Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University recently released its Dean's List for the spring 2020 semester.

Hundreds of students graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University this spring 2020 semester. The University's 130th annual Commencement Exercises occurred via YouTube on May 19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic on the same day the University had planned to hold its graduation ceremony at Hartford's XL Center.

Eighteen gifted students graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University's prestigious Honors Program this spring 2020 semester. The competitive program provides an academically challenging course of study that culminates in an original research project in the student's senior year known as the "honors thesis."

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Eastern Connecticut State University inducted three students into the Sigma Delta Pi national honor society for Spanish this spring 2020 semester.

The Environmental Earth Sciences Department at Eastern Connecticut State University inducted 12 students into the Theta Upsilon chapter of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon National (SGE) Honor Society for Earth Sciences this spring 2020 semester.

Eleven Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, this spring 2020 semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University's Biology Department inducted 31 students into the Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) National Honor Society this spring 2020 semester.

Five Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Alpha Upsilon Chi (AUC) this spring 2020 semester, the international honor society for health, physical education, recreation, sport and dance.

Fifteen Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME), the national honor society for mathematics, this spring 2020 semester.

Seven Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the international honor society for economics, this spring 2020 semester.

Twenty-one Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the national honor society for computing and information disciplines, this spring 2020 semester.

Students in the ETV News club at Eastern Connecticut State University are putting their television production skills to the test during the COVID-19 pandemic by producing its weekly newscast remotely from home. With limited resources, club members are continuing to provide special coronavirus coverage to the Eastern community every Thursday night on their YouTube channel, "Eastern CT Television - ETV News."

Eastern Connecticut State University's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and Social Work inducted 13 students into the Alpha Kappa Delta National Honor Society.

Eastern Connecticut State University students in the Graphic Design History class have created digital art concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. Their works are on display in a virtual art gallery on Eastern's website.

Eastern Connecticut State University's History Department inducted 16 students into the Phi Alpha Theta national honor society and awarded graduating senior Jacob Avery the Victoria Leigh Soto '08 Memorial Fund Award.

Ten Eastern Connecticut State University students were inducted into Delta Mu Delta (DMD), the international honor society for accounting, business administration, business information systems and finance majors.

Eight Eastern Connecticut State University students were recently inducted into Alpha Mu Alpha (AMA), the national marketing honor society.

Eastern Connecticut State University's Department of Health Sciences inducted new students into the Phi Theta Delta national honor society, awarded students for various distinctions and recognized students who have stepped up as teaching assistants and peer mentors.

Five Eastern Connecticut State University students were recently inducted into Iota Iota Iota (Triota), the national honor society for the field of women's and gender studies.

Eastern Connecticut State University's Communication Department inducted 39 new students into the Lambda Pi Eta national honor society and awarded students for excellence in radio, research, television, leadership, journalism and photography.

Eastern Connecticut State University recently inducted 30 psychology students into Psi Chi, the international honors society for psychology. Students are invited into the society if they are a declared major or minor in psychology, have at least 12 credits of psychology coursework and a GPA of 3.5 or higher in psychology and an overall GPA of 3.0.

Christopher Shimwell, a senior biology major at Eastern Connecticut State University, received an excellence award from the Eastern Colleges Science Conference (ECSC) for his manuscript titled "Molecular Characterization of the Scorpion Telson."

Eastern Connecticut State University students Stefanos Stravoravdis '20 of Colchester and Evelyn Lemus Silva '20 of Burnsville, NC, have been named recipients of the 2020 Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award. The Barnard Award is the premier academic recognition program of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System (CSCU) and is sponsored by the CSCU Foundation.

Forty student athletes from Eastern Connecticut State University were named to the Little East Conference (LEC) 2019-20 Winter Academic All-Conference Team.

Two Eastern Connecticut State University students interned with Eastern's dining services provider, Chartwells, on a major project meant to promote underused foods from the ocean. Eastern along with three partnering universities received two Food Vision Prizes of $250,000 each from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation to increase the consumption of kelp and underutilized fish on their respective campuses.

Students from Eastern Connecticut State University volunteered this spring semester with Windham schoolchildren in the Puentes al Futuro program (Bridges to the Future). This spring's Puentes program involved approximately 40 elementary and middle schoolchildren who participated in a curriculum focused on nutrition and wellness and STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors softball team was off to a 2-0 start in its spring 2020 season before the NCAA cancelled all college sports through the end of the school year due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, 21 student athletes made the team, which was vying for another competitive season in the Little East Conference.

The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors baseball team was off to a 4-1 start in its 2020 season of play before the NCAA cancelled all college sports through the end of the school year due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, 39 student athletes made the team, which was vying for another competitive season in the Little East Conference.

Eastern Connecticut State University inducted 31 students into the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) national honor society on March 1.

Eastern's theatre program presented a heartfelt tale of two brothers navigating the murky waters of race and freedom. "The Brothers Size," written by Academy Award-winning writer Tarell McCraney and directed by Eastern Theatre Professor DeRon Williams, is an African cosmology-inspired story of brotherhood set in the Louisiana bayou.