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CT Humanities funds documentary on tobacco farms, Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights
Connecticut Humanities awarded $35,000 to Eastern Connecticut State University to produce a documentary about Connecticut's shade tobacco industry and its connection to Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. "Stepping into the Shade: Tob...
Jan 14, 2022, 3:17pm EST
2 Eastern professors examine hospital readmission rates
Management and Marketing Professor Fatma Pakdil of Mansfield and Steve Muchiri of Columbia, assistant professor of economics and finance, recently teamed up with a Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) professor to publish a timely article related to...
Jan 10, 2022, 4:12pm EST
2 Eastern professors examine hospital readmission rates
Management and Marketing Professor Fatma Pakdil of Mansfield and Steve Muchiri of Columbia, assistant professor of economics and finance, recently teamed up with a Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) professor to publish a timely article related to...
Jan 10, 2022, 4:07pm EST
Eastern's Mama wins Benin's (West Africa) top literary award
Eastern Connecticut State University English Professor Raouf Mama's newly published picture book, "La Jarre Trouee" has been named the winner of Le Grand Prix Litteraire du Benin for 2021, the top literary prize in Mama's native country of Benin. The ...
Jan 6, 2022, 12:02pm EST
Eastern student Colleen Goff named a Connecticut Touring Poet
Eastern Connecticut State University student Colleen Goff of Waterbury is one of only four college students statewide selected to be a Connecticut Student Touring Poet in the 2021-22 Connecticut Poetry Circuit. Each year, a panel of judges selects a ha...
Dec 22, 2021, 11:58am EST
Eastern receives STARS Silver rating for sustainability achievements
Eastern Connecticut State University has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS - the Sustainability Tracking, Assessm...
Dec 22, 2021, 11:14am EST
Eastern names Science Building in honor of former President David Carter
On Dec. 7, Eastern Connecticut State University honored one of its most notable champions when it named the Science Building after David G. Carter Sr., the University's fifth president. More than 100 guests joined Eastern President Elsa Nunez in the Be...
Dec 8, 2021, 1:00pm EST
Eastern receives continuing accreditation
Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut's only public liberal arts college, has received continuing accreditation from the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE), the regional accrediting agency for colleges and universities in th...
Dec 1, 2021, 10:06am EST
Eastern celebrates 15th annual Day of Giving
For the 15th consecutive year, Eastern Connecticut State University served a special Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 24 to Willimantic community members in need. In past years, the "Day of Giving" event has been a busy time on campus, with 500-600 local resi...
Nov 24, 2021, 2:05pm EST
Willimantic ranked in top 25 safest college towns in America
Willimantic, CT, home of Eastern Connecticut State University, is ranked the #21 safest college town in the United States by SafeWise.com. In a report issued on Nov. 9, SafeWise evaluated college towns with populations of more than 15,000 people that a...
Nov 19, 2021, 12:31pm EST