Through Fri. 8
COMPUTER ANIMATION CAMP, Westside Campus Center, Westside campus. Cost. (203) 837-9353
Through Sat. 9
SUMMER LITERARY FESTIVAL, times and locations vary, visit www.wcsu.edu/writing/mfa for complete schedule. (203) 837-8878
Fri. 8
WOODBURY ALUMNI & NEW STUDENT RECEPTION(WestConn alumni and new students only), 5:30 p.m., 4 Juniper Court, Woodbury. (203) 837-8290
Sat. 9
ALUMNI FAMILY DAY AT LAKE COMPOUNCE, park hours, 822 Lake Ave., Bristol, Conn. Cost. (203) 837-8290
Sun. 10 - 15
DEBATE WORKSHOP, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 2nd floor, Haas Library, Midtown campus. (203) 837-8565
Tue. 12
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP, noon, 104 Berkshire Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9245
Wed. 13
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP, noon, 104 Berkshire Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9245
Thu. 14
THE VILLAGE AT BROOKFIELD COMMON UNIVERSITY EVENT, 11 a.m., The Village at Brookfield Common, 246A Federal Road, Brookfield. (203) 837-8486
Thu. 14
OPEN HOUSE - WESTCONN AT WATERBURY, 1 to 6 p.m., Naugatuck Valley Community College, Founders Hall, 2nd floor, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury. (203) 596-8777
Thu. 14
RIDGEFIELD CROSSINGS UNIVERSITY EVENT, 2 p.m., Ridgefield Crossings, 640 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. (203) 837-8486
Tue. 19
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP, noon, 104 Berkshire Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9245
Wed. 20
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP, noon, 104 Berkshire Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9245
Fri. 29 - 31
IRISH FESTIVAL, Ives Concert Park, Westside campus. Cost. (203) 730-8211
Program combines master's degree with state certification
DANBURY, CONN. -- Western Connecticut State University has long offered programs for teaching degrees and state teaching certification -- helping to fill schools across the state with top-notch teachers. Now the university will offer a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) that gives nontraditional students the best of both worlds -- a master's degree and a teaching certification -- all in one program.
Starting in June 2009, college graduates seeking to change careers and become teachers can earn a master's degree and a state certification to teach biology, math or Spanish in secondary schools.
The M.A.T. is for candidates already holding a bachelor's degree who have decided they would like to become certified as teachers. The 42-credit M.A.T. program will be completed in 15 months from June 2009 to August 2010 and consist of three secondary (grades 6-12) education areas considered durational shortage areas. [Full Story ...]
IT Lab Support and Training Assistant Joe Sousa was nominated by student Derek Roy to receive a Patriot Award from the Connecticut Army National Guard. (l-r): Derek Roy, Joe Sousa and President James W. Schmotter.
- Conn. residents get small taste of fame in movie
- 'Sisterhood' sequel has local faces and locations
- Local residents appear in 'Pants'
- WCSU president, mayor In 'Traveling Pants' sequel
- Congress approves education legislation: Bill funds campuses energy efficient efforts
- WCSU campus provides movie locale
- WestConn plays host to literary festival
- Film shot at WestConn opens Wednesday: 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2' to celebrate friendship, again
- WCSU professors make visit to India
- Students visit WestConn
Waterbury resident earns grant to attend WestConn
DANBURY, CONN. -- Like many schoolchildren in the Vietnamese countryside, Nhung Nyugen walked an hour and swam across a river to go to school every day. But unlike many children, Nyugen didn't drop out after middle school to work in the fields. Instead she moved away from home so that she could attend high school."Education has always been a struggle," said the 33-year-old Nyugen, who lives in Waterbury with her husband and two children. "But the only way I could find a better life was to study."
This year going to school won't be such a struggle. Nyugen is this year's recipient of the President-to-President Scholarship awarded jointly by Western Connecticut State University and Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury. The annual grant pays full tuition costs for an exemplary associate's degree graduate at NVCC to complete the final two years of studies and earn a bachelor's degree at WestConn. [Full Story ...]
- Farooq Kathwari, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., who addressed undergraduates during WestConn's 110th commencement ceremony
The WCSU theatre arts department staged 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Ives Concert Park as part of the Family Fine Arts Series.