Sat. 30 - Sep. 7
WELCOME WEEK, various locations, Midtown campus. (203) 837-8215
Sat. 30 - Sep. 9
ART SHOW, Alumni Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-8486
Sat. 30
WCSU MEN'S SOCCER VS. FITCHBURG STATE, 1 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus
Sat. 30
ENTERING THE GATES CEREMONY, 1:30 p.m., Midtown campus gates. (203) 837-9700
Sep. 2
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES,
Sep. 2
WCSU WOMEN'S SOCCER VS. WPI, 7 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus
Sep. 3
WCSU FIELD HOCKEY VS. STEVENS TECH, 6 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus
Sep. 4
COFFEEHOUSE, 8 p.m., Alumni Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9700
Sep. 5 - Sep. 6
WCSU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL INVITATIONAL, 5 & 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. on Saturday, O'Neill Center, Westside campus
Sep. 5 - Sep. 7
IRISH FESTIVAL, Ives Concert Park, Westside campus. Cost. (203) 748-7844
Sep. 6
WCSU FIELD HOCKEY VS. WHEELOCK, 1 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus
Sep. 6
PLANETARIUM SHOW AND TELESCOPE VIEWING, 4 and 7 p.m. planetarium shows and 8 to 10 p.m. telescope viewing, Westside Observatory and Planetarium, Westside campus. (203) 837-8672
Sep. 7
BARBECUE (WestConn students only), noon, Midtown campus Quadrangle
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.
- Building community with just one book: WestConn teams up with Danbury schools, library on reading initiative
- WestConn mounts student work
- Free family event
- Danbury community to read 'The Namesake'
- Murphy seeks funds for nursing programs: Federal money would go toward CSU System
- Golder case not open and shut
- Origami, more than paper critters
- Master class: Writing program at WestConn draws big name writers
- Conn. residents get small taste of fame in movie
- Conn. residents get small taste of fame in movie
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
Enthusiastic fans sold out the Bethel Cinema on August 6 for the Connecticut premiere of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," which was filmed, in part, on the WestConn Midtown campus.