IN THIS ISSUE: » This Month's Highlights » News from CSUS » Video October 2011 Catalyst for Connecticut This Month's Highlights Hispanic Enrollment Rises at CSUS CSUS saw a 34 percent increase in Hispanic enrollment - more than 700 students - from 2007 to 2010, higher than the national average. Connecticut Post Large Fuel Cell Headed to CCSU Central's Sustainability Initiative gets a boost by an agreement to bring a Connecticut-made fuel cell to its New Britain campus. Global Focus in Eastern's Faculty A study of faculty at U.S. universities confirms Eastern has the largest percentage of minority faculty among CT higher education institutions. The Bulletin Universities Plan Open Houses CSUS welcomes students to open houses in the coming weeks to answer questions about enrollment, financial aid, housing and more. Chronicle News from CSUS Meriden Considering CSUS High School Math Requirments The Board of Education Finance Committee recommended requiring a fourth year of high school math for students, partially due to requirements that incoming CSUS freshmen have four years of math starting in 2015. Meriden Patch Federal Reserve Executive Speaks at Eastern Jeff Fuhrer, executive vice president and senior policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, spoke to an audience at Eastern. The Bulletin A Master of Multitasking at CCSU Helen Abadiano, chair and professor of Reading and Language Arts, has earned the university's 2011 Distinguished Service Award. Hartford Courant State Supreme Court to Hear Cases at Western The Connecticut Supreme Court justices will travel to Western Connecticut State University on Wednesday, Oct. 19, to hear arguments in two cases. State Higher Ed Board Holds Inaugural Meeting A new board overseeing 17 Connecticut colleges and universities kicked off its work, saying it wants to ensure student success during and after college without diluting each school's personality and signature programs. The News-Times SCSU Interim President Earns NAACP Award Stanley F. Battle, interim president of Southern, has been named as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut for 2011 by the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches. Hartford Courant Enrollment Dips at State Universities, Community Colleges During recent years the state's community colleges and four state universities had record-breaking enrollments, but this fall those numbers are down slightly. Hartford Courant Ronald Fernandez: Passionate Professor, Author, Family Man Ronald Fernandez, a professor emeritus of criminal justice at Central Connecticut State University, had led a full and varied professional life when he died Aug. 27 at the age of 67. Hartford Courant More News from: Central | Eastern | Southern | Western   The Connecticut State University System consists of four comprehensive universities: Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. With more than 36,600 students and 180,000 alumni, CSUS is the largest public university system in Connecticut.