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President Obama Comes to Campus The Magazine of The UniversiTy of harTford spring 2013 President Obama Comes to Campus c1-c4obsv_spr13.indd 2 6/18/13 11:56 PM What’sHappening Summer/Fall 2013 Here is just a sampling of the exciting events coming up Visit hartford.edu/calendar regularly for details and on and off campus this summer and fall at the University the latest updates to our full calendar of events. Or of Hartford. Plan now to treat yourself to one. go to https://www.anchoronline.org/events for the latest alumni programs and events in your area. ALL-CAMPUS EVENT Tues., Aug. 6 Sun., Oct. 27 Hausmann Quartet Faculty Recital Series Fri.–Sun., Oct. 18–20 Millard Auditorium David Westfall, piano, 6 p.m. Hawktober Weekend and Robert Barefield, baritone Annual Homecoming and Millard Auditorium Parents Weekend celebration Thurs., Sept. 12 3 p.m. Featuring a comedy performance by Lions Gate Trio Admission: No charge Paula Poundstone of NPR’s Wait Wait… Millard Auditorium Kareem Lewis ’16 (left) and Sheila Huggins ’14 Don’t Tell Me! 7:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 1 (right) perform The Winged by choreographer Admission: No charge José Limón in “Hartt Dances” in April 2013. Hartt Chamber Winds ATHLETICS Thurs., Oct. 3 Millard Auditorium Check hartfordhawks.com 7:30 p.m. Fri.–Sun., Nov. 22–24 The Richard P. Garmany for our fall game schedules. Admission: No charge Hartt Dances Chamber Music Series Lincoln Theater Fri., Oct. 18 Jaime Laredo, violin, Fri., Nov. 8 Fri.–Sat., 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball Draft Night and Joseph Kalichstein, piano Hartt Sinfonia and Philharmonia Sun., 2 p.m. Hartford Golf Club Millard Auditorium Millard Auditorium Admission: $20; discounts for students, 134 Norwood Rd., West Hartford, Conn. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. seniors, and groups of 10+ Reception: 6 p.m. Admission: $35; discounts for students, Admission: $20; discounts for students, Dinner: 7 p.m. seniors, and groups of 10+ seniors, and groups of 10+ VISUAL ARTS Contact Ellen Crandall, 860.768.5032, [email protected]. Fri., Oct. 4 Sun., Nov. 10 Tues., Sept. 3–Sun., Oct. 6 Hartt Sinfonia and Philharmonia Watson Morrison: Lines & Spaces Fri., Nov. 1 Millard Auditorium 85th Birthday Concert Joseloff Gallery Women’s Basketball Tip-a-Hawk Dinner 7:30 p.m. Millard Auditorium Joseloff Guest Curator Series, Hartford Marriott Admission: $20; discounts for students, 3 p.m. 15 Farm Springs Rd., Farmington, Conn. featuring John Yau seniors, and groups of 10+ Featuring the music of Schubert, Wagner, Reception: 6 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 5 Liszt, J. S. Bach, and Hartt composer Dinner: 7 p.m. Panel discussion: 3:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium Sat., Oct. 5 David McBride. Contact Ellen Crandall, 860.768.5032, Opening reception: 5–7 p.m., Joseloff Gallery Hartt Wind Ensemble Admission: TBA [email protected]. and Symphony Band Mon., Sept. 23–Tues., Oct. 8 Millard Auditorium Fri., Nov. 15 Tues., Nov. 12 Department of Architecture: 7:30 p.m. Hartt Big Band Guest Architectural Firm Display Men’s Basketball/ESPN Admission: $20; discounts for students, Millard Auditorium Silpe Gallery Tip-Off Marathon seniors, and groups of 10+ 7:30 p.m. Reception and lecture: TBA Men’s basketball early-morning game televised Admission: No charge nationally as part of ESPN’s Tip-Off Marathon. Thurs.–Sun., Oct. 17–20 Mon., Oct. 14–Wed., Nov. 6 Hawks’ opponent to be announced, 7 a.m. Richard III Tues.–Sun., Nov. 19–24 Roberts Theater Glengarry Glen Ross and Hartford Art School Alumni MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE Handel Performing Arts Center Top Girls, in repertory Juried Exhibition Silpe Gallery 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford, Conn. McCray Theater Sun., July 7 Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m. Handel Performing Arts Center Opening reception and awards presentation: Sun., 3 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 17, 5–7 p.m. Hartt Community Division Summer 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford, Conn. Mon.–Sat., 7:30 p.m. Latin Jazz Performance Admission: $20; discounts for students, seniors, and groups of 10+ Sun., 3 p.m. Tues., Oct. 15–Sun., Dec. 1 Millard Auditorium Admission: $20; discounts for students, 3 p.m. Mon.–Thurs., Oct. 21–24 Hartford Art School Faculty Exhibition seniors, and groups of 10+ Joseloff Gallery Friday, July 26 Chamber Music Concerts Thurs., Nov. 21 Opening reception: Thurs., Oct. 17, 5–7 p.m. Summer Theatre on Cape Cod Berkman Recital Hall 7 p.m. Monomoy Theatre The Richard P. Garmany 776 Main St., Chatham, Mass. Admission: No charge Chamber Music Series Presidential reception with Walter Harrison: Thurs.–Sunday, Oct. 24–27 Andy Narell and His Ensemble 6:30 p.m. Millard Auditorium Barnum Performance of She Loves Me: 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Theater A rare East Coast appearance by Paris-based Registration: www.anchoronline.org/monomoy Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m. Andy Narell, acknowledged as the world’s Sun., 3 p.m. leading exponent of the steel drum. Admission: $20; discounts for students, Admission: $35; discounts for students, seniors, and groups of 10+ seniors, and groups of 10+ Lincoln Theater, Millard Auditorium, Joseloff Gallery, Silpe Gallery, and Reich Family Pavilion are on the University of Hartford main campus at 200 Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford, Conn. c1-c4obsv_spr13.indd 3 6/19/13 12:07 AM Dear Readers, Effective with this issue, the Observer will be Contents printed twice a year, in late fall and early summer. Printing and mailing costs have risen over the 3 President Obama on Campus last several years, and we believe our budget can be better used in electronic communication. 6 Bridging Founders and Future You can keep up with University news every day by reading UNotes, the University’s daily 7 Rizzotti in the Hall of Fame news website, at Hartford.edu/daily. You can 8 Commencement subscribe to receive a daily UNotes email by clicking on “subscribe” at the top left of the Weekend 2013 webpage. You can also get news by liking University of Hartford News on Facebook 10 UHart Alumni at ESPN and following twitter.com/UHartfordNews. 12 Professor Rozie’s We hope you read, saw, or heard about Musical Legacy President Barack Obama’s visit to campus in 10 April. The University was mentioned in media 14 Professor Pence coverage around the world as the president chose our Sports Center to make a speech to push for Goes to Washington federal gun control legislation. He was the first 16 Students Build a sitting U.S. president to visit the University campus. See the Observer coverage that begins Nuclear Teaching Tool with President Walter Harrison’s letter on page 2. 17 Celebrating Change The Observer traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., in June for the induction of head women’s basketball Inside and Out coach Jen Rizzotti into the Women’s Basketball 18 Miss Connecticut’s Hall of Fame. She was inducted for her perfor- mance as a guard playing for the University of 12 Crowning Achievements Connecticut’s Huskies. We also traveled to 19 Today’s Classes for Washington, D.C., in March to show you a different kind of March Madness. University Tomorrow’s Issues chemistry professor Laura Pence let us see her in 20 News of Note action as a Science and Technolo g y Policy Fellow for Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado). 22 Alumni Class Notes This issue also includes stories on alumni who work together at ESPN, undergraduate 31 A Hawk’s Tale about and graduate students who designed and built Teaching the Deaf a subscale See-Thru Nuclear Power Plant, and an update on Miss Connecticut at the end of her reign. Trish Charles 16 Editor-in-Chief On the front cover: President Barack Obama speaks about the need [email protected] Observer Staff Executive Director, Office of for federal gun control legislation at the Sports Center on April 8. Marketing and Communication Mildred McNeill On the back cover: Professor Laura Pence in front of the U.S. Capitol, Read the Observer online at hartford.edu/observer. Editor-in-Chief Trish Charles where she is a congressional fellow. Writer, copy editor, proofreader Beverly Kennedy Photos by Shana Sureck Contributors Jonathan Easterbrook, Meagan Fazio, Karen Hunter, David Isgur, Barbara Steinberger Budget Manager Sharon Scorso Design WondriskaRusso © 2013 University of Hartford. The Observer is published two times a year for alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the University of Hartford. All rights reserved. facebook.com/UniversityofHartfordNews Produced by the Office of Marketing and Communication, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117. twitter.com/UHartfordNews The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official University of Hartford policy. 01obsv_spr13.indd 1 6/18/13 11:31 PM University President Walter Harrison, left, welcomes President Barack Obama backstage as Obama arrives to speak inside the Sports Center on April 8. I have many reasons every day to be proud by the prospect of the visit, but I had also cheering as Michigan’s football team won the of the University of Hartford, but this year fielded expressions of concern after some national championship at the Rose Bowl. I has brought me two moments in particular students, faculty, and staff who waited in remember thinking: Michigan has provided to be so proud that my heart felt as if it line for three hours were unable to get all of us with an experience few people ever would burst through my chest. tickets. I also knew that everyone in the have, experiencing something that is One happened on April 8 during arena had waited in line for two hours to get unmatched by most universities in the world.
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