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Sat. 30 - Sep. 7
WELCOME WEEK, various locations, Midtown campus. (203) 837-8215 More Info

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 More Info

Sat. 30
ENTERING THE GATES CEREMONY, 1:30 p.m., Midtown campus gates. (203) 837-9700 More Info

Sep. 2
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES, More Info

Sep. 2
WCSU WOMEN'S SOCCER VS. WPI, 7 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus More Info

Sep. 3
WCSU FIELD HOCKEY VS. STEVENS TECH, 6 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus More Info

Sep. 4
COFFEEHOUSE, 8 p.m., Alumni Hall, Midtown campus. (203) 837-9700 More Info

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 More Info

Sep. 5 - Sep. 7
IRISH FESTIVAL, Ives Concert Park, Westside campus. Cost. (203) 748-7844 More Info

Sep. 6
WCSU FIELD HOCKEY VS. WHEELOCK, 1 p.m., Westside Athletic Complex, Westside campus More Info

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 More Info

Sep. 7
BARBECUE (WestConn students only), noon, Midtown campus Quadrangle

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WestConn to offer Master of Arts in Teaching
Program combines master's degree with state certification

Department of Education Chairperson Dr. Theresa CanadaDANBURY, 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 ...]

President-to-President scholar Nyugen loves being a student
Waterbury resident earns grant to attend WestConn

President-to-President Scholarship recipient Nhung Nyugen with WCSU President James W. SchmotterDANBURY, 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 ...]
Heard this week
"So my advice to the graduates is to work hard, work with passion -- irrespective of the task and job -- treat your teammates with dignity, and do not be afraid to attempt an adventure even if you are only 70 percent ready."
- Farooq Kathwari, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., who addressed undergraduates during WestConn's 110th commencement ceremony
Seen this week

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.
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.