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Owls Soar to New Heights
The first few weeks of February have been extremely fruitful for winter programs within the Southern Connecticut State University athletic department. These Owls haven’t had to worry much about seeing...
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National Disability Film Festival Comes to Southern
ReelAbilities is the largest disability film festival in North America dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different...
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Former VP Biden to Address Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues at Southern
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will deliver this year’s Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture on March 23 at Southern Connecticut State University. The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at...
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Education Dean Named Emerging University Leader by American Council on...
The American Council on Education (ACE) has selected Stephen Hegedus, dean of the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, as one of 45 emerging college and university leaders for...
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Southern is First Breastfeeding-Friendly Campus in Nation
Over 50 members of the campus community were honored at a recent campus celebration to mark Southern’s official designation as a Breastfeeding-Friendly Campus by the Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition...
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SCSU Takes Leadership Role in Regional Bioscience Initiatives
Academic and local government entities often talk about the importance of town-gown relationships. But a partnership that includes Southern, the city of New Haven and regional bioscience companies has...
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Judd Named 2017 Faculty Scholar
Middle East History Professor Steven Judd says he doesn’t “shy from controversy” when it comes to scholarly work or university life – and he’s demonstrated that in his recent book: Religious Scholars...
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Faculty Excellence Celebrated
At the annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence on April 16, several major faculty awards were presented at a ceremony to honor the awardees, with President Joe Bertolino and Provost Robert Prezant...
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English Professors Named Outstanding Teachers for 2017
The J. Philip Smith Award for Outstanding Teaching is presented each year to one full-time and one part-time faculty member for exemplary teaching. The award is one of the university’s highest honors,...
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SCSU Barnard Scholars Honored
Four Southern students were honored recently as the recipients of the Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award. Each year, 12 students are selected for the award from the four universities in the...
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Owl Update: Catching Up with NBC Connecticut Morning Anchor Heidi Voight, ’10
It was a trial by fire for up-and-coming journalist Heidi Voight, ’10. “My very first live shot on air was as breaking as it gets — just minutes after a deadly EF3 tornado tore through Springfield,...
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Dream Weavers
Scholarship support helps students make the most of their Southern experience. A new online application process makes it easy for them to apply. Business major Eric T. Clinton doesn’t have much down...
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The Voice
Graduating senior Terri Lane is ready to sing, to raise her voice — a soulful, mighty four-octaves — to the rafters for the latest in a lifelong series of standout performances. Lane has opened for...
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SCSU’s 1st Respiratory Therapy Grad Making Impact at Boston Children’s Hospital
The first time John Priest went to Southern, he dropped out to chase a baseball trainer’s job in New Hampshire. “Being young and foolish, I did OK in school, but not great,” said the 38-year-old...
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“We’re All Human”: Prize-winning Student Poet
Mick Powell is a poet who, she says, “likes revolutionary acts of resistance.” Resistance and revolution can take many forms, and Powell weaves both into her writing through poetic form, language,...
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Thriving in an Uncertain World
Jonathan Gonzalez-Cruz is beating the odds. “Graduating college as an undocumented student is the exception — not the norm,” he says. Statistics verify his words. About 65,000 undocumented students...
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A Driving Force for Students
“It’s all for Lotus,” says Sterling White, referring to his young daughter. White graduates this month with his M.S. in sociology and says his daughter has been his main motivator behind his academic...
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SCSU Faculty Win CSCU System-wide Awards
The Board of Regents for Higher Education — which governs the 17 Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) — has recognized 18 CSCU faculty as recipients of the 2017–18 Board of Regents...
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Communication Alums Help Ugandan School through Film
Recent graduate Jesse Manning, ’18, and his girlfriend, Heidi Reinprecht, class of ’17, are already using their communications expertise to change lives 7,000 miles away in Uganda. Manning, 22, and...
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Community-centered Development Makes The Difference
Like most college students after graduation, women’s studies graduate student Allegra Itsoga wasn’t sure what she wanted to do for a career. Her inspiration came from one of her economics professors,...
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