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Eastern extends commitment deadline to June 1 following FAFSA delays
In light of financial aid delays caused by FAFSA changes at the U.S. Department of Education this year, Eastern Connecticut State University is extending its enrollment deadline to June 1. Incoming first-year students for the fall 2024 semester now hav...
Apr 12, 2024, 9:30am EDT
Next week: Eastern's 'Big Read' program closes with talk by Madeline Miller, bestselling author of 'Circe'
Eastern Connecticut State University will welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller for a virtual presentation on April 17 at 5 p.m. in the Student Center Theatre. The talk will focus on Miller's award-winning novel "Circe" and is t...
Apr 11, 2024, 3:19pm EDT
4 April events to showcase community engagement at Eastern
The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at Eastern Connecticut State University will hold four lively community events, showcasing student volunteerism and service projects. Members of the media are invited to cover these festive, seasonal events in ...
Apr 10, 2024, 12:43pm EDT
Eastern President Elsa Nunez honored by 3 national immigrant rights organizations
On Friday, March 29, Elsa Nunez, president of Eastern Connecticut State University, was one of 11 recipients of the first SUCCESS Awards, hosted in Houston, TX, by TheDream.US, the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, and Immigrant...
Apr 5, 2024, 8:47am EDT
Eastern to host 8 music events in April
Eastern Connecticut State University's Department of Performing Arts will host eight music performances in April. All will take place in the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC), with six in the concert hall and two in the foyer. On April 13 at 2:30 ...
Apr 4, 2024, 10:56am EDT
Demolishing Eastern Hall means recycling on a grand scale
Recycling cardboard, paper and plastic has become a weekly routine for many households, but Eastern Connecticut State University is taking sustainability a step further by recycling a building as part of its demolition. Eastern Hall, built around the ...
Apr 1, 2024, 2:21pm EDT
Eastern hosts 4th annual relationship violence awareness event in memory of Alyssiah Wiley
Eastern Connecticut State University will host its fourth annual End Relationship Violence awareness event on April 3 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Sports Center and Student Center. The event honors the memory of Alyssiah Wiley, an Eastern student who w...
Mar 27, 2024, 8:58am EDT
Wine industry researchers to meet at Eastern for international workshop
Business and economics researchers who follow the global wine industry will attend a two-day workshop at Eastern Connecticut State University in April to discuss surveys of wineries in 24 wine-producing countries that are yielding new data on patterns ...
Mar 25, 2024, 10:03am EDT
Eastern presents 'Unfolding' puppetry show
The Communication, Film and Theatre Department and the Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will show "Unfolding," a contemporary fairy tale featuring puppetry in the DelMonte Bernstein Studio Theater on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. and March 2...
Mar 21, 2024, 11:55am EDT
Collage exhibition at Eastern showcases the 'art of curation'
Eastern Connecticut State University's Art Gallery has partnered with the National Collage Society (NCS) to display their 2024 Juried Small Collage Exhibition. Supplementing the gallery's ongoing exhibition "Circe: A Goddess for Our Times," the NCS col...
Mar 19, 2024, 3:47pm EDT