Freund, Patt, and Miller in Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Harrison in Currents Magazine, and More

“All of God’s Children,” a program for teachers and parents on issues involving the education of special needs children (which is the Greenberg Center’s annual Regina Miller Workshop) and a photo exhibition of special needs children in Israel, India and Sri Lanka (which is the Greenberg Center’s annual Minnie Goldenberg photography exhibition) is the cover story in the Feb. 10 issue of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. The article includes quotes from Professor Emerita Regina Miller, Greenberg Center Director and Professor Richard Freund, and Sherman Museum Director and Professor Avi Patt. To read the article, click here.

The lead item in the “Write Stuff” column in Hartford Courant’s “Cal” on Thursday, Feb. 10, was about a book signing party featuring Miriam “Mims” Butterworth being held on the University’s Asylum Avenue campus on Friday afternoon, Feb. 11. Butterworth, former acting president of the Hartford College for Women, has recently published a book of her memories, titled Just Say Yes. To read the article, click here.

President Walter Harrison was quoted in the cover story on the February 2011 issue of Currents, the monthly magazine of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). In the article, which looked at chief advancement officers moving up to the president of an institution of higher education, Harrison talked about the key role that communication plays. Click here to read the article.

Douglas Dix, professor of biology and medical technology in the College of Education, Nursing and health Professions, had a Letter to the Editor published in the Monday, Feb. 7, edition of the Hartford Courant. Dix was disagreeing with Courant< columnist Rick Green’s assertion that colleges don’t give students the tools to become critical thinkers. Click here to read his letter.