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Eastern to host Annual Dance Awareness Day
Modern Movement, a dance club at Eastern Connecticut State University, will host its second annual Dance Awareness Day on Sept. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC). A number of dance classes will be offered in a vari...
Sep 5, 2018, 12:03pm EDT

CPTV and Eastern to Host Advance Screening of 'Native America' Episode
Eastern Connecticut State University and Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) will host a free advance screening of an episode from the new PBS series "Native America" on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in Eastern's Student Center Theatre. The four-part series will...
Aug 29, 2018, 10:14am EDT

Faculty Exhibition Opens Eastern's Fall Art Gallery Season
Eastern Connecticut State University's Art Gallery will host its first exhibition of the fall 2018 semester from Aug. 30 to Oct. 11. The exhibition will feature nine Eastern faculty artists who specialize in printmaking and digital art. An opening rece...
Aug 28, 2018, 9:18am EDT

Eastern's Tropical Biology Field Course Reaches 50-Year Milestone
The Biology Department at Eastern Connecticut State University reached a milestone this summer: this May marked 50 years of international field experiences when students went to Costa Rica to study tropical biology and rainforest ecology. Since 1968, b...
Aug 24, 2018, 12:23pm EDT

Eastern Announces New Head Baseball Coach
Former Amherst College head baseball coach Brian Hamm has been named the seventh head baseball coach in the 71-year history of the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball program. "We are very excited to welcome Brian Hamm to the Eastern famil...
Aug 1, 2018, 9:23am EDT

Eastern the Only Four-Year Public University in New England Named a 'Great College to Work For'
Eastern Connecticut State University has been named a "Great College to Work For" by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Released on July 16, the results are based on a survey of 253 colleges and un...
Jul 19, 2018, 2:33pm EDT

Eastern is Top School in New England for NCUR Participation
Eastern Connecticut State University was New England's most prolific representative at this year's National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Held April 4-7 at the University of Central Oklahoma, the conference was among the premier gatherin...
Jun 22, 2018, 3:07pm EDT

Eastern Named a 2018 College of Distinction
Eastern Connecticut State University has been recognized as a 2018-19 College of Distinction by the college-guide/ranking organization Colleges of Distinction. The organization praised Eastern for its student-centered approaches and high-impact educ...
Jun 18, 2018, 11:29am EDT

Eastern Professor Carlos Escoto Elected to Executive Board of Council on Undergraduate Research
Carlos Escoto, professor and department chair of psychology, and coordinator for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been elected to the executive board of the Council on Undergraduate Research (C...
May 29, 2018, 11:13am EDT

Eastern's 128th Commencement Today at XL Center
Eastern Connecticut State University alumna Elinore McCance-Katz '78, assistant secretary for mental health and substance use in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), will be the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at...
May 15, 2018, 12:26pm EDT