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"And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free" —Abraham Lincoln

American Originals Treasures from the National Archives

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ernard den Ouden, professor of Bphilosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been a fixture at the University of Hartford for  years. A recipient of the prestigious Roy E. Larsen award for excellence in teaching, he has recently finished his eighth book, Are Freedom and Dignity Possible?

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On t h e c o v e r : The Emancipation Proclamation is one of a number of rare documents in “American Originals: Treasures from the National Archives” that will be on exhibit at the University’s Museum of Political Life from Feb. 6 to May 16, 2004 See article on page 3.

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ne Thursday evening in early October, was their diversity. From all over the country I went on rounds with two resident and the world, of many different American Oassistants in C complex. This idea racial and ethnic groups, these students were was the brainchild of Nick Testa, this year’s mixing easily with each other. They had in president of the student body and one of the common only one thing, really. They were all RAs whom I accompanied. students at the University of Hartford. Now, most of you know what I mean by This aspect of college life—students’ resident assistant rounds, but for those of socialization, as the sociologists would say— you who don’t, I’ll explain. Each evening the is frequently overlooked when talking about RAs in all of our residence halls wander the importance of diversity in a college through the rooms and apartments on environment. Forming friendships with campus. There are two reasons to do that: people who are different from you is an first, the RAs are on the lookout for health and safety essential aspect of a university experience. Learning issues. But more importantly, and especially in the about people from different religious, ethnic, or racial residence halls for first-year students (such as C backgrounds, learning about people from different parts complex, where of the country or the world, are just as important I went), the RAs are making sure that the first-year lessons as those learned in class. students are adapting well to college life. Over the past five years the University has had many Now, imagine the surprise of these first-year students, accomplishments—I could cite lots of statistics that men and women alike, when the president of their would support the real resurgence of spirit here. None is University walks into their rooms or apartments more important, however, than this: we have increased unexpectedly. I am happy to report that they seemed to the percentage of students of color in our undergraduate accept me easily, and stopped what they were doing to student body from 13 to 17 percent. We have done this introduce themselves, say hello, and get acquainted. by seeking the best possible students without regard to I am also happy to report that I found them doing race and by working hard to make the value of a what you might expect a group of first-year college University of Hartford experience known in schools and students to be doing on a Thursday evening in October, communities around the country and world. five weeks into their University of Hartford experience. At the same time, we have been able to increase the Quite a few were assembled in small groups watching number of our international students this year, despite a television “Friends” was by far the most popular show, world made more tense by terrorism and international followed closely by the baseball playoffs and a college strife, and increasingly more immigration procedures football game), while others were just hanging around that have resulted from this. International students at the common areas talking. the University now number 384; about four percent of In one room I found a dozen young men clustered our undergraduate student body is international. around two tables playing poker (I was delighted to find Throughout its history the University of Hartford has that students still play card games, having spent many offered a first-quality education to students from the hours of my own college life doing that), and in another widest variety of backgrounds. It is an important part of I found three guitarists who had just met each other our heritage. Once a predominately local university, we jamming together for the first time. Some students were now serve students from 46 states and 70 countries. But engaged in the ubiquitous student pastime of instant we continue to be dedicated to serving students of messaging (the computer of choice, I can report, is now promise whatever their background. a laptop). In two cases I found three girls in a room So, over 20 percent of our undergraduate students chatting while one of them was also chatting via are either American students of color or students from computer with a distant friend. outside the United States. All of our students, whatever And, yes, I was absolutely delighted to find some of their background, benefit from this. I could see that these students studying: two were doing an organic quite clearly on those Thursday night rounds—either at chemistry assignment, one was reading an art history the poker tables, in front of the television, or working text, and three students were working on essays for a out some thorny chemistry problem. These students Rhetoric, Language, and Culture class. I also found two were learning as much about each other as they were students assembling a project for a sculpture class. about the world around them. That is precisely what a But what really impressed me about these students university education should be.

2 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 WHOWHO AREARE WE?WE? An Opportunity for Reflection by Warren Goldstein n the last few extraordinary years—which have state but Rhode Island had property-ownership included the contested 2000 presidential election, the requirements to determine which white men could vote. Iterrifying attacks on New York and Washington, a The Constitution as written ignored Abigail Adams’s plea “preventive war” in Iraq, and the massive increase in to her husband to “remember the ladies,” and as for government investigative powers—many of us have been slaves—well, you can look a long time in the looking inward. Who are we exactly? What does this Constitution for a mention of slavery. country stand for? How do others see us, and why? How Still, “American Originals” tells the story of a country much are we willing to trim our freedoms in return for far from complacent, one in which its citizens struggled feeling more secure when we to change its shape and board an airplane? character almost from the When “American Originals: beginning. Look at Thomas Treasures from the National American Jefferson, that apostle of small Archives” comes to the government who, through the University of Hartford in Louisiana Purchase, presided February 2004, visitors will riginals over the single largest have a rare opportunity to expansion of American travel backwards in time to O territory of any president—even experience for themselves the though he doubted his authority promise and conflicts that created the United States of to do so. America. In the late 19th century, Americans were the most The documents themselves have an unexpected technologically inventive people on Earth, filing many power. Even historians used to this sort of thing feel a thousands of patents. We will be able to see several of little shiver when they get close to an important letter these on display, one from the indefatigable Thomas signed by George Washington or Thomas Jefferson or Edison, who transformed American life; another from Abraham Lincoln. And we all sense that a document can Elisha Graves Otis, founder of Connecticut’s own Otis only hint at the battles and debates that came before or Elevator Company, for “an improved hoisting apparatus.” after it. Since many of the documents on display also “American Originals” is richest, though, as it open a window into our turbulent origins and into some documents our struggles over slavery, over expanding of the deepest divisions in our entire history, just be democracy to include more and more Americans, over ready for some strong feelings. the true meaning of the country founded in 1776. Early on, we’ve got George Washington himself The Amistad Case burst onto the American scene accepting the commission as Commander-in-Chief of in 1839. African captives bound for sale in America the Continental Army. Just think: the richest man in rebelled on board the slave ship Amistad, tried America, with literally everything to lose if the unsuccessfully to sail back to Africa, and were captured Americans failed, risked his life, his fortune, and his and imprisoned in Connecticut for a year and a half “sacred honor” (as the signers of the Declaration put it) while the courts decided their fate. The Constitution to command a mediocre collection of militias against the had outlawed the external slave trade as of 1808, though army of the most powerful empire on Earth. not slavery itself. If the captives could prove that they A dozen years later, in the summer of 1787, the had been imprisoned in Africa and brought to America delegates to the Constitutional Convention did to something almost as heretical. Charged with revising the be sold into slavery, they could be freed. Abolitionists Articles of Confederation, they worked secretly to raised money for the court cases, found translators for jettison the Articles and start over—in the process the captives and taught them English, and persuaded creating the single most enduring national constitution former President John Quincy Adams himself to argue in the world. There’s a common misconception that the the case before the Supreme Court. Constitution of the United States created a democratic More than the legal arguments, the resolve and dig- system of government. Not so. State legislatures—not nity of the captives fired the imagination of antislavery the voters—chose the Senate, the upper house; an Americans. The deposition of “Bahoo of Bandaloo in Electoral College chose the president; Supreme Court Africa” (1839) describes his voyage of “two moons in Justices serve for life. Only members of the House of coming from Africa to Havana,” during which time the Representatives were elected by “the people,” and every Africans were “two and two chained together by hands

4 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Thomas Edison, ca. 1918–19

(Left) Edison’s $20 application fee receipt for a patent on his “electric lamp,” Jan. 8, 1880

(Right) Edison’s drawing of his electric lamp, patented Jan. 27, 1880 and feet.” With Chief Justice Joseph Story’s opinion, the only freed slaves in states still controlled by the captives won their freedom, but millions more African Confederacy, that Lincoln issued it under pressure from Americans remained in legal slavery until the radicals in his own party—all true. We also know it cataclysmic events of the Civil War. came to stand for far more: that it inspired millions of It is here that “American Originals” takes us into the African Americans, slave and free; that it gave the heart of the most profound conflict in American history, Northern cause a new moral force; and that it the Civil War: first by transformed Abraham Lincoln into a liberator, an icon giving us a glimpse of of American freedom. Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Civil War ended slavery and decided the question whose Uncle Tom’s Cabin of whether the United States would remain one nation. (1852) inflamed Northern The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) even opinion against slavery; guaranteed former slaves the vote. But it took the through Virginia’s 1861 massive, nonviolent civil rights movement led by Martin “Ordi-nance of Luther King, Jr., nearly a century later to make the Secession,” which all but United States government take a stand, in the Civil ensured war; and then by Rights Act of 1964, against the widespread denial of bringing us face to face fundamental rights to African Americans. with the document that After the Civil War, many American women who had finally fulfilled the key worked hard to help abolish slavery felt they had earned promise of the Declaration the right to vote, too, but been betrayed by the Fifteenth of Indepen-dence—“that Amendment. Susan B. Anthony, continued on page 6 all men are created equal”—the Warren Goldstein is chair of the Department of History in the University’s Emancipation Procla- Opinion of the Supreme Court in College of Arts and Sciences. His biography of William Sloane Coffin, Jr., mation of 1863. We know United States vs. The Amistad, former Yale University chaplain and civil rights and anti–Vietnam War it was only partial, that it March 9, 1841 peace activist, will be published by Yale University Press early next year.

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Opportunity from page 5 whose profile now graces a one-dollar coin, insisted on University’s Museum of voting in the presidential election of 1872—and, as we American Political Life and shall see in the exhibit, earned herself a federal arrest will be on display through and conviction. Women would not gain the right to vote May 16, 2004. The until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920. exhibition was created by That so many of our national heroes so willingly the National Archives and risked ridicule, arrest, prison, hanging, or assassination Records Administration, on behalf of their visions of and for America ought to Washington, D.C., and the give us pause in the fearful and security-conscious Foundation for the National United States of 2003. Beyond the documents, these Archives. The University of bold spirits were the real “American originals,” willing Hartford is the eighth and to bet on Americans’ better selves and eager to test the last venue in the exhibition’s boundaries of the way things were, the ones we want to three-year, national tour. see when we look into a mirror. The Hartford showing is Susan B. Anthony, not dated “American Originals” opens Feb. 6, 2004, at the made possible through a generous gift from United Technologies Corporation. ■

Official voting record of the Constitutional Convention, 1787

6 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Relying on Admissions, Not Fund Raising

By JOHN L. PULLEY The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 1, 2003 Copyright 2003, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Reprinted with permission. or much of the 1990s, M.B.A. program based in sinking more money into from countries such as the University of Paris, shuttered a campus fund raising was a waste of Malaysia and Thailand FHartford’s full-time dormitory, and sold off- time, says Mr. Harrison. would not be attending enrollment dwindled. campus residential “I felt the most Hartford in the fall, Moody’s Investors Service, properties for deans and important thing to do was resulting in a revenue loss the bond-rating agency, faculty members who had to increase tuition of about $1-million. downgraded the lived there rent-free. revenue,” says Mr. “It focused my attention institution’s public debt. The belt-tightening Harrison. To do that, he on something the board And for five consecutive helped to stabilize the reasoned, Hartford was hadn’t quite focused on,” years, beginning in 1991, financial free fall, but it going to have to get much Mr. Harrison says. “I the university posted wasn’t enough. Having better at identifying decided we needed to pay annual budget deficits of cut expenses, the prospective students, a lot of attention to between $1-million and university looked for ways making them feel welcome, admissions marketing.” $5-million. to increase income. The and reducing the amount of Until then, Hartford had Dragged down by the regents were hoping to money it was distributing taken a shotgun approach swift and stunning rely on fund raising, but in financial aid. to marketing to new collapse of the New Hartford, which came Mr. Harrison arrived students, “scattering England economy, the about through the 1957 in July 1998 from the [appeals] all over the institution found itself merger of three University of Michigan at Northeast corridor.” That buried in financial trouble colleges, has the same Ann Arbor, where he had lack of sophistication with no easy way out. problem most young been vice president for undercut the university’s “The university got institutions have: little university relations, and selectivity as well as its caught between a decline giving by alumni, and little immediately faced a new cash flow. Not only did in enrollments and pull among philanthropists. wave of bad news. Because Hartford offer to admit a increasing debt-service If Hartford was going to of the Asian financial majority of applicants— payments,” says Walter turn around quickly, crisis, about 100 students continued on page 8 Harrison, the university’s president since 1998. University of Hartford “Classic problem.” Desperate not to sink further, Hartford quickly Location: West Hartford, Conn. lightened its load. The Founded: 1877 (The current incarnation Board of Regents and the is the result of the 1957 merger of university’s administrators Hartford Art School, Hartt College of trimmed the faculty by 5 Music, and Hillyer College) percent, while lopping off Enrollment: 7,000 one of every five Annual budget: $122-million nonfaculty positions. Endowment: $77-million Hartford discontinued Strategy: De-emphasized fund raising, annual raises that had focused instead on recruiting students averaged 7 to 8 percent for all employees. The institution eliminated an SOURCE: Chronicle reporting

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Admissions from page 7 background, type of policies,” Mr. Harrison neighborhood, and says. “We’re attracting University of Hartford’s Rapid Ascent whether a high-school more students and pro- student was likely to know viding financial aid, but someone who attended spending a smaller Fall 1998 Fall 2002 Change Hartford—the institution percentage of revenue Full-time undergraduates 4,007 4,400 +9.8% began reaching an doing that.” audience of prospective The third prong of Freshman applications 5,064 10,123 +100.0% students that was more Hartford’s initiative was to Acceptance rate 81.7% 69.6% -14.8% amenable to its pitch. improve the quality of Since 1998, applications customer service. Members Accumulated deficit $2.9-million $0 -100.0% have more than doubled. of the faculty and staff, for Minimum SAT score* 850 925 75 points “There’s not much example, are making point in trying to market themselves available to Minority enrollment 13.8% 16.9% +22.5% Lexuses in a neighbor-hood applicants who are visiting Net tuition revenue $55-million $70.1-million +27.4% where people live below the campus; the the poverty level,” Mr. admissions office now Moody’s bond rating Ba1 Baa3 Harrison says. waives the application fee Second, Hartford for students who apply *For most entering freshmen en-deavored to better early; and a new, one-stop manage its financial-aid support center aims to cut awards. The university the time students devote to hired the consulting paying bills and other company Noel-Levitz, a administrative chores. subsidiary of the student- The market has loan giant Sallie Mae, to responded to the changes. help the institution “get an Along with the surge in A student here for the least applications, the amount of financial-aid university’s acceptance discounting,” says Arosha rate has declined to 63 Jayawickrema, Hartford’s percent, a reduction of assistant vice president for about 19 percentage finance. Noel-Levitz uses points; an accumulated statistical data to identify deficit of $2.9-million has almost 82 percent in 1998 tuition payments. qualified students whose been eliminated, replaced —but getting students who That is when Hartford desire to enroll is not by a $4-million reserve had been accepted to turned to a student- predicated solely on steep fund; the student body has actually enroll often focused solution of tuition discounts. increased by 10 percent; required deep tuition sophisticated marketing, It is working. The and during the 2002-3 discounts more efficient use of tuition discount rate has academic year, Hartford as enticements. In the limited financial-aid fallen to 39.5 percent, collected $70.1-million in mid-1990s, for example, resources, and improved which is comparable to net tuition, an increase of the university’s tuition- customer service. that of similar institutions. $15-million over the total discounting rate was First, Hartford embraced In 2002, the average in 1998-99. almost 44 percent, a drag demographic marketing discount at four-year In 2001, Moody’s on Hartford’s tuition techniques favored by private colleges was 39.4 acknowledged the revenues and a concern to retailers and political percent of the published improvements, upgrading Moody’s bond-rating campaigns. The university tuition price, according to Hartford’s bond rating. analysts. focused its direct-mail the Lumina Foundation for “We’ve been able to Forced to round out its efforts on neighborhoods Education, which released prove to Wall Street that freshman class with where prospective students a report on discounting we’re a well-managed, marginally qualified were most likely to live. in May. financially stable students, Hartford’s Taking into account a “We’ve established a organization,” Mr. Harrison dropout rate ticked number of factors— reputation as a place with says. ■ upward, further decreasing affluence, academic progressive financial-aid

8 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Ca m p u s Ne w s

In the spring of 2000, the example of the type of graduate student John Zera harness. work in which students Walk went to work on the first The system also frees are involved at the Engi- prototype of the walker. He the rehabilitation therapist neering Application created a device that used to observe the patient Center—projects that This Way tracks on the ceiling and a rather than concentrating focus on real-world harness. When strapped on catching him or her. problems and arrive at Giving Hope to into the harness, patients Moreover, the system can groundbreaking results. ■ could move forward, accommodate patients backward, or at 90-degree who weigh as much as Stroke Victims angles. If a patient lost 350 pounds. Supporting balance, the harness even a 160-pound patient and Others provided instant support. can be challenging for “Patients learn how to therapists. evdas Shetty, fall in a controlled system Shetty director of the that allows them to regain expects to DEngineering their balance,” explained have a prototype in Applications Center (EAC) research engineer Claudio the Montefiore Medical in the College of Campana of the EAC, who Center ready for patient Engineering, Technology, is working with Senior testing by the end of the and Architecture, and a Electrical/Electronics year. “It will be used by number of students are Specialist Julio Bravo in different kinds of patients, helping rehabilitation the Department of Elec- including older people and patients take a step in the trical and Computer youngsters who have been right direction. Their Engineering to put injured,” he said. creation, the ambulatory finishing touches on the “This kind of testing will suspension system, helps system. help us identify the patients learn to walk again Several groups of boundaries of what the after having strokes or students have worked on system can do.” At the experiencing other injuries. improvements to the same time, Shetty is The project has been in apparatus since its first applying for a patent for the works since 2000, creation. In late 2000 the the system. He hopes to when Avital Fast, M.D., track system was replaced have the paperwork approached Shetty and the with one that allows submitted by the end of University of Hartford patients to move in any the year, since it can take about building such a direction. Throughout a couple of years to receive device. Fast is chair of the 2001 students worked on a patent. Department of altering the system to After initial testing at Rehabilitation Medicine at allow the user to move up Montefiore, the ambulatory the Montefiore Medical and down. In 2002 electric suspension system could Center/Albert Einstein motors were added to become a valuable device College of Medicine in New provide even better for hospitals and York, which is sponsoring support and mobility. rehabilitation centers the student project. Fast The result of this work across the country. Just was determined to find a is that patients can now another way to reduce the risk of move freely in a falling for patients who rectangular space, even were unstable on their feet. going up and down stairs The problem, according to and over other terrain. Julio Bravo demonstrates the Fast, was that therapists When a patient loses ambulatory suspension system. were not always able to balance, sensors detect the provide proper physical patient’s rate of fall and support for patients. provide support through campus news Don’t Drive Your Golf Cart on the Putting Green And Other Essential Tips for Winning Friends and Influencing People

Enjoying the golf outing were (left to right): Patty Morse, Garrett Iannella, Associate Prof. James Fairfield-Sonn, Dr. Ken Freedman, and Jacqui Goren. by Judie Jacobson

olf is Garrett devote one class to the entire outing. The students, all 19 of Iannella’s passion. developing skills around The students swung into them, took home some GSo golf it was, when the game of golf—golf action. Patty Morse, a vice illuminating golf dos and James Fairfield-Sonn, etiquette, etc.—that would president at Mercy Commu- don’ts from Pistol Creek’s associate professor of make them more effective nity Health, contacted golf pro, Alex Kirk. Kirk management in the Barney as they moved forward in various golf courses and was also in charge of the School of Business, asked their careers.” made all the arrangements. assessment and Iannella and the 18 other An enthusiastic Jacqui Goren, a development honors: Executive MBA students in Fairfield-Sonn established reimbursement advising his Managerial Skills class the parameters: the outing requirements analyst for the golfers and golfer- to de-liver an had to be completed in the 3M Health Information wanna-bes on how they extemporaneous same four-hour block as a Systems, created a were doing and how they presentation on something regularly scheduled class; spreadsheet to divide the could improve. His they simply loved. Little it had to be based on the class into groups of four or advice—such as don’t did Iannella know that his same course format of five golfers, each one a mix shout in the ear of talk would lead him back assessment and of experienced and novice someone getting ready to to the golf course—with his development (i.e., assess players. putt and don’t take a cell entire class in tow. and develop golf skills); the Iannella, a pharmacy phone call on the course, “Garrett was the very first 45 minutes had to be consultant in Rhode Island, even if it is your broker— last student to speak,” devoted to the study of golf prepped the group on was meant to impress upon recalls Fairfield-Sonn. “At etiquette, because, as appropriate dress. Ken participants the the end of his presentation, Fairfield-Sonn explains, Freedman, a medical importance of focusing on he mentioned that more “The golf course is a place director, alerted the media. the people you are playing deals are done on the golf where you can make good Luckner Denord, a with and nothing else. course than anywhere else friends or make people public health consultant A point well taken by in the world. The students very upset,” based on with Iannella: “Our main reason spontaneously picked up whether or not you know the East Hartford Health for organizing this event on that theme. Some the unspoken rules of the Department, provided each was that, regardless of people described how game—like don’t walk in golfer with the all- whether or not you are a they’d done deals—or front of someone preparing important golf cap. real golfer, there are a lot blown them—on the golf to putt and steer clear of Someone pulled together a of opportunities to do course. Others said they’d moving golf balls. And, oh catered barbecue lunch. business on the golf never even gone to a golf yes, adds Fairfield-Sonn, And they were off to the course, whether you’re course. So, I told them that the students themselves Pistol Creek Golf Club in with a potential client or I would be willing to had to plan and execute Berlin, Conn. participating in a

10 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 campus news charitable or community include doctors, nurses, interacting with them maintains, is letting event. If you’re out there health facility outside of your normal students take the reins. worrying about what to do administrators, venue, be that school, “This was a great event and what not to do, you’ll consultants, and a variety work, or any other because the group took miss the opportunity to of other health care setting.” control of its own communicate with the professionals, have been Now that it’s over, the experience. Each group is people you’re playing together for one year, and innovative outing seems to a little different, and each with.” will spend one more year be taking on urban legend one has to design the event For Iannella and his together before completing proportions. After a story based on its own needs.” classmates—or cohorts, as their degrees. on the class appeared in After all, he adds with a they are called in the Jacqui Goren, a self- The Hartford Courant, smile, “We’re always Barney School’s Executive proclaimed nongolfer, says, Fairfield-Sonn began interested in increasing MBA program for Health “The day gave me a better receiving kudos from active learning in the Care Professionals—the idea of what happens on a people all over the state. Barney School, day had the added benefit golf course. It also made Not surprisingly, he plans and this is about as active of helping them unite as a me realize how much you to repeat the event with as it gets.” ■ group. The students, who can learn about others by future classes. The key, he Faculty Emeriti: Retirement Has a New Meaning

ost Observer known on Universiy’s emeriti, giving Breit, who is professor readers are campus. entirely new meaning to emeritus of politics and Mfamiliar with the “We serve as a venue of what was once known as government, presented the Alumni Association but continuities,” says the retirement. second lecture of 2002–03, may not know much about Emeriti Association’s “Our Macromolecular describing an interactive another organization that current chair, Peter K. World: From Plastics to computer game he has is also Breit, “to keep alive our DNA” was the subject of been developing on the an important link with the contacts with the the inaugural lecture, events leading up to World University’s past. The University, to echo its delivered by Malcolm War I. His talk was titled Emeriti Association, with history, and to offer our Stevens, professor emeritus “The July Crisis, 1914: an increasing and talents, services, and of chemistry. Stevens Using Counterfactual increasingly enthusiastic skills.” related how he became Thinking and Fuzzy Logic membership of former Last fall the association involved in polymer as an Improved Method of faculty members, is launched a semiannual chemistry from a position Teaching Politics and starting to make itself lecture series whose topics in industry with the Government.” The game reflected the vitality of the Chevron Research will enable students to Company. He went on to make decisions relating to teach the subject, the six weeks of crisis eventually writing a following the assassination textbook that is still in use of Archduke Franz today. Polymer Chemistry: Ferdinand in Sarajevo, An Introduction, published considered by many to be by Oxford University Press, the triggering event for is in its third edition. World War I. One of the Using samples he had purposes of Breit’s project brought along and language is to challenge the idea that could be that the Great War was comprehended by the inevitable and to examine nonscientists in the instead how the outcome audience, Stevens might have changed if explained what polymers different decisions had are and how they are been made during those Ed Sullivan (left), professor emeritus of educational foundations, made. six weeks. chats with Malcolm Stevens, professor emeritus of chemistry, at the luncheon. continued on page 12

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Presence from page 11 Breit has been named new book, Dearest of a visiting professor this Geniuses: A Life of fall in the North American Theodate Pope Riddle, studies program of the Uni- published this spring by versity of Bonn, Germany. Tidemark Press, Ltd. (see He is teaching American review below). government and American Those wishing more foreign policy. information about the Sandra Katz, professor Emeriti Association may emerita of English, contact its coordinator, delivered the first lecture Gordon Clark Ramsey, of this academic year on secretary of the Faculty Sept. 18, discussing her Senate. ■

Peter K. Breit, professor emeritus of politics and government, greets Dearest of Geniuses: Sandra Katz (center), professor emerita of English, and Barbara A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle Streitfeld, associate professor emerita of psychology, at the Emeriti Association’s spring luncheon. Sandra L. Katz Tidemark Press by Margaret Withey

all-male preserve. Best anticipation of the future, before her, included known for her design and or reinterpretation of members of the aristocracy operation of Avon Old events already discussed. of politics, industry, and Farms School in Avon, Through her extensive the arts. In the pages of Conn., she was also the research and access to Katz’s biography, names of creative genius behind letters, diaries, transcripts, the rich and famous other innovative private and other primary sources, abound. Riddle’s schools and a number of Katz has been able to industrialist father, Alfred private homes, including recreate Riddle’s Pope, did not hesitate to the Hill-Stead estate, the extraordinary life. use his influence to Pope home in Farmington, She emerges in the provide his daughter with Conn. Among her best- biography as a girl, then the training, the associates, known architectural woman, of extreme moods, and the opportunities that commissions was the 1920 intense commitments, and made possible her vocation reconstruction of President passionate loyalty and as an architect. Theodore Roosevelt’s love. During her lifetime Katz makes no value birthplace in New York she experienced periods of judgments about Riddle’s City. enthusiasm and commitment to andra L. Katz, Beyond a few basic productivity that spiritualism, a widespread professor emerita of facts, Riddle’s life and work alternated with periods of movement that became English and former S have been obscured for her “sickness,” when she almost an alternate chair of the Hillyer College most readers by a general became fatigued, joyless, religion. Riddle gave large English department, has impression of a severe, and depressed. Named sums of money to written a definitive somewhat eccentric Effie at birth, Riddle chose psychical research, biography of Theodate aristocrat of another era. as a child to use her believing in the endurance Pope Riddle. Born in 1867, Katz’s biography follows maternal grandmother’s of the human spirit but Riddle was one of the first her subject’s life as it name. She was a child of skeptical about the validity women in the United States unfolds chronologically, privilege, and her friends, of mediums’ claims. She to distinguish herself in without shifts in time, like those of her parents lived through two world architecture, a traditionally

12 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 campus news wars, times when marriage” that could have and supporter.” In a note, Celtic faith.” spiritualism thrived, and diminished her career. Of he addressed her as Throughout her life, was herself a survivor of John Wallace Riddle, she “Dearest of Geniuses” and which spanned the last the Lusitania sinking. wrote that she had signed it “your third of the 19th century Although a veteran of “married the finest man in devoted Old Faithful.” and nearly half of the 20th, ocean crossings, she was the world,” and certainly By the 1920s, Riddle Riddle strained against never again at ease while the first one to replace had established herself social and economic aboard ship. Alfred Pope as the most in her profession. The restrictions that were In addition to important person in her American Institute of destined to change in the architecture and life. Architects (AIA), having aftermath of World War II. spiritualism, Katz’s Theodate fitted her life once declined her She died in 1946, when biography makes clear that to John’s as a diplomat, application for the country was poised for human love and notably when he was membership on the basis sweeping socioeconomic companionship sustained named ambassador to of gender, now elected her changes that would alter Riddle. Unquestionably, Argentina at the same time a fellow, and the magazine the face of the society she she loved a female teacher that she was laboring to Architecture featured Avon had known and whose whom she met at Miss design and build Avon Old Old Farms School. Katz prejudices she had tested. Porter’s School in Farm- Farms School. In turn, writes, “Avon Old Farms Katz is also the author ington, Conn., and for John sustained her through School was to Theo what of Elinor Frost: A Poet’s whom she later designed a the constant problems of Taliesin was to Frank Wife and has published school. She was courted by building, running, and Lloyd Wright. Both she and articles on Robert Frost a number of male suitors, maintaining control over Wright felt a mysterious, and other American two of whom remained the school and in indefinable bond to their writers. Dearest of loyal, lifelong friends, but contending with criticism buildings, perhaps because Geniuses is published by not until she was 46 did from the community of of Theo’s belief in Tidemark of Windsor, she marry. Until then she Farmington. He was her spiritualism and because of Conn., www.tidemarkpress. avoided the “gold collar of “most trusted confidante Wright’s quasi-mystical com. ■

Jamaican Leader Proposes Bilateral Program eceiving an honorary doctorate from the RUniversity on Oct. 1, Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson said he accepted the degree with “an overwhelming feeling of pride” in the name of Hartford-area Jamaicans and Caribbeans. “We should have a vested interest in promoting bilateral programs,” Patterson said, proposing a partnership between the University and “I accept your challenge address the All-University Jamaica to receive an Jamaican institutions and to work with the Curriculum class he honorary Doctor of Laws inviting members of the institutions of Jamaica,” teaches on the history of from the University, University community to said University President Hartford. following Edward Seaga in an inaugural conference in Walter Harrison, and Patterson became the 1987 and Michael Manley Jamaica during the winter. invited Patterson to third prime minister of in 1992. ■

University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 13 Ca m p a i g n Ne w s It’s Always a Team Effort Whether It’s Baseball, Family, or Life by Christine M. Farley

hat do grizzlies in his senior year. “I had spent so much time in plan family reunions around and sand gnats such a passion for baseball. Savannah that the city of the teams’ schedules. Two Whave in So, owning teams was a Savannah voted Ken of their children and three common? If you’re talking way I could stay involved citizen of the year in 1999. grandchildren live within about the Gastonia in the game.” Bette has her own way half an hour of the Grizzlies and the Savannah The Grizzlies are of staying involved with Grizzlies. Sand Gnats, the answer is located in North Carolina the teams. “It’s the greatest In addition to giving easy: they’re minor-league and the Sand Gnats, in thrill to be able to sing the music lessons 30 hours a baseball teams owned by Georgia. Ken stays in touch national anthem at a week and doing her part Ken and Bette Hanson with the teams daily and baseball game,” she says. for the baseball teams, Silver. visits each team at least “My friends say Ken had to Bette has been once a month. The Silvers buy me a team just for that instrumental in bringing have purpose.” The Silvers often local theater to Northport. Some years ago, she started a summer Owning musical theater camp for baseball teams is just one children. The camp has of many pursuits for a grown to accommodate couple whose days 100 children and three overflow with work, travel, staff members each family, and other interests. summer. Bette also The Silvers are both 1968 convinced the local school graduates of the University board to start a of Hartford. Ken studied at community theater group the Barney School of for adults. The group, Business; Bette, at The which has become totally Hartt School. self- sufficient, presents The Silvers’ home in two shows a year. Northport, N.Y., is the Ken and Bette have both center of Ken’s CPA had a stint teaching at business and Bette’s work local community colleges, as Ken while he was starting a flute, voice, and piano his CPA business, and instructor. Bette until she decided she Getting involved in wanted to work out of her baseball was a natural home. Ken loved teaching offshoot of Ken’s love for accounting. “I tried to the game. He played pattern myself after [the center field at the late] Bernie Goodman, one University of my favorite professors at of Hartford and was the University of Hartford. co-captain of the team He was a wonderful

14 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 campaign news

“When I played base- ball at the University, we Cardin to Chair played in Colt Park,” Ken says. “It was like playing Campaign an away game. The school has grown a lot since then. ichard J. It’s time to have good Cardin is the playing fields located on Rnew chair of campus that all students the steering 1968 Primus can use.” committee for When he talks about the Campaign of building new facilities for Commitment, sports at the University, the University’s 1968 Primus the enthusiasm comes 10-year, $175 motivator. He knew how to through in Ken’s voice. million capital pique your interest by But then, enthusiasm campaign. Cardin using real life examples.” comes through in just fills the vacancy Bette and Ken say their about everything Ken and created when Peter careers and interests are Bette do. Eio, who had been grounded in what they “We met each other in heading the learned at the University of the seventh grade,” Bette committee, was Hartford. Ken has stayed says. “Started dating in elected chair of the involved with the Univer- high school and got married University’s Board of sity by serving on the two weeks after graduating Regents last May. advisory committee for from the University. We’re An English major Home Field Advantage, totally different, but we’ve who graduated from the athletics project of the always encouraged each the University in University’s Campaign of other. We decided when we 1962, Cardin recently Commitment. The project’s were young that life was announced that a goal is to raise $10 million only going to go past once $500,000 pledge he to construct new playing and that we weren’t going has made to the The campaign’s new chair is a fields. to miss any of it.” ■ University will be directed strong advocate for the humani- to the College of Arts and ties. Richard J. Cardin ’62 (right) Jeter, Cook & Jepson Brings Sciences, the largest gift has directed a $500,000 the school has ever pledge to the College of Arts and Sciences, headed by new Architects to Campus received. Reflecting his Dean Joseph C. Voelker (left). talk by Thomas contributing editor to love for the liberal arts, Fisher, AIA, dean and Architecture magazine, Cardin’s gift will be used to professor of Fisher is the author of In support faculty Aarchitecture in the development in the the Scheme of Things: professors taught me to department of architecture Alternative Thinking on humanities and to fund think objectively and and landscape architecture the Practice of Architec- scholarships for honors critically, and I’m proud of at the University of ture, published by the students in the College of the skills I developed, Minnesota in Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Arts and Sciences. thanks to them. I want to launched a new lecture (UofM) Press. His book Cardin, whose 32-year be sure the same series on Oct. 16 at the Salmela, Architect, on the career with United Parcel opportunities exist for University of Hartford. work and ideas of Duluth Service included students today. My Underwritten by a (Minn.) architect David management positions decision to chair the generous gift from Jeter, Salmela, will be published both domestically and Campaign of Commitment Cook & Jepson Architects by the UofM Press in 2004. abroad, believes that his and my gift to the College Inc., (JCJ) the series will The next lecturer, on University education was of Arts and Sciences reflect present four lectures Dec. 3 in Wilde Audito- the foundation on which my very strong optimism annually. rium, will be John Black he built his personal and for the future of the professional life. “I am The former executive Lee, who will discuss University of Hartford.” ■ editor of Progressive continued on page 31 deeply grateful for how my Architecture and a

University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 15 SEVIS Is Watching Will Fewer International Students Submit to Its Scrutiny? by Mark Hughes

ll was not quiet on college and university campuses and end dates, employ-ment—SEVIS wants to know all. across the country this past summer. Many Ainstitutions were scrambling to meet an Aug. 31, 2003, deadline for registering their international students with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigrant Services (formerly known as Immigration and Naturalization Services). The online registration program, Student Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, monitors the educational activities of all international students in the United States. Currently that’s more than half a million students nationwide, almost 400 of them enrolled at the University of Hartford. At the University, the task of dealing with SEVIS fell In order to get and F-1 student to Richard Lazzerini ’84, associate director of the visa, applicants must complete International Center and an alumnus of the College of form I-20. Professors and Arts and Sciences. According to Lazzerini, Hartford was researcher-scholars seeking J-1 one of the very first schools to comply. visas must fill out a DS-2019. The University had SEVIS up and running in September 2002, which meant there was plenty of time to work out all the kinks in the system. “It was the smartest thing we could have done,” says Lazzerini. This fall, registering students went relatively smoothly. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, government policies regarding student visas tightened, no doubt because one For students, failing to meet all the bureau’s of the 19 hijackers entered the United States on a requirements can have dire consequences, like losing student visa. But, Lazzerini points out, SEVIS didn’t their visa status or even deportation. All this is significantly alter the regulations for international compounded, Lazzerini points out, by the fact that students. What it did was to put into place much stricter English is not the first language of many of these monitoring and add a few hoops for applicants to jump students. He has spent the past 23 years advising through. All international students must fill out three international students as they make the transition from new forms when they apply for a visa and then wait in a their native lands to commu-nity and academic life on sort of limbo, sometimes for months, to learn whether campus. Before SEVIS, that meant anything from their applications have been approved. Once the helping a student from Chile find a used car to students arrive at their respective campuses, each organizing the yearly international festival on campus. school must create an electronic file in SEVIS that Since 9/11, however, Lazzerini has been spending an includes information such as the student’s address, increasing amount of time meeting regulations from the degree program and number of credits, semester start U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

16 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 international center

For now, most international students seem to accept status as the destination of choice for international and understand the need for SEVIS in a post-9/11 world. students.” There have been some notable glitches, however. International student exchange is grassroots diplomacy Lazzerini recalls one young woman in Turkey who at heart, says Oaks. “It’s a part of our foreign policy, a traveled some 300 miles from her home to the embassy means of gaining goodwill ambassadors for our country in Ankara three times before her name showed up on and helping American students understand the world. the State Department’s list and she could get her visa We must find a way to achieve the security we need and make her way to the University. while ensuring that legitimate student exchanges can Could these new requirements discourage continue to thrive.” international students from applying to U.S. schools? Adds Catharine Stimpson, dean of the Graduate Many in the higher education community say they School of Arts and Science at New York University, are already seeing signs of a change. An article in the writing in the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 27, “I September issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education recognize the heightened role that education institutions titled “In Visa Limbo” states, “Although aggregate must play in national security. But bad visa policies numbers are not yet available, anecdotal evidence make it hard for international students to study here. suggests that tighter visa regulations, in addition to This harms U.S. higher education, the creation and growing competition from universities in other English- transmission of knowledge, and, ultimately, society— speaking countries, may lead to a decline in foreign- exactly what the terrorists sought to do in the first student enrollment in the United States this fall.” The place.” Chronicle quotes U.S. Department of State figures Lazzerini and his staff at the International Center showing that from Oct. 1, 2002, to Aug. 1, 2003, close to couldn’t agree more. They take great pride in making 175,000 student visas were issued—65,000 fewer than sure that international students see very little red tape. for the same period two years earlier. Their mission is to ensure that the exchange of cultures Ursula Oaks of the NAFSA: Association of Interna- and ideas that takes place when these students sit in tional Educators points out that schools in the United University of Hartford classrooms, live in the dorms, and States don’t exist in a vacuum. “American institutions of make American friends among the students, staff, and higher learning compete with their overseas faculty will continue as seamlessly as possible. ■ counterparts. We have to be careful to maintain our

Richard Lazzerini ’84 (far left) with colleagues of the University’s International Center (from left) Pinar Topcu and Lily Lin, administrative interns; Catherine Stevenson, director; Hikmet Aslan, assistant foreign student advisor; and Bridgett Sandusky, study abroad administrator

University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 17 At the Helm: Gail Champlin ’66 (right), director of Hartford College for Women’s Career Counseling Center, and Eleta Jones (left), director of career counseling and assistant director of the center. 18 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 hartford college for women The Career Counseling Center Turns 35 Meeting the Community’s Needs in the 21st Century by Judie Jacobson

little over a year ago, Aretha Duncan retreated into of women living in Greater Hartford. The project the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, where she was identified a strong need for counseling and training to A vacationing, to meditate. The Ashford, Conn., help women return to work. In the fall of 1968, The humanitarian had spent years traveling the world in her Career Counseling Center was formed and became the quest to help the needy. Frustrated with the arduous, first career counseling service for women in often disappointing task of applying for grants, she was Connecticut, and one of the very first in the nation. convinced of the need to develop a for-profit business to Over the years its focus has changed, and people help fund her nonprofit causes as well as provide herself seeking the center’s services now include men and with a livelihood. As she meditated, an idea hit her: women from all over Connecticut, of all ages and produce a line of gourmet Jamaican coffees and market backgrounds. Clients are assisted in assessing their it to hotels, supermarkets, airlines, and other such personal strengths as they relate to new career goals and establishments in the United States. Great idea. Now plans. They receive guidance in completing résumés, what? preparing for interviews, and developing job-search “I went to the local office of the SBA [Small Business strategies. The center helps clients develop self- Administration] to get some information, and I came confidence and a sense of hope for the future while they across a brochure for a program that helps people start are learning to communicate their strengths to current their own businesses,” recalls Duncan. “I ended up and future managers. enrolling in the program.” That program was The To help local corporations respond to the increasing Entrepreneurial Center—a comprehensive four-part human-resource challenges of the 21st century, The training program for aspiring entrepreneurs that Career Counseling Center also provides career includes an intensive, two-session self-assessment development services on site. Corporate customers have workshop to determine an individual’s readiness for self- included Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies employment; a 16-week comprehensive, training course corporate headquarters, American Eagle Federal Credit on how to start and run one’s own business; one-on-one Union, Aetna, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Northeast business counseling; and help in raising business capital. Utilities. This fall, the center is offering a new Human Since it was established in 1985, The Entrepreneurial Resources Institute for Talent Development and Center has helped hundreds of men and women like Retention to help human resource professionals nurture Aretha Duncan start their own businesses. But its story in-house talent. is just one chapter in the highly successful history of its A year ago, Sunsheray Turner, the oldest of four parent body, The Career Counseling Center, the children in a single-parent family, enrolled in the innovative community-outreach division of Hartford center’s After-School Computer Academy, a program College for Women at the University of Hartford. that enhances young women’s computer skills and “The Career Counseling Center is itself a very prepares them for the work world. An outstanding entrepreneurial endeavor,” notes the center’s longtime student, Turner then enrolled in Project CRECER, a director, Gail C. Champlin. Indeed, in 1967 economic Career Counseling Center summer program that currents were rapidly shifting. Sensitive to those shifts enhances the math, language arts, and computer skills and the impact they might have on the lives of women, of economically disadvantaged minority women who are families, and society as a whole, Laura A. Johnson, then in high school and then opens their eyes to career president of the Hartford College for Women, launched a possibilities through its affiliation with the Capital project to study the need for employment and education continued on page 20

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Center from page 19 Region Workforce Development Board’s Summer Youth Employment and Training Program. Through these two programs, Turner, who graduated ninth in her class from the Albert I. Prince Technical School in Hartford, received two internships—one at the University of Hartford and the other at Northeast Utilities. “The internships,” says Turner, “gave me a chance to see what kinds of jobs are out there. I knew that I wanted to major in finance and minor in international business, and these internships helped me to focus on what I wanted to do.” This year, she will begin classes as Meet a freshman at Central Connecticut State University. Gail C. Champlin, Amy Parks was a young homemaker with two sons, ages 10 and 11, when her husband died suddenly two Director of years ago. She found transition counseling, life skills workshops, and plain old support through Look Forward, The Career Counseling Center a Career Counseling Center program aimed specifically at displaced homemakers who may be divorced, n 1968, the same year The Career Counseling Center set up widowed, or separated and are seeking shop, Gail C. Champlin received her master’s in social work help with steps toward emotional and financial self- Ifrom the University of Connecticut. Now, as the Center sufficiency. “They helped me figure out where I wanted celebrates its 35th anniversary, Champlin celebrates her 21st as to be and what I wanted to do,” says the Burlington, its director. Conn., mom. “I was in a group with 10 other women A warm and bouyant personality, Champlin has led the center who met twice a week for 12 weeks. We had career through many significant changes, including the development counseling, help with our résumés, and we even learned of such pivotal programs as Project CRECER in 1984, The Entrepreneurial Center in 1985, and the After-School Computer word processing. But we also focused on our personal Camp in 1993. Her open and inclusive leadership style is selves.” Today, Parks is a library media specialist in the appreciated by staff. “A number of center staff have been here Harwinton, Conn., school system. A graduate of the for many years—15, 20, or more—and that says a lot about University of Hartford, she is also back in school at Gail’s leadership style,” says Eleta Jones, assistant director of The Southern Connecticut State University, where she hopes Career Counseling Center and director of its Career Counseling to earn a master’s degree in that same subject. Department. “Gail has a wonderful ability to take an idea and The Career Counseling Center also offers one-on-one see the possibilities. She has a knack for knowing whom to tap career-counseling services, a litany of career for what job.” development seminars, a Child-Care Training program A graduate of the University of Hartford—back when, she for child-care workers, the Youth Development recalls with a smile, “there were only three buildings on campus”—Champlin served as associate director, and then as Practitioner Academy to help adults who work with acting executive director, of the Hartford Region YWCA before youth to upgrade their skills; the Certified Nurse Assistant going into private practice as a counselor in 1980, then joining Training program; and continuing and professional The Career Counseling Center in 1982. For the past eight years, education in such fields as real estate and construction. she has also taught at Saint Joseph’s College on weekends in “The Career Counseling Center was formed to respond order to stay in touch with her social-work roots. She is the to a community need, and we are still doing just that,” recipient of several awards, including the 2001 Power of Women says Champlin. “When we see a need for a new program, Award, presented by Charter Oak College and the American we add it. When a program has run its course and a Association of University Women. need no longer exists, we discontinue it and move on. Today, sitting in her cozy, sunlit corner office in the converted We strive to offer the highest-quality service by hiring 1930s Tudor-style house that serves as home base for The Career the best staff, and we measure outcomes by checking Counseling Center, Champlin is as enthusiastic about her organization’s roster of vital programs as she no doubt was the back with people to see how they are doing.” day she took the job. “The exciting thing for me, and the reason Over the past 35 years, the center has made a major I’ve stayed all these years,” says Champlin, “is that the center is difference in the lives of thousands of people across such an innovative place. Yes, some programs may go on for Connecticut. Prospects for the next 35 seem every bit years, but they evolve as the needs of the community evolve. as good. ■ We’re constantly developing new programs. It’s never boring.”

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 9:30–10:30 a.m. College/School Programs 8 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Presentations by colleges/schools for parents A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft 6–8 p.m. Registration (locations provided at registration) in Salem, Mass., in 1692 Gengras Student Union, Suisman Lounge Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission; $12 senior 10:30 a.m.–noon Parent College citizens, University of Hartford faculty, staff, and alumni; 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Albany A traditional favorite! Parents will have the opportunity Sports Center $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box to experience two different University classes as if they were Officer, 860.768.4228 7 p.m. Shabbat Services and Dinner students (information provided at registration). 9 p.m. Get Back! The Cast of Beatlemania Gengras Student Union, Wilson Conference Center, and Noon–1:30 p.m. Picnic Lunch North Cafeteria; $10 per person; advance registration $20 in advance, $25 day of show Gengras Student Union lawn, $7 (only for preregistered Lincoln Theater required; University of Hartford students free (donation parents, students, and guests; tickets provided at registration) greatly appreciated!) 10 p.m. Late-Nite Jazz Noon–1:30 p.m. Empty Bowls University Commons, Hawk’s Nest, ground floor, free Purchase a ceramic bowl made by a University of Hartford art student, fill it with soup donated by ARAMARK, and know that the money collected will be donated to Foodshare—Connecticut’s food bank. All bowls are only SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 $10 to $15. 9:30–11:30 a.m. Parents Association Brunch Gengras Studen Union lawn Let your students sleep! Wonderful food, music, and raffle prizes! Brunch will be served until 10:15 a.m. 1–2 p.m. Study Abroad Opportunities Gengras Student Union, Cafeteria; $8 parents, students, and Gengras Student Union, Rooms G and H (third floor) guests; $5 children under 12; $10/$7 at the door Rani Arbo 1–2:30 p.m. Tour of the Mortensen Library Continuous tours 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Bookstore Open Harry Jack Gray Center 7:30 p.m. Rani Arbo Harry Jack Gray Center and daisy mayhem with 11 a.m. Protestant Worship 1–3 p.m. Career Center Open House The Road Birds Gengras Student Union, Room C, main floor Gengras Student Union, Room 309 Upbeat eclectic folk and acoustic performers 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Hillel Open House and Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, $15 2–4 p.m. President’s Welcome and Bagel Brunch Student Talent Show 8 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Hillel Campus Center (rear of the Residential College for Konover Campus Center A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft the Arts), free; advance registration required in Salem, Mass., in 1692 4:15–5:30 p.m. Parents Reception with the Noon Catholic Mass and Reception Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission; $12 senior President Konover Campus Center citizens, University of Hartford faculty, staff, and alumni; Konover Campus Center $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Maine 4:45–5:30 p.m. Parents Association Meeting Office, 860.768.4228 Soccer Field, Sports Center Konover Campus Center 8 p.m. 20/20 Performance 3 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible 6 p.m. Brothers and Sisters United Chamber music performances by Hartt honor students A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft Reception and Dinner Berkman Auditorium, free in Salem, Mass., in 1692 Gengras Student Union, Cafeteria Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission; $12 senior Advance registration required citizens, University of Hartford faculty, staff, and alumni; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Northeastern $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box Sports Center Office, 860.768.4228 8:30–10 a.m. Registration 3 p.m. van Rooy Competition for Gengras Student Union, Suisman Lounge 7 p.m. Hillel Havdallah Services and Dessert University of Hartford Magnet School, Agora Musical Excellence 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Bookstore Open Desserts galore, student performances, free Hartt School undergraduate instrumental performance Harry Jack Gray Center Advance registration required majors. Dessert reception following performances and preceding announcement of winners. 8:30–10 a.m. Parents Continental Breakfast 7–8:30 p.m. “…Stop Laughing, Mom” Lincoln Theater, free Gengras Student Union, Cafeteria, free SLM is our new student improvisational comedy troupe! They will make you laugh, they will make you cry, and they will make you question your existence in the greater cosmos (but hopefully not in that order). Konover Campus Center, free 22 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 FALL WEEKEND 2003 Homecoming Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 3–3:30 p.m. Lecture by Charles Canedy, Associate 9 p.m. Get Back! The Cast of Beatlemania Professor of Management/Marketing Lincoln Theater; $20 in advance, $25 day of show; ticket 7 p.m. Class of 2004 Homecoming Reception Auerbach Hall, Room 327 information at Lincoln Theater Box Office, 860.768.4228 Hawk’s Nest 3:30–4 p.m. Presentation on Use of Technology 10 p.m. Late-Nite Jazz 7 p.m. Shabbat Services and Dinner in Barney Classes University Commons, Hawk’s Nest, ground floor, free Gengras Student Union, Wilson Conference Center, and Auerbach Hall, Room 327 North Cafeteria; $10 person; advance registration required 4–6 p.m. Barney Alumni Cocktail Reception 7 p.m. African American and Hispanic Informal tours of Barney SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 Alumni Reception Auerbach Hall, entry foyer 11 a.m. 50ish Reunion Brunch Harry Jack Gray Center, The 1877 Club, Rotunda Harry Jack Gray Center, The 1877 Club 4:45 p.m. Unveiling of Plaque Honoring Donors to 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Albany the Barney Canopy Fund 11 a.m. Protestant Worship Sports Center Auerbach Hall Gengras Student Union, Room C, main floor 7:30 p.m. Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem with 5–7 p.m. Orientation Leader and Red Cap Reunion 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Hillel Open House and The Road Birds Harry Jack Gray Center, The 1877 Club, Rotunda Bagel Brunch Upbeat eclectic folk and acoustic performers Hillel Campus Center (rear of the Residential College for Harry Jack Gray Center, Wilde Auditorium; $15 person 6:30 p.m. Reunion Receptions the Arts), free; advance registration required Class of 1978 and Class of 1983 8 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Mortensen Library Noon—Catholic Mass and Reception A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft in Konover Campus Center Salem, Mass., in 1692 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Northeastern Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission, $12 alumni, Alumnae volleyball players will be recognized at the game. 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Maine $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box Sports Center Sports Center, Al-Marzook Field Office, 860.768.4228 7 p.m. Hillel Havdallah Services and Dessert 8 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible 8 p.m. 20/20 Performance Desserts galore, student performances, free A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft in Chamber music performances by Hartt honor students Advance registration required Salem, Mass., in 1692 Berkman Auditorium, free University of Hartford Magnet School, Agora Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission, $12 alumni, $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box 8 p.m. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible A timeless tale of truth on trial and cries of witchcraft in Office, 860.768.4228 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Salem, Mass., in 1692 3 p.m. van Rooy Competition for Noon–1:30 p.m. Empty Bowls Millard Auditorium; $15 general admission, $12 alumni, Musical Excellence Purchase a ceramic bowl made by a University of Hartford $10 students; ticket information at Lincoln Theater Box Hartt School undergraduate instrumental performance art student, fill it with soup donated by ARAMARK, and Office, 860.768.4228 majors. Dessert reception following performances and know that the money collected will be donated to preceding announcement of winners. Foodshare—Connecticut’s Food Bank. All bowls are Lincoln Theater, free only 8 p.m. 20/20 Performance $10 to $15. Chamber music performances by Hartt Gengras Student Union lawn honor students Noon—Fraternity and Sorority Reunion, Berkman Auditorium, free Classes of 1960–75 Hawk’s Nest; $5 person, $20 at the door Noon—Fraternity and Sorority Reunion, Classes of 1985–2000 Behind B Complex; $5 person, $20 at the door, cash bar 1–2:30 p.m. Tour of the Mortensen Library Continuous tours Harry Jack Gray Center Al u m n i Ne w s 1946 MBMorse.html RUTH ZIOLKOWSKI (HCW) Helping Students Resolve of Crazy Horse, S.D., has updated 1967 the progress on the carving of the Conflicts Peacefully MARTIN BRESNICK (HARTT) colossal Crazy Horse Mountain. of New Haven, Conn., was awarded a Guggenheim Fellow- This memorial includes cultural or seven years, the Student ship for 2003. Bresnick is a and educational events in the Assistance Center of East professor of composition and Indian Museum of North America. Hartford (Conn.) High coordinator of the composition The Crazy Horse Memorial Native F School, which was developed department at the Yale School of American Scholarship Program and administered by Kenneth Music. His compositions cover a has observed its 25th anniversary. Gwordz ’70, ’76, has helped wide range of instrumentation, More than 1,500 students have students reach their academic from chamber and symphonic benefited from the scholarships. potential while combating music to film and computer music. They are primarily students from violence in the school. The Bresnick received national the nine South Dakota reservations. program depends for its success attention in 1998 when he on student involvement with received the first Charles Ives 1950 support from the entire Living Award, administered by the FRANK C. FRAGO (HILLYER) community. American Academy of Arts and of Newington, Conn., was In a report issued this spring, Letters. appointed chair of the Connect- the Coalition for Community icut Society of Certified Public Schools cited East Hartford High ALBERT W. LANDI (BARNEY) Accountants meritorious service School as a role model for the nation. The report containing the of Collinsville, Conn., is a senior sales representative for Webster committee for the 2003–04 activity citation was released at a national policy-maker forum in Financial Advisors. He is year. Washington, D.C., and presented to East Hartford High School responsible for developing and administrators on May 20. The Coalition for Community Schools is an alliance of more than 160 national, state, and local organizations. It represents not only community development, education, family support, and human services, but also government, health and mental services, training, and advocacy. The report, “Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools,” features 20 schools that “mobilize community resources in support of student learning.” To download a copy, visit www.communityschools.org. Previously one of the winners of a Community Solutions for Education award from USA Today, the program is described in Conflict Resolution: A Blueprint for Preventing School Violence by Gwordz, former East Hartford principal Steven Edwards, and

1956 Vanguard Mary Meggie, professional development coordinator for the school (Observer, Summer 2002). 1968 Primus 1957 Gwordz, director of the Student Assistance Center, was managing trust and investment ROBAL A. JOHNSON (ENG) named this year’s Teacher of the Year at East Hartford High on services for high net-worth of Chicago, Ill., was featured May 12 and served as grand marshal at the school’s graduation on June 17. organizations and qualified prominently in a Chicago Sun- retirement plans. Times article on ways to combat high employee turnover. Johnson Town Council for his service to the ethics of clinical research in Third 1968 Bloomfield Education Foundation World countries. He has embarked worked in sales at IC Industries ROBERT B. HAIGHT (WARD, in its mission to support the on medical missionary work in and as general manager of ’66 WARD CERT) of Riverton, Bloomfield public schools. He was Sodo, Ethiopia, with a group that manufacturing at the Weyerhauser Wyo., has accepted a position the founding president of the established a foster home for street Company before launching his with Wyoming Public Television, foundation from 1999 to 2001. children and provides medical and own human-resources consulting which is part of Central Wyoming practice more than 20 years ago. dental help for the people of Sodo. 1965 College. MARGARET BERGER 1962 DR. ROMEO T. BACHAND 1969 MORSE (ENHP) of Guilford, ELLIOTT J. DONN (BARNEY) (A&S) of Mundelein, Ill., after MARGARET W. NAREFF Conn., writes that you can reach of Windsor, Conn., recently retiring from Abbott Laboratories, (HCW) of Granby, Conn., was her and read about her by visiting received a certificate of set off on new adventures. He honored at the Hartford College the Web site www. appreciation from the Bloomfield received his M.A. from DePaul for Women Commencement University with emphasis on the booksandauthors.net/Interviews/

24 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Alumni NEWs ceremony, receiving HCW’s in Hartford, Stringer was cited for cut Society of Certified Public Congratulations! Marcia Savage Alumna Award. rescuing a school plagued with Accountants (CSCPA) educational Best wishes to our alumni and Nareff is director of the youth student discipline problems, low trust fund, and IVY F. ZITO their spouses on recent nuptials services division at the YWCA of teacher morale, and high truancy (BARNEY) of Ellington, Conn., will Marcia Bromberg ’72 and William J. Haley the Hartford Region, Inc. and drop-out rates. head the CSCPA’s strategic Roslin B. Pellman ’89 and Kenneth planning committee for 2003–04. 1972 Guttentag 1977 Christine M. Manikas ’91 and Paul MARCIA BROMBERG (A&S) GLENN E. MELTZER 1979 Wanuga of Montville, N.J., recently opened (BARNEY) of Roslyn, N.Y., has MARILYN ROTHSTEIN Maria C. Piazza ’94 and Christoph Vaessen Comet Billiards, Inc., in been promoted to vice president of (A&S) of West Hartford, Conn., Misty Segura and James X. Barbour ’98 Parsippany, N.J. Bromberg still sales and enterprise systems at was recently named to the board Courtney J. Fitzgerald ’99 and Rory owns the temporary employment Henry Schein, Inc., the largest of directors of Peninsula Holdings Tennant agency, Baker Personnel/Temps of provider of health care products Group, Ltd., a technology Denise Maciel ’00 and Scott L. Kaplan Morris County, Inc., that she investment group focused on ’00 established in 1981. creating synergistic value by Mariam J. Gregorian ’03 and David A. converging companies with proven Strom ’00 1973 and profitable business models. RICHARD B. WILSON and to our alumni parents Lee Anne Emery ’89 and Thomas Goerg (HARTT) of Olney, Md., has retired 1981 (Lillian Mae) from the U.S. Army Field Band CURT M. BUCKLER (A&S) of Tina Papachristou ’89 and Mark Canno after serving in the military for 31 North Bergen, N.J., recently (Christopher John) years. His last performance was as performed as Big Jule in the 50th Beth J. Chalfin ’91 and Bruce Ravech a French hornist in Oslo, Norway, Anniversary national tour of Guys (Alexa Rachel) and his last staff project was a and Dolls with Maurice Hines. Michelle and Charles D. Ward ’92 total revision of the regulations Buckler also played Gangster 2 (Samuel Eric) governing all Army active duty, in a run of Kiss Me, Kate in Michelle Gapas ’93 and Tom Chesson Army Reserve, and National Westchester, New York. (Conner) Guard bands. He retired as a Melanie Hache ’95 and Timothy Downey senior sergeant major. During his 1978–79 Book of Faces MARK M. ZAMPINO (A&S) of ’95 (William Henry Nolan) years in the service, he received and services to office-based Rocky Hill, Conn., and ALAN M. Amy Davidson ’90 and Mark Lombardo the Legion of Merit and was practitioners in the combined FRIEDMAN ’82 (BARNEY) ’87 (Ari Royce) awarded the Meritorious Service North American and European have been honored as members Kimberly Tobin ’91, ’89 and Michael Medal five times. of The Accounting Crows, a rock- markets. He will manage field Savage (Twins—Jordan Ian and and-roll band, by the Connecticut sales of the dental corporate Sydney Ryan) 1975 accounts group and Dentrix Society of Certified Public WILLIAM M. YOKOW (A&S, enterprise software. Accountants. Band members were Allison Berg ’90, ’92 and David Karasik ’80 BARNEY) of Windsor, Conn., recognized for their “positive (Noa Krist) has started his own law practice 1978 representation of the certified Laura Laiacona ’93 and Jay Ligouri in Windsor. His emphasis will be MICHAEL GARGANO, JR. public accounting profession” in (Kaitlyn Maggie) on white-collar and tax crimes (BARNEY) formerly of Fairfax, Va., Con-necticut and around the Jill Courville ’95 and David P. Mongeau defense and taxpayer is the new vice chancellor for country, through their ’95 (Zachary Frederick) ■ representation in Internal Revenue student affairs and campus life at performances at CPA careers Service (IRS) and civil disputes. the University of Massachusetts. conferences for high school Yokow is a retired special agent Gargano had been associate vice students and at local and national with the IRS Criminal Investigation president for student and professional conferences and meetings. Zampino is the Unit. academic support services at The interviewed by The Boston Globe public affairs director of the George Washington University in regarding a recent concert. Connecticut Society of Certified 1976 Wash-ington, D.C. Robelotto, a pianist, was cited as Public Accountants, a position he EDWARD J. GENEROUS part of the “third-stream music” DANIEL GASPAR (BARNEY) has held since 1982. (ENHP) of Cheshire, Conn., has movement, which blends jazz and of South Glastonbury, Conn., a joined New England Motor Freight classical. at its Meriden terminal as vice former Hartford Hawks soccer 1982 president of national accounts. player, has joined Benfica of NEWTON BUCKNER III JUDITH A. SIVONDA (HAS) Lisbon as the Portuguese league (BARNEY) of Farmington, Conn., of Middletown, Conn., has written PAUL D. STRINGER (ENHP) team’s goalkeepers’ coach. He has was recently installed as president with co-author Michael L. White of of Newington, Conn., has been coached the Connecticut Wolves of the Connecticut Society of Colorado a book titled Antique named 2003 Connecticut High for the past three seasons. Certified Public Accounts for Coffee Grinders: American, School Principal of the Year by 2003–04. English and European, published JANET S. MALEY (BARNEY) the Connecticut Association of by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., of Schools. After just three years as of Woodbridge, Conn., was MONICA G. ROBELOTTO continued on page 26 principal of Weaver High School named chair of the Connecti- (HARTT) of Hadley, Mass., was

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Alumni from page 25 Atglen, Pa. Illustrated with 600 color photos from their collections, it presents the chronological history of coffee Gridiron Granny: grinders, beginning with the advent of the mills in 17th-century Publicity Star for Europe. Sivonda is an art teacher in the New Haven public schools the Starz and is completing her master’s in by Margaret Withey social studies at Wesleyan University in Middle-town. he’s not your average great-grandmother. Charlotte Chambers ‘68 (ENHP), a.k.a. MARK A. VINING (BARNEY) the “Gridiron Granny,” plays free safety of Columbia, Conn., has been S recognized by the Connecticut for the Orlando Starz, a women’s professional football team. The Women’s Independent Region Ski Patrol for 26 years of Football League (IWFL) has 28 member teams. service in the National Ski Patrol. Orlando is in the South Atlantic Division of the Vining is the Ski Patrol’s regional Eastern Conference. At 70 years of age, administrator for Connecticut in Chambers may be the oldest pro football player would not survive. She did, and went on to play addition to his first-aid-training in the United States, or anywhere. When word every sport open to women at her high school. and on-the-hill responsibilities. about her got out this year, her team and the She also married and became a mother while Mark is a realtor with Prudential league benefited from a bonanza of publicity. still in the 11th grade. Connecticut Realty in West Chambers spent a quiet first year on the She then had four more children, left Orlando Hartford. team—practicing, running, doing drills, tackling, and a bad marriage, and settled in Hartford, playing about eight minutes per game, and Conn., for the next 35 years. Here she WILLIAM W. WHIPPLE enjoying herself. Her profile was low because completed her bachelor’s degree at the University (BARNEY) of Lake Forest, Ill., is the media hadn’t yet noticed her. Then came and taught in the Hartford area until her executive vice president of Harris April 12, 2003, the date of the Starz’s first home retirement. In 1987, she was diagnosed with Nesbitt, a financial services game this season. A reporter from an Orlando breast cancer. She fought the disease with provider. television station attended the game and reported chemotherapy and nontraditional remedies, and, the astonishing news that number 5 on the once again, emerged triumphant. Starz was 70 years old. Calling her “Gridiron Five years ago, her mother’s heart disease Granny,” CNN picked up the story, and, and need for care called Chambers back home according to The Orlando Sentinel, “the to Orlando. Her mother’s subsequent death left floodgates opened” and the media poured her depressed, and she felt she needed an through. activity. One day she spotted a poster The number of fans coming to watch a Starz announcing Starz tryouts, an incident that she game soon topped 250, and “Miss Charlotte” now describes as a genuine blessing. Her interest became a celebrity, sought after for interviews was sharpened when, on her way home from and public appearances. After the CNN church, she saw a group of women scrimmaging. videotape aired on April 27, CBS visited her According to The Orlando Sentinel (May 13, home to do a segment for The Early Show. In 2003), she went home, took off her pink chiffon May she flew to Los Angeles to be on “Jimmy suit, changed into shorts, and returned to play Kimmel Live,” and on May 16 she made a guest football. appearance on the “David Letterman Show.” The Although football has become the focus of the 1984 Primus May 26, 2003, issue of Sports Illustrated carried year for Chambers, she is active in a number of 1983 a two-page story that emphasized her joy in community organizations that she has no MARK L. BOXER (ENG) of playing the game and the inspirational effect she intention of abandoning. Retired from teaching, Glastonbury, Conn., has been has on her teammates. she substitutes in the Orange County Public promoted to senior vice president Although Chambers is serious about women’s Schools, tutors children, and gives tennis lessons. and chief strategy and business football, that didn’t stop her or Starz team owner Thanks to Chambers, the STARZ Web site development officer at Anthem Marsha Beatty from attending and joining in the (www.orlandostarz.com) has recorded a surge in Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Indian- hilarity of “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” visits, and her page is accessed more often than apolis, Ind. Chambers had been nominated for the “Best that of any other player. During the CNN Damn Ass Kicking Period” award but lost to interview, a woman observed that Chambers 1984 NHL’s Tony Twist of the St. Louis Blues. “has given this team a lot of heart and soul RICHARD J. WELLNER Think playing pro football at age 70 would be because they see her energy and her drive at her (BARNEY) of Charlotte, N.C., has a bit of a challenge? Chambers has spent her life age….” Miss Charlotte has given the Starz heart, been named to head the Charlotte overcoming challenges, beginning with her soul, and more media exposure than any office of Aon Consulting World- premature birth and the expectation that she championship team. wide. As a senior vice president in

26 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Alumni NEWs the company’s employee benefits the 2003 New Haven Symphony division, he will continue his Orchestra’s Excellence in Music In Memoriam account management Teaching Award, based on her Lillian Avseev Harris ’35 Dominico Botto ’63 responsibilities while taking on the teaching accomplishments and March 27, 2003 March 15, 2003 role of program building at the Indepen- Robert R. Mortimer ’42 Kenneth S. Prosser ’63 running the Charlotte office. dent Day School of Middlefield. April 24, 2003 May 27, 2003 1985 Mills was the audition site co-chair George F. Norsigian ’43 Chester A. Rowe ’64 for the 2003 Southern Region March 24, 2003 April 27, 2003 STEPHEN E. LICHAW Middle School Orchestra Festival Vera Williamson Bartman ’45 Dr. Zoe P. Athanson ’65, ’67 (BARNEY) of Cresskill, N.J., who and will co-chair the 2004 event. received his MBA degree from the March 26, 2003 May 14, 2003 S.C. Johnson Graduate School of 1988 Helen Rabinovich Kone ’46 William H. Stoddard ’65 March 23, 2003 March 2, 2003 Management at Cornell University, DANIEL L. MEI (ENG) of Bette Knapp ’49 Marie Shalett Shor ’68 has joined the investor relations Bergenfield, N.J., who has more March 29, 2003 March 20, 2003 firm of RCG Capital Group, where than 12 years of experience as a Frank C. Leggio ’51 David L. Washburn ’68 he serves as managing director sound, communications, and AV April 11, 2003 March 24, 2003 and oversees the New York office. systems design consultant and as a systems installation/integration Herbert J. Magee ’51 Francis A. DeBisschop ’69 PETER VERU (BARNEY) of May 12, 2003 April 14, 2003 New York, N.Y., released his contractor, has been named an Jean F. Crevier ’53, ’61 Ronald W. Phillips ’70 second Feathermerchants album, associate in the firm of Auerbach- April 16, 2003 July 17, 2003 Unarmed against the Dark, with a Pollock-Friedlander. His current Antoinette DeThomas Grillo ’56 Gilbert H. Walton, Jr. ’70 party at the Mercury Lounge in projects include the Judy and May 12, 2003 March 8, 2003 New York City. Arthur Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the U.S. Capitol Visitors Leonard A. Lyss ’57, ’61 J. Bradford Blancard ’71 KEITH M. WALSH (HAS) of Center, the Borgata Hotel and May 10, 2003 May 21, 2003 Los Angeles, Calif., collaborated Casino in Atlantic City, the William V. Harris ’58 Cathy Finamore Cooper ’73 with LA artist Jim Ovelmen on an Performance and Production April 28, 2003 February 23, 2003 interactive, 13-foot panopticon Center at Emerson College, and George M. Lang ’58 Michael H. Goldfield ’75 tower and related graphics, the Emerson Music Theatre in May 21, 2003 March 8, 2003 prepared for “The Stray Show” Boston, Mass. Hugh L. Jeffries ’60 L. Michael Jendrzejczyk ’75 exhibition in Chicago by London February 28, 2003 May 1, 2003 ANTHONY J. SWITA- Street Projects of Los Angeles. Robert M. Larmett ’60 Donald M. Paterwic ’75 JEWSKI (BARNEY) of Plainville, Walsh’s retro series of drawings March 21, 2003 March 1, 2003 was included in “ReLocation,” a Conn., will chair the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accoun- Paul P. Lombardo ’60 Dayle L. Allison ’76 group exhibition at the Bliss April 20, 2003 April 26, 2003 Gallery in Pasadena, Calif. He tants state taxation committee for Mary Lipson Meyerson ’60 Thaddeus J. Verchinski ’81 currently teaches history of 2003–04. March 7, 2003 January 4, 2003 contemporary art at Woodbury 1989 Thomas R. Baxter ’62 David P. Curry ’88 University, Burbank, Calif. DAVID A. BROITMAN March 15, 2003 March 22, 2003 1986 (BARNEY) of Chappaqua, N.Y, Roger P. Crevier ’62 Timothy D. Flaherty ’96 May 8, 2003 March 31, 2003 MICHAEL H. CHAIKEN has joined Frenkel Benefits, LLC, a (A&S) of Bristol, Conn., received division of Frenkel & Co., Inc., Sybil Cohen Goldberg ’62 Sallie Majewski Woodrich ’98 ■ two awards from the Connecticut international insurance brokers in April 15, 2003 May 6, 2003 Society of Professional Journalists. New York, N.Y. His focus is large corporations with 100 or more In the nondaily feature articles program based on his citizenship, a festival of new music for employees, with emphasis on new category, he won the first-place leadership, sportsmanship, general children. She also completed a business development in the award for “Tyler Burns Plays It good conduct, integrity, and composer residency with the Earth corporate employee benefits area. Cool,” about a young boy who playing ability.” Conservation Corps in beat leukemia. He received a 1990 Washington, D.C. For the third-place award in the nondaily residency, she interviewed JEFF R. BAGWELL (BARNEY) column category for “Back to the participants in an environmental of Houston, Texas, All-Star first LAUREN BERNOFSKY Stick,” a personal story about conservation program and gained baseman for the Houston Astros, (HARTT) of Baltimore, Md., how he started healthy living and ideas that were reflected in her received the 2003 American recently joined the faculty of the lost 40 pounds. Chaiken is editor six-movement string quartet, Legion Graduate of the Year Peabody Conservatory. This past of the Thomaston Express in premiered at the 2003 Earth Day Award. The award honors a spring, she spent a week in Thomaston, Conn. Rally in Washington, D.C. Her professional baseball player who Reykjavik, Iceland, lecturing, choral pieces, “The Lamb” and JANE KNOX MILLS (HARTT) played American Legion Baseball holding master classes, and “The Tiger,” will be published by of West Hartford, Conn., received and “best exemplifies the coaching performances of her continued on page 28 principles and purposes of the work at “Music Without Borders,”

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Alumni from page 27 (BARNEY) of San Francisco, Calif., listed on the new site, including is a senior manager in worldwide details about his composition, learning and development for Levi “Ellis Island: The Dream of Strauss in San Francisco, Calif. America,” which will have nine performances in the coming year.

TODD M. ROSENBERG (A&S) of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been JEANNAE M. DERGANCE the subject of much media (A&S) of San Antonio, Texas, attention. “Each week,” The New former All-American soccer player York Times wrote, “some 100,000 at the University, received her M.D. kindred spirits, though not all of in 1997 and is currently an them fellow slackers, visit his self- assistant professor, researcher, deprecating Web site, , situated in Laid-Off Land, to the University of Texas Health keep tabs on the monotonous life Science Center at San Antonio. of Odd Todd, a 30ish dot-com Her state-of-the-art research on layoff cartoon character/couch physical activity and exercise in potato.” In an interview with New the geriatric population has been York talk show host Joey Reynolds, published in the Journal of the Rosenberg discussed his book, The American Geriatrics Society. Odd Todd Handbook: Hard Times, Dergance and her husband, Kevin Soft Couch, published in May by Cochran, together with their two Warner Books. dogs, spend their spare time skiing in Colorado and scuba diving and CHRISTINE MANIKAS Alumni Tim Petrovic ’88 and fishing in Mexico. WANUGA (A&S) of New York, Patrick Sheehan ’92 competed N.Y., has been named a partner KATHLEEN S. PARTOVI in the Greater Hartford Open at Wilson/Rusch, a full-service (HCW) of West Hartford, Conn., this summer. This spring, marketing and design firm recently volunteered at Utility Day, Sheehan finished 11th at the HP headquartered in New York City, a Hartford legal pro-bono project. Classic in New Orleans. In where she serves as account Volunteers met with clients one on September, Petrovic finished director. one, counseled them on ways to second at the 84 Lumber Classic pay off their utility arrearages, of Pennsylvania. Petrovic and 1992 and then advocated for the clients Sheehan join former teammate MARY-ELIZABETH with the utility company Jerry Kelly ’89 as one-time SULLIVAN GELSLEICHTER representatives to negotiate a Hawks who are making names (HARTT) of Nokomis, Fla., has reasonable payment plan. for themselves in professional finished her first year of teaching golf. Kelly will be one of 12 at the Island Village Montessori 1994 players representing the United School, a public charter school in BAFANA L. DHLAMINI States in the 2003 Presidents Sarasota County, Fla. She also (BARNEY) of South Africa has Cup on Nov. 18–23 at The Links completed her Montessori train- been appointed first general at Fancourt in George, South ing certification with the North manager, operations, for the Africa. American Progressive Montessori professional Premier Soccer Teacher Training Program. League. Dhlamini is responsible for the business functions of the 1993 league, including property and Boosey & Hawkes, and her BONNIE F. SHAW (A&S) of PETER BOYER (HARTT, asset management, IT, HR, TV saxophone piece, “Fantasy,” by Tucson, Ariz., has recently been ’95 HARTT) of Upland, Calif., broadcast scheduling, and safety Dorn Publications. hired as a local child-care and Propulsive Music have and security. coordinator for Cultural Care Au EDUARDO A. SERPA launched a new Web site, Pair. Alumni interested in hosting ANDREW M. HACKER (HAS) (BARNEY) of Bogota, Colombia, is PropulsiveMusic.com. Propulsive an of Carrollton, Texas, recently a partner in Okura Andina Ltda. Music, as a BMI-affiliated au pair or finding out more about joined NBC in Fort Worth doing in Colombia. He is ranked second publisher, represents Boyer’s music the program may contact her at broadcast graphic design for local in squash at the Bogota Sports to orchestras and to film and [email protected]. NBC newscasts across the United Club and was appointed a guest television production companies. A States, including newscasts in professor of international schedule of Boyer’s 2003–04 1991 the cities of Hartford, Conn.; marketing at Jorge Tadeo Lozano season, including 16 performances GAIL E. GREENSTEIN Providence, R.I.; and Los Angeles. University in Bogota. throughout the United States, is

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College. He is the collection SCOTT G. SIRIANNI (ENHP) A Soulful development/technical services of Farmington, Conn., is a fourth- librarian at the Charles Robbins grade teacher in Bristol, Conn. Sound Library, philosophy department, During this past summer, he Harvard University. volunteered for six weeks at an orphanage called Nyumbani, ith a smooth, 1996 clear tenor located outside of Nairobi, Kenya. JOHN F. ERMER voice, Javier (BARNEY) of For more information on the W East Haven, Conn., was recently sponsor, see www.Nyumbani.org. Colon ’00 has taken R&B music by storm. His new appointed to serve as chair of the self-titled album, Javier, health care committee of the 1999 was released Aug. 5 on Connecticut Society of Certified JOXEL GARCIA (BARNEY) of Capitol/EMI Records. Public Accounts for the 2003–04 Avon, Conn., has been named Colon cites many artists year. deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization as influences, including Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder, Marvin JULIE L. PAPP (BARNEY) of Gaye, Sam Cooke, and Donny Hathaway. (PAHO). The PAHO was founded Charlottesville, Va., is a career 100 years ago and is the world’s Born in Bridgeport, Conn., and raised in nearby Stratford, consultant at the Darden School of Colon began taking guitar and piano lessons at the age of eight. oldest ongoing international public Business Administration at the health agency. Garcia previously Music was a constant influence in his life; his father was the University of Virginia. Papp owner of a Spanish-language radio station in Bridgeport. His was commissioner of the Connect- teaches job search classes as part icut Department of Public Health. talent brought him to The Hartt School, where he majored in of the professional development music education. While studying at Hartt, Colon often took his series and works with first- and CLIFFORD A. RANKIN acoustic guitar to local coffee shops, where he performed music second-year MBA students on the (BARNEY) of Bristol, Conn., has by Cat Stevens and James Taylor. He founded and sang with the job- search process. been appointed chair of the a cappella quintet EMCQ, which later performed at Harlem’s Connecticut Society of Certified legendary Apollo Theater. Following graduation, he joined the 1997 Public Accounts bylaws committee Derek Trucks Band (whose lead is the nephew of longtime Allman MATTHEW B. WEBER (HAS) for the 2003–04 year. Brothers drummer Butch Trucks), a band that he played with for of Unionville, Conn., a wood almost two years. sculptor, had a “Wood & Wool” 2000 Colon served as co-writer on all the songs on his album, a show at the Pump House Gallery DERRICK P. MILLER rarity in the world of R&B. While R&B certainly is the primary in Hartford this past spring with (HARTT) of Toronto, Ont., flavor, the album is spiced by many additional musical fiber artist Trudi Shippenberg. successfully performed in Sweet influences, including Latin, jazz, rock, and funk. Compared in Charity and has contracted for Billboard Magazine to R&B artist Alicia Keys, Colon’s style has 1998 appearances in three operas with infused the album’s romantic ballads and soulful tunes with his DAVID A. DODGE (BARNEY) the Canadian Opera Company. own musical influences. “I wanted to include so many different of Fort Meyers Beach, Fla., was He will appear in Peter Grimes, styles of music on this album because variety is what I’m all elected vice president and CFO of Tosca, and Turandot. More about,” he said. From the romantic lead single “Crazy,” to the NeoMedia Technologies, a information is available at www. Latin style of “She Spoke to Me” and the jazz-influenced company that develops coc.ca. “October Sky,” this album clearly shows the diversity of this technologies to link physical emerging young artist. information and objects to the DARREL G. QUALLS (HAS) Internet. NeoMedia specializes in of Frankfort, Ind., exhibited a MARIA PIAZZA VASSEN Drei Pintos at the internationally open and storage system solutions number of his paintings in The (A&S) of Weiterstadt, Germany, is acclaimed Wexford Opera Festival and automated print production Potter’s House in New Britain, the lead technical writer for the in Wexford, Ireland. operations. Its services are Conn. Connecticut-based software marketed under the PaperClick DAVID P. MONGEAU FRED REYNOLDS (A&S) of company, V-Technologies. (A&S) trademark. of Norton, Mass., has recently Branford, Conn., was recently joined WCVB-TV 5 in Boston as a profiled in the Branford Review. news videographer. He was First Lt. Reynolds works in covert 1995 previously employed at WFXT in circles with the Air Force Office of PETER FURLONG (HARTT) Boston as the special projects Special Investigations to protect of Brescia, Italy, recently finished videographer and producer. He American service members during his year with Dortmund Opera, won two New England Emmys times of war and peace. “It’s not Germany. He performed as while at WFXT. exactly ‘Men in Black’ or ‘James Rodolfo in La Boheme, Don Bond,’ but it’s as close as the real JASON A. PANNONE Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and (A&S) world gets,” noted the paper. Postillon in Postillon du of Brighton, Mass., has completed his second master’s degree in Longemeau. He will next be continued on page 30 Library Science from Simmons appearing as Don Gomez in Die 1999 Icon

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Alumni from page 29 (HARTT) of Westminster, Mass., 2001 was recently hired as instrumental music teacher and director of MARY KURTZ ABBOTT bands at the Hartland (Conn.) (A&S) of Littleton, Colo., is Elementary School. currently employed by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office in Littleton.

ERIC NELSEN (HARTT) of Albany, N.Y., the K–6 general music teacher at Waterford- Halfmoon Elementary School in Waterford, N.Y., performed in the Lake George Opera Company’s 2002–03 festival season. He is currently pursuing an M.S. in elementary education and literacy at the Sage Colleges graduate school, Albany.

SHANA M. PALADINO Alumni Gather at Lieb Family Cellars (HCW) of Hartford, Conn., Barney alumnus Mark Lieb ’78 and his wife Kathy hosted a volunteered her time for a Hartford wine-tasting and reception on Sep. 7 at their family-owned legal pro-bono project called vineyard in Cutchogue, Long Island. University President Walter Utility Day. This project was Harrison and VP of External Relations Larry Gavrich joined designed to provide budget, over 30 alumni from the New York area to enjoy an outdoor Mark Lieb ’78 describes the counseling, and legal advice to reception. Following the reception Mark gave a tour of the Liebs’ winery’s production facilities. low-income individuals in danger winery. Mark, who received an MBA from Barney in 1978, is of having their utilities shut off. executive director of Spectrum Asset Management in Stamford, Conn., an investment firm with just under $11 billion in assets MICHAEL J. PINK (A&S) of under management. Enjoying the sunny Sunday afternoon are Simsbury, Conn., has informed us (from left) Lizanne Romero ’02, Lynda Siegel Edwards that he is about to open his own ’77, Elizabeth Torres ’02, Curt Umland ’03, Alumni business with help from friends. Association President Bobbi McNeil ’94, and Martha Markham Bilski ’79. 2002 JEREMY T. ROBINSON (HARTT) of Hopewell, N.J., is Bruce Museum is Site of Connecticut Reception Alumni from southern Connecticut met on June 26 at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in employed with the Royal Greenwich for a reception hosted by University President Walter Harrison. The group was Caribbean Cruise Line as a lead welcomed by Bruce Museum Director Peter Sutton, former director of the Wadsworth Athenuem entertainer on the Rhapsody of the Museum of Art in Hartford. Harrison described changes at the University of Hartford and updated Seas, out of Galveston, Texas. alumni on new facilities planned for the future. Each week he visits Key West, Fla.; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel and Cancun, Mexico. 2003 LAUREN C. DUNNE (A&S) of Malden, Mass., has joined Inflexxion®, Inc.

CHRISTOPHER S. HOLMES (BARNEY) of Fort Erie, Ont., Canada, earned his fifth straight trip to the Ontario Men’s Amateur Golf championship in July by shooting a 2-under-par 68 at Mississaugua Golf and From left: Kara Cugno ‘95 A&S, Director of President Walter Harrison (left) and Corine Country Club. Alumni Relations Barb Klemmer, Greg Garland Norgaard, dean of the Barney School of Business ‘93 Barney, and Howard Busse ‘70 ENHP. (right) join Tom Trillo ’79 and his wife, Jennifer. SEAN C. Ma c DONALD

30 University o f Ha r t f o r d Observer/Fa l l 2003 Architects from page 15 Architecture Program. developers, and others in highest standards in modern architecture and The undergraduate the design professions to responsive client service the work of influential preprofessional program the campus. This kind of and design excellence and architects who practiced leading to a Bachelor of exposure to new ideas, its commitment to the in the Greater New Science is now in its 13th approaches, and insights Hartford community. JCJ Canaan, Conn., area. Lee year. In the fall of 2004, benefits students, faculty, offers highly integrated was associated with the University will admit and local professionals as planning, architectural, Marcel Breuer and John its first cohort for the well. and interior-design Johansen, two architects professional degree Master Jeter, Cook & Jepson services for a variety of from the Modern of Architecture. Architects, Inc. (JCJ), public and private clients. Movement, with Breuer James E. Fuller, AIA founded in 1936, is one of In addition to the new inextricably linked to the associate professor of the country’s largest and lecture series, JCJ also Bauhaus. Lee is active in architecture says lecture most respected underwrites the Univer- the efforts to preserve the series are an important architectural firms. Last sity’s Architecture built examples of “modern component of any April, the University of Student Exhibit held architecture” residences. department of Hartford Associates annually in the spring. The new series comes architecture program, presented JCJ with a This year the exhibit has at a time of further bringing prominent Business Leader-ship a gala opening on April 1, growth and development architects, planners, Award for the firm’s 2004. ■ of the University’s artists, journalists, commitment to the

2003–04 Upcoming Concerts Friday, October 24 Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem with The Road Birds Friday, October 25 Get Back! The Cast of Beatlemania (9 p.m., Lincoln Theater) Friday, November 14 Batt Burns—An Evening of Irish Humor and Stories Friday, November 21 James Keelaghan with Sonia (of disappear fear) Friday, December 5 Tish Hinojosa Friday, December 12 Cheryl Wheeler with David Roth Friday, February 6 Eddie From Ohio (Millard Auditorium) Friday, February 13 Aztec Two Step (Millard Auditorium) Friday, March 5 Tom Paxton The University of Hartford, in Friday, March 12 Brooks Williams cooperation with WWUH Friday, March 19 Mad Agnes radio, has created a way to Friday, March 26 Jonathan Edwards use music to connect the Friday, April 16 Ellis Paul campus to our Hartford neighbors. The MUSIC for a Friday, April 23 Greg Greenway, David Roth, and Sonia CHANGE benefit concert series provides quality All shows are at 7:30 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. entertainment programs that will generate revenue to be MUSIC for a CHANGE E-mail Fan Club shared with local not-for-profit agencies working to improve Info about upcoming shows! Join now! the lives of our Hartford-area Concert schedules and links to your favorite artists! neighbors. www.musicforachange.com

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DATE OPPONENT TIME Nov. 18 Tue. CONNECTICUT STARS (Exhibition) 7 p.m. Nov. 21 Fri. CONCORDIA 7 p.m. Nov. 24 Mon. at Massachusetts 7 p.m. Nov. 29 Sat. at Long Island 7 p.m. Dec. 4 Thu. GEORGE MASON 7 p.m. Dec. 13 Sat. at North Carolina State 4 p.m. Dec. 27 Sat. at Florida International Tournament 5 p.m. Dec. 28 Sun. at Florida International Tournament TBA Jan. 2 Fri. at Maine* 7 p.m. Jan. 4 Sun. BROWN 4 p.m. Jan. 7 Wed. BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 7 p.m. Jan. 10 Sat. at UMBC* 7 p.m. Jan. 14 Wed. at Northeastern* TBA Jan. 17 Sat. STONY BROOK* 2 p.m. Jan. 19 Mon. BINGHAMTON* 7 p.m. Jan. 23 Fri. at Dartmouth 7 p.m. Jan. 25 Sun. ALBANY* 12 noon Jan. 28 Wed. at New Hampshire* 7 p.m. Jan. 31 Sat. at Binghamton* 1 p.m. Feb. 4 Wed. MAINE* 7 p.m. Feb. 7 Sat. at Boston University* 1 p.m. Feb. 11 Wed. NORTHEASTERN* 9:30 p.m. Feb. 14 Sat. at Stony Brook* 2 p.m. Feb. 18 Wed. VERMONT* 7 p.m. Feb. 21 Sat. at Albany* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 Mon. at Vermont* 7 p.m. Feb. 26 Thu. NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7 p.m. Feb. 29 Sun. UMBC* 2 p.m. Mar. 5 Fri. America East Championship& TBA Mar. 6 Sat. America East Championship& TBA Mar. 7 Sun. America East Championship& TBA Mar. 13 Sat. America East Championship (ESPN)+ 11:30 a.m.

HOME GAMES IN CAPS * America East game & America East Championship, Boston, Mass. + Site of highest remaining seed

All men’s basketball games are on WDRC AM 1360.

Ticket Information: 860.768.HAWK Basketball 2003–04

WOMEN

DATE OPPONENT TIME Nov. 2 Sun. NWBL Elite All-Stars (Exhibition) 4 p.m. Nov. 22 Sat. MARIST 2 p.m. Nov. 24 Mon. ST. PETER'S 7 p.m. Nov. 28 Fri. at Hawaii 10:50 p.m. (Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii) Nov. 29 Sat. vs. Montana/Syracuse TBD (Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii) Nov. 30 Sun. vs. TBD TBD (Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii) Dec. 6 Sat. at Pittsburgh TBA Dec. 9 Tue. at Quinnipiac 7 p.m. Dec. 13 Sat. DARTMOUTH 2 p.m. Dec. 21 Sun. MASSACHUSETTS 2 p.m. Dec. 29 Mon. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7 p.m. Jan. 3 Sat. at Yale 3 p.m. Jan. 8 Thu. at Boston University* 7 p.m. Jan. 11 Sun. UMBC* 4 p.m. Jan. 14 Wed. NORTHEASTERN* 7 p.m. Jan. 17 Sat. at Stony Brook* 2 p.m. Jan. 21 Wed. at Vermont* 7 p.m. Jan. 24 Sat. ALBANY* 2 p.m. Jan. 27 Tue. at New Hampshire* 7 p.m. Jan. 31 Sat. BINGHAMTON* 2 p.m. Feb. 4 Wed. at Maine* 7 p.m. Feb. 7 Sat. BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 2 p.m. Feb. 11 Wed. at Northeastern* 7 p.m. Feb. 14 Sat. STONY BROOK* 2 p.m. Feb. 17 Tue. VERMONT* 7 p.m. Feb. 21 Sat. at Albany* 5 p.m. Feb. 25 Wed. NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7 p.m. Feb. 28 Sat. at UMBC* 7 p.m. Mar. 3 Wed. at Binghamton* 7 p.m. Mar. 6 Sat. MAINE* 2 p.m. Mar. 10 Wed. America East Championship# TBA Mar. 11 Thu. America East Championship# TBA Mar. 12 Fri. America East Championship# TBA Mar. 13 Sat. America East Championship# TBA

HOME GAMES IN CAPS All game times—Eastern time zone # at Chase Family Arena in the Sports Center at the University of Hartford * America East game

All women’s basketball games are on WWUH FM 91.3 (and on the Internet www.WWUH.org).

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Thursday–Sunday, Oct. 23–Oct. 26 Admission: $15, $12, $10 Thursday–Sunday, Dec. 4–7 The Hartt School Theatre Division The Hartt School Theatre Division presents The Crucible by Arthur Miller Saturday, Nov. 1–Thursday, Dec. 4 presents Othello, directed by Sebastian 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; Hartford Art School Freshman Graham-Jones 3 p.m., Sunday; Millard Auditorium Foundations Department Exhibition 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; Admission: $15, $12, $10 Don and Linda Silpe Gallery 3 p.m., Sunday; Upper Cheney Hall For more information, call 860.768.4395. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Thursday, Oct. 23 For reservations, call 860.768.5691. Miami String Quartet Wednesday, Nov. 5–Monday, Dec. 15 8 p.m., Lincoln Theater Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition Sunday, Dec. 7 Works by Beethoven and Rochberg; Joseloff Gallery Fall Commencement ceremony featuring Schumann’s Piano Quintet Opening reception, Wednesday, Nov. 12, with pianist Margreet Francis 5–7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 Admission: $30, $28, $24 For more information, call 860.768.409. The Cardin Reading Series Michael Cunningham, author of Friday–Sunday, Oct. 24–26 Thursday, Nov. 6 The Hours, 7 p.m., location to be announced Fall Weekend 2003 10th Anniversary Gala of The Admission is free. Homecoming events, alumni reunions, Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame For more information, call Theresa Stores, and Parents Weekend The Bushnell’s Belding Theater, Hartford. 860.768.4938 Katharine Houghton will perform the regional Friday, Oct. 24 premiere of “The Three Katharines,” a tribute Thursday–Sunday, Dec. 11–14 Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem with to the Hepburn women. Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, directed The Road Birds in a MUSIC for a CHANGE Dotha Bushnell Hillyer, founder of The Bushnell by Henry Fonte; musical direction by Michael benefit concert Memorial Theater, and Dollie McLean, co-founder Morris; choreography by Ralph Perkins 7:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium of Harford’s Artists Collective, will be inducted 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; Tickets: $15 into The Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. For 3 p.m., Sunday; Millard Auditorium For tickets, call the University box office at ticket information, call 860.768.5685. Admission: $15, $12, $10 860.768.4228 or 1.800.274.8547 or purchase them online at . Friday–Sunday, Nov. 7–9 and Feb. 6–May 16, 2004 Nov. 14–16 “American Originals: Treasures Saturday, Oct. 25 Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure from the National Archives” “Get Back!” featuring the Cast presented by the College of Arts and Sciences Museum of American Political Life, of Beatlemania Department of Drama Harry Jack Gray Center 9 p.m., Lincoln Theater 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, For more information, contact Terri Raimondi, Tickets, $20 for University students, parents, Auerbach Auditorium, Hillyer Hall 768.4330. faculty, and alumni; $25 general public Tickets: $5 For tickets, call the University box office at For more information, call 860.768.4605 860.768.4228 or 1.800.274.8547 or purchase them online at .

Sunday, Oct. 26 The Hartt School presents the finals of the van Rooy Competion for Musical Excellence for undergraduate instrumental performance majors Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 20–23 3 p.m, Lincoln Theater The Hartt School Theatre Division Admission is free. presents The Laramie Project by Moises Kaugman, directed by Rob Ruggiero 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; Saturday, Nov. 1 3 p.m., Sunday; Upper Cheney Hall Admission is free, but seating is limited. Hartt Symphony Orchestra, For reservations, call 860.768.5691. conducted by Christopher Zimmerman 8 p.m, The Bushnell's Belding Theater, Hartford Works by Wagner, Bernstein, and Mozart.

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