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Eastern's 'Big Read' program kicks off with 'The Artist as Witness'
Eastern Connecticut State University will kick off it's National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read program with the exhibition "The Artist as Witness" from Oct. 18 - Feb. 01, 2022, in the Art Gallery. The exhibition features works by master artists...
Oct 12, 2021, 4:29pm EDT
Eastern harvests first hemp crop
Eastern Connecticut State University harvested its first hemp crop on Oct. 8, as students and faculty from the Biology Department trimmed the buds off 25 cannabis plants in the University's greenhouse. The occasion was a milestone for Eastern's new aca...
Oct 8, 2021, 5:07pm EDT
Students beautify Windham during Day of Caring
Eastern Connecticut State University's Center for Community Engagement held its annual Day of Caring special event on Oct. 2. In collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn) and sponsored by United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticu...
Oct 7, 2021, 1:56pm EDT
Eastern Theatre presents 'The Place That Made You'
Eastern Connecticut State University's Theatre program is premiering its first production of the 2021-22 school year. "The Place That Made You," written and directed by Eastern professor Darcy Parker Bruce, will be on stage from Oct. 19-24. Following ...
Oct 1, 2021, 3:45pm EDT
Eastern holds 4th annual Andrej 5K
Eastern Connecticut State University held the 4th Annual Andrej 5K Fun Run/Walk at Mansfield Hollow State Park on Sept. 18. Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement, the annual race raises funds for the Andrej Cavarkapa Memorial Scholarship...
Sep 24, 2021, 4:55pm EDT
Eastern named a 'Best Value School' by U.S. News & World Report
Eastern Connecticut State University is one of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Value Schools" in the North in its 2021-22 rankings released this September. Weighing financial cost against academic quality, Eastern is the top ranked public regional uni...
Sep 23, 2021, 4:53pm EDT
Eastern's Canterbury publishes book on development in Caribbean countries
Eastern Connecticut State University sociology professor Dennis Canterbury recently published a book that tackles capitalism, power and the imperial state within Caribbean countries. Tilted "Caribbean Development in the New Multipolar World Order," the...
Sep 22, 2021, 2:23pm EDT
Latina accomplishments: Eastern's Sierra Colon and Christine Garcia
Sierra Colon, an admissions counselor at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been named one of 16 people nationwide in the inaugural Coalition Ambassador program of the Coalition for College. Christine Garcia, a faculty member in the English Depa...
Sep 22, 2021, 2:15pm EDT
San Angelo native featured in 'Latina Leadership' book
Christine Garcia, a faculty member in Eastern Connecticut State University's English Department, is a contributing author in the book "Latina Leadership: Language and Literacy Education across Communities." The book features stories of activism, oppres...
Sep 22, 2021, 12:28pm EDT
3 Eastern faculty authors publish new books
Three faculty members from Eastern Connecticut State University have recently published academic books spanning philosophy, Caribbean economics and the musicality of film. Political science professor Christopher Vasillopulos is the author of "Aristotle...
Sep 22, 2021, 11:37am EDT
