Faculty News:

Veronica Pegkou Christofi and Rafaela Kottou, Farmington High School students, who both took Dr. Wang’s summer classes, placed 1st honors and received two trophies for their poster at the CT Science Fair! Additionally, they earned 1st place in the life sciences section, while receiving $500, and 3rd place in the mathematics section, receiving $200. Congratulations Veronica, Rafaela, and Dr. Wang.

Student News:

WCSU 2019 Election Connection wins national broadcast award! In November 2019, the Election Connection live news and election coverage broadcast placed in the top 4% of the nation’s prestigious Broadcast Education Association’s highly competitive media festival. This year, over 1,750 submissions from colleges and universities internationally competed in several categories. WCSU students took 2nd place in the live Studio/Multicamera category. Election Connection student producers: Samantha Saalborn, Richard Lee, Markeith Black, Jack Dyckman, Timia Graham; social media producers: Andrew Kocur and Muna Hayajneh; associate producer: Alvin Josi; news director/associate producer/anchor Audrey Nielsen; news director: Rachel Peet; anchors: Julian Doreste and Kameron O’Brien; student meteorologist: Zachary Duhaime; director: Nick DelMastro; associate director: Kevin Salguero; technical directors: Calvin Savoia ad Zachary Cummings will be accepting the award on behalf of WCSU. Join us in congratulating these students and Dr. JC Barone for their accomplishments!

Events:

All University events are cancelled through the end of the semester.

Remember to wash your hands and stay safe.

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Alumni News:

MFA in Creative and Professional Writing alum, Cara Miele, has published a chapter, “#WeNeedDiverseLooks: Female Body Mods, Immersion, and Curatorial Practices” in the Gamer’s Construction of the Fantasy Self” in Women and Video Game Modding: Essays on Gender and the Digital Community (McFarland, 2020). Check out Cara’s website by clicking this link (https://caramiele.com/)

A recent graduate of the psychology program, Rochelle Bawuah, was just accepted into the nursing program at Mass College of Pharmacy starting Fall 2020. Join us in congratulating Rochelle Bawuah!

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