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February 04, 2012 | 
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February 04, 2012 |
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BRIAN IZZO
[caption id="attachment_3860254" align="alignright" width="460" caption="BRIAN IZZO"][/caption] The director of the Community Service Center located in GSU, Matt Blocker, has teamed up with Dr. Donald Jones, Alpha Chi Sorority and the Honors Residential Learning Center (RLC) to create the Angel Tree Project in which it gathers Christmas wishes from under privileged
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Bullying is an issue affecting everywhere today and recently on campus, a conference was held to solve issues regarding how to deal with and how to prevent bullying. The first New England Anti-Bullying Conference was held on Dec. 2 by the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions’ Institute
The Chronicle of Higher Education has released the 2009 salaries of college and university presidents, and President Walter Harrison is fairly high. Harrison had a pay increase of two percent in 2009 with a total compensation of $592,317. Compared to other Connecticut presidents, Harrison is right in the middle.
Students will be receiving refunds from the University using a new, faster disbursement method, beginning in December. The Hartford Card is the equivalent to a debit card, and is provided through HigherOne, a company geared specifically toward financial services of higher education establishments. Students can expect to have the Hartford
For the first time in University of Hartford history, freshman students are able to connect their experiences with their first year of college to those who are also sharing their first-year experiences in the Duncaster Retirement and Assistant Living Care Community. Duncaster Retirement Community, located in Bloomfield, is a place
Students can swap the ugly sweaters for more formal attire this Saturday at Promakkah, Hillel’s annual Chanukah party. The now five-year-old event is a semi-formal dinner and dance. It features a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, a Kosher, Asian-themed dinner, a cash bar for those who are 21
Spring Commencement will be in full swing starting in May of 2012. One of the largest adjustments to this ceremony is that the University will now host the event for a two-day period. The ceremony on Saturday will honor the Graduate students who have worked the past few years
Left: Maurice Huggins worked for Mail Services at the University of over 25 years. Right: Ronald LaComb was the business manager at the Barney School of Business | Courtesy weebly.com and UNotes
[caption id="attachment_3859850" align="alignright" width="280" caption="Left: Maurice Huggins worked for Mail Services at the University of over 25 years. Right: Ronald LaComb was the business manager at the Barney School of Business | Courtesy weebly.com and UNotes"][/caption] The University is mourning the recent loss of two members of the Hartford community.
Every year, the University aids in bringing holiday cheer to preschool students. On Thursday, Dec. 8 in the Suisman Lounge from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 160 children and 24 teachers from the Women’s League Daycare Center in Hartford will be gathering. This is just one event of many that
ADAM MANISON
[caption id="attachment_3859814" align="alignright" width="460" caption="ADAM MANISON"][/caption] If you ask any University students about Public Safety and what they do, many topics come up such as being parking watchdogs and invading student privacy. However, it’s time to clear the record. Let’s face it, Public Safety gets a bad rap when really,
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