Digest (9issues), Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

Includes Jan, Mar-Aug, and Oct-Dec.

March 2008 Digest: Jan 12,23: Puerto Rico schools get help from WestConn education students; Jan 13: Carlotta Walls LaNier, keynote speaker at WCSU's Dr. Martin Luther King Community Celebration; Jan 16,20: Gov Rell earmarks nearly $1M for WCSU renovations; Jan 19: Winter walk at WestConn Nature Preserve; Jan 20: Dr. Mel Goldstein; Jan 22: State seeks input on economic plan, Forum set for Jan 29 WestConn's Westside campus; Jan 22: Member of "Little Rock Nine" shares story; Jan 28: Climate Change; Feb 3: Blizzard of '79 paralyzed state; Feb 4: African Film Festival returning to WestConn; Feb 13: WestConn's Meteorology students finish ninth in competition; Feb 29: WCSU spring musical "Tommy."

Sports: Jan 13: Men's baseball John Susi; Jan 23: Coach Paul Pasqualoni to Miami Dolphins; Feb 29: Ritush Venugopal named new men's tennis coach.

April 2008 Digest: March 2008: WXCI; 35 Commercial Free Years On The Air; Mar 7: WestConn's Dan Goble plays historic concert in North Korea; Mar 9: Blazing Trails; Many women from Danbury area have cemented their place in history; Mar 25: WestConn wins leadership award for anti-drug message; Mar 30: Amy Chua, author and the John Duff Jr. professor of law at the Yale School of Law, examines the rise and fall of "hyperpowers;" April: MFA Visual Arts Graduates exhibit thesis works; Apr 6: Dorothy Weir Young exhibit on display at Weir Farm National Historic Site; Apr 7: WestConn to stage operas.

Sports: Mar 4: Men's and women's basketball teams; Mar 13: Women's softball Shleby Slie.

May 2008 Digest: Mar 27: WestConn honored for innovative energy conservation program; Apr 9: Phyllis Cortese new executive director for Ives Center; Apr 10: Lawmakers honor Hat City, 4 veteran politicians; Apr 14: WCSU Receives Energy Project Award; Apr 15: State honors two WestConn professors: Robin Flanagan and Shane Murphy; Apr 16: SOTA: Empowering Afro-American women in higher education; Apr 18: WestConn Opera Ensemble; Apr 20: WCSU's Child Care Center; Apr 24: Theater company bringing Chinese culture to students; Spr 25: Nursing shortage? Apr 27: The Rise of China by Warren I. Cohen.

Sports: Apr 15: WestConn athletes Loren Angiolillo and Amy Hartman (women's softball), and Billy Armstrong (men's baseball) honored; May 5: Men's Lacrosse set for NCAAs; May 6: Women's softball set for NCAAs; May 7: Lacrosse Captain Dennis Skarda.

June 2008 Digest: Apr 30: WestConn offers classes at NVCC; Apr 30: Candidates prepare to earn first WCSU Doctoral Degrees; May 9: Phyllis Cortese, new boss of Ives Concert Park; May 14: Danbury woman in China quake; May 18: Reviving "The Palace;" Prof Chuck Mullaney headed to Ireland; June 2008: Filmfest attracts many to Palace Theatre; Jun 2, 2008: State oks $12.2M for WestConn.

July/August 2008 Digest: Jun 3: Shoff Darby scholarships; Jun 5: Jeff Pioli and Dr. Theodora Pinou spends vacation studying turtles; July: Ives Concert series underway; Jul 6: Insects usedin fight against watermilfoil at Candlewood; Jul 7; Namath gives football tips at Danbury camp; Jul 22: Nurse education; Jul 24: System's 4 universities to see improved dorms, halls, focus on fine arts; Jul 31: Vietnamese native earns scholarship to continue education in Waterbury; Aug 1: Dr. JamesSchmotter discusses how this state unversity turned a new corner by treating students like customers and building on its strengths.

October 2008 Digest: Aug 1,6,7: "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" film shot at WestConn opens Wednesday; Aug 19: U. S. Rep Murphy seeks funds for nursing programs; Aug 21: Developing downtown Danbury; Aug 26: "One Book, One Community program announced; Aug 31: Orphans abroad inspire work of WestConn students; Sep 8: 125th Anniversary, Danbury rich in sports; Sep 12: WestConn pauses to remember 9/11; Sep 16: State gets behind film fest sequel; Sep 21: Hurricane of 1938.

Sports: Sep 3: Stacey Slater ready to lead tennis team; Sep 12: James Williams and men's football; Sep 16: Jo- Merheb and Amanda Genova women's soccer team

November 2008 Digest: Oct 5,7: Mary Edgett, Westconn to honor her at 104; Oct 10: Tuvelle wows audience at Richter; Oct 21: WCSU offers Master of Arts in Teaching; Oct 20: Historian Philip Bobbitt to discuss war on terror; Oct 23: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Ann Quindlen, tells students writing isn't easy; Oct 24: Hat City Debates at WCSU; Nov 2,7: "Cabaret" at WCSU.

Sports: Oct 7: Lauren Matthews named LEC's offensive playerof the week for women's soccer; Oct 23: Danbury Hall of Fame; Nov 2,3,7: Women's basketball top seed in LEC; Nov 4: WestConn athletes honored (Stein, Michalowski, Sanchez);

December 2008 Digest: Nov 5,14: WCSU Theatre's "Cabaret" opening Nov 6; Nov 16: Jeff Kalin and stone fragments; Nov 22: WestConn part of record student enrollment trend; Nov 28: WestConn choral concert "We are the World;" Nov 29: City seeks money to fight milfoil with weevils; Dec 3: Rona Gurkewitz, computer science professor, and original origami designs that she uses to teach algorithms to students.

Sports: Nov 15: Women set for NCAAs.