Digest (10 issues), 2011 - 2012

Includes Feb, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Dec, Jan 12, Feb 12

February 2011 Digest: Dec 5: A lesson in social media; Dec 15: WestConn among state universities with record transfer students; Dec 26: Mary Kiniry, advocate for teens; Jan 2: Bass player Kevin Smith with "Saturday Night Live;" Jan 19,20: Remembering JFK; Jan 21: WestConn student Conor Daniel Bartram's play "Credence" debuts this weekend; Jan 29: Lake study calls for more study; Jan 31: The Case for Chaos (Prof John Briggs); Feb 4: Remembering Ella Grasso.

Sports: Dec. 13: Melissa Teel named Little East Conference basketball Player of the week.

April 2011 Digest: Feb 23,24,25: Prof Abubaker Saad explains crisis in Libya; Mar 1,4: Chekhov Classic "Three Sisters" production by the Theatre Arts Department; Mar 2: Students, faculty praise WestConn; Mar 2,9: Prof Abubaker Saad interview; Mar 15: "Malloy plan weakens state universities' autonomy" by John Briggs in the Hartford Courant; Mar 22: WestConn Opera presents "Street Scene" by Kurt Weill; Mar 23-25: Dr. Mell will speak at WestConn; Mar 29: Panel looks to stop spread of zebra mussels; Mar 30-31: State oks $80M performance center.

Sports: Mar 4: Men and women's basketball.

May 2011 Digest: Apr 3: Dr. Mel and Arlene Goldstein, how they met; Apr 3: WestConn Siociety Luncheon; Apr 5: Two WestConn seniors, Emily Cole and Bryan Bielefeldt, earn Bernard Awards; Apr 8: Dr. Mel Goldstein: "I Love Hurricanes;" Apr 15: Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, speaks against death penality; Apr 18: Paul Steinmetz named interim vice presdident for institutional advancement at WCSU; May 3: Bin Laden news met with tempered jubilation; May 8: WXCI hosts Zombie Walk.

September 2011 Digest: Jul 23: Researchers in search of zebra mussels; Jul 28: WestConn's Carol Hawkes proves inspirational; Aug 8,10: One Book, One Community selection "Farewell, My Subaru" by Doug Fine; Aug 21: Photronics awards scholarships to 34 college students; Aug 23: WestConn professor Abubaker Saad watching Gadhafi's fall; Aug 24,25: Dr. Mel Retires, cites health; Aug 27: Dr. Mel says Irene may be our hurricane; Sep 5: Dr. Mel eases into retirement; Sep 10: Gregg Taylor recalls 9/11; Sep 13: Local chapter of The Links welcomes WestConn's African-American provost.

October 2011 Digest: Sep 14: Rare marbled salamander discovered in Danbury; Sep 21: Three dilapidated apartment houses to be demolished; Sep 21: A green will replace Roberts Avenue School; Sep 26: Pianist Peter Frankl to perform at WCSU; Sep 27: Danbury Museum & Historical Society; Sep 27: Saving the city's historical places; Oct 4,19-20: State Supreme Court justices to hear cases at WCSU; Oct 5: WCSU keeps eye on campus crosswalks; Oct 16: Parents of Brookfield High students complain about "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison; Oct 17: Danbury NAACP honors George Coleman; Oct 17-18: WestConn to break ground on visual arts building; Oct 20: In the forecast: A touching special on "Dr. Mel" Saturday; Oct 20-21,24: Reactions locally and globally to Gaddafi's death.

December 2011 Digest: Oct 23: Danbury's environmental history; Oct 24: Doug Fine interview; Oct 25,28: "Sweeney Todd" production by WCSU's Theatre Arts Department; Oct 26: Abubaker Saad, former Gadhafi interpreter, remembers Libyan tyrant; Nov 28: Storm highlights need for emergency home health care planning; Nov 9: WCSU students to cover elections; Nov 10,13: WestConn salute to vets; Nov 20: Steel Magnolias, David Boyajian interview; Nov 21: WestConn provost among top 100 influential blacks in state; Nov 22: WCSU jazz concert to feature John Patitucci; Nov 29: White Street task force to take on dangerous Danbury crossing.