10.21.20 Issue
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 REPORTING CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1983 Spread Positivity! SHU Drops Out of UB Deal BY SIAN STOCKMAN “AN ACT OF KINDNESS Staff Writer DOESN’T HAVE TO BE On Oct. 5, President John Petillo announced to students and faculty history, and that it still needs to be represented in the community. A GRAND GESTURE, that Sacred Heart University would no longer be involved with the When asked what the next steps for Sacred Heart are, Petillo said, plans to acquire part of the University of Bridgeport “The university will have its own organic growth as a school, regardless A SIMPLE SMILE CAN Sacred Heart would have joined Goodwin University and Paier of what happens to University of Bridgeport.” TRULY LEAVE SOMEONE College of Art to own different parts of the university’s programs and There have been many new programs added to Sacred Heart, such as FEELING LOVED” degrees. The deal was fi rst announced at the end of June, and University a master’s degree program and a doctorate in social work, along with a - AMY PETROVICH of Bridgeport was to turn into a “university park” where students from number of online programs which continue to grow. the three schools could take classes for their concentrated major. Iannazzi said, “As far as our school as a whole, we will continue “We were interested in taking over most of the programs,” said with our longstanding commitment to the City of Bridgeport through Petillo. “Initially, we were only pursuing a few programs including such programs as our robust student teacher internship program, engineering, education, and chiropracting.
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