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Habitat for Humanity’s Jail and Bail Fundraiser
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Each year, members of the Eastern chapter of Habitat for Humanity club lock up faculty and staff until they raise their "bail" to get released. This year, the club, through the generosity of the Eastern family, raised nearly $1,500. Jailbirds this year included Professors Bill Salka, Margaret Letterman (above), Meredith James, Liz Cowles, Rob Jost and Jordan Lorrius. At left the Jail and Bail organizing team of students, from left: Xiomara Graham of St. Petersburg, FL; Julie Cappa of Enfield; Jordan Lorrius of Stamford; and Julie Herchenroder of Glastonbury, pictured with Professor Peter Bachiochi (second from right). All donations of bail money help the local Windham Habitat for Humanity affiliate and support the club's Spring Break trip to West Virginia. “These funds will be put to very good use here in town as Windham Habitat continues work on one house and is about to start another,” said Bachiochi. If you would like to send in a pledge, write a check to “Eastern Connecticut State University” (with “Habitat for Humanity” in the memo line) and send to Peter Bachiochi in the Department of Psychology.
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Half Day Hustle: Hurricane Relief for New Orleans
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On Feb. 20, students and faculty in the Department of Health and Physical Education, with support from the Department of Athletics, hosted “Half Day Hustle,” an all-day event that ran from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Sports Center. The event, which incorporated health, fitness, and charitable support, raised $430 for hurricane relief in New Orleans. Participants exercised on a stair-stepper, elliptical machine, or stationary bicycle for intervals of 15 minutes to show their support of the continuing rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
On Feb. 25, Health and Physical Education Professor Charles Chatterton, along with seven sports and leisure management students, traveled to New Orleans to meet and present the check to John Hopper, director of development at City Park in New Orleans. Students (below, left) included Lindsay Raymond, Meredith Merchant, Matt Mitchell, Justin Brown, Andrea Brown, Ryan Rossi, and Monica Rochon. During their trip, the group stayed at the University of New Orleans and met with university students, faculty, and administrators; visited a local school; volunteered in activities relating to Katrina clean-up at the Musician's Village; took a cultural tour of New Orleans; participated in various aspects of the marathons; and were provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the New Orleans Superdome.
“Our host for the trip was Jim Miller, the athletic director at the University of New Orleans (UNO), and we even had the opportunity to meet with Christie Thomas (formerly of Eastern) who now works at UNO,” said Chatterton. “A family is living in the Habitat for Humanity House that we worked on last year during our visit.” If you are interested in making a donation, visit the website at http://neworleanscitypark.com/donate.html. If you would like to learn more about the trip to New Orleans, visit http://neworleanscitypark.com and http://neworleanscitypark.com/katrina.html.
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Rotarian Victor Rayhall visits with President Núñez and
Carol Williams, associate dean in the School of Continuing
Education, at the March 4 meeting of the Willimantic Rotary Club. |
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In a ceremony held in the Connecticut Room on Feb. 28, Paul Majkut, ITS client server administrator, was sworn into the Army Reserves as a second lieutenant chaplain candidate. Giving Majkut the oath of office is Chief Information Officer (and retired officer of the U.S. Air Force) Joe Tolisano (on left). Majkut’s wife, Bonnie Majkut (an adjunct professor in the English Department) holds the Bible while their children, Benjamin and Abigail, look on. |
Chase Institute Hosts Federal Reserve Bank Executive |
 Although the economy — clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit — has skidded to a near halt in the past two quarters, the country is “not necessarily headed toward a recession.” That’s what Jeffrey Fuhrer, executive vice-president and director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told a packed house on Feb. 26 in the Paul E. Johnson, Sr. Community Conference Room of the J. Eugene Smith Library.
Fuhrer spoke on the topic “U.S. Economic Outlook: Spotlight on Housing and Financial Markets.” He focused on regional, national, and international economic trends, with a particular emphasis on the regional New England economy. “It’s been a very interesting time, particularly in the last eight to nine months. The last two quarters were a time of uncomfortably slow growth. The economy is fragile, but I’m moderately hopeful that we’ll make it through this soft patch,” he said. |
Musical Marvel Speaks at Eastern |
Gordon Titcomb, often called “the musical jack-of-all-trades,” visited Eastern on March 5 as part of the University Hour lecture series. Titcomb  lectured in the Paul E. Johnson, Sr. Community Conference Room of the J. Eugene Smith Library with a presentation designed to illuminate the audience on how to break into the business world of music and the pitfalls thereof.
Titcomb has been a studio musician for more than 25 years, working with stars such as Arlo Guthrie, Paul Simon, Hank Willians Jr., Shawn Colvin, and many others. Best known for his work on pedal steel or mandolin, Titcomb is also a guitar, dobro and five-string banjo player.
Currently, he is touring with Arlo Guthrie promoting his debut solo album “The Last Train,” which was released on Guthrie’s Rising Son Records label in 2005. |
Eastern Students Recognized at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival |
From Jan. 29 to Feb. 4, four Eastern students, as well as theatre professor and technical director Chase Rozelle, were honored at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, MA.
The students achieved various distinctions at the festival. Jaclynn Hart, a senior from Hampton majoring in fine arts/theatre; and Bradley Conners, a senior from Riverside, RI majoring in performing arts/theatre, acted in new plays. Michelle Tubby, a junior from Colchester majoring in performing arts/theatre, was named stage manager for the festival performances. Kelly Schreier, a senior from Wallingford majoring in performing arts/theatre, participated in the festival’s Critic’s Workshop. For the second year in a row at the festival, Schreier was also selected as the alternate for the National Critic’s Workshop, to be held in April at the Kennedy Center. “We are very proud of her,” said performing arts professor and director of theatre Ellen Faith Brodie. Professor Chase Rozelle was selected as Region I design and technology co-chair of the theatre festival.
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- Eastern alum Stephen Pedneault ’89, who majored in accounting, was featured in the March 6 issue of the Hartford Business Journal. Pedneault, who runs his own firm (Forensic Accounting Services in Glastonbury), has been named adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut and will teach an online forensic accounting class starting with the summer 2008 semester. The course will cover fraud, embezzlement and probate.
- On March 6, Charles Wynn, meet director for the 2008 Windham Invitational Special Olympic Swim Meet at Windham High School, joined publicity chair Tom Piotrowski, committee member Erin Figlock and volunteer Alan Piotrowski on the “Wayne Norman Show” on WILI-AM Radio (1400) to discuss the annual event, at which many Eastern students volunteer.
- On March 4, Robert Horrocks, professor of health and physical education and coordinator of Eastern’s Study Abroad Program, appeared on WILI-AM’s “Wayne Norman Show” with international students Grishma Shrestha (Nepal), Sina Breitling (Germany), Viktoriya Frolova (Turkmenistan) and Urve Bajrassarym (Nepal) to discuss the study-abroad program.
- On March 3, adjunct faculty member Roger Gregoire was a guest on the “Wayne Norman Show” on WILI-AM. Gregoire discussed "Creating A Sustainable Community: Integrating Sustainability into Your Personal and Professional Life."
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