Outstanding Alum: Impact on UHart
Celia R. Lofink holds two degrees from the University of Hartford, which is one reason she considers herself a devoted member of the school’s academic community. The other reason is that her father served as an assistant dean in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, making her a true member of the UHart family.
Lofink resides in Battlement Mesa, Colorado, with her husband, Jim. Her two grown sons also live in Colorado. As she often tells her friends, relatives, and colleagues, she advocates for living in places you love, surrounding yourself with good people, and working hard to make the world a better place. Both her years at UHart and her post-retirement life have reflected this philosophy.
At UHart, she was a clinical professor of management at the Barney School of Business, coordinator of its career-ready programs, and assistant dean. Lofink is now an emeritus professor.
While living in Connecticut, she served as a board member for Junior Achievement of Southwest New England.
Lofink has more than 25 years of corporate experience, where she was recognized for her ability to combine and maximize analytical and evaluative skills with insight, independent judgment, and effective collaborative decision-making.
Additionally, she holds a patent for an information filtering system that reads and categorizes large volumes of text data, and she has been published in several notable technology journals.