Southern Connecticut State University

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Southern Connecticut State University
Established 1893
Type Public
Endowment $7.1 million[1]
President Stanley F. Battle (interim president)
Admin. staff 403
Undergraduates 6,010
Postgraduates 992
Location New Haven, Conn., USA
Campus Urban, 168 acres
Colors Blue and White          
Athletics NCAA Division II
Sports 19 Varsity Teams [2]
Nickname Owls
Mascot Owl
Affiliations NE-10
ECAC
Website www.southernct.edu

Southern Connecticut State University (alternately SCSU, Southern) is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1893, it is the third-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System.

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[edit] A brief history

  • 1893: 3 teachers and 84 students start school at the old Skinner School in New Haven, CT, creating two-year teacher training school.
  • 1937: New Haven State Normal School becomes four-year college.
  • 1947: teams up with Yale University's Department of Education to supplement its bachelor degree programs with a master's in science.
  • 1953: Moves to present location on Crescent Street in New Haven.
  • 1954: Renamed New Haven State Teachers College, authority for the master's program.
  • 1959: Offerings include bachelor's in arts and sciences. Renamed Southern Connecticut State College.
  • 1983: Renamed Southern Connecticut State University, along with Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.
  • 1985: Michael J. Adanti inaugurated as SCSU president, the first SCSU alumnus to hold this office.
  • 2003: President Michael J. Adanti retires.
  • 2004: Cheryl J. Norton appointed SCSU president, the first woman to serve in this position.
  • 2010: President Cheryl J. Norton retires.
  • 2010: Stanley F. Battle appointed as Interim President, the first African American to serve in this office.
  • 2011: Dr. Mary A. Papazian appointed as the new SCSU President.

[edit] Teacher Education

In keeping with its origins as a teachers college, Southern Connecticut State University remains a center for teacher education. It produces more teachers, principals, and school superintendents than any other Connecticut institution. The university received approval for its first doctoral program, an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Campus

Michael J. Adanti Student Center as seen from Fitch Street.

Southern has one campus in New Haven, bordering parts of Hamden, Connecticut. Fitch Street, separating the academic and residential parts of campus.

Founders Gate, between Lyman Center and Engleman Hall, is a physical link to Southern's early Howe Street campus> The gate was restored and moved to the Crescent Street campus, and dedicated during Homecoming in 1987.

[edit] Buildings

[edit] Academic

  • Engleman Hall (Administration, classrooms and offices)
  • Morrill Hall (Earth Science, Geography, Journalism, classrooms)
  • Jennings Hall (Science Building)
  • Davis Hall (School of Education)
  • Seabury Hall (School of Business)

~currently scheduled to be demolished once the "Old Student Center" is finished being renevated.

  • Buley Library (School of Information and Library Science)
  • Earl Hall (Fine Arts, Music, Video Production) Ralph Earl Hall of Fine Arts.
  • Pelz Gym
  • Nursing Classroom Building (offices/classrooms)
  • Lyman Center (Theater department)

[edit] Residence Halls

Freshman and sophomore traditional residence halls:

  • Chase Hall
  • Farnham Hall
  • Hickerson Hall
  • Neff Hall
  • Wilkinson Hall
  • Brownell Hall

Other halls:

  • Brownell Hall is a blend of traditional residence hall and upperclassman housing
  • West Campus Residence Complex offers double or triple rooms and single rooms in suites
  • Schwartz Hall offers 2, 4 or six person apartments for sophomore and junior students
  • North Campus Midrise Complex and TownHouses for seniors with 100+ credits and graduate students

For more information on residence life, go to http://www.southernct.edu/residencelife/

[edit] Administrative

  • Wintergreen Building (offices)
  • Ethnic Heritage Center
  • Admissions House
  • Lang Social Work House
  • Orlando Public Health Bldg.
  • Various Temporary Buildings around campus

[edit] Other Buildings on Campus

  • Lyman Center for the Arts
  • "Old" Student Center
  • Michael J. Adanti Student Center (named after former President Emeritus Michael J. Adanti [Class of 1963, 6th year 1971], who died on July 31, 2005.) contains a food court, student organization meeting rooms and offices, theater, game room, campus book store, campus copy center.
  • Connecticut Hall (food service)
  • Granoff Student Health Center (campus police and health center)
  • Moore Fieldhouse (athletics)
  • Jess Dow Field(athletics)
  • Facilities and Operations Building
  • Energy Center

[edit] Athletics

The schools sports teams are nicknamed The Owls.

On March 24, 2007, the women's basketball team won the NCAA Division II championships. In a 61–45 victory, SCSU beat the previously undefeated Florida Gulf Coast.[3][1].

Abie Grossfeld, former Olympian, is the former head gymnastics coach at Southern Connecticut State University, and helped the program become one of the best in the country. He coached four Nissen Award winners (akin to football’s Heisman Trophy), three NCAA Div. II championship teams, 10 Consecutive Eastern Collegiate Conference (EIGL) team championships (1975–’84), and 148 gymnasts who achieved All American status. Among those he coached were Peter Kormann, first U.S. Olympic individual gymnastics medalist since 1932; John Crosby, two World Cup individual gold medals; and three Pan American individual gold medal winners (1971 & ’75).

The Swimming and Diving Team, a less publlicized team, has scored their highest at the NCAA championship meet in March for the years 2007 and 2008. This year they hope to score even higher and crack the top ten Div. II teams in the nation.

[edit] Student Activities / Student Life

[edit] WSIN1590 AM College radio station

Formerly known as WOWL and WSCB. Web site. WSIN stands for "Southern Independent Network." Shows are broadcast live from the Michael J. Adanti student center. In 2007 a group of students from WSIN traveled to the NCAA DII Championchips to broadcast the games when the Womens Basketball team was in the final rounds of the tournament

[edit] The Southern News student newspaper

The Southern News is a weekly newspaper covering news, opinions, arts, entertainment and sports. The publication consists of 14 paid staff members, uses work from journalism students and non-journalism majors.

[edit] Student Organizations

[edit] Upgrades on Campus

In May 2011, Southern started a two-year renovation project of the "Old Student Center". When the project is finished, it will be home to the School of Business, which is moving out of Seabury Hall.

Renovation over the past year and a half on Farnham Hall ended at the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester. The building has a new exterior, renovated lobbies, a basement which is being turned into a programming space, and a computer lab. The bathrooms in the hall were renovated a few years ago.

[edit] Commencement Speakers

2010

  • Geoffrey Fletcher, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
  • Thomas O. Ryder, publisher
  • Bob Englehart, editorial cartoonist for The Hartford Courant

2009

  • Connie Chung, investigative reporter, news anchor.
  • Orlando L. Taylor, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and Professor of Communications, Howard University.
  • Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter.

2007

  • Mae C. Jemison, astronaut on space shuttle Endeavour
  • Judith Kelman, award-winning mystery writer
  • Dr. Curtis L. Patton, microbiologist and professor emeritus at Yale University

2006

2005

2003

2002

2000

1993

1991

[edit] Notable alumni

Source: Southern Magazine

[edit] Other schools in the Connecticut State University system

Its three sister schools are Central, Eastern, and Western.

[edit] References

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009| work = 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments | publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers | url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf%7C format = PDF | accessdate = February 2, 2010}}
  2. ^ http://www.ncaa.com/schools/658_Southern_Conn_St.html
  3. ^ C:\Users\danilo.mendes\Desktop.SoConnStlogo420-0420

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