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Eastern to hold 2 graduation ceremonies this May
Eastern Connecticut State University will hold its 132nd annual Commencement Exercises on Tuesday, May 16, at the XL Center in Hartford. A separate graduation ceremony is planned for master's degree candidates on Saturday, May 13, in the Fine Arts Inst...
May 8, 2023, 4:38pm EDT
A muddy good time for preschoolers THIS Friday
The Child and Family Development Resource Center (CFDRC) at Eastern Connecticut State University will host its sixth annual Fun Mud Day on May 5, 9:30-11:30 a.m. The event features a muddy obstacle course for the CFDRC's preschool children to enjoy. Th...
May 2, 2023, 10:03am EDT
Digital history project delves into 1910 Willimantic
The second phase of "Digital Windham," a website created by historians at Eastern Connecticut State University, will go live on May 4 with new exhibits exploring what Willimantic was like in 1910. A showcase unveiling the expanded site, open to the pu...
May 1, 2023, 4:49pm EDT
Photos: Eastern students pitch in for Windham's spring clean-up
Eastern Connecticut State University students volunteered nearly 320 hours of service to 10 Willimantic sites during the Town Pride, Town Wide community clean-up on April 22. The 71 students organized by Eastern's Center for Community Engagement raked...
Apr 26, 2023, 10:42am EDT
Eastern police receive Tier I accreditation from state standards council
The Eastern Connecticut State University police department has earned Tier I state accreditation, the first step in a continuing process to ensure that the department's policies, procedures and practices reflect standards set by state law and the Conne...
Apr 26, 2023, 9:45am EDT
Wadsworth Atheneum CEO to speak at Eastern's graduate commencement ceremony
Jeffrey Brown '79, CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, will be the keynote speaker for Eastern Connecticut State University's Graduate Division graduation and hooding ceremony. The event will take place on May 13 in the Concert Hal...
Apr 25, 2023, 10:43am EDT
Town Pride, Town Wide set to beautify Willimantic this Earth Day
More than 100 Eastern Connecticut State University students will fan out across Willimantic on April 22, volunteering for the Town Pride, Town Wide community beautification event. Students will gather at the Eastern Clock Tower at 8:30 a.m. to pick up ...
Apr 20, 2023, 1:16pm EDT
Eastern film on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to be screened at Rhode Island, New Jersey film festivals
A film about the Tulsa Race Massacre produced by faculty at Eastern Connecticut State University will screen April 22 at 11 a.m. at the Rhode Island Black Film Festival and April 26 at 9 p.m. at the Ridgewood International Film Festival in Ridgewood, N...
Apr 19, 2023, 4:24pm EDT
Treasurer Russell kicks off Eastern's Diversity Week calling for an inclusive Connecticut
State Treasurer Erick Russell called on the Eastern Connecticut State University community to maximize opportunities for all as he kicked off Diversity Week on April 17 with a talk that acknowledged his own struggles as a gay Black man in settings wher...
Apr 18, 2023, 4:21pm EDT
This Friday: Eastern's premier academic conference back in person
The best of undergraduate research and creativity will be on display at Eastern Connecticut State University on April 21 for the annual CREATE conference. Live and in-person for the first time in four years, the university's Student Center will be abus...
Apr 18, 2023, 11:57am EDT