Eastern Connecticut State University

The men's soccer team at Eastern Connecticut State University recently began its fall 2019 season, with 11 new players and 20 returning players.

The Guitar Ensemble at Eastern Connecticut State University is amid its fall 2019 season of performance. The ensemble performs arrangements of music in varying styles such as classical, jazz, rock and folk.

The Concert Band at Eastern Connecticut State University is amid its fall 2019 season of performance. This instrumental ensemble performs classic band literature as well as challenging works from contemporary composers.

Seventy-five students are serving as resident assistants (RAs) at Eastern Connecticut State University this fall 2019 semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Hannah Beazoglou '20 was recently selected as one of 25 scholars nationwide to receive a regional award from Delta Mu Delta, the international honor society for business.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Edward Moran '20 interned this past summer for three months with the City of West Haven in the public works office.

Eastern Connecticut State University recently released its summer 2019 Dean's List for part-time students.

Eastern Connecticut State University recent graduate Malvina Pietrzykowski '19 and Psychology Professor James Diller were published in Springer's "Learning and Behavior Journal" on Aug. 19 for their research titled "Human and Pigeon Suboptimal Choice." The research looked at the completion of similar tasks by humans and pigeons to determine whether non-human performance can serve as a model for human gambling research.

Health sciences major Dymond Smith '22 participated in an eight-week research experience at the Yale School of Public Health this summer.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Tara Nguyen '21 presented and organized a session at the 2019 annual Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) conference on August 9-11 in New York City.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Adella Dzitko-Carlson '19 of Woodbury devoted three weeks this summer to mastering the clarinet and analyzing music scores. As part of an on-campus fellowship that concluded this August, she worked with her faculty mentor, Professor Christopher Howard, to strengthen her performance skills and obtain a better understanding of her role as a musician.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Samantha Honeywell '21 interned as an operations intern at NBC Boston in Newton, MA this summer.

Fifteen students from Eastern Connecticut State University spent the month of July in Italy, writing short stories inspired by Italian culture and history. English Professor Chris Torockio led the group of young writers through the five-week field course titled "Creative Writing Abroad." Based in Florence, the students met for writing workshops at Studio Arts College International (SACI) and wrote stories based on their explorations of Tuscany and beyond.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Samuel Webster '19 is interning as a retail banking intern at Chelsea Groton Bank this summer

Eastern Connecticut State University student Kaitlyn Rade '19 is interning this summer as a management trainee at Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Amanda Mitchell '19 traveled to Provence, France, this summer to study French at Aix-Marseille University. Mitchell is from Rocky Hill and majors in psychology.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Ashley Smith '20 traveled to Barcelona, Spain, this summer to practice her Spanish and study art and culture. Smith comes from Trumbull and double majors in elementary education and Spanish.

Eastern Connecticut State University Student Brooke Shannon '19 of Stratford studied abroad in Ireland this summer as a part of her major in elementary education.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Jaran Smith '19 of Lebanon traveled to Argentina this summer for an internship with Buenos Aires International Students, a non-governmental organization based in Buenos Aires that facilities study abroad trips.

A group of student volunteers at Eastern Connecticut State University led 27 middle schoolers from Windham through the month-long Puentes al Futuro (Bridges to the Future) program this July. A program of the Center for Community Engagement, this summer's camp focused on Lambe Lambe, a South American form of miniature puppet theatre.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Zi Yi Huang '20 of New Haven is interning at the Yale University Art Gallery this summer.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Shannon Fagan '20 is working as an operations management intern at Hi-Way Campers this summer, a family-owned RV retailer located in Plainfield, CT. She will be interning with the company until Aug. 26.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Madalyn Budzik is interning as a social media and marketing intern for the Edge Fitness Club Company.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Shawn Kutschker is interning with the Connecticut State Police this summer, in the Major Crimes unit for Troop E in Montville.

More than 1,250 Eastern Connecticut State University students received their diplomas in the 2018-19 academic year. Eastern's commencement ceremony occured May 21 at the XL Center in Hartford.

Eight psychology students from Eastern Connecticut State University took a field course in Italy titled "Cross-Cultural Psychology of Food" from June 9-29.

Rachael Finch, a biology major at Eastern Connecticut State University, has spent the past five weeks working with the endangered birds in Massachusetts' Buzzards Bay.

School districts across the nation continue to face a lack of minority teachers. Eastern Connecticut State University's participation in the Holmes Master's Program seeks to alleviate this problem. On June 28, Eastern celebrated three aspiring teachers from underrepresented backgrounds who will soon enter the teaching profession.

Eastern Connecticut State University student Bethel Teshome is interning this summer at the Edison Electric Institute headquarters in Washington, D.C.

A group of student leaders at Eastern is serving as student orientation counselors (SOCs) for the SOAR program this summer. SOAR stands for Student Orientation, Advising and Registration and is the university's summer orientation program for new and incoming students.