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We Can Work It Out!
We started our week with a workshop at John Moores University with a group of event management students. Our task was to create a cultural event to take place as students traveled together by ship...
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Owls as Culture Vultures!
We have been fortunate to spend two days touring the various museums that have contributed to Liverpool’s status as a Culture Capital on Europe back in 2008. Most of the museums that we visited are...
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Off to the Races!
Our group was the guest of John Moores University at the Annual Grand National horse race at Aintree. It is a week of horse races, charity events and high fashion. It is a combination of the Kentucky...
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Gala Celebration Recognizes 25 Years of Study in Salamanca
Miguel de Cervantes, author of the 17th-century Spanish novel “Don Quixote,” wrote of Salamanca, Spain, that it “enchants the will because once you have experienced its placid character, you have to go...
View ArticleUndergraduate Research: Robots Learning Creative Writing
Most Americans believe that robots and computers will perform much of the work currently done by humans at their jobs within the next 50 years. In fact, a Pew Research Center poll released last month...
View ArticleArts & Sciences Blog: April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016 Spring Comes to Arts & Sciences As the winter blues begin to recede in the semester’s rear-view mirror, we all begin to look forward to spring’s revitalization and renewal. Along...
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All you need is love
For anyone old enough to have a vinyl record album, the name Liverpool brings to mind the Fab Four, the Beatles, and the impact they and other British Invasion groups had on popular culture in the...
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The London Bridge is…. actually in Arizona!
The London Bridge is…. actually in Arizona! We were fortunate to have about 36 hours in London before flying home to JFK. The quickest way to take in the city in a limited amount of time was the big...
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Some Parting Shots from Great Britain
Some Parting Shots from Great Britain We pulled together some of our favorite pictures from our time in Liverpool, Chester and London to share with you. The Liverpool trip allowed us the opportunity to...
View ArticleApril 19, 2016
Despite the pervasive wind and rain, the spirit of Accepted Students Day remained undampened as we welcomed approximately 2,100 guests to campus April 2, showcasing our modern campus and our...
View ArticleBusiness Students Take Up CT Entrepreneur Challenge
Budding entrepreneurs at Southern have gotten a taste of what it’s like to start a small business in the real world, thanks to their participation in a statewide, interdisciplinary course offered this...
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Southern Alumna Named 2016 National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers today announced that Southern alumna Jahana Hayes, ’05, a history teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Conn., is the 2016 National Teacher of...
View ArticleSCSU Students Win Statewide Investment Strategy Competition
A team of Southern business students has captured the recent inaugural Connecticut Venture Capital Investment Competition – pitting some of the state’s best undergraduate investment students against...
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Graduate Student Investigates Opiate Use on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Mark McRiley, M.P.H. ’12, was intrigued by the bumper sticker. So instead of rushing inside to place his order, the Southern alumnus stood outside of the Connecticut Dunkin’ Donuts and waited for the...
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Art for the Public Good
The term “street art” might conjure images of graffiti splashed across the side of a building, but street art – works of art created in public spaces – actually encompasses many media and is often...
View ArticleSouthern Faculty Shine at Celebration of Excellence
Southern faculty are known for striving to make a difference in the lives of their students, as well as for their contributions to their respective disciplines and to the community in general. Each...
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Bringing the Birds and the Bees To Campus
As the school year draws to a close, Southern students may be leaving campus, but not before they put down some roots. A new campus installation – the Science Garden – is now in place near the Academic...
View ArticleCunningham Forever a ‘Giant’ at Southern
NFL player Jerome Cunningham will be among the Southern students to walk across the stage at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport later this month to receive their college diplomas. Cunningham, who had...
View ArticleThe Sky’s the Limit for Graduating Senior
On the joyous morning of May 20, Shaylah McQueen will walk across the stage to receive her diploma at Southern’s undergraduate commencement ceremony — an achievement made all the sweeter by the fact...
View ArticleGraduating Scholar Almost Didn’t Go to College
In the spring of 2013, a string of her college applications had been rejected. By her own admission, she was not a very good student in high school – her report cards reflecting an “alphabet soup” of...
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