The Ana Grace Project and Central Connecticut State University hosted “Love Wins Because She Persisted” on April 14, featuring an intimate conversation with Chelsea Clinton and Nelba Marquez-Greene, founder of the Ana Grace Project. Clinton and Greene discussed the necessity of leadership among women and girls, the Love...
The CCSU Department of Nursing officially opened its new state-of-the-art lab in Copernicus Hall on April 11. The 4,771-square-foot space is nearly three times the size of the nursing department’s old home in Barnard Hall. It features 10 new offices, an expanded learning laboratory, and six simulation rooms, each dedicated to a...
A peer mentoring initiative aimed at improving graduation and retention rates among students of color is producing encouraging results. On average, 46 percent of the African-American and Latinx students participating in Success Central from 2014-2015, the first full year of the program, have graduated. That’s more than twice...
A multi-year effort to convert part of a previously dormant powerhouse into a campus dance facility reached fruition on April 22 with the dedication of CCSU’s Catherine J. Fellows Dance Education Center. A reception and ribbon-cutting followed the dance department’s spring concert at Welte Auditorium. The nearly...
Central Connecticut State University celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Educational Opportunity Program on June 29 and 30 with a weekend of festivities. Nearly 200 people took part in the celebration recognizing the success of the program, known as EOP on campus. EOP was launched in 1969 to prepare talented minority students for...
