Fire Departments and the Hartford Police Department. (WFSB-TV Channel 3, Oct. 15; NBC 30, Oct. 15; WTNH-TV Channel 8, Oct. 15; Fox 61, Oct. 15; WTIC-AM, Oct. 15; Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Michael J. Crosbie, an architect who is a member of the Hartford Courant’s “Place” board of contributors, wrote an opinion article for the “Commentary” section about the value of the work done by the late Samuel Mockbee and the students at his Rural Studio at Auburn University. That work is now on display at the University of Hartford’s Joseloff Galley. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Jacob Komar, a student at the University High School of Science and Engineering, was interviewed live on NBC 30’s “News at 10” morning program. He was interviewed about his endeavors with Computers for Communities and the recent announcement that he will be presented with a National Caring Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in December. The award to Komar was also noted in a Hartford Courant column about achievements by Farmington Valley residents. (NBC30, Oct. 14; Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
Ann Louise Gittleman was interviewed on the “Bruce and Colin Show” on WTIC-AM radio in advance of her talk at the university on Sunday, Oct. 16. Gittleman, a renowned nutritionist, spoke on “The Biblical Prescription for Health and Healing” as part of a program presented by the university’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. Her talk was also previewed in the “Flavor” section of the Hartford Courant. (WTIC-AM, Oct. 13; Hartford Courant, Oct. 13)
A Hartford Courant feature story about the owners of the three central Connecticut dealerships that sell Harley Davidson motorcycles included a profile of E. Clayton “Skip” Gengras Jr. of the Gengras Harley-Davidson dealership in East Hartford. “Gengras is the son of a legendary Connecticut businessman and politician, and owns car dealerships in East Hartford and Meriden that sell Volvos, Chryslers, Dodges, Jeeps, Chevrolets, Lincolns and Mercurys. The family name is on all of the dealerships, as well as on buildings at the University of Hartford and the Institute of Living, where Gengras is chairman of the board,” noted the article. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 16)
Michael Burchard, 21, of Thornwood, N.Y., a University of Hartford student, was arrested on Oct. 14 after an assortment of drugs and a large amount of cash were found in his dorm room. Hartford Police found 2.3 ounces of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 9 grams of opium, 6.47 ounces of marijuana and 20 amphetamine pills in a safe in his dorm room. Police also said they discovered $6,600 in cash. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 15)
The awarding of a nearly $49,000 grant to the university’s MUSIC for a CHANGE benefit concert series by the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation was noted in the “Accolades” section of the Hartford Business Journal. (Hartford Business Journal, Oct. 10)
Hartford Hawks men’s golf coach William Poutre, who is also an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship in the university’s Barney School of Business, was featured in a story about a “Playbook for Life” presentation to student-athletes at Temple University. “Playbook for Life” is a program developed by The Hartford, one of the nation’s largest financial services companies, in cooperation with the NCAA, which aims to educate college athletes about the fiscal facts of life. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 13)
“College Central,” a program on The Golf Channel cable television network, came to campus on Sunday, Sept. 11, to do a feature story on the University of Hartford and its men’s and women’s golf teams. The feature ran at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, and then at three separate times on Friday, Oct. 14. (The Golf Channel, Oct. 13, Oct. 14)
Other News
The Hartford Courant did a question-and-answer interview with Wesleyan University graduates Jordan Goldman and Colleen Buyers, authors of “Students’ Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America’s Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts—The Students Who Attend Them.” The 623-page book was published by Penguin. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 17)
The University of Rhode Island (URI) has opted to extend its disciplinary powers over students who misbehave on or off campus. In doing so, the campus joins a growing list of schools that have expanded their disciplinary reach beyond the confines of their buildings. Officials at URI, where two-thirds of students live off campus, say the new policy will keep students safer, arguing that they wear the school colors no matter where they are. (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 14)
After a two-day power outage, the University of Bridgeport went back on line and resumed midterm exams. On Friday evening, workers got a large transformer system on campus running again, and officials began bringing back the power in the buildings, one by one. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 14; Connecticut Post, Oct. 15)
JPI Inc. of Irving, Texas, the contractor who built a University of Connecticut student-housing complex plagued with safety problems, has told the state that a school official instructed the contractor not to install a firewall between the complex’s buildings. The lack of a firewall between the attached buildings at the Charter Oak Suites has become part of a criminal probe into fire and safety violations at some UConn housing facilities. (Hartford Courant, Oct. 13)
The MBA degree may be a U.S. invention, but more American students are taking a closer look at Europe’s increasingly competitive business schools. Many European schools have stepped up their marketing in the U.S., touting the advantages of their international culture and curriculum in an ever more global economy. Some schools also promote their one-year degrees as a better value than the typical two-year U.S. program. (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12)
Vivian Malone Jones, the first African-American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, has died at age 63. Malone was one of the students Gov. George Wallace tried to block from entering the university in 1963. (NPR, Oct. 13)
Educational software maker Blackboard will get a bigger piece of the market through the acquisition of competitor WebCT for approximately $180 million. The acquisition will create an e-learning company with more than 3,700 customers, including colleges and universities, corporate and government clients. The merged company will operate under the Blackboard name and be headquartered in D.C. The merger still requires regulatory approval, but is expected to close late this year or early in 2006. (Washington Business Journal, Oct. 13)
Apple Computer recently unveiled its long-rumored video iPod, as well as a new iMac and an updated version of iTunes that lets users buy music videos, TV shows and movies. The new iMac G5 desktop computer will be similar to the current model but thinner. The iMacs will come with a built-in, Webcam-style iSight camera with still and video capabilities. (CNET News, Oct. 13)
Warning that the Boston area’s preeminence in higher education is threatened, a report from the Boston Foundation and Tufts University is calling on presidents of the region’s colleges to form a group to represent their institutions’ interests, along the lines of the Chamber of Commerce or the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition. (Boston Globe, Oct. 13)
