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Salman Rushdie to Open ECSU Arts and Lecture Series

John O. Harney — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:50:22 +0000

Award-winning author Salman Rushdie will open Eastern Connecticut State University’s 11^th Annual Arts and Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m., in the university's student center. Rushdie is the author of 10 fictional novels inspired by his homeland of India, including The Satanic Verses, which led the spiritual leader of Iran to issue a fatwa calling for Rushdie's execution.

Other speakers in the ECSU series will include television and film actor Dan Lauria on Nov. 14 and international reporter Laura Ling on March 13.

NEBHE Announces 2011 Excellence Award Winners

NEBHE Admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:07:04 +0000

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) will hold its ninth annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards on Friday, March 11, at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.

Each year, NEBHE presents Regional Excellence Awards to individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement of educational opportunity, and State Merit Awards to honor the innovative work of organizations, institutions or individuals in each New England state.

Please click the links below for more information on the individual awards and their recipients.

The Hon. Patrick J. Leahy, U.S. Senator, Vermont (The Governor Walter R. Peterson Award for Leadership)
Terrence MacTaggart, Former Chancellor, University of Maine System (The Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement)
Eastern Connecticut State University & Quinebaug Valley Community College
Dual Enrollment Program (The Robert J. McKenna Award for Program Achievement)
Kimon Zachos, Trustee, Southern New Hampshire University (The David C. Knapp Award for Trusteeship)

The Hon. Denise Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of State and former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (Connecticut State Merit Award)
The Bernard Osher Foundation (Maine State Merit Award)
The Hon. Steven C. Panagiotakos, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (Massachusetts State Merit Award)
NHHEAF’s Center for College Planning (New Hampshire State Merit Award)
Dennis Littky & Big Picture Learning (Rhode Island State Merit Award)
Vermont Dual Enrollment Program (Vermont State Merit Award)

For registration information, click here.

UConn Economics Professor to Speak at Eastern

Shoshana Akins — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:58:25 +0000

Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) will host a lecture by University of Connecticut economics professor Fred Carstensen, director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m., in the J. Eugene Smith Library.

The lecture is part of the David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute's Distinguished Lecture Series and is open to the public.

Carstensen has completed more than 100 studies during his tenure with CCEA and authored and edited numerous books and articles on economic, political and business development around the world.