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Eastern's Music Program to present full calendar of events in spring 2022
Eastern Connecticut State University's Music Program will present a variety of concerts and recitals this spring 2022 semester. All events will take place in the Fine Arts Instructional Center's (FAIC) Concert Hall and are free and open to the public. ...
Jan 27, 2022, 11:39am EST
Eastern co-founds North Star Collective to benefit faculty of color
Eastern Connecticut State University is one of 13 founding institutions of a new reparative justice effort by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). The North Star Collective comprises a series of initiatives to support Black, Indigenous an...
Jan 26, 2022, 11:01am EST
Eastern Art Gallery presents 'Capturing the Ephemeral'
The Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery is kicking off the spring 2022 semester with a new exhibition, "Capturing the Ephemeral: Celebrating Theatre & Performance Media at Eastern," running until Feb. 18. The exhibition will premiere on Th...
Jan 21, 2022, 2:15pm EST
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