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'Town Pride, Town Wide' Event Set to Beautify Willimantic
Eastern Connecticut State University will host its 11th annual "Town Pride, Town Wide" community beautification event on April 27. Activities will take place at various project sites across the Windham region from 9 a.m.-noon. with a community gatherin...
Apr 16, 2019, 9:56am EDT
Mohegan Tribal Chief Named Eastern's Commencement Speaker
Marilynn "Lynn" Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe, will be the Commencement Speaker at Eastern Connecticut State University's 129th Commencement Exercises on May 21 at the XL Center in Hartford. Malerba will also receive an honorary doctorate degree...
Apr 16, 2019, 9:42am EDT
'Opportunity Comes in Weird Ways': English Alumni Speak on Career Paths
A long-lived question that has followed the English major is, "What will you do with that degree?" In response, the English Department at Eastern Connecticut State University has hosted "English at Work" panels, combatting stereotypes and emphasizing t...
Apr 11, 2019, 2:40pm EDT
Eastern to Hold 10th Annual Service Expo and Awards
The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at Eastern Connecticut State University will present its annual Service Expo and Awards ceremony on April 18 from 2-5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Instructional Center Lobby. The event will showcase the many service p...
Apr 11, 2019, 10:29am EDT
'Turn Off the Auto Pilot': Connecticut Supreme Court Justices Speak to Implicit Biases
Keynote speakers Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Robinson and Justice Maria Araujo Kahn were on hand April 2 as Eastern's Social Work Program celebrated its 20th anniversary, and hosted its First Forensic Social Work Conference (see acc...
Apr 10, 2019, 8:53am EDT
Eastern Music Students Shine at New England Intercollegiate Band Festival
Five instrumentalists from Eastern Connecticut State University recently performed among the best undergraduate musicians in the Northeast. A clarinetist, a flautist, a percussionist and two trombonists represented Eastern's Music Program in an "honors...
Apr 9, 2019, 2:44pm EDT
Annual CREATE Conference to Showcase Student Art, Research
Eastern Connecticut State University will host its premier academic and artistic conference of the year on April 12. CREATE - Celebrating Research Excellence and Artistic Talent at Eastern - will take place from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Student Center a...
Apr 8, 2019, 2:50pm EDT
'A Narrative of Printmaking' on Display in Eastern's Art Gallery
The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University hosted a reception and artist talk for its current exhibition, "Between Spaces: A Narrative of Printmaking," on March 28. The collection is curated by Simonette Quamina, assistant professor of pri...
Apr 4, 2019, 2:42pm EDT
Three Leaders Recognized at Eastern's Annual Ella Grasso Awards
Shawn Ray Dousis '19 of East Lyme, president of the Foundation for Campus Ministry at Eastern Connecticut State University; June Dunn, assistant dean in the Office of Continuing Studies and Enhanced Learning at Eastern; and community activist Anne Ash,...
Mar 29, 2019, 9:05am EDT
Orchestra of Voices 'Chanticleer' to Perform at Eastern Chamber Choir Festival
Eastern Chamber Singers at Eastern Connecticut State University will present the inaugural 2019 Chamber Choir Festival with guest clinicians Chanticleer on April 9 in the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC). The festival will feature two concerts: Ch...
Mar 28, 2019, 10:29am EDT