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Freshmen Head to London
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The students, whose majors range from Criminal Justice to Business, will have the opportunity to study abroad before they become immersed in the academic and social life of the University.
“Eighty percent of freshmen say studying abroad should be part of their experience,” says Dennis Nostrand, vice president for Enrollment Management. “But only about 10 to 12 percent follow through. By going overseas for their first semester, the students get a taste of study abroad and are more likely to want to repeat the experience during their college careers.”
Construction Completed, New Programs Established During the Summer
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There are also other physical changes to the campus:
A new turf field behind New Hall will accommodate a variety of sports, including intramurals.
A new music ensemble room has been added to Dodds Hall.
Parking spaces have been added in front of Maxcy Hall and to the lot behind Winchester Hall.
Renovations were made to Kaplan Hall to accommodate Career Services and Experiential Learning, relocated from Maxcy Hall.
The University College was relocated to Echlin Hall from Kaplan Hall.
Improvements are in progress at Frank Vieira Field and the softball field on the North Campus.
As we improve and refine the look of the campus, we are also adding several new programs. Note these programs in the area of student life:
IGOR (International Graduate Orientation and Registration system): International graduate students will be able to use the new IGOR system for one-stop advisement, registration and general information on life in the United States. IGOR programs will be held on September 6 and September 10.
The Diversity Peer Educator Program: Student leaders will work with Residential Life and Intercultural Relations to implement diversity programs on campus.
Charger Challenge Experience: Incoming students are invited to participate in an adventure August 23 through August 26 at Bement Conference Center in Massachusetts.
Academic Peer Mentors: Three upperclass students will live in the three freshman areas and act as resources for freshmen.
F.A.S.T. (Faculty and Students Together): Eight faculty members are assigned to one of eight residence hall areas to interact with students outside the classroom.
First-Year Student Leader Training Program: Students will be trained in methods that will help first-year students adjust to campus life.
Business Living Learning Community: Participants will live together in Botwinik Hall and will interact frequently with Business faculty and staff. Guest lecturers, off-campus trips and special advising access are part of the program.
Common Read Program: First-year students received a copy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder’s Mountain Beyond Mountains and were asked to prepare a written response to a question for their First Year Seminar class, which houses the Common Read Program. Speakers, group discussions and films will connect students to the book’s themes.
D.R.E.A.M. Orientation (Disability, Resources, Education and Access Management): An informative program for students who were on an EIP or 504 plan in high school. Students learn the difference between high school and college, learn about campus resources, and meet new friends.
Here are just a few of the many changes in academics:
The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences has created a concentration in International Justice and Security, which will combine Fire Science classes with International Criminal Justice courses and social science studies.
The College of Arts and Sciences is now offering a course in Arabic.
The University’s new Global Studies major is in its first full year.
The Tagliatela College of Engineering is now offering a B.S. in System Engineering. The College has also established a Corporate Partner Program to create closer ties between the University and industry.
Twelve New Faculty Join University
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UNH’s twelve new faculty members include:
College of Arts & Sciences
Mr. William Amory Carr
Dr. Nina Flay
Dr. Jose Garcia-Leon
Dr. Brent McCormick
Dr. Diane Russo
Dr. Maryam Vulis
College of Business
Dr. Shitao Yang
Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dr. Leila B. Dutton
Dr. Robert D. Keppel
Mr. Daniel Maxwell
Dr. Virginia M. Maxwell
Tagliatela College of Engineering
Mr. Chen Liu
New Haven Named Top College Town
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This year ePodunk, the inimitable Internet guide to travel information, named New Haven as one of its top 40 college towns nationally in its ePodunk college town index.
“In our view, great college towns have a spark that comes not only from young blood, but from jazz clubs, literary events, bookstores and cafés,” the scribes from ePodunk wrote. “They are intellectual, cultural hubs, balancing tradition with new business growth. Often, they mix urban amenities and small-town charm.”
Compelling Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book Selected University’s Common Read
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The proverb, "Beyond mountains there are mountains," means once a problem is solved, another problem arises.
A compelling book, Mountains Beyond Mountains tells of a specialist in infectious diseases who founded Partners in Health, a group of medical practitioners who spend their days helping thousands of poor residents in Haiti, Peru and other impoverished places throughout the world.
"Universities throughout the nation have embraced 'Common Read' programs to provide a common topic for discussion," says Dean of Students Rebecca Johnson, who coordinated the effort.
Student Researchers
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The students, listed below, worked with faculty mentors to pursue their projects.
• Tim Beckwith '08, Accounting and Criminal Justice. Research: "Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and the Determination of Peer Institutions." • Duncan Paige '08, Marine Biology. Research: "Aquaculture of Limulus Polyphemus." • Jonathan Ellis '08, Finance and Music. Research: "Going Green." • Jeremy Baril '07, Biology and Environmental Science. Research: "Detection of Multiple Human Pathogens in Deer Ticks Using Real Time Poly-Merase Chain Reaction and Formalin-Fixation Paraffin Embedding with Immuno-Fluorescence Technique." • Elizabeth Atkinson '08, Psychology. Research: "Can We Determine the Functions of Everyday Involuntary Autobiographical Memories?" • Carrie K. Gomez, Biology. Research: "Nanobiosensor Development for the Detection of Borrelia Burgdorferi, the Causative Agent for Lyme Disease." • Jenna Veronneau, History and Criminal Justice. Research: "U.S. Latin America Policy During the Kennedy Administration." • Lesley McGuffie '08, Marine Biology. Research: "Control of Larval Development Modes in the Polychaete Annelid Polydora Cornut." • Timothy Fasano '08, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Research: "Green Synthesis of Challenging Amides." • Mckenzie Bear '08, Chemistry and Biology. Research: "Synthesis and Testing of Vanadium Oxide-Polypyrrole Composites as Gas Sensors." • John Hangasky '08, Forensic Science and Chemistry. Research: "Recovery and Infrared Analysis of Nitrate Salt Explosives."
WNHU: Best College Station in State
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The newspaper lauded the station for providing “a wide spectrum of music to seem like several radio stations in one.” The station recently revamped its studios, and installed a new transmitter, among other improvements.
UNH Professor Custom Purveyor of Designer Glass
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With a blowtorch in one hand and a piece of glass in another Dr. Luzik has become a coveted custom purveyor of designer test tubes, the kind that mass manufacturers don’t make and glass retailers don’t carry. He does custom modifications to the tubes, along with repairs, for use in UNH’s science labs.
Dr. Luzik started on the path to blown glass when he took a non-credit class at Bryn Mawr, his alma mater.
“I played with it in junior high too,” he says.
UNH Faculty Expertise Sought by Media
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WGMB Channel 9 in Hawaii told its viewers “Bad guys beware. The science of fighting crime is getting better all the time. And now cops on Kauai have received special forensics training from some of the best in the world.” Dr. Henry Lee, Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science Executive Director Al Harper and Institute Training Coordinator Peter Massey taught a week-long course to 20 Kauai, Hawaii law enforcement officers. Dr. Massey told Channel 9 "The intent of this week was to teach scene security, evidence recognition, evidence documentation, which is really the main focus, and then evidence collection and packaging.”
Dr. Al Harper and Associate Professor and Forensic Science Program Director Tim Palmbach had their ground-breaking research noted on National Public Radio and Connecticut Public Television, and in The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times and Russia’s Pravda, among many other publications. The men uncovered that an Incan head wound suffered in a long-fought Incan rebellion against the Spanish, was caused by a gunshot. That would make the corpse they were studying the Western Hemisphere’s first gunshot victim. Their discovery was part of the PBS/Nova special, “The Great Inca Rebellion,” shown this past summer. Palmbach was also featured in a New Haven Register story regarding identifying the remains of Vietnam veterans.
Dr. James Monahan, Professor of Criminal Justice, was recently interviewed on WFSB Channel 3 in a front-page article in the New Haven Register in stories regarding the Cheshire family murders.
Dr. George T. Haley, Professor and Coordinator of Marketing and International Business programs, was quoted in USA Today regarding the cleanliness standards of the Chinese food industry.
Dr. Usha C. V. Haley, Professor of International Business and Director of the Global Business Center, was widely quoted in newspapers that included The New York Times and the Financial Times on the landmark trade deal reached by the United States and Korea in April that could boost trade by as much as $20 billion a year.
A week-long summer engineering camp for young girls, the brainchild of Dr. Barry Farbrother, Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering and Dr. Nancy Savage, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, was featured in the New Haven Register and the Waterbury Republican.
Research on Long Island Sound coast erosion conducted by Dr. Roman Zajac’s, Professor and Chair of Biology & Environmental Science was featured in a front page article in the Hartford Courant.
Dr. Donna Morris, Assistant Professor and Director of the Legal Studies Program, was interviewed on WTIC’s Colin McEnroe radio program, Connecticut’s top drive-time program, regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Dr. Allen Sack , Director of the Management of Sports Industries Program, was interviewed by the Kansas City Star regarding Q rating in sports and by New Haven Business for a story on how businesses can avoid bad sports sponsorships.
In a study published in June in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology that received widespread coverage from the Associated Press, Joe Zias, an Israeli anthropologist, and Azriel Gorski, Associate Professor of Forensic Science, questioned the accuracy of the ancient story of the Masada, in which Jewish zealots killed themselves and their families rather than succumb to the approaching Romans in 73 A.D. Previous anthropologists determined that three bodies found at the Masada site in Israel were those of the zealots.
Public Service Fellows Lend a Hand
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"During the past nine years, more than one hundred students have participated and made significant contributions to non-profits," says Associate Professor Marty O’Connor, a member of the selection committee.
Those students who took part include:
Daniel Adams ’08 Criminal Justice, Downtown Special Services District and West Haven Chamber of Commerce
James Beaubrun ’09 Criminal Justice/Accounting, Christian Community Action
Marquis Bell ’08 Music Industry, New Haven Symphony
Elizabeth Burdier ’08 Legal Studies-Public Affairs, AIDS Project New Haven
Keri Comeroski ’08 Graphic Design, LEAP
Dana English ’08 Forensic Science, Community Foundation
Megan English ’08 Forensic Science, Life Haven
Kim Fallon ’08 Criminal Justice-Investigative Services, West Haven mayor’s office
Amy Genther ’08 Criminal Justice-Investigative Services, West Haven Community Center
Andrew Kirkeby ’08 Finance, West Haven Chamber of Commerce
Brett Kooharian ’08 Criminal Justice-Investigative Services, New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Stacy Kot ’08 Criminal Justice-Investigative Services, New Haven Chief Administrator’s Office
Shea Loy ’08 Forensic Science, New Haven Convention & Visitors Bureau
Maria Sosa ’09 Communications, New Haven Children’s Museum
Director of Campus Recreation Appointed
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Most recently, Schneider was the Facilities Manager for the Department of Recreation Services & Facilities, where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the newly renovated $50 million Mizzou Student Recreation Complex.
"Mike will be an invaluable resource to UNH as our Director of Campus Recreation," said Director of Athletics Deborah Chin. "He has been responsible for campus recreation activities and facility operations at a nationally-renowned university and has been a part of campus recreation at every stage of planning and implementation. In conjunction with the facility improvements that are underway on the UNH campus, Mike will help us continue to elevate our recreation program, which is a vitally-important aspect of campus life, student recruitment and retention."
In his capacity as Facilities Manager for Mizzou Rec, Schneider managed an estimated $1 million annual budget and supervised a full-time staff as well as 80-100 student employees. He directly managed the staffing, operations, maintenance and repair for the entire 300,000-square foot Student Recreation Complex, which includes a vast indoor recreation area as well as three artificial turf fields, outdoor tennis courts and a sand volleyball complex. As the senior staff member within the Department of Recreation Services & Facilities, Mike represented the department on various campus committees and was responsible for vendor relations, contracts, purchasing, facility upgrade bid solicitations, facility rentals and event management.
"I'm so excited to be a part of the University of New Haven," Schneider said. "It's an outstanding opportunity to provide students here with new facilities and programs, adding even more value to their overall campus experience. One of the primary focuses will be Maximum Participation; providing programs and services to meet individual student needs. Ranging from advanced group exercise and competitive recreational sports to individual based workouts and open recreation, there will always be something for everyone. It's an absolutely wonderful time to be joining this Institution and I can't wait to get started!"
Schneider was previously the Senior Coordinator for Recreation Services & Facilities at Mizzou, managing the nationally-recognized "Team Mizzou" program. Team Mizzou recruits, hires, trains and develops student employees and is the largest student employer on campus. Mike developed the Team Mizzou Advisory Committee, consisting of several different student employees, to act as a liaison between student and professional staff.
Mike initially was the Facility Coordinator for Recreation Services and Facilities at Mizzou, serving in that position for three years. Arriving one year before the renovation and expansion of the Student Recreation Complex, Schneider led a successful transition that included creating temporary programmable spaces and developing strategies to keep the facility open during major construction. In addition to numerous other duties, he assisted in the bid proposal and layout for $900,000 worth of fitness equipment, and researched and implemented fees, licensing and hours of operation for an indoor climbing wall. Mike also was responsible for the planning and coordination of local, regional and state events including Special Olympics, The Show Me State Games, University Greek Games and Mizzou summer athletic camps.
At Mizzou, Schneider twice won "STAR" awards from the division of Student Affairs for his work on campus. He was Chair of the 2007 Games Management Team for the Special Olympics Summer Games and was a five-time volunteer and site coordinator for the Summer World Qualifying Special Olympics. He has also been a presenter at National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) conventions.
A 1999 graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a Bachelor's degree in exercise science, Schneider earned a Master's degree in exercise and sport science with a concentration in sport administration from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in 2001. He is a NATA Certified Athletic Trainer and is certified in first aid and CPR instruction. He also completed the NIRSA School of Management Level I program.
Schneider, a native of Milwaukee, Wisc., relocated to Connecticut with his fiancée, Tara Theobald of Quincy, Illinois.
Recreation Center Rises
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The Center, scheduled to open in December, will feature state-of-the-art exercise equipment, a running track, basketball and racquetball courts, a multi-sport court, lounges, a big-screen TV, exercise rooms, lockers rooms and more. "It’s convenient to the residence halls, which is important in attracting students to the Center," says William Leete, special assistant to President Steven H. Kaplan. “You won’t be able to walk very far on this campus without coming upon the Rec Center.”
Faculty and Administrators:
Openings on Student Conduct Board
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The Board usually meets bi-weekly but can also meet weekly depending on the case load. This is an excellent way to serve UNH and our students by assisting in upholding university community standards.
If you are interested in serving on the Conduct Board, please complete the short form (view and print form) and return it to Ric Baker, Assistant Dean of Students, no later than Friday, August 31, 2007.
A Renaissance in Global Security
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Dr. Monahan has recruited first-year students for a new International Global Justice and Security concentration he developed at UNH.
“We’re going to teach students about arson, U.S. foreign policy, and what to do when a car bomb explodes,” he says. “In the meantime, we’ll steep them in foreign languages, including Arabic and Russian, and culture, and produce some of the best federal security agents in the country.”
Vassar Classics Chair UNH ACE Fellow
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These initiatives include:
Revision of the Core Curriculum - Our strategic plan calls for a substantive review and revision of the core curriculum around specific learning outcomes. Dr. Lott will serve as the staff person for the faculty committee that will initiate this process.
Developing Reciprocal Study Abroad Agreements – These will enable us to continue to expand the study abroad opportunities we provide to our students while reducing the cost of such programs for our students as well as for the university.
Faculty and Staff to Student Mentoring Program – Dr. Lott will co-chair a task force that will design and implement a mentoring program for our freshmen.
Dr. Lott earned a B.A. and Ph.D. in History from Washington University in St. Louis in 1989 and his PhD in Classics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He joined Vassar in 1997 and has served as Chair of the Classics Department since 2003. He is the author most recently of The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome (Cambridge UP 2004) and Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome: Key Sources, with Text, Translation and Commentary (Cambridge UP forthcoming).
The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying and preparing promising faculty and senior administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration. Fellows, nominated by the presidents or chancellors of their institutions, are selected in a national competition. Once they have been selected by a host institution, their administrative assignment is funded primarily by ACE.
Each ACE Fellow focuses on an issue of concern to the nominating institution while being mentored by the college or university president and other senior officers at the host institution. The fellow is included in the highest level of decision-making, participates in administrative activities, and works on specific issues or projects at the host institution. Fellows attend three week-long seminars organized by ACE on higher education issues, read extensively in the field, and engage in other activities to enhance their knowledge about the challenges and opportunities confronting higher education today and in the next century.
Presenters Sought for Leadership Workshops
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The first tier in the leadership series, Emerging Leaders, is open to first-year students who are eager to develop their leadership skills. Emerging Leaders will expose first year students to the fundamentals of leadership. This is a great learning opportunity for young leaders who have the potential to emerge as campus-wide leaders. Students will have a fun learning experience as well as meet other student leaders in the process. We are also encouraging past Emerging Leaders to return to our program as Evolving Leaders.
As Evolving Leaders, students will continue to practice their leadership skills obtained from their Emerging Leadership Workshops as well as learn new skills to assist them in becoming a well-rounded leader. The final tier in this LEAD series is Enriched Leaders, seniors who are getting ready to face the “real world”. These students will take part in workshops geared towards preparing them for life after graduation.
The workshop topics are slightly broader for the emerging leaders and become more focused for the evolving and enriched leaders. Several examples of workshops we would like to host are:
Emerging Leaders:
Effective Habits of a Leader
Leadership Styles
Ethics in Leadership
Keys to College Success
What Makes a Leader
Evolving Leaders:
Conflict Management & Resolution
Building Effective Teams
Diversity
Goal Setting
Running an Effective Meeting
Enriched Leaders:
Planning your Job Search
Leadership in the Workplace
Networking
Leadership in the Community
(There are many more topics for this tier, but they would fit better in the spring semester, closer to the time seniors will be exiting the university)
Lisa Saverese, assistant director of Student Affairs, says she is also open to suggestions, so if there is a topic that you would like to present let her know. "I am hoping to begin the program in October and run through the remainder of the semester," she notes. "The dates and times of the sessions have yet to be determined as I would like to get as many students as possible to participate therefore I will need their schedules before setting the times. I am confident, with your help, that this year LEAD will be a great success! I look forward to hearing your ideas for presentations and hope that you will encourage your students to participate as well. Please let me know by September 14th if you would like to be a LEAD presenter! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at extension 2906 or via email."
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