November 2007

Compiled and produced by the Institutional Advancement Donor Relations Office. Articles are reprints from University publications produced Building on Success during the last year. Year in Review - Highlights from the past year

University Mission At the University of Hartford we provide a learning environment in which students may transform themselves intellectually, person- ally, and socially. We provide students with distinctive educational experiences that blend the feel of a small, residential college with an array of academic programs and opportunities characteristic of a large university. Through relationships with faculty and staff dedicated to teaching, scholarship, research, the arts, and civic engagement, every student may prepare for a lifetime of learning and for personal and professional success. University Raised A Year to Remember $15.6 Million in FY 07 Special points of interest: It gives me great pleasure to tell you about the exceptionally successful 2007 • President Harrison’s letter to the future fiscal year at the University of Hartford.

• Commencement 2007 photos Thanks to your generosity, there was a significant increase in contributions. The • Deans’ messages amount raised was $15.6 million, 13.9% • Faculty and Staff news over the prior year and 39.2% over the year before. More than 8,700 alumni, • 2007 Anchor Awards faculty, staff, and friends participated. • Fall weekend Those of you who frequent the campus • Campus new and improved facilities have surely taken note of the stunning On Feb. 21, 1957, Gov. Abraham recent additions, including Hawk Hall, our • Hartford Hawks Ribicoff signed the bill granting a five-story, 208-bed residence for first- • Looking forward charter to the University of Hartford. year students; athletics fields; and the • List of Named Scholarships Looking on were four University Renée Samuels Center at the Hartford Art and Endowments founders (l-r) John G. Lee, director School. Exciting projects taking shape of research, United Aircraft Corp.; include the Mort and Irma Handel Per- Alfred C. Fuller, chairman of the forming Arts Center and the University High School of Science and Engineering. board, The Fuller Brush Co.; Mrs. T. Yet what is not as visible is what has Merrill Prentice, and Rep. George been at our core since the University’s Schwolsky. Heilpern photo. founding a half-century ago: transforming the lives of students. Fall Weekend, which combines As we come to the end of our yearlong Homecoming and Parents Weekend, celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of took on an added dimension this year the University, we look forward to con- as the culmination of the University’s tinuing success and maintaining the per- year-long celebration of its 50th sonal attention and high-quality stan- anniversary. President Walter dards that are the hallmark of a Univer- Harrison and Paul Sittard '85, sity of Hartford education. a University regent and president of the Alumni Association, unveiled an We are grateful for your loyalty and your elegant brass “H” embedded in a generous support of the University of circle in the middle of Alumni Plaza. Hartford. The “H” is a gift to the University from Don Rizzo, Vice President President Harrison. for Institutional Advancement

President Harrison’s Message to the Future

(Time Capsule Letter from President Harrison to future students, faculty and staff of the University in 2057- October 19, 2007)

To the students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University in 2057: I send you greetings from 2007 on the 100th anniversary of the University of Hartford. While I will not be with you for this very joyous occasion, I am sure many of our current students will be active and loyal alumni, and many of our cur- rent faculty and staff will be among you to celebrate how the University has grown and changed since this beautiful autumn day in 2007, as I write this letter. They’ll be able to reflect on my descriptions of our world and the University, and will be able to tell you much more clearly than I can what the world was like here in the first decade of the 21st century. We live in a dynamic, exciting, and increasingly challenging world in 2007. Technology has changed our world rapidly, but I trust what we think of as technological marvels (cell phones, flat screen televi- sions, wireless laptop computers, and the like) will seem almost prehistoric by your standards. We sense that technology has made our world smaller, and aided greatly in its development. We are in- creasingly aware that we live in a world where national borders are less important, where we see our- selves more connected and more dependent on each other. At the same time, we in the United States are bogged down in an unpopular war in Iraq and engaged with growing fundamentalism and terrorism all over the world. I believe this fundamentalism to be a backlash against faster and faster progress made possible by technology, but I am opti- mistic that by 2057 the world will be a better and more peaceful place—and even more internationally connected. You may be the judge of that. In 2007 we in the United States live at a time when a growing understanding of the differences between peo- ple is breaking down the last barriers of prejudice based on race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. We are learning to celebrate and learn from each other. Both these trends—growing international awareness and the celebration of the diversity of human beings—are important characteristics of the University of Hartford in 2007. We have a student body of 7,308 and a faculty and staff of about 1,500. Our students come from almost all of the 50 states and 60 different countries. About 25% of our student body is people of color, and about 4% is international. About 30% of our student body is Jewish. Our student body is now about half men and half women, although the percentage of women in the student body here and nationally has in- creased dramatically over the past decade or two. We are very proud in 2007 of the dynamic growth and intellectual energy of the University. The Hartt School and the Hart- ford Art School vibrate with the energy of the performing and visual arts and stand geographically and creatively at the center of our University. The College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture is catapulting the University forward as a center of science, engineering, and related disciplines. The liberal arts flourish in the College of Arts and Sciences and Hillyer College, as they have since our founding, and the professional schools—the Barney School of Business and the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions—continue to prepare students for leadership in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. We are a vibrant residential university (about 3,700 students live on campus), and as we bury this capsule we also dedicate our newest residence hall, Hawk Hall, just to its east. We think Hawk Hall is the finest residence hall we have ever built, and Alumni Plaza, under which this time capsule sits, will become the center for first-year student life on campus. Were we right? We love our wooded campus with the Hog River running gently (usually gently) through it. We are proud of our athletic teams, and during these years in the early part of the 21st century, our women’s basketball team has emerged as a powerhouse among universities our size. We have recently opened new athletic fields for soccer, lacrosse, softball, and baseball. How have they held up—if at all? In this decade we have opened two magnet schools—the University of Hartford Mag- “a private University net School and the University High School of Science and Engineering. We are, in 2007, the only private university with two public schools on its campus. We’re very proud of with a public purpose” that, and see these schools as symbols of the University’s vital connection with the Greater Hartford community. We are proud to be a private university with a public pur- - President Walter Harrison pose. We feel that we have come a long way since the University’s founding in 1957. We have spent this year celebrating the University’s fiftieth anniversary, and we are sure you will be celebrating the 100th anni- versary just as joyfully. As we look back on our first fifty years, we see how much we have grown and changed. You will look over what we see as the next fifty years with the same sense of wonder. I hope what is great about the University—our intellec- tual excitement and the wonderful spirit of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni—continues to distinguish it, just as I hope the energy and creativity of those who come after us change and improve what we have done. We have placed in this time capsule items that we feel represent the life of the University in 2007. We hope you find these interesting manifestations of what life was like in 2007. I personally hope you find some of them amusing and primitive! That will mean that the world will have changed for the better. I hope the University will continue to be distinguished by a sense of freedom and justice for all of humankind, and I hope some of our great traditions—like painting the anchor and gathering on the campus green for Commencement—will continue to thrive. Mostly, I hope and trust that all of you will have made this great university an even better place to learn and live. GO HAWKS! Page 2 Year in Review—November 2007

University Celebrates Its 50th Commencement—Sunday, May 20, 2007

“Remember, there are those who make sity's 50 graduating classes took things happen, those who watch what part in the Commencement pro- happens, and those who ask, what hap- cession. The procession also in- pened? What do you want to be?” Liane cluded graduates of the Univer- Hansen, host of National Public Radio’s sity's founding schools going back award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday as far as 1945. "Today we cele- and a University of Hartford alumna, brate all of the University's gradu- posed that question to the nearly 1,400 members of the Class ates -- from 1945 to 1957 to of 2007 at the University's 50th annual Commencement. Han- 2007," said University President Walter Harrison. sen, who attended the University of Hartford from 1969 to The University presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to 1971, said, “I consider my beginning in radio Distinguished Alumni Award to be here,” as she hung around WWUH- Robert N. Davis ’75, a judge on the U.S. FM while her friends Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. did their shifts. “Many Davis, a commander in the U.S. Naval of the things I learned Reserve who served in Bosnia, was ap- then still resonate in pointed by President Bush to a 15-year my life today.” term on the court in 2004, following a In celebration of the University’s 50th anniversary, eight mem- distinguished career as a law professor. bers of the Class of 1957, dressed in gold robes, attended the ceremony and at least one member from each of the Univer-

University Awards Honorary Degrees University Honors Faculty Excellence An honorary Doctor of Music was Professor of Early Childhood Education awarded posthumously to the late Regina Miller received the Roy E. Larsen Jackie McLean, a world-renowned alto award for Excellence in Teaching. saxophone player and the founder of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School. An honorary degree also was presented to Dollie McLean, Professor of Economics Farhad founding executive di- Rassekh was presented with the rector of The Artists James E. and Frances W. Bent Award Collective in Hartford for Scholarly and/or Artistic Creativity. and the wife of Jackie McLean. The University also presented honor- Professor of Chemistry Harry Workman ary degrees to Liane was recognized with the Oscar and Hansen, and to alumni Kent McCray ’51, a television Shoshana Trachtenberg Award for industry pioneer who pro- Sustained Service to the University. duced such legendary shows as Bonanza and Lit- tle House on the Prairie, Howard Mayer, associate professor and George Gentile ’59, of English at Hillyer College, received ’69, retired chair of Gerber the Donald W. Davis All-University Scientific. Curriculum Award.

University Honors Outstanding Students

Brian Cutino, who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Barney School of Business, deliv- ered the Charge to the Class of 2007. Three graduating students were honored for their outstanding achieve- ments: Joshua Magee of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture was recognized with the Belle K. Ribicoff Prize; David Spiro, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the John G. Martin Scholarship for two years of study at Oxford University; and Roberto Scata, a dual major in computer science and mathematics, was awarded the John G. Lee Medal. Year in Review—November 2007 Page 3

Messages from the Deans

College of Arts and Sciences The Hartt School Interim Dean Harry Workman Dean Malcolm Morrison

Fiscal year ’07 brought a change to the The Hartt School had a banner year in terms of dean’s office. Joseph Voelker became the both promise and achievement. Our major interim provost when former Provost, Donna news is the announcement of the construction Randall, left the University to become presi- kick-off for the Mort and Irma Handel Perform- dent of Albion College. As a result, Harry Workman was se- ing Arts Center; at this writing the project is already under- lected to be the interim dean. Harry is a chemistry professor way. It will provide new studios and performing spaces as and was heavily involved in the ISET planning and construc- well as facilities for community activities. We were delighted tion. Two exciting things happened in FY ’07. One was the to hear of Sergey Antonov’s success. Antonov, is a Russian unanimous approval of a BA in Mathematics with Secondary born cellist who recently completed his first year of graduate Education Certification from the Connecticut State Depart- study at The Hartt School and was awarded first prize in the ment of Education and the Connecticut Department of Higher cello category of the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competi- Education. This is a program jointly offered by the Mathemat- tion in Moscow, a stellar achievement of truly international ics Department in A&S and ENHP. The aim of the program is importance. This year saw the greatest number of applica- to develop highly skilled mathematics teachers and satisfy a tions in the history of the school. Besides the obvious talent crucial need in secondary education. The second was an of our applicants and students in their artistic discipline, they evaluation of the School of Communication program. The re- continue to beat the national average in SAT scores and rep- vised program is consistent with some of the most respected resent the highest verbal and math scores for a college within communication programs and reflects recent developments in the University. teaching and learning. In Fiscal Year ’08, we look to increase The school continues its ambitious and energetic perform- our strengths in faculty advising. A&S was awarded a Univer- ance calendar offering many opportunities for our students sity grant to improve the Dialogue Advising experience. The to practice their skills before an increasing audience of goal is to provide more support for new advisors and to pro- supporters. vide new approaches to advising for the seasoned advisors.

Hartford Art School Hillyer College Dean Power Boothe Dean David Goldenberg AA '73, BS '76, MED '76

Since our founding in 1877, our mission has Data from the National Survey on Student been steadfast: “To develop successful prac- Engagement indicated that Hillyer College ticing artists and designers.” The Hartford Art students were hard at work writing more School embraces both continuity and change: papers than other students from across the nation. There we are committed to exploring the innovative were many other areas of the study that indicated our possibilities of digital technology and in the students were doing more than their peers from coast to engaged, hands-on, intimate nature of all art making. As we coast. We interpreted this information as an affirmation of our move into the 21st Century and address the creative pros- goal to challenge students to rise to their true potential. pects of digital technology, our new Renée Samuels Center The relationship between our faculty and students was epito- provides state-of-the art digital equipment and studios spe- mized by our participation in the Preceptor program. Former cifically designed for Media Arts and Photography. We have Hillyer graduates came back to assist faculty in freshman also renovated painting, drawing, printmaking, and founda- classes. While we are well known as a college that focuses on tion studios to improve our ability to teach disciplines that teaching and learning, we had the great pleasure this past are more traditional that continue to flourish in our time. year of seeing the works of our faculty recognized nationally Our distinguished faculty of artists and designers believe in and internationally. New books about the exploration of the one-on one mentoring across all disciplines; they set high arctic, and the relationship between Winston Churchill and standards for aesthetic development and intellectual Dwight Eisenhower were just two among many. But we were growth. We offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in nine particularly pleased to see one of our faculty interviewed on majors and two Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees. national election night on MSNBC.

Finally, a special thanks to all the alumni, parents, and friends We believe that every student arrives with unique gifts and of the College who donated to our $1,000,000 endowment abilities. We believe artists and designers reveal and trans- campaign. We closed out our campaign with form their times and our job is to help make transparent a $1,130,000. These funds increased scholarships for students challenging, dynamic, creative process that will assist each and created several endowment funds to support faculty in the development of his or her unique voice. development.

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Barney School of Business College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture Dean Jim Fairfield-Sonn Dean Lou Manzione

Fiscal Year ’07 was a productive and exciting CETA experienced a number of major accom- year for the Barney School of Business on plishments over the past year. We had an ex- many fronts. We were fortunate to hire sev- ceptional recruiting year for students and we grew enrollment to record numbers. We at- eral talented individuals to join our faculty. In tracted women, a group that is significantly addition, we hired a seasoned business ex- under-represented in the engineering college ecutive to help provide cutting-edge insights population and in the profession at large. into current accounting practices. We made Twenty-one percent of the incoming class of 2011 was several enhancements to our program offer- women, which is above the national average. We added three ings. We provided more opportunities for students to partici- new tenure track faculty and one important non-tenure track pate in short-term international academic experiences in in architecture. Dr. Patricia Mellodge joined the Electrical and Berlin, Crete, Paris, and Singapore. We introduced Precep- Computer Engineering Department as an assistant professor tors, accomplished Barney School juniors and seniors, to this fall after completing her doctorate at Virginia Tech. Dr. mentor our incoming freshman in our signature BAR 110 fall Ying Yu joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering De- partment as an assistant professor after completing her doc- freshman-only course. We installed an information kiosk in toral work at Brown University. Ms. Michelle Vigeant joins our the International Foyer, and a telecast monitor on the third Acoustic Program in the Mechanical Engineering Department floor of Auerbach Hall to provide live information on stock after she completes her doctorate at the University of Ne- market developments. This year, we were listed in Prince- braska. While many major research universities and even Ivy ton Review’s “282 Best Business Schools in the World”. Our League colleges struggle to hire women engineering faculty, Beta Gamma Sigma chapter was honored to be one of only CETA has just hired three outstanding women engineers! Dr. six schools in the northeast to be designated as a premier Ted Sawruck winner of a number of pedagogical grants and chapter. Dr. Farhad Rassekh, professor of Economics, won awards joined our Architecture Department as a non-tenure the prestigious University of Hartford Bent Award for Re- track associate professor. A $1.3M grant from the World Bank, search, given to only one professor at the University each one of the largest grants awarded to CETA and the University was the result of several years of effort on the part of Associ- year, to recognize the quality and impact of their research ate Professor Saleh Keshawarz to make a positive impact on on our understanding of the changing nature of business. his native country. The grant helped to rebuild and strengthen Barney School senior Enoch Lenge not only won the Barney the engineering programs at Herat University in Afghanistan. A School Business Plan competition and the State of Connecti- new Chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB) was formed cut competition, but also a national business plan competi- this past year and received a generous grant from Pratt & tion for his innovation “green” packaging system. Whitney, to plan the engineering design work to conduct a project to install solar powered water well pumps in and around a rural village south of New Delhi, India.

College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions— Dean Dorothy Zeiser

As the University of Hartford marked its 50th anniversary, there are pleased with the background we offer was plenty to celebrate in the College of Education, Nursing them. Education and human service stu- and Health Professions (ENHP) in 2006-2007. We are part of dents continue to gain knowledge and un- an educational community that provides students with out- derstanding of children and teaching at our standing professional training opportunities. Our college edu- on campus magnet school as well as in ur- cates students to be professionals in service to the commu- ban settings. Alumni are committed to their nity. Our programs require students to participate in experi- respective career fields and share their positive impression ences in their chosen field while earning their college credits. regarding the experiences they received while attending The physical therapy program continues to excel as we transi- ENHP. We are working toward programs of excellence in tion into offering the doctorate of physical therapy. The on- 2007-2008 in the college and these experiences make us campus clinic allows students to see an actual clinic in opera- distinctive among our peers. tion. Our radiography program is rapidly growing in enroll- ments as students seek this highly sought after career field. Voelker to Serve as Interim Provost Students are placed in multiple clinical sites throughout the state. Nursing is flourishing with students interested to better themselves in their career choices. As we work to provide On June 1, 2007, College of Arts and Sciences leaders in nursing, our students are being educated to work in Dean Joseph Voelker began serving as interim management, educational and health care settings. Our edu- provost of the University when Provost Donna cational leadership students have had excellent success in Randall left to begin her duties as the new president of Albion obtaining senior administration positions in school settings College. Joe came to the University in 2003 from Franklin & and higher education after graduating from our program. They Marshall College in Pennsylvania, where he was Professor of English and associate dean of the faculty. Y

University of Hartford Magnet Schools—Dean’s Report

Nothing exemplifies the University’s Unique Alliance Brings motto, “a private University with a public purpose” as much as does the two Hart- Success for Robotics Team ford magnet schools housed on Univer- sity land. The University Magnet School (K-5) and the University High School of A team composed of University High Science and Engineering are living works School students and American School of the art of education, wherein talented for the Deaf (ASD) students won the faculty and staff challenge students of Rookie All-Star Award in March 2007 heterogeneous backgrounds to raise Associate Vice President and Dean of at the Granite State Regional FIRST their sights and confidence. The results University Magnet Schools Alan Hadad Robotics Competition in Manchester, have made the University truly proud. N.H. The University High School/ The colleges of the University have of- American School for the Deaf team fered opportunities to both faculty and While the University Magnet School is was singled out for the Rookie All-Star students of the magnet schools to make well established in a building of great Award at the regional competition in use of campus expertise and facilities, architectural character, the University New Hampshire based largely on the and to the University’s students as well High School of Science and Engineering remarkable alliance between the two to use the magnet schools as laborato- has been meeting in temporary space in schools, said Alan Hadad, associate ries in which to grow in proficiency in the Science building at the University’s vice president and dean of University their own fields, whether it be education, Asylum Avenue campus for the past magnet schools. It is believed to be the music and the arts, sports, or as volun- three years. Ground has just been bro- first combined team of deaf and hear- teers with the students. ken for a new building to meet the ing students to take part in the FIRST dreams of both the City of Hartford Robotics Competition. and the University for a school in Communication was a major issue for which students of talent in math the 35 University High School students and the sciences can be trained to and 16 ASD students on the team, fill the oft-expressed needs of sci- Hadad said. But with the help of sign ence and engineering firms in the language interpreters, the students Hartford area. learned to work so well together that Many students have already turned they made it to the quarterfinals of the initial hopes into expectations for New Hampshire tournament, earning the future, and are successfully the Highest Rookie Seed Award in ad- participating in college courses dition to the Rookie All-Star recogni- while simultaneously pursuing their tion. high school curriculum. Students at the University have been able to contribute a great deal to the Building a sense of the community of growth and functioning of the two mag- many age groups and what they give to net schools. Civil Engineering students one another has resulted in such sharing first identified the footprint on Mark as participation by University Magnet Twain Drive that became the site upon School students in the Martin Luther which the new high school will be built. King commemorative service for the Uni- Similarly, students from the Civil Engi- versity community, the representation of neering Department have also acted as the University High School of Science consultants (along with mentoring by and Engineering to the Connecticut Leg- professional engineers) to the University islature in its celebration of the passage Magnet School in the redesign of its of funding for magnet schools, and re- parking lots and minor flooding issues. gional awards for the high school’s FIRST Assuredly there will be further opportuni- Robotics team, which was mentored by ties for mutual benefit, as each partner members of the University’s engineering in this educational venture continues to college. Committed faculty members develop awareness of the great potential have included a Hartford Teacher of the An official photo of Team 1991 -- Year in the High School. Visitors to the that exists here. the team representing University High School and the American School University Magnet School have included luminaries in politics and theater. for the Deaf.

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Recognizing Faculty and Staff Service

The annual Recognition Day event held in May 2007 paid tribute to employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service to the University of Hartford. Following is the complete list of faculty and staff who were honored at this year’s Recogni- tion Day event.

Cathy A. McCloud Ladimer S. Nagurney Dennis A. Nolan Sandra J. O'Donnell John N. Ramsey Halena L. Sajko Charles L. Turner

15 Years of Service: 40 Years of Service: Bharat R. Kolluri Diego M. Benardete James B. Mathews Mable Meikle Robert R. Calafiore Cynthia S. Ritvo Regina M. Miller Karen I. Case Kristina Sandberg Russell Manfred E. Striefler Caryn Christensen Frederick W. Wessel 35 Years of Service: Jean Baisden 25 Years of Service: Paul G. Bugl Carol R. Aloisi William H. Coleman Robert L. Duran Alan Spriestersbach Mary E. Frey Peter W. Kennedy 30 Years of Service: Chris Moskey Sherry Buckberrough Vincent Motto Charles R. Canedy Stephen J. Potocny Nancy Clubb Michael Czerepuszko John M. Roderick Theresa B. Greger Frank R. Dello Iacono Carl S. Smith Abiodun A. Ilumoka-Nwabuzor Mikki Dembar John Wennerberg Barbara Intriligator Roger J. Desmond Marta Jo Williard Randy D. Jacobs John J. Klemonsky 20 Years of Service: Irwin A. Nussbaum William H. Cianci Joan O'Mara Margaret A. Ciarcia Linda Quenzer Joan M. Coates Elizabeth A. Skoglund Robert J. Decker Donn Weinholtz Allan J. Geetter Louis F. Godbout Hermin C. Henriques Walter Hall John H. Kniering Year in Review—November 2007 Page 7

Justin Kurtz Stanley Lindsay Scot T. MacCluggage Amanda B. Mayfield Meghan McDonald Beresford McFarlane Patrice A. McGregor Joan Meakin Geralyn Merrill Timothy Milligan Patricia Morelli 10 Years of Service: 5 Years of Service: Sean Normile Marcel Baril Jorge Alatrista Marliss M. Pavano John J. Carson Bonny T. Barsi Amy E. Champagne Michael D. Bernard Joseph Cullen Joy A. Berry Maria E. Frank Power R. Boothe Hirokazu Fukawa Julio Bravo Dennis M. Gacioch Mark Brochu Janice E. Glasgow Alan R. Carlstrom Warren J. Goldstein Shane Ciccarelli Laurie Granstrand Christina Dieterich David C. Isgur Tyrone Fuertes Donald C. Jones Jennifer L. Furgerson Bruce Kampe Sara C. Gagan Michael J. Lovley Andrea Gerich-Miller Elizabeth Peronace Paula P. McDonald David H. Goldenberg Sandra I. Roach Raymond J. McGivney Robert D. Gonyeau Barbara A. Robinson Malcolm Morrison Steven J. Johnson Ilena S. Rosenstein Justino Murillo Beth D. Kavaler Karen L. Schermerhorn Todd L. Randall James R. Keener Jason L. Schuberth Toni Robinson Sharmon J. Kennedy Alana M. Seddon Richard Rosol Curtis R. Seelig Alan D. Rust Lynn C. Wronker William Sanders James C. Shattuck We have much to celebrate Marian J. Smith on the University of Hartford’s 50th birthday including the Ellen Wetherbee-McDevitt commitment of its Carol B. Wilcox staff and faculty. Constance Yoczik

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Recognizing Outstanding Performance

Awards were presented to outstanding faculty and staff at the 2007-2008 Faculty/ Staff Kick-Off held in August 2007. Following is the list of award winners.

Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Outstanding Staff Member Awards Pedagogy These awards recognize individuals who These awards recognize faculty mem- demonstrate exceptional dedication to bers who have shown exceptional dedi- the University of Hartford and who play a cation, innovation, and effectiveness in critical role in the success of this institu- their teaching, as well as extensive inter- tion and its students. actions with students. Elaine Cooley, assistant to the dean, Jacob Harney, associate professor of College of Education, Nursing and Health biology and chair of the department, Col- Professions lege of Arts and Sciences. Terri Raimondi, manager of media rela- Marissa Cloutier, instructor of biology, tions, Office of Communication Hillyer College. Alice Schoenrock, coordinator, Depart- Don Jones, associate professor of rheto- ment of Economics, Finance and Insur- ric and professional writing, College of ance, Barney School of Business Arts and Sciences. Terry Spencer, Maintenance Control Cen- ter administrator, Facilities Department Gordon Clark Ramsey Awards for Crea- Natalie Wing, coordinator of academic tive Excellence studies, The Hartt School These awards recognize outstanding work by adjunct and part-time faculty. Community Service Award Carole MacKenzie, adjunct faculty in This award honors faculty and staff who psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. have demonstrated a strong commit- Barry Lubin, adjunct faculty in mechani- ment to Hartford, Bloomfield, and West cal engineering, College of Engineering, Hartford, the three communities in which Technology, and Architecture. the University is located. Recipients are actively working to improve and enhance Chris Carrier, adjunct instructor in crea- communities in need, and by their exam- tive writing, College of Arts and Sciences ple, have encouraged others to do the same. University Magnet Schools Innovation Susan Landolina, administrative assis- and Collaboration Awards tant, Student Centers and Activities These awards, sponsored and funded by . an anonymous donor, are given annually to faculty from University of Hartford Magnet School and the University High School of Science and Engineering.

Jill Carey, magnet theme coach, Univer- sity High School of Science and Engi- neering. Patricia Sward, teacher, Early Childhood Program, University of Hartford Magnet School. Theresa Vara-Dannen, English teacher, University High School of Science and Engineering

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Anchor Awards Honor Outstanding Alumni Eleven of the University’s exceptional alumni were honored at the Third Annual Anchor Awards ceremony, part of the weekend’s Homecoming festivities held in October 2007.

Barney School of Business exposures facing The Hartford. In 2000, start-up and second he was designated a Fellow of the Casu- stage companies, Jarrod Moses ’91 (AA’89 Hillyer) alty Actuarial Society. He also shares his specializing in merg- Jarrod Moses has been a pioneer in us- talents with community, tutoring Hartford ers and acquisitions. ing entertainment as a key marketing High School students in calculus in Most recently, he and communications vehicle. As founder preparation for advanced placement established the venture capital firm of of United Entertainment Group, he cre- exams. He has been an active recruiter Mulready & Associates Inc. of actuarial talent for The Hartford, par- ates strategic partnerships and builds businesses for the marketing and enter- ticipating in career fairs, and working tainment industries, bridging the gap with The Hartford’s human resources Hartford Art School between Madison Avenue and Holly- department. Sarah Ficca ’06 wood. He was responsible for crafting successful partnerships and programs Sarah Ficca’s artistic acumen was al- for some of the world’s largest corpora- College of Arts and Sciences ready evident at the age of 17 when she tions, including Procter and Gamble, Lon Seidman ’98 (AA ’96 Hillyer) acquired a position as a studio photogra- Coca Cola, and the NBC and MTV net- pher, while developing and compiling her works. Moses’ business projects are also Shortly after graduation, Lon Seidman fine arts portfolio. She also became in- philanthropic in nature. He served as became the youngest person ever to be terested in electronic music and re- entertainment consultant for The Gift of elected to the Westbrook, Conn., Board corded multiple albums under the artis- New York, a program developed for the of Education at the age of 22. In 2002, tic name of “Madame Buddafly.” This all families of 9/11. He is also cofounder of he was elected to the Democratic State took place prior to her arrival at the Uni- the New York Comedy Festival and its Central Committee and the following versity of Hartford. Her eclectic interests educational outreach program, Comedy year, became co-president of the Con- in music, moving image, design and in- in the Classroom. necticut Young Democrats. In 2006, he teractivity were a natural fit for the Hart- ran the successful Congressional cam- Jeffrey Roseman ’82 (AA’80 Hillyer) ford Art School’s Media Arts program. paign for Joe Courtney, who unseated Since graduating summa cum laude, When you watch the ball drop on New Rob Simmons. Along with two partners, Ficca has served as associate professor, Year’s Eve, you are seeing a very differ- he recently formed the 83 Group, a co-writer, and offline editor for Able ent Times Square than you saw 20 years grassroots-consulting firm that helps Lives, a television series that received ago. Retail real estate broker Jeffrey talented Democratic candidates win in critical acclaim for its focus on people Roseman was one of the people most heavily Republican districts. In his spare with disabilities. She is cofounder and art influential in transforming Times Square time, he is a partner in his family’s busi- director for Towney Design, a creative from a seedy eyesore to the vibrant com- ness, The Safety Zone LLC, an Essex, Internet company in New Haven. mercial center it is today. Roseman is Conn.-based importer of gloves and per- executive vice president and principal at sonal protection products. Dorothy Bosch Keller ’62, MEd ’63 Newmark Knight Frank Retail, a global Chair of the Department of Fine Arts and real estate service firm located in New Performing Arts at Saint Joseph College, York City. As a leasing broker, Roseman The Hartt School Dorothy Bosch Keller’s knowledge and facilitates high-profile real estate trans- experience with art and culture virtually actions with large retail companies, land- Joseph Mulready MMUS ’71 span the globe. Her ongoing studies and lords, and developers. For his work in Joe Mulready combines a passion and passion for the arts have taken her to Times Square, Harlem, and other Man- dedication to music with strong leader- Israel, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Sweden, hattan locations, the Real Estate Board ship skills. He chairs The Hartt School’s and Africa, to name just a few of her des- of New York has presented Roseman—a Board of Trustees, is a member of the tinations. She worked on a number of number of times —with the prestigious University’s Board of Regents, and is a important archeological sites and, in Retail Deal of the Year Award. board member of the Hartford Chorale. 1995, made a discovery of ancient Rob Thomas MBA ’04 His professional experience exemplifies tombs at the Ramesseum in Upper Egypt his continued commitment to the arts. yielding burials, pottery, and other cul- An assistant vice president and actuary He was a faculty member at Hartt and tural artifacts. This past February, Keller at The Hartford, Rob Thomas has held the College of the Holy Cross, and was guided a group of Hartford alumni roles of increasing responsibility in the executive director of the Worcester through the King Tut exhibition at the actuarial department and in personal County Music Association. He is CFO of Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. In De- lines product management during his 23 both CM Systems and Agile of New Eng- cember, she will be taking alumni to see years with the company. In his current land. Mulready has also found success panels from Lorenzo Ghiberti’s doors, at post, he works with claim and legal pro- as a self-employed financial consultant, an exhibition at the Metropolitan Mu- fessionals in analyzing mass tort providing access to capital markets for seum of Art in New York. Page 10 Year in Review—November 2007

College of Education, Nursing and College of Engineering, Health Professions Technology, and Architecture Domenic Pompile ’99 Ryszard (Rich) Pryputniewicz ’71 Domenic Pompile is a licensed physical Rich Pryputniewicz is the K.G. Merriam therapist and a certified strength and con- Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ditioning specialist. He operates several Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and offices of his private practice in Florida, founding director of its Center for Holo- Pompile and Associates, a licensed physi- graphic Studies and Laser Micromecha- cal therapy and sports medicine company. tronics. He is also founding director of His expertise is recognized by other medi- WPI’s NanoEngineering, Science, and cal disciplines, as recognized in an article Technology program. Pryputniewicz’s cur- in Dentistry Today regarding the postural rent research and teaching concentrate dysfunctions that dentists often develop Anchor Award winner on theoretical and applied aspects of from repetitive stress in their bodies. He Lon Seidman A'96, '98. MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), holds a patent on a shoulder machine smart sensors and structures, and in par- specifically for upper-extremity postural ticular, nanotechnology, lasers, noninva- dysfunctions. Pompile continually ana- sive metrology with nanometer accuracy lyzes physical challenges with the goal of on sub-micron scale, and nondestructive restoring various muscle testing based on photonic groups in a shorter period of methods. He has received nu- time, to increase individu- merous awards including the als’ quality of life and levels Teetor National Education of function. He is designing Award from the Society of equipment specific to the Manufacturing Engineers (SME) needs of preventative medi- and the American Society of cine, while he continues to Mechanical Engineers (ASME) build upon his busy outpa- International Award for out- tient practices. standing contributions to the application of engineering me- chanics to electronic and Patricia Rissmeyer ’78 photonic packaging. During a long career de- voted to higher education,

Pat Rissmeyer has been committed to the quality of Lauren Zaccaro Larson ’06 life and well-being of her As a systems engineer at students. At the University United Technologies’ Hamilton of Massachusetts, she developed pro- Sundstrand Corp., Lauren Zaccaro Larson grams and practices supporting affirma- Some of the 2007 Anchor Award is now working on NASA’s new Crew Ex- tive action, living and learning, student winners pose outside the Harry ploration Vehicle (CEV). Her involvement development, and health and wellness. At Jack Gray Center on Saturday eve- with Sundstrand began as early as her Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, she ning. (l-r) Dorothy Bosch Keller, sophomore year, however, when she was co-founded a five-college program plan- Rich Pryputniewicz, Patricia Riss- awarded a NASA Space Grant Industrial ning and victim advocacy group, address- meyer, Lauren Zaccaro Larson, Fellowship to work on the design of test ing such critical issues as AIDS, sub- Domenic Pompile, Sarah Ficca, setups and procedures on small-machine stance abuse, and eating disorders. At Rob Thomas, and Jarrod Moses. noise control for the International Space Canisius College in New York, she super- (in the photo below), Joseph Mul- Station. Beyond her professional accom- vised and continued to develop programs ready, and Jeffrey Roseman. Not plishments, she also gives generously of to address the needs of female and ra- pictured are award winners Joseph her time to the community. Larson, who cially diverse student populations. In her Mulready and Jeffrey Roseman. was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis current post as vice president for student (MS) in her junior year, participated in a affairs and dean of students at Emmanuel 150-mile bike tour for the National MS College in Boston, she is involved with a Society this past September. It was her diverse array of programs and depart- third year riding in the tour, which raises ments including athletics, campus minis- funds to support research for a cure, and try, counseling, health services, residen- to provide programs that address the tial life, and service learning. needs of people living with MS.

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A Fall Weekend to Remember—October 19 & 20, 2007

Dionne Warwick ’63 Performed Fall Weekend, which combines Homecoming and Parents Week- end, took on an added dimension this year as the culmination of the University’s year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary. Legendary singer and Hartt School alumna Dionne Warwick ’63 capped off that celebration on Saturday night with a sold-out con- cert in Lincoln Theater. Opening for Warwick was the Jackie McLean Legacy Band, featuring faculty and students from The Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz.

Lots to Do

Fall Weekend 2007 featured a wide range of activities, including reunions, sports, music, and comedy. Faculty and alumni participated in a panel discussion on the 2008 election, alumni artisans displayed and sold their work, and Legendary singer and Hartt School alumni musicians added to the festive atmos- alumna Dionne Warwick '63 performed phere on the Harry Jack Gray Center lawn Satur- to a sold-out audience at Lincoln Thea- day. Other highlights of the weekend included a ter Saturday night, one of the highlights Las Vegas style casino night at the 1877 Club, of Fall Weekend. and the third annual Anchor Awards, honoring distinguished alumni from each of the Univer- sity’s schools and colleges. Time Capsule, Hawk Hall, Hawks Nest and Alumni Plaza

The weekend’s festivities began on Friday afternoon, with the burial of the University’s 50th anniversary time capsule, the dedication of Hawk Hall and Alumni Plaza, and the opening of the newly renovated Hawk’s Nest. Despite the gray skies and on- again, off-again rain Friday, scores of students, faculty, staff, regents, parents, and alumni filled the center of the new plaza for the event, and the University Pep Band, cheerleaders, and Howie the Hawk created a festive atmosphere amid the umbrellas. The name is the same, but virtually everything else about the Hawk’s Nest has changed. The late night campus eatery, which is operated by ARAMARK and located on the lower level of the University Commons, has undergone a major renovation over the past few months. The “new” Hawk’s Nest will have its official opening in an event that also will include the dedication of Hawk Hall and Alumni Plaza. The new Hawk’s Nest has a sports theme, with four large-screen televisions and employees dressed in team jerseys and referee shirts. Large photographic murals of University of Hartford sports will cover the walls, along with jer- seys from all of the University’s teams.

Hawk Hall, the new freshman The newly renovated Hawk’s Nest. residence Workers from the Facilities De- An elegant brass "H," a gift partment lower the University's from University President 50th anniversary time capsule Walter Harrison, was un- into a hole beneath Alumni Plaza. veiled at the center of the Photo by Roger Castonguay '07. new Alumni Plaza. Photo by Roger Castonguay '07. Page 12 Year in Re-

A Private University with a Commitment to our Community

Honoring World War II Veterans The Connecticut Honor Flight Project was organized by Christopher Coutu, who earned an MBA from the Barney School of Business in 2003. The Office of Alumni Relations supported the project in a variety of ways, including sponsoring University of Hartford alum- nus Tony Pignone A'49, '56, one of the veterans on the Sept. 15 flight.

Bright Ideas on Community Design More Than 2,000 Came to Campus for Community Day “Bright Ideas on Community Design: An Thousands of people filled the cam- Interactive Dialogue Workshop” was held in pus on April 14, 2007 for the Univer- June 2007 and was the first phase of the sity's largest ever Community Day. In Community Design Resource Project, a honor of the University’s 50th anni- partnership of the University of Hartford’s versary, this year’s Community Day Center for Integrated Design (CID) and the took participants back to the era of Capitol Region Council of Governments the University's founding, with such (CRCOG). The ultimate goal of the project is 1950s-themed attractions as an ar- to develop promising strategies for advanc- cade and ice cream shop, hula ing a livable communities design agenda in the Capitol Region. The project is sup- ported by the Hartford Foundation for Pub- hoops, a Nifty ‘50s Car Display, and a lic Giving. The workshop’s keynote Tribute to Elvis. Other events that day speaker, Anton “Tony” Nelessen, has more included The return of The Hartt Steel- than 37 years of professional experience band, circus demonstrations, “Be an as an urban designer, professor, author, Anchor” experience at the University’s and practitioner in the fields of visioning, television studio; a “bounce house,” physical planning, and urban design. Uni- face painting, and other amusements versity representatives include Nancy for children; and a youth soccer clinic. Wynn, assistant professor of visual commu- Other attractions included book sign- nication design at the Hartford Art School, ings, robot demonstrations, Project Terri Albert and Jeff Cohen of the Barney Horizon interactive health and wellness School of Business; and Jim Fuller, David displays, and opportunities for children Pines, and Terri Hahn of the College of En- to get hands-on exposure to musical gineering, Technology, and Architecture instruments. New attractions this year (CETA). The University's Center for Inte- included an 18-hole miniature golf grated Design provides local communities course in Mortensen Library. In addi- with resources and solutions that address tion, in honor architectural, engineering, business, and of the Bard’s April 23 birth- visual communication design issues. day, more than 100 people recited sonnets in a three-hour Shake- speare Sonnet Marathon, organized by The Presi- dent’s College. Community Day 2007 offered some- thing for everyone.

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NEW AND IMPROVED FACILITIES 2006-2007 BUILDING ON SUCCESS

Completed Alumni Plaza, the new plaza Completed the University’s newest resi- between Hawk Hall, the University Com- dence hall, Hawk Hall – a five-story build- mons, and the pedestrian bridge – which ing that will house over 200 first-year has created an attractive gateway to the students. The new facility, the largest residential side of campus and a new residence hall construction since comple- gathering spot for students. The oval- tion of the Park River apartments in shaped plaza is constructed out of con- 1989, includes classroom and multi- crete of various colors and finishes, with purpose space on the first floor, and lounges with floor-to-ceiling windows and sitting walls along the perimeter. spectacular views on the residential floors.

Began construction of the $21 million Opened the Hartford Art School’s Renée main building of the University’s new Samuels Center, a striking new 15,000- Performing Arts Complex – the 55,000- square-foot, two-story addition to the art square-foot Mort and Irma Handel Per- school which houses two growing programs – forming Arts Center. Scheduled to open photography and media arts. The $5 million in the fall of 2008. The complex will project included the expansion and renovation provide additional space for The Hartt of space in Taub Hall for the painting and School’s Theatre and Dance Divisions drawing department, the printmaking depart- and community programs. ment, and the foundation studies program. Page 14 Year in Review—November 2007

NEW AND Renovated East Hall, resulting in state-of- Completed renovation of the Hawk’s Nest, the-art classrooms and laboratory facilities IMPROVED and the addition of an elevator in the for the College of Arts and Science’s under- University Commons. graduate and graduate students in psy- FACILITIES chology. The Graduate Institute of Profes- sional Psychology, which had been located 2006-2007 in Hartford, moved into its new home in East Hall.

Completed major renovations of A-Complex and C-Complex. These two complexes re- ceived the same kinds of extensive renova- tions that B-Complex and D-Complex under- went last summer. The work includes a complete overhaul of the bathrooms, new heating and air conditioning units, aes- thetic improvements, and a change in lay- out that will result in 48 new beds.

Completed Phase I of the Home Field Advan- tage project for athletics, including the renova- tion of the existing soccer and lacrosse field (Al-Marzook Field), the relocation and con- struction of the softball field, and the construc- tion of a baseball field, press boxes, and bleachers. The successful $6.8 million cam- paign for these facilities earned the University a $700,000 grant from the prestigious Kresge Foundation. Y

NCAA Honors Four Hartford Teams Women’s basketball team won America East title The University of Hartford had four teams honored by the NCAA in May 2007, as part of more than 800 Division I sports teams to re- for the second straight year. ceive public recognition awards for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Baseball, softball, men’s indoor track, and men’s outdoor track all posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The public recognition awards are part of the GO HAWKS ! broad Division I academic reform effort. The 839 teams receiving awards this year represent 217 Division I colleges and universities, or two-thirds of the 326 institutions that compete in NCAA Division I athletics. High-performing teams receiv- ing awards posted APR scores ranging from 975 to a perfect 1,000, said NCAA President Myles Brand. “These teams prove once again that student-athletes are students first, and many of them are excellent students,” Brand said. “I want to personally congratulate these teams and their student-athletes University of Hartford who are working hard in their sport and in the classroom and setting freshman Morgan a great example for all students.” Sabia #23 was named America East Rookie of the Week for men’s basketball, as an- nounced by the con- ference in Nov. 2007. “We are very pleased to have Morgan recog- nized as the rookie of the week in the Amer- ica East Conference,” said head coach Dan Leibovitz.

Women’s soccer team captured the 2006

Men’s golf team won the 2007 America East Championship.

University of Hartford tennis coach Mike Raymond an- nounced his 2007-08 cap- tains. Kasey Michels and Jessica Ruggles will lead the women’s team, while Emmet Drake and Aaron Kooden have been named captains for the men’s team. Page 16 Year in Review—November 2007

In Memoriam—Remembering our University Community Members

David Baldyga ’59 George Michael Evica William F. Gonillo ’84 Baldyga, alumnus and retired faculty Evica, associate professor emeritus of Bill Gonillo, News 12 member of Ward College, died Aug. English, died Nov. 2007 following a cou- Connecticut sports 2007 at the age of 68. Graduated from rageous battle with lung and brain can- director and a 1984 Ward College of Technology in 1959, cer. He was 79. Evica began teaching at graduate of the Uni- was an assistant professor of engineer- the University in 1964 and retired in versity of Hartford, ing technology at the school for 15 years 1992. He received national and interna- died Sept. 2007, at before retiring from the University in tional recognition for his research on the his Woodbridge home. 2001. "Dave was a fine teacher who life and assassination of John F. Ken- He was 44 years old. passionately cared about students and nedy. He was the author of two books, Bill was the sports did whatever was needed to help them And We Are All Mortal: New Evidence and director at News 12 do well in his classes, “said Walter Analysis in the Assassination of John F. Connecticut, based in Norwalk, for more Banzhaf, professor emeritus of the Col- Kennedy, published in 1978, and A Cer- than a decade. Prior to News 12, he lege of Engineering, Technology, and tain Arrogance: U.S. Intelligence’s Ma- worked at WELI radio where he was the Architecture, who chaired the search nipulation of Religious Groups and Indi- voice of Yale University sports and was a committee that hired Baldyga in 1987. A viduals in Two World Wars and the Cold pre-game and post-game host for Hart- registered professional engineer, War—and the Sacrificing of Lee Harvey ford Whalers hockey and Boston Celtics Baldyga designed the first remote control Oswald. A Certain Arrogance, published basketball. He also worked at WVIT, system for television transmitters, and just last year, was based on six years of Channel 30. The only announcer in Con- created many other broadcasting innova- research and writing. Evica argued that necticut broadcast history to win the AP tions. Banzhaf said that “all who knew American intelligence -- the OSS and the “Broadcast of the Year” award for both Dave, including colleagues and students, CIA -- misused major religious groups radio and television, Gonillo also re- liked him, respected his technical knowl- and individuals through two world wars ceived numerous awards from organiza- edge, and will miss him." and the Cold War, focusing on the crea- tions including the Connecticut Associa- tion of the Albert Schweitzer College in tion of Athletic Directors and the Walter Switzerland and its ties to Lee Harvey Camp Football Foundation. According to Richard A. Cohn Oswald. In 1975, Evica began broadcast- the New Haven Register, Gonillo covered ing “Assassination Journal” on WWUH virtually every major event in Connecticut Cohn, 60, of West Hartford, died in Octo- (91.3 FM) live each Tuesday, up until this sports since the late 1980s, usually do- ber 2006 of complications from leuke- illness forced him to stop. ing his own camera work while conduct- mia. Richard was born in Chicago and ing an interview at the same time. grew up in Sacramento, CA. He received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard Univer- sity, 1969 and an M.B.A. from Stanford Dorothy Lenhart Fidlar

University, 1972, where he also did his Well-known cellist doctoral work. He taught finance at M.I.T. died September and the Universities of Illinois and British 2006 at age 89. Justin Potter, Student Columbia. In 2004, he retired from his Professor emeritus teaching career after 19 years as profes- of violoncello and Potter died from injuries sustained in a sor of finance at the University of Hart- ensemble at Hartt car accident in October 2006. Justin, 19, ford where he received the distinguished College, University was a sophomore in the Interactive Infor- Bent Award for Scholarly Creativity. Rich- of Hartford and mation Technology program. Justin had ard will be remembered for his innova- longtime resident of gone home to Newtown, Conn., to watch tive research in finance and in particular, West Hartford, she was born into a musi- his younger brother play in a football for his work on the murky mysteries of cally talented family April 7, 1917 in game. He died when the vehicle he was the stock market, specifically a set of Terre Haute, IN. A graduate of Indiana driving struck a tree. A 2005 graduate of papers that he co-wrote with his col- State with further musical studies at Juil- Newtown High School, Justin was pas- league Franco Modigliani, winner of the liard and Eastman, her major teachers sionate about computers and designing Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in were Luigi Silva, Bernard Parronchi and Websites, and he loved coming home to 1985. Marcel Hubert. By age 11, the press con- cheer on his brother at football games. sidered her the finest, youngest cellist in

Indiana. By age 14, she was a member of the Terre Haute Symphony, the musi- cian's union having waived the age re- quirement to allow her to play. Through- out high school her trio played daily on radio station WBOW. In 1939, she mar- ried violinist Willfred S. Fidlar. Year in Review—November 2007 Page 17

In Memoriam—Remembering our University Community Members

University Life Regent Ed Matesky Gordon Clark Ramsey Dorothy Goodwin Matesky, who headed media relations at Ramsey, who served Goodwin, life re- the University for more than 25 years, the University for more gent of the Univer- died Aug. 2007 at his home in Madison, than 20 years as an sity and beloved Conn., at the age of 76. Formerly the adjunct faculty mem- state legislator award-winning chief education writer for ber, secretary to the known for her The Hartford Times, Edwin Matesky Faculty Senate, and commitment to joined the University executive secretary of education, died in 1970, when Archi- the Emeriti Associa- June 2007, at the bald Woodruff was tion, passed away in age of 92. A long- president, and con- June 2007 at the age time trustee of tinued under admini- of 66. “Gordon was one of the Univer- Hartford College for Women (HCW), strations headed by sity's great characters. Once you met Goodwin was elected to the University’s Presidents Stephen him, you would never forget him,” said Board of Regents in 1972 and was Joel Trachtenberg President Walter Harrison. “But he also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by and Humphrey added immeasurably to the character of the University in 1982. She became a Tonkin. “The Univer- the University. His dedication to the fac- life regent in 1996. In 1993, Goodwin sity is a community ulty through his service as secretary to received the Laura Johnson Woman of with several thousand people living and the Faculty Senate; to the emeriti faculty, the Year Award, named after the first working here,” he told The Informer, the through his similar service to that body; president of Hartford College for Women. student paper, on his retirement in and above all to his students, made this Goodwin, who was inducted into the Con- 1996. It was the job of (what was then University a far, far better place.” necticut Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994, called) the University’s News Bureau, he also had a deep connection to the Uni- said, to cover that community “the same versity of Connecticut having served as way a local newspaper covers a city.” an associate professor of economics, Among the most notable University sto- assistant provost and director of Institu- ries receiving national attention under John Roderick tional Research. “Dorothy Goodwin was Matesky’s direction was a custard pie Roderick, a professor of English at Hillyer a model leader and citizen of Connecti- fight in 1972 between Woodruff and stu- College and faculty member in the cut. Her dedication to education through dent leader Eric Litsky that was covered School of Communication, taught at the the University of Connecticut, Hartford by LIFE magazine, and the awarding of University for 26 years, died in Aug. College for Women, and the University of an honorary degree to comedian George 2007 at the age of Hartford and her longtime enthusiasm Burns in 1988. Matesky’s story, which 63, following a cou- for the education of women for leader- included Burns’ quote that “Now I can rageous battle with ship roles in society stand as testimony run home and tell my mother I’m a doc- leukemia. Roderick to her great life,” said President Walter tor,” was carried across the country. was an extraordinary Harrison. “Dorothy’s faith in the future teacher, known for will forever be entwined with the Univer- his patience and skill sity of Hartford’s mission of educating in turning students women leaders for tomorrow.” Goodwin into confident writ- became a political leader in 1975 at the ers. A gifted writer, age of 60 when she was elected to the poet, and experi- state legislature, representing Connecti- enced journalist, he served as chair of cut’s 54th Assembly District (Storrs - Hillyer’s English Department from 1998 Mansfield). Goodwin said her greatest to 2006. In 1996, Roderick was recog- accomplishment was the school equali- nized with two prestigious honors, both zation bill. As chair of the House Educa- in the same year. He received the Univer- tion Committee, Goodwin helped redes- sity’s Roy E. Larsen Award for Excellence ign the state’s school funding formula to in Teaching and was named Connecticut give every town a grant commensurate Professor of the Year by the national with its need. Dorothy Goodwin was born Council for the Advancement and Sup- in Hartford, Sept. 2, 1914, one of five port of Education (CASE). children of Charles Archibald Goodwin and Ruth Cheney Goodwin. Two Hartford landmarks – The Bushnell and Goodwin Park – were named for her grandfathers, Horace Bushnell and the Rev. Francis

Goodwin. Page 18 Year in Review—November 2007

In Memoriam—Remembering our University Community Members

Winthrop W. Sanderson Dr. Irving S. Starr Painter and Former HAS Director Sanderson served as the University of Starr served as dean of the University Alan Tompkins Hartford’s director of Physical Plant from of Hartford’s College of Education dur- Tompkins’ death on Thanksgiving 1965 to 1980, died in September 2006 ing its first 25 years, died Nov. 2007 in morning 2007 came just three weeks at the age of 91. Sanderson was remem- Hartford. He was 88. Starr became after his 100th birthday on Oct. 29. bered by colleagues for his dedication to dean of the College of Education (now Tompkins was director of the Hartford the University and for playing an instru- the College of Education, Nursing and Art School (HAS) in 1957 when it mental role in the design of the campus. Health Professions) when the Univer- merged with the Hartt College of Music Sanderson was born on April 11, 1915, sity was formed in 1957, and he con- and Hillyer College to form the Univer- in Whately, Mass. He was a veteran of tinued in that capacity until his retire- sity of Hartford. World War II, enlisting in the U. S. Army ment in 1982. During his tenure as Tompkins de- one day after the bombing of Pearl Har- dean, he played a significant role in the signed the new bor. He served as tank commander in growth and development of the Univer- University’s offi- the 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armor Divi- sity and its education programs. cial seal. He sion, Company B and was awarded the Among other things, Starr was known served as HAS Bronze Star for action in Donauworth, for securing many grants to support director until Germany. Sanderson was appointed the programs in the College of Education, 1969 and then military governor of Traunstein, Germany, and for creating strong ties between taught art his- achieving the rank of captain. His unit the College and the Hartford Public tory and visual studies until his retire- was involved in the liberation of the Da- Schools and played a major role in ment in 1974. Despite his distin- chau concentration camp. Before work- shaping the academic direction of both guished career as an educator, Tomp- ing at the University of Hartford, Sander- the College of Education and the Uni- kins wanted to be known first and fore- son served as the director of Physical versity during its first 25 years. Irene, most as a painter. In a career that Plant from 1964 to 1965 at the Univer- his wife of 62 years, considers the Uni- spans almost a full century, Tompkins sity of Tampa and as physical plant ad- versity of Hartford to be their fourth painted thousands of works, including ministrator from 1946 to 1964 at the child because of Irving’s love and dedi- Northfield and Mount Herman Schools in many in private collections and one cation to the University. that hangs in the New Britain Museum Northfield, Mass. of American Art. "Alan Tompkins was a giant – as an educator, as an artist, and as an administrator," said Univer- sity President Walter Harrison. "He led Linda Snyder ’96 the Hartford Art School when it be- Snyder, who served as assistant to the came one of the founding schools of vice president for finance and admini- the University of Hartford, and he stration from 1991-96, died in Feb. helped form its distinctive blend of 2007 after a long illness. She was 63. education in the arts and in the liberal Snyder was a resident of Manchester, arts.” Tompkins credited his early Conn., and a 1996 graduate of the study of art history at Columbia Univer- Barney School of Business. Throughout sity in the 1920s with preparing him most of her career, she worked in the for the art movements of his day, in- field of education as an executive as- cluding cubism, surrealism, abstract, sistant. In addition to working at the and pop art. He graduated from Yale University of Hartford, Snyder had been with a BFA and was awarded commis- employed by the State Department of sions from the U.S. Treasury Depart- Education, Project Concern, and the ment’s Art Project for Post Office mu- University of Connecticut. Snyder was a rals. He also taught at Cooper Union member of Temple Beth Sholom for Art School and Columbia, and worked the past 40 years, served on its board as a book illustrator, muralist, portrait- of directors and was an active member ist, and industrial designer. One of his of its sisterhood. She was a past- murals hangs in the Central Baptist president of the Tobacco Valley Chap- Church in Hartford. ter of Women's American ORT, a mem- ber of the Hebrew Home and Hospital Auxiliary and a member of Professional Secretaries International.

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Aaron Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Maxwell Belding Endowment David and Miriam Abrahamson Endowed Scholarship The Belkin Endowed Scholar John B. Abrahms Endowed Scholarship Betty Burnham Bennett and Howard G. Bennett Memorial Scholarship John B. Abrahms Endowed Prize Stephen Bennett '92 Memorial Classical Guitar Scholarship Phyllis Abrahms Endowed Scholarship Millie and Irving Bercowetz Family Endowed Judaic Collection Ellen Abrams Scholarship Millie and Irving Bercowetz Family Endowment for the Teaching of Hebrew and Yiddish Academic Management Services Millie and Irving Bercowetz Hartt Endowed Book Award Advanced Technical Support Scholarship Millie and Irving Bercowetz Judaic Book Endowment Aeroflex Endowed Scholarship for Instrumentalists Millie and Irving Bercowetz Judaic Endowed Scholarship Aetna Career Ladder Program Millie and Irving Bercowetz Judaic Lecture Endowment Aetna Life and Casualty Library Endowment Florence Paul Berger Endowed Scholarship African-American Student Association Endowed Scholarship Samuel Berkman '51 Endowed Scholarship Mary Louise Aiken Hartford College for Women Endowment Rose and Gerson Bernstein Endowment Alfred Cohn Akon Endowed String Award Isadore and Marian Berson Photography Award Norman Allaire/Zachary Scott Scholarship Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship Ralph M. Aloisi Health Professions Endowed Scholarship Mary Yale Bettis Endowed Scholarship Alumni Legacy Endowed Scholarship F. S. Beveridge Endowed Scholarship - HAS, Inc. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Scholarship (ASME) Elizabeth H. Bidwell Endowed Scholarship Joanne Andershonis-Reich Research Award Grace Bliss Endowed Scholarship George Ansley Endowed Chair Harry S. Blumenthal Memorial Endowed Award Architectural Lecture Series Endowment - Jeter, Cook and Jepson Frances F. Blumenthal Endowment Architectural Student Show Endowment - Jeter, Cook and Jepson Bob and Scott Scholarship Award in Accounting Department of Architecture Informational Resources Endowment Dr. Karl Bohm Endowed Scholarship Milton J. Aronson Endowed Scholarship Abraham and Mindel Bordon Endowed Scholarship Beatrice Fox Auerbach Endowed Scholarship F. Edward Bosson Hartford College for Women Endowment Auerbach Visiting Artists Endowment Mya T. Bowen '00, '02, '05 Business Scholarship Vin Baker '94 Endowed Athletic Scholarship William and Henriette Brand Memorial Endowed Scholarship Vin Baker '94 Endowment for Hartford Scholars Hilda Brassill Children's Literary Collection Scholarship Jacob Balgley Endowed Scholarship James Brassill Endowed Book Award Robert and Eleanor Balgley Endowed Scholarship A. Richard Brayer Endowed Student Development Fund Bank of America Scholarship Peter K. Breit Scholarship Barney Accounting Department Endowed Scholarship Robert B. Brenner '03 Barney Scholars Barney Accounting Department Fund Jacob Bresnerkoff Endowed Scholarship The Barney Faculty Excellence Endowment Jerry Brett Scholarship Barney Leaders Scholarship Brown School Alumni Endowed Association Agnes and Cornelious Barrett Endowed Scholarship Mary Ellen Burns Scholarship Roy D. Bassett Endowed Scholarship Alline and David Burton Endowed Scholarship Rosanna and Charles Batchelor Endowment - HAS, Inc. The Business and Professional Women's Club of Hartford Scholarship Jack and Tillie Bayer Endowed Scholarship Butterworth Endowment for Hartford College for Women J. Watson and Mary Batterson Beach Endowed Scholarship BVH Scholarship Mary Batterson Beach Endowed Scholarship Diane Cady '79 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Wolfgang Behl Memorial Endowed Scholarship Percussion Ensemble Scholarship Bel Canto Hartt Community Division Scholarship Justin Campeau Memorial Endowed Scholarship

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Elizabeth Capen Endowed Scholarship Douglas Group Endowed Scholarship Jerome E. Caplan Memorial/Rogin Nassau Endowed Scholarship Edmund W. Downes '56 Endowed Scholarship Louis T. Carabillo Endowed Scholarship for Violinists Joseph Doyle Endowed Award John R. Carbone, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Dr. Nathan Dubin Endowed Scholarship - HAS, Inc. Richard Cardin '62 Endowment for Development of the Humanities Faculty Simcha and Aaron Dubitzky Memorial Endowed Scholarship Grace Carney Endowed Scholarship Ernest A. Dudley Endowed Award John F. Carroll Fund for Student Publishing Herbert J. Duke Endowed Scholarship Edith Cartin Prize Kathleen J. '74 and Dudley B. Duncan Scholarship Frances Cassorina Endowed Scholarship John and Mignon Dunn Endowed Fellowship in Study of Voice Elizabeth Williams Cathles Internship-Research Endowment Gladys B. & Robert E. Dunn Fund for International Study Center for Instruction and Learning Endowment Hy and Micki Dworin Endowed Scholarship Reina B. and Isadore M. Chaiklin Endowment Norman Eaton Book Award Samuel Cheiffetz and Tillie D. Cheiffetz Endowed Scholarship David Einfeldt Memorial Endowment Jack Chernak Memorial Endowment Ellsworth Opera Endowed Scholarship Frank Chiarenza Scholarship J.E. Ellsworth - Ensign Bickford Endowment CIGNA Greater Hartford Community Endowed Scholarship Emeriti Association Endowed Scholarship Kay Knight Clarke Endowment John Ostrom and Harriet Enders Endowed Scholarship Charles Clas Book Award Endowment for Judaic Studies Joseph Coel P.E. Endowed Scholarship Engineering Alumni Advisory Board Endowed Scholarship Vincent B. and Mary C. Coffin Memorial Endowed Scholarship Epsilon Alpha Zeta Alumni Endowed Award Bernice and Ira Cohen Endowed Scholarship Rose and Julius Kramer Epstein Cantorial Music Endowment Dr. Richard A. Cohn Memorial Award Paul W. and Mary L. Eukers Endowed Award Computer Science Memorial Scholarship Faculty/Staff Junior Support Scholarship Concordia Foundation Endowed Scholarship Edward and Nina Paranov Fagan Scholarship Connecticut Business and Industry Association Scholarship Marilyn F. and Arthur L. Falk Endowed Scholarship Andrew Coppola Memorial Endowed Scholarship Rose and Arthur Fallmann Endowment Henry F. Cote Endowed Book Scholarship Julius and Bella Feinberg Scholarship Richard L. Cote Golf Book Award Rabbi and Mrs. A. Feldman Endowed Scholarship William Sheffield Cowles Endowment - HAS, Inc. Marc Feldmann Memorial Award Donald W. Davis AUC Endowed Award Fellman Study Abroad Fund Dean's Research Endowment The Fran and Philip Feltman Endowment in Judaic Studies Deeds Symposium Endowment NEH - Greenberg Center - Philip Feltman Endowed Chair Nijs Den Ouden Memorial Endowed Prize Philip Feltman Endowed Professorship Alfredo DePalchi Scholarship Ann Schumann Ferris Endowed Scholarship Dennis Paul Devin Endowed Scholarship Willfred and Dorothy Fidlar String Scholarship Edward Diemente '48 Endowed Scholarship Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Harold J. Dillon Endowed Scholarship Stanley Fisher Endowment Domenica Di Matteo Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship Annie Fisher Endowed Scholarship Jeanne L. Diorio Memorial Endowed Scholarship Stanley Fisher Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dirrigl Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Stephen J. Fisher Memorial Endowed Scholarship Judith and Samuel Donner Endowed Scholarship Barnard Flaxman Endowed Award Robert E. Donovan Endowed Scholarship Robert A. Flaxman '53 Endowed Scholarship Paul Dorweiler Endowed Scholarship Letty Fonteyne Endowed Scholarship

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Ford Foundation Endowment Maurice Greenberg Endowed Chair for Judaic Studies Moses Fox Club - Solomon Elsner Memorial Endowed Scholarship Greenberg Endowed Scholarship Jean and Donald Frahm Endowment Jacob and Ethel Greenberg Endowed Scholarship The Hartford - Donald R. Frahm Endowed Scholarship Phyllis '65 and Leonard Greenberg Endowment Pamela Frazier Endowment M. Leonard Grody Endowed Scholarship Isidore Friedman Endowed Scholarship Julian Gross Family Endowment Alfred and Primrose Fuller Endowed Scholarship Grosser-Zachs Endowed Scholarship The Mary Primrose Fuller Endowment Al '60 and Nancy '77 Hajek Arts and Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund for Access Hartt Community Division Endowed Scholarship Al '60 and Nancy '77 Hajek Technology Endowed Scholarship The Galluccio Endowed Scholar William K. Halligan Endowed Scholarship for Violinists Harry and Minerva Gann-Ken and Rita Harvey Endowed Scholarship Thomas and Eleanor Hamm Annuity to Benefit Hartt Students Jose Garcia Endowed Collection Irma and Mort Handel Endowed Illustration Award Pauline and Joseph Gareau '78 Endowment for Hillyer College Robert Hanley Endowed Award Emile Gauvreau Journalism Endowed Scholarship Bernard Hanson Scholarship Chester A. Gehman Scholarship Raymond Hanson Endowed Piano Scholarship Marilyn Kaplan Gershel Endowed Drama Scholarship Ralph Hart Memorial Endowed Scholarship GHYWE/CYS Hartt Community Division Endowed Scholarship Hartford Art School Art Collection Endowment Charles J. Giambalvo, Sr. Award for Seniors Hartford Art School General Endowment Gilfix and Schwarz Endowed Scholarship Hartford Art School Print Workshop Endowment - HAS, Inc. Joan Leopold Glazier '58 Pre-Cantorial Endowed Scholarship Hartford Art School Auxiliary Endowed Scholarship Rose and Harry Glotzer Endowed Scholarship Hartford Art School Dean's Scholarship Jack Goldberg '67 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Hartford Partnership in Scholarship Endowment Benjamin Goldenberg Memorial Endowed Scholarship Hartford Scholars Scholarship - College of Arts and Sciences Blanche and Steven Goldenberg Endowment Hartford Scholars Scholarship - Barney School of Business Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Endowed Award - HAS, Inc. Hartford Scholars Scholarship - College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions Goldfarb Family Endowed Scholarship Hartford Scholars Scholarship - University of Hartford Francine Goldfarb Hartt Community Division Endowed Scholarship University of Hartford Staff Association Scholarship Claire Goldenthal Goldfield Endowed Piano Scholarship The Hartford Nursing Career Track: Pre-Nursing to BSN Scholarship Benjamin and Hannah Golding Endowed Scholarship Nina L. Hartin/Lillian M. Mansfield Endowed Scholarship Arnold and Julian Goldstein Endowed Scholarship Estelle S. Hartman Endowed Sculpture Award - HAS, Inc. Estelle C. Goldstein Endowed Scholarship Hartt Scholarship Dr. Melvin Goldstein Endowed Award Hartt School Alumni Endowed Scholarship Dr. Mel Goldstein Endowed English Scholarship Hartt Endowed Scholarship Anne Goode Endowed Scholarship Hartt Gifts of Music Anna M. Goodwin Endowment - HAS, Inc. Hartt Guild Endowed Scholarship Dorothy C. Goodwin Endowment Julius Hartt Endowment - Advanced Instrument Scholarship Genevieve Goodwin Endowment - HAS, Inc. Hartt Endowed Talent Award Andrew Gordon Memorial Endowed Scholarship Celia B. and Moses Hartzmark Endowed Piano Scholarship Ellsworth S. Grant Endowment Hartford Art School Dean's Endowed Scholarship Barbara Grassick Endowed Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Thomas D. and Natalie R. Green Endowed Scholarship Conrad Hemond Endowed Scholarship Beverly P. and Arnold C. Greenberg Endowed Faculty Development Endowment Alice '66 and Arthur '66 Herrmann Endowed Scholarship Beverly P. and Arnold C. Greenberg Endowment in Judaic Studies Herrmann Family Endowment for the Barney School Finance Department

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Herrmann Family Endowment for the College of Arts and Sciences Gerry Karp '58 Soccer Scholarship Book Award Edward Herzig and Jane Keller Herzig '81 Endowed Scholarship Gary Karr Endowed Bass Scholarship Elisabeth and Alfred Hiebler Hartt Endowed Scholarship Kaschman Endowment for Hartford College for Women The Hillel Activities Endowment The Phyllis S. Katz Award Hillyer Restricted Scholarship David Anthony Kaufman Endowed Award Hillyer College Students of Color Travel Endowed Award Alexa and McGwire Keener Honorary-Student Athlete Scholarship Walter Hodes Endowed Scholarship Marion and Richard Keller Endowed Scholarship Gloria and Jules Hollander Endowed Scholarship Mrs. W. Keney Endowed Scholarship - HAS, Inc. Chris Horton Endowed Scholarship Barbara Klemmer Nelson '03 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Abraham M. Huang Memorial Prize Nancy O. Klock and Stanley W. Klock, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Barbara Hubbard Endowment David D. Komisar Emeriti Association Endowment Humanities Scholarship Steven Konover Arabic Language and Culture Scholarship John and Carol Hunt Endowed Scholarship Georgette Koopman Endowed Scholarship William and Alice Hunter Endowed Scholarship Koopman Endowment for Hartford College for Women King Hussein Endowed Scholarship Koopman Endowed Chair - HAS, Inc. Clement C. Hyde Endowed Scholarship Joseph Korzenik Fellowship Endowment International Student Award Sylvia Koski Endowed Scholarship International Faculty and Staff Endowed Award Kotkin Family Endowed Scholarship Israel Experience Scholarship Ihssan Kouatly and Mamdouha Baki Kouatly Endowed Scholarship David A. Ivry Scholarship Joanna & Vic Koziura Graduate MBA Scholarship Harry Jacobs Endowed Scholarship KPMG Faculty Fund- Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Jacobs Foundation - Judaic Program Endowment Eileen S. Kraus Endowed Scholarship Wilson C. Jainsen Endowed Scholarship Krieble Endowed Scholarship Lista L. Jarvis Endowment Aron Kriwitsky Endowed Lecture for the Judaic Center Robert F. Jensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship LaBella Strings Classical Guitar Endowed Scholarship Laura A. Johnson Endowment Kathryn Ladd Hartt Endowed Scholarship Jacqueline S. and Philip R. Johnson Memorial Fund Roy LaRocque Baseball Book Scholarship Frank O. Jones Memorial Endowed Scholarship Roy E. Larsen Endowed Award John Jorgensen Memorial Endowed Cello Scholarship Lawson-Putnam Endowed Scholarship John Jorgensen Memorial Hartt Community Division Hartzel Lebed Endowment Endowed Cello Scholarship Frances Lee Endowment Joseloff Gallery Program Endowment - HAS, Inc. John G. and Percy Maxim Lee Endowed Scholarship Judaic Capital Campaign Endowment Mark J. LeMay Endowed Scholarship Florence Gates Judd Endowment Kurt and Henriette Leopold Endowed Scholarship Irene Kahn Endowed Scholarship Al Lepak '50 Endowed Scholarship Alice Guego Kaiser Chamber Music Endowment Leven Multi-Purpose Judaic Endowment Richard and Rose Ananian Kalajian Endowed Scholarship David Levin Endowed Scholarship Gil Kalins Endowed Scholarship Library Archives Endowment Charles H. Kaman Engineering Scholarship Library General Collection Endowment Kaplan and Garcia Endowed Scholarship Lincoln Foundation Endowment George B. Kaplan '53 Endowed Scholarship J.M. Linton Trust Scholarship Kappa Mu/Tau Beta Pi/Dean Zerban Endowed Scholarship Morris Lipman Foundation Endowed Scholarship Samuel J. and Abraham Kaprove Endowed Scholarship Local 217 HERE Union Endowed Scholarship James Karkus Memorial Endowed Scholarship Grayce E. Long Scholarship

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Sal Lopes Endowed Photographic Excellence Award Michael Miller '80 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dorothy N. Lotstein Endowed Scholarship Robert D. Miller and Flora L. Toce Memorial Endowed Scholarship Lozinski Family Endowed Scholarship Mirsky Endowed Scholarship Eleanor A. Lucas '92 Endowed Scholarship Grace Parks Mitchell and Paul R. Mitchell Library Endowment Helen H. Lucas and Mitchell T. Lucas Memorial Endowed Scholarship Eleata S. Dudley Mitchell Endowed Award Morris and Bertha Lurie/Julius and Dorothy Glazier Suzanne O. Mitoraj '67 Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Mock Trial Endowment Anita B. MacDonald '47 Endowed Scholarship Mrs. "M" (Amelia Balcezak Mogielnicki) First Generation Endowed Scholarship Paul Mali Endowed Management Leadership Award Frederick Russell Moore Endowed Scholarship Leonard F. Manheim Humanities Endowed Scholarship David and Katherine Moore Prize in Marketing Seena Marcus Endowed Scholarship Watson Morrison Hartt Community Division Endowed Piano Scholarship Vytaukas Marjosius Endowed Scholarship Anne and Irene S. Morse Endowed Scholarship Martin Endowed Scholarship Hartford-Hertford Johanna Murphy Scholarship John G. Martin Book Endowment Music Management Scholars David Martinez '88 Book Scholarship Eva W. Nair Endowed Scholarship Martyn Endowed Scholarship National College Athletic Association Grants Stanley Mason Endowed Scholarship National Honors Scholarship Andrea H. Massa '56 Library Endowment for the Barney Accounting Department Joseph W. Nedelka Scholarship Mathematics Memorial Scholarship Edna Negron Scholarship Harriet K. Maxwell Foundation Endowed Scholarship Arlene and Daniel Neiditz Endowed Scholarship Henrik Mayer Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dora and Raymond Neiditz Art History Endowment Mayor's Scholar Award Minerva H. Neiditz Endowed Poetry Award Scott McAlister Memorial Endowed Scholarship Doris and Russell Neisloss Endowed Award Susan McCray Endowment for Music Theatre Dorothy A. Nettleton Endowed Scholarship Kent McCray '51 Musical Theater Endowed Scholarship New England Colleges Fund Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship Kent McCray '51 Opera Endowed Scholarship Honorable Jon O. Newman Law and Justice Endowed Lecture Series Kent McCray '51 Theater Endowed Scholarship Dr. Edward Nichols Endowed Scholarship William G. McGowan Scholarship Frances Nickerson Endowed Scholarship Florence Carney McGuire Endowed Scholarship Estate of Charles J. Nishon Endowed Scholarship The Harriet Rowley McKown Endowment Corine T. Norgaard Entrepreneurship Spirit Award Isabelle McLean Memorial Endowed Scholarship Michael "Finch" Norman Memorial Scholarship David and Margaret McLellan Endowed Performance Award in Guitar Dr. and Mrs. Maurice O'Connell Endowed Scholarship Ruby Meade Endowed Scholarship Myrtle E. O'Connor Endowed Scholarship Blanchard W. Means Endowed Scholarship Emily J. Panik Endowed Book Fund Manuel S. Medeiros Endowed Scholarship Paradise Scholarship Mehri Endowed Honor Award Moshe Paranov Endowed Scholarship Merrill Lynch Library Endowment for Barney School of Business Frances P. Parker Scholarship Helen Donahue Meskill Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Passionate Scholars Endowment Joan Metcalfe Student Support Scholarship Leonard J. Patricelli Endowed Scholarship Eugene R. and Judith Michaud Endowed Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Susan Pelton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Mihalek Scholarship Performing Arts Center - Phase II Scholarship Elaine Goodman Miller Endowed Scholarship Perkins Visiting Artists Endowment - HAS, Inc. Felicia C. Miller Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Fund for Philosophy Majors Physical Therapy DPT Scholarship

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Physics Memorial Endowed Scholarship Prof. William Samolin Memorial Book Endowment Anna Ball Pierce Endowed Scholarship Renée and Robert Samuels Faculty/Staff Development Endowment - HAS, Inc. Graham M. Platt Endowed Scholarship Saval Trust Scholarship Platt Family Book Endowment Abraham I. Savin Endowed Scholarship Barbara Podorowsky Endowed Scholarship Guerrino Scerrato Endowed Scholarship Theodora Prentice Endowed Scholarship Bonnie and Stuart Schar Endowed Scholarship Presser Scholarship Walter B. Schatz Endowment for Hartford Scholars Emma I. Pritchard Endowed Scholarship Oswald Scheller Memorial Endowed Scholarship University of Hartford - Pryor Family Educational Opportunities Beverly Schmitt Scholarship in the Department of Nursing Herbert P. Schoen Endowed Scholarship Albert Putnam Music Endowment Friederich and Virginia Schorr Endowed Scholarship Gordon Clark Ramsey Creative Excellence Endowment Sidney Schulman Board Designated Endowment Bettye Raulinaitis Memorial Endowed Book Scholarship Ruby and Walter Schultz Library Endowment R.C. Knox Center for Insurance Studies Endowment Sid Schwartz Endowed Scholarship Reich Family Athletics Development Endowed Scholarship Walter K. Schwinn Endowment - HAS, Inc. Belle K. Ribicoff Endowed Prize Richard Clarke/Sean Associates Endowed Scholarship Belle K. Ribicoff Endowment Susan and Charles '76 Seeman Barney School Endowment Belle and Irving Ribicoff Library Endowment Charles '76 and Susan Seeman Endowed Scholarship Henry I.B. Rice Endowed Scholarship Susan and Charles '76 Seeman Hillyer College Endowment Patricia Ritter Hartford College for Women Endowed Scholarship Manfred and Carol Seeman Endowed Scholarship Paulette Laplante Roberts Endowed Scholarship Rubin Segal Endowed Scholarship Celia Ann Roberts Library Endowment Madelyn Serbin Endowed Scholarship Margaret "Peg" Rochford Memorial Endowed Scholarship Beatrice Sewall Endowed Scholarship John M. Roderick Grants in Pedagogical Innovation Lorraine Silverman and Ray Seyferth Endowed Scholarship Dr. John E. Rogers Minority Endowed Scholarship Guy C. Shafer Endowment Helen Rogow Endowed Scholarship Edward and Florence Shaperow Endowed Scholarship The Helen Rogow Endowed Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Shaw Family Foundation Endowment Vernon & Florence Roosa Lecture Series-Asvcd. Manufacturing George J. Sherman and Lottie K. Sherman Endowed Scholarship Roosa Endowed Chair for the College of Engineering Pauline W. Shulman Memorial Endowment Bernard H. Rosen '61 Endowed Scholarship Sigma Alpha Iota Greater Hartford Alumnae Hartt Gift Elsie and Samuel Rosenstein Endowed Scholarship Betty and Irving Sikov Book Endowment Bernard Roskin Memorial Endowed Scholarship Silber-Trachtenberg Endowed Philosophy Award Elinor and Jeffrey Ross Endowed Scholarship Miriam Silcox Endowed Scholarship Julius "Puggy" Roth Endowed Scholarship Louis and Martha Silver Memorial Scholarship Alexander and Reba Rothstein Scholarship Barbara '56 and Robert '59 Simons Endowment Mickey Rothstein Book Scholarship Andal and Rao Singamsetti Endowed Award Augusta Rubin Endowed Scholarship Joseph Singer Memorial Scholarship Rubinow Book Endowment for the Judaic Center Lillian Margulies Singer Endowment for Jewish Humor Thomas W. Russell Endowed Scholarship Allan E. Sittard Engineering/Technology-Music Endowed Scholarship Russell Gift - Security Department Endowment Robert E. Smith Endowment Gunter R. Sabionski '65 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dr. Stephen L. Snover Award Brigetta Laraia Sagarino Endowed Scholarship Society for Manufacturing Engineers Scholarship Dr. Girija Sahay Endowed Scholarship Gertrude C. Soifer Memorial Endowment Charles Salsbury Memorial Endowed Scholarship Joseph H. Soifer Endowed Scholarship

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Named Scholarships and Endowments as of November 2007

Philip and Dora Sondik Endowed Scholarship Eleanor Van Etten Endowed Scholarship Virginia Whiting Southworth Endowed Hartt Award Katherine Van Etten Endowed Scholarship Michael Spinelli-Medici Endowed Scholarship van Zelm, Heywood and Shadford, Inc. Endowed Scholarship Oscar Spitzler Memorial Endowed Scholarship Theodore D. Veru Endowment for Excellence in Business St. Paul Travelers Foundation Scholarship IES Felix H. Victorick Memorial Scholarship Nina Stanley Endowment - HAS, Inc. William S. Vincent Endowed Scholarship Katherine and Mary Starkowsky Scholarship Bernard Vinick International Endowed Scholarship Starr Foundation Barney School Scholarship Vitamaur Foundation Endowed Scholarship Starr Foundation Business Endowed Scholarship Vitkauskas Family Endowment Dr. Irving Starr Endowed Scholarship Voldstad Family Endowed Scholarship Musical Club of Hartford-Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship The Hedda Windisch von Goeben Endowment St. Paul Travelers HELP Endowment Walker Endowed Scholarship Mary C. Stretch Endowment William S. and Dorothy G. Wallace Memorial Biopsychology Award Richard D. Stroiney Accounting Department Endowed Scholarship William S. and Dorothy G. Wallace Memorial Neuroscience Award Michael R. Stroll '67 Endowed Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Irving Waltman Endowment Student Association Challenge Endowed Scholarship Ward Scholarship John Sudarsky Endowed Scholarship Jeannette and Samuel Ward Endowed Scholarship Samuel C. and Edward S. Suisman Endowed Scholarship Sheila Ward Scholarship Melinda and Paul Sullivan Endowed Scholarship Helen Griswold Wasserman Endowed Scholarship Surdna Foundation Endowed Scholarship for the Hartt School Saul and Caroline Weber Endowed Scholarship Dr. Elisabeth Swain Endowed Memorial Award S. Edward Weinswig Endowed Scholarship Eugene Sweeney Memorial Library Endowment George Weiss Endowed Scholarship Sarah Supplee Swett Library Endowment Women's Education and Leadership Scholarship Lucy and John Terzo Memorial Endowed Scholarship Nancy '76 and Stanley Wells Endowed Scholarship William Teso Endowed Scholarship Nancy '76 and Stanley Wells Graduate MBA Endowed Scholarship Claire Simpson-Therrien '51 Piano Award Richard M. Wetherell '62 Endowed Scholarship Laurel Thomas Memorial Endowment Whitney Student Activity Endowment - HAS, Inc. Horst Thomke Memorial Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Howard F. Whitney Distinguished Artists Endowment Tillinghast Actuarial Endowed Scholarship Frazer B. Wilde Endowed Scholarship Alan Tompkins Endowed Scholarship Wilkes Family Endowment Dr. Humphrey Tonkin Endowed Scholarship Beatrice Holley Williams Endowed Scholarship Dr. Humphrey Tonkin Library Endowment Elizabeth T. Williams Endowment - HAS, Inc. Town of West Hartford Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Harold A. Williams Endowed Scholarship Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Harold A. Williams Endowment Shoshana and Oscar Trachtenberg Endowed Faculty Award Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau Painting Scholarship Theresa B. Tracy Red Caps Endowed Scholarship Mary and Alan Wilson Endowed Scholarship Trane High Performance Buildings Scholarship Flora H. Perkel, Ann M. Winkler and Joyce P. Winkler Endowed Scholarship Leonard M. Troub Endowed English Book Award Adele Wise Hartt Endowed Scholarship Jennifer Smith Turner and Eric Turner Endowed Scholarship Max Wohl Endowed Scholarship J.C. Turner Endowed Book Award Judith Wolfson Memorial Endowment Ullico Endowed Scholarship William Wondriska Endowment - HAS, Inc. University of Hartford A & S Scholarship Woodland Systems Endowed Scholarship Kyle Valentine '04 Memorial Endowed Scholarship WWUH Scholarship Edmund and Helmi Valtman Endowed Scholarship Peter Yacavone Memorial Endowed Scholarship Page 26 Year in Review—November 2007

Mary Christensen Educational Main Street Named Scholarships and Endowments Capital Workforce Partners, Inc.—$25,000 as of November 2007 Capital Workforce Partners, Inc.—$14,985 Joseph and Agnes Yorkin Endowed Vocal Award Citigroup Foundation—$10,000 Edward Zachs Endowed Scholarship Fisher Foundation—$7,500 Zachs Endowment in Judaic Studies Hartford Courant Foundation—$15,000 Zachs Hillel Endowment The Knox Foundation—$2,000 Gladys Bursten Zatzkis Endowed Scholarship George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation (Bank of America, Trustee)—$2,500 P.W. Zimmerman Book Purchase Endowment - HAS, Inc. MetLife Foundation—$25,000 P.W. Zimmerman Endowed Scholarship TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation—$5,000 Joseph Zola Fellowship Endowment in Holocaust Teaching University of Hartford Grants for 2006-07 College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture The University of Hartford faculty and staff were awarded more than $12 Robert Celmer million in grants and contracts for 2006-07. The recipients of those awards, Footfall Noise Characterization and the funding organizations, were honored at the annual External Funding Recognition Reception in Oct. 2007. Following is a list of the recipients, the Paul S. Veneklasen Research Foundation—$25,000 grants they received, and the funding organizations. Thomas Filburn Barney School of Business ATCO Catalyst Study Peter LaPlaca Jacobs Sverdrup—$29,975 William G. McGowan Scholarship Bed Depth and Ammonia Capacity Testing The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc.—$18,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$23,354 Marilyn Risi Connecticut Space Grant Consortium-OWC Weed & Seed Agency Contract: Automated Litter Vacuum State of Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness—$78,000 City of Hartford Police Department—$5,000 Development of Ion Flow Control Techniques Weed & Seed Agency Contract: Public Safety Video Camera Study Pratt & Whitney—$1,600 City of Hartford Police Department—$3,500 Low-Cost Solar Concentrators Amendment to UAMS Weed & Seed Agency Contract Connecticut Innovations—$280,416 City of Hartford Police Department—$7,000 Novel CO2 Removal Technologies for Use on Mars Upper Albany Main Street National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$114,933 City of Hartford Community Development Block Grant —$135,000 Thomas Filburn and Ivana Milanovic Hartford Foundation for Public Giving—$13,000 Connecticut Space Grant Supplement – ESMD

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$40,000 College of Arts and Sciences Connecticut Space Grant–Year 1 Augmentation Timothy Black National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$161,182 Evaluation of CTF Child Abuse Prevention Initiative Connecticut Space Grant–Year 2 Augmentation Connecticut Children’s Trust Fund—$155,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$229,203 Joanna Borucinska James Fuller, Terri Albert, Jeffrey Cohen, David Pines, and Nancy Wynn The Study of Bio-Indicators of Environmental Stress in Sharks Assessment of Current Resources in the Capitol Region for Livable University of Connecticut—$5,000 Community Design Support and Building Livable Community Design Capacity Amanda Carlson Capitol Region Council of Governments—$25,000 A Political Economy of Signs: Art and Writing in Cross River State, Nigeria Saleh Keshawarz American Association of University Women Educational Foundation—$30,000 Afghan Building Capacity (ABC) in Higher Education in Afghanistan Washington State University—$215,637 College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions Saleh Keshawarz, Hisham Alnajjar and Ivana Milanovic Karen Breda Engineering Education in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Project Horizon Herat University for Ministry of Higher Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan—$1,229,171 Connecticut Department of Social Services—$14,893

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University of Hartford Randi Ashton-Pritting Music Dance Theatre Collection

Frank Lahey J. Walton Bissell Foundation—$5,000 Formula Society of Automotive Engineers John Carson Newman’s Own Foundation—$15,000 Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center Louis Manzione Connecticut Development Authority—$2,500,000 Nanotechnology Curriculum Initiative State of Connecticut Urban Action Grant—$4,000,000 Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology—$30,000 John Carson and Christopher Dupuis Saeid Moslehpour Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium Curriculum Development U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development—$417,280 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (sub-award)—$3,000 Gail Champlin David Pines Entrepreneurial Center Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter City of Hartford Community Development Block Grant—$50,000 Pratt & Whitney—$10,000 Entrepreneurial Training DECD Chittaranjan Sahay Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development— $142,500 New Product Development of Machine Layout Nursing Career Development Project Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.—$63,990 State of Connecticut Board of Higher Education—$43,552 Thermo Mechanical Fatigue Studies in Single Crystals Under Low Cycle Fatigue Project Crecer Pratt & Whitney—$9,900 George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation (Bank of America, Trustee)—$3,500 Summer Youth Employment and Learning Hartford Art School Capital Workforce Partners, Inc.—$13,500 Power Boothe Training Program in Child Development NewAlliance Foundation Capital Award Wheeler Clinic, Inc.—$53,000 NewAlliance Foundation—$5,000 Women’s Business Ownership Training Program Pre-Collegiate Workshops U.S. Small Business Administration—$97,299 SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.—$15,000 Jim Keener Playbook for Life Support The Hartt School The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.—$100,000 David Bell Jim Keener and Christopher Dupuis Miami String Quartet Residency Home Field Advantage – Phase 1 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism—$6,976 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving—$365,000 J. Walton Bissell Foundation—$5,000 Colleen Kruger, Chandima Cumaranatunge, and Alicja Komar Alana Seddon The IT Community Support Program Dance Program for City Youth National Science Foundation— $895,953 Greater Hartford Arts Council —$2,000 Mary Norris Hartford Foundation for Public Giving—$15,000 Consolidated Health Plans Dance Residency Program The Hartt School Community Division Consolidated Health Plans— $2,500 Greater Hartford Arts Council—$5,000 Irwin Nussbaum Financial Aid Programs for The Hartt School Community Division Music for a Change 2007-2008 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving—$150,000 Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc. — $68,500 Fund for Access John Ramsey George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation (Bank of America, Trustee)—$5,000 WWUH Radio Station Salvation Army Suzuki Strings and Ballet Grant Hartford Foundation for Public Giving— $5,000 The Salvation Army—$13,720

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WELFund: Share the legacy. Shape the future.

Women’s Education and Leadership Fund Alumnae Council for Women WELFund is a legacy of Hartford College for Women, which began Sponsored by providing grants to faculty, staff, and students this year who propose new initiatives in support of women’s education and women’s issues The Women’s Education and Leadership Fund across the University. Below are some examples of the programs this year. Support for returning adult women students: In the spirit of the Academic Express program, we've committed to providing scholarships to three women per year in the Bachelor of Uni- versity Studies program (a degree completion program with a majority of women participants). The three women we are sup- porting presently are all high-achieving, local women who face significant financial challenges to completing their degrees. Engaging the community in issues of relevance and interest to women: A recent educational symposium honoring the 35th A Legacy of the Hartford College for Women anniversary of the Title IX legislation was organized by Jane Barstow, Professor of English, and brought together students, The vision of the WELFund is for women and girls to have ac- coaches, teachers and administrators of 12 area high schools cess to educational and leadership opportunities that serve as and 6 area colleges and universities. We hosted a national catalysts for personal and professional growth. and international cadre of visitors from New England and be- In furtherance of this vision, WELFund fosters and supports yond in thinking about women as peace-builders. We were initiatives to: honored to have Mims Butterworth, a legendary peace-builder, present opening remarks. • Enhance the education of women Promoting scholarship that shines a spotlight on women's • Advance women as scholars and as the subject of lives: WELFund dollars are making it possible for faculty and students to collaboratively pursue research topics of particular scholarship interest to women and girls. Examples include Professor Jilda • Cultivate and sustain women’s leadership skills Aliotta's book-in-progress about the first woman judge in Mas- sachusetts, Professor Susan Coleman's article exploring • Increase awareness about women as individuals and in women in the finance industry, and anticipated genetic re- communities search on breast cancer. The Alumnae Council for Women brings together women from Empowering women students to leadership on campus and the Hartford College for Women (HCW) and the University of beyond: Alex Symmonds' organization of “SWEET Day” is only Hartford (UofH), of diverse ethnic, cultural, professional and one example of the exceptional projects being created and educational backgrounds with the common mission of promot- completed by University students. Women students are seek- ing the exchange of ideas and experiences, providing network- ing support for out-of-class leadership development opportuni- ing opportunities, offering educational and cultural programs ties. In particular, several students in sciences and engineer- and enhancing the growth of women as leaders and decision ing have been able to participate in summer research with makers. In addition, programmatic offering will also be ex- one-on-one mentoring by faculty members. tended to the student population, as well as women in the greater community. The Council will have a significant positive impact on the University by increasing the leadership, engage- WELFund Board Members Eunice Groark ment, and involvement of women. Lucille M. Nickerson Former lieutenant governor

WELFund Chair Diane Smith Alumnae Council for Women Executive Committee Peter Arakas Connecticut Housing Finance (pictured above) Authority WELFund Vice Chair Kandyce Aust – Chair Dr. Diane Ullman Louise Fisher Kerry Beckford HCW’88, M’98 Superintendent of Schools in WELFund Secretary Simsbury, CT Michele Gorman ‘69 Dr. Elizabeth Ivey Arnold West Angela Henke ’97, M’99 WELFund Treasurer Senior vice president at ING Grace Mitchell HCW‘98 Dr. Susan Coleman Investment Management Margaret Nareff HCW‘67 Ansley Chair Barney School For more information contact Loretta Symons M’87 Jennifer Sanborn For more information contact Kandyce Aust at 860-768-2409 or WELFund Director [email protected] at 860.768.5471 or Year in Review—November 2007 Page 29 [email protected]

Barney School Named The Best Paying Tribute to Jewish War Veterans "Our Greatest Generations: Untold Stories of Jewish War Veterans" drew close to 200 attendees at the University’s George J. and Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization in Barney School of Business named an out- Nov. 2007. Using photos taken standing business school by the Princeton by Hartford Art School students Review, which publishes Best 282 Business and a unique collection of arti- Schools. In the profile of the Barney School, facts, the exhibition tells the the Princeton Review editors noted that the stories of local Jewish war veter- school “has achieved the gold standard of ans going back more than 60 excellence – AACSB accreditation.” years. Students in a documen- tary photography course taught This photograph of World War II veteran David Weinstein, part of by Christine Dalenta took the the exhibit at the Sherman photographic portraits in the Museum. exhibit. Hartford Art School Photo by Hartford Art School student Robert Grusczynski '08. Hartford Art School’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustra- tion program, designed for working illustrators who want to enhance their skills, further their careers, and/or teach at the university level began this year.

College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions

College of Education, Nursing, and Health Professions’ Master of Education in Deaf Education: Aural Habilitation and the Education of Hearing Impaired Children – the only program of its kind in Connecti- cut and one of only two in New England was launched this year. The Jessica Bryan, Julie Coleman, Kyle Green, program was made possible by an anonymous $597,000 3-year Mike Scopino, and Phil Weinholtz - Hartford Art students, designed the logo for the Univer- grant. sity of Hartford’s 50th anniversary celebration

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture’s Clean Energy Institute – focused on solutions to the energy challenges America cur- rently faces, including renewable energy technologies, clean energy solutions, and solutions to manage high electricity prices this year.

Updated highway signs were recently put up on I-84 and I-91, reflecting the Univer- sity’s 2006-07 successes in women’s bas- ketball, men’s golf and women’s soccer.

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The Class of 2011 Has Arrived!

The University welcomed more than 1,500 freshmen and thou- sands of returning students to campus, in the annual late- summer ritual known as Move-In Weekend. More than 200 freshmen moved into the brand new Hawk Hall, the Univer- sity’s first new residence hall since the completion of the Park River apartments in 1989. Returning students found that the residential side of campus looks quite different than it did when they left for the summer. In addition to the five-story, brick and glass Hawk Hall, the residential side of campus has been reshaped by the completion of Alumni Plaza, the attrac- tive new gathering area between Hawk Hall and University Commons that will serve as a center of student life. The Uni- versity also completed major renovations this summer in A- Complex and C-Complex, two of the University’s oldest residen- tial facilities. The incoming freshman class of 2011 is made up of 1,533 students, including 735 men and 798 women and Marina Gans (left) and Kimberly Carlin, pic- includes 42 international students representing 17 countries, tured at an Orientation session in June, are and the percentage of minority students increased to 26.8 part of a class of more than 1,500 freshmen who moved onto campus. percent, up from 22.3 percent last year. Photo by Roger Castonguay '07.

Average "Out of Pocket" Student Expenses

Over 90% of University of Hartford students receive a scholarship or grant from the University. For most students, the cost of a University of Hartford education is significantly reduced by financial assistance.

Costs for 2006-2007 Costs for 2007-2008 Tuition $24,576 $25,806 Double Room $ 6,118 $ 6,424 Freshman Meal Plan $ 3,804 $ 3,996 Fees $ 1,190 $ 1,190

• Total Cost $35,688 $37,416

• Estimated Average Financial Assistance $17,588 $18,000

• Average "out of pocket" Expense $18,100 $19,416

These figures do not reflect indirect educational expenses such as books, supplies, travel, transportation, personal, and miscellaneous expenses.

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Administration University Quick Facts

President Founded: 1877 Chartered: 1957 Walter Harrison

Interim Provost Location: West Hartford, Hartford, and Bloomfield, CT Joseph C. Voelker Type: Independent, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Bloomfield Avenue Campus Size: 340 acres Vice President for Finance and Administration Asylum Avenue Campus: 13 acres Arosha Jayawickrema Vice President for Institutional Advancement Full-Time Undergraduates: 4722 Donald Rizzo Part-Time Undergraduates: 880 Graduate Students: 1706 Vice President of University Relations Total Students: 7308 John J. Carson Vice President for Student Affairs States Represented: 46 J. Lee Peters Foreign Countries Represented: 53

Associate Vice President and Treasurer Undergraduate Majors: 89 Thomas J. Perra Graduate Programs: 33

Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller Full-Time Faculty: 327 Kimberly Kennison Part-Time Faculty: 460 University Secretary Thomas Dorer Ratio of Full-Time Students to Full-Time Faculty: 14:1 Full-Time Faculty Holding Terminal Degrees in their Field: 82% Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies Guy Charles Colarulli Students Volunteering Annually: approximately 1,300 Assistant Provost and Dean of Faculty Development Community Agencies and Organizations Assisted: 211 Katherine A. Black Dean of Admission Richard A. Zeiser Dean of Graduate Studies Peter Diffley

Deans

Barney School of Business James Fairfield-Sonn

College of Arts and Sciences Harry Workman, Interim Dean

College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions Dorothy Zeiser

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture For more information please Louis Manzione contact:

Toni Robinson Hartford Art School Director of Donor Relations Power Boothe University of Hartford

Alumni House Hillyer College Building on Success 312 Bloomfield Avenue David H. Goldenberg West Hartford, CT 06117

The Hartt School Phone: 860-768-2435 Malcolm Morrison Check out our Web site Fax: 860-768-4244 www.hartford.edu/giving E-mail: [email protected]

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