School of Business to Launch Improved MBA/AMBA and New MBA Certificates Programs
The Southern MBA program has announced two exciting changes that will take place in the School of Business beginning fall 2021. Both changes reflect the cornerstones of the Southern MBA program:...
View ArticleRecreation Therapy Graduate: “Believe in Yourself”
“On my graduation cap, I want to have ‘The best thing I could have done is believe in me,’” says Taylor Frissora, ‘21. “A lot of my teachers and educators didn’t believe I was going to make it to...
View ArticleTwo Degrees of Difference
As dual-degree Honors College student Vittoria Cristante, ‘21, prepares to enter Tufts University for a master’s degree program in pure mathematics, she looks back on five productive and rewarding...
View ArticleUniversity’s First Sustainability Fellow Making a Difference
The Office of Sustainability at Southern Connecticut State University is actively growing its team of interns and this spring, thanks to a generous donation from the Antonacci Family Foundation, it...
View Article“Queen’s Gambit” Author Was “A Superb Storyteller”
Back when Bill Conlon was an undergraduate at Southern in the early 1960s, he happened to know Walter Tevis, who was teaching creative writing at Southern at the time and later went on to write the...
View ArticleAlumni Association Holds Election for Board of Directors
A slate of candidates has been presented for the Southern Connecticut State University 2021 Alumni Association Board of Directors elections. All alumni are considered members of the Alumni...
View ArticleUniversity’s First Sustainability Fellow Making a Difference
The Office of Sustainability at Southern Connecticut State University is actively growing its team of interns and this spring, thanks to a generous donation from the Antonacci Family Foundation, it...
View ArticleJoining Efforts to Build a More Sustainable State
There is no time like the present to ditch that side of fries for a side of kelp. The nutrient dense seaweed is packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, and thanks to recent highly successful events...
View ArticleStop & Shop Donates $5,000 to SCSU Food Pantry
Students in need will continue to utilize the services of the SCSU Food Pantry thanks to the generosity of a local supermarket and their commitment toward providing to the community. Stop & Shop...
View ArticleBringing Pride and Dignity to Young Women Worldwide
Rose Mutale’s parents emigrated to the United States from Zambia, in southern Africa, when she was just a young girl. She stayed behind for several years, living with friends and extended family...
View ArticleJulia’s Bakery Partners with SCSU Food Pantry
The SCSU Food Pantry has established an ongoing partnership with Julia’s Bakery in Orange to provide “day-old” baked goods to students. Every Monday before closing, Julia’s donates bagels, muffins,...
View ArticleThird Time’s a Charm
At a Sigma Theta Tau induction ceremony in 1994, Deborah Morrill and her fellow inductees were charged by their nursing faculty to do great things, and to never disappoint in the professional field of...
View ArticleEmpowering Girls to “Soar with Their Strengths”
Wealth does not always have a dollar sign in front of it, and sharing it can mean filling souls, being rich in spirit despite economic poverty, and helping others. It’s the philosophy that Loretta...
View ArticleAT&T Rings in with Donation for SEOP Students
Southern has been awarded a $10,000 contribution from the AT&T Foundation to support underserved students in their pursuit of college and career goals. The AT&T Foundation contribution will...
View ArticleThe Power of Falling in Love with Physics
Katherine Perez, ’17, MS ’21, knew nothing of physics before her senior year at Wilbur Cross High School. But thanks to an amazing teacher, after discovering the science of matter, motion, and energy,...
View ArticleBuscetto Steals into Record Books
Softball player Sara Buscetto, ’20, has always been recognized for her speed — a skillset she drew on to break the Owl record for career stolen bases. On April 18, Southern won both games in a double...
View ArticleMeet the All-American
Oghenefejiro “Fejiro” Onakpoma, ’21 Interdisciplinary studies major (concentrations in exercise science and nutrition) Track and Field, competing in the triple jump Hometown: Naugatuck, Conn. The...
View ArticleA Shared Key to Success
Afghani refugee Mohammad Sharif Kakar recently completed an associate degree at Gateway Community College and is now studying accounting at Southern. Buddy Toth graduated from Southern in May with a...
View ArticleBarker named new athletic director
SCSU Vice President for Student Affairs Tracy Tyree has announced that Chris Barker has been selected as the Southern Owls‘ new director of athletics. Barker’s official start date will be July 1,...
View ArticleLifting His Voice: A Legacy of Change
As part of its “Lift Every Voice” series, the Connecticut Post recently published an interview with Southern’s Director of Community Engagement James Barber, ‘64, M.S. ’79. The interview, “Finding his...
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