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| The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system’s Fall 2025 Initial Census Report shows that CT State Community College and the four Connecticut State Universities saw an increase of 6.7% in total student enrollment for the 2025-2026 academic year. The enrollment growth follows a successful 2024-2025 academic year, during which CSCU’s colleges and universities served more than 100,000 learners and awarded 13,316 degrees to 12,258 students, reinforcing the system’s role as an engine of opportunity for Connecticut. |
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| | | Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) leaders and Stop & Shop representatives announced a new pledge of $200,000 by Stop & Shop to address food insecurity among students across the CSCU system with monetary and in-kind product donations to campus food pantries. CSCU saw a 40% increase in monthly visits across its campus food pantries.
Central Connecticut State University hosted a special event on Oct. 21 to share the news courtesy of the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program. Volunteers assembled 1,000 care packages to be distributed to CSCU students during midterm week. Speaking at the event were CSCU Interim Chancellor John Maduko, Central Connecticut State University President Dr. Zulma Toro, and Central student Elizabeth Kinney, joined by representatives from Stop & Shop, and mascots Kizer the Blue Devil from Central and Willi the Warrior from Eastern Connecticut State University. |
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| | | Eastern Connecticut State University and Hartford Healthcare recently unveiled a brand-new nursing simulation lab in Windham Hospital called the Eastern Connecticut State University/Hartford HealthCare Center for Education Simulation and Innovation (Eastern/HHC CESI). The new, 6,500-square-foot high-tech simulation lab is the largest such facility and only hospital-based nurse-training facility in eastern Connecticut. It is also the final piece to Eastern's new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that enrolled its third cohort in the fall 2025 semester.
Eastern President Karim Ismaili and Eastern nursing students joined Congressman Joe Courtney, Governor Ned Lamont, Senator Mae Flexer, State Representative Gregg Haddad, State Representative Susan Johnson, CSCU Interim Chancellor John Maduko, Hartford HealthCare President and CEO Jeffrey Flaks, Windham Hospital President Donna Handley, and Hartford HealthCare executives, at the ribbon-cutting event. |
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| | The 2026 US News and World Report’s “Best College Rankings” included Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut State Universities as the “Best Regional Universities North” and also ranked them in multiple categories such as Top Public Schools, Best Value Schools, Best College for Veterans, Top Performers in Social Mobility, and in some academic programs such as nursing and engineering. |
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| The Office of Professional Education at Central Connecticut State University received high praise from the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), and effective Oct. 1, Central was among the first institutions in the nation to offer NECHE-recognized non-credit programs. Central is one of only eight institutions, and only one in Connecticut, to be recognized in the inaugural cohort. |
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| Southern Connecticut State University has received a $398,176 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) Program. The three-year award will support the university’s efforts to grow academic-industry partnerships, boost research capacity, and foster workforce development across Connecticut and the region. |
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| Western Connecticut State University’s Pre-Collegiate & Access Programs, received nearly $900,000 in federal and state funding this year to support underserved students. The Student Support Services (SSS) program received a $272,364 TRIO SSS grant from the U.S. Department of Education; The Promoting Academically Successful Students (PASS) program received $100,000 from the Connecticut State Department of Higher Education; and The Upward Bound & ConnCAP programs earned a federal TRIO grant of $311,980 from the U.S. Department of Education and $200,000 from the Connecticut State Department of Higher Education. |
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| Jordan Long, director of dual enrollment for Connecticut State Community College (CT State), was honored at the 12th Annual 100 Men of Color Black Tie Gala and Award at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center. The gala honored 100 influential men of color from Connecticut and western Massachusetts, who have made a significant impact in leadership, entrepreneurship, education, athletics, entertainment, health care, government, and community service. |
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| Governor Ned Lamont (pictured) recently joined “The Power of Taylor Swift” class at Eastern Connecticut State University as a guest lecturer. The new course explores pop superstar Taylor Swift’s career and influence and is taught by history Professor and Department Chair Caitlin Carenen.
Pictured left to right with Professor Carenen’s class are: Eastern President Karim Ismaili, Carenen, State Senator Mae Flexer, and CSCU Interim Chancellor John Maduko. |
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| The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) recently premiered the Connecticut Watershed Model (CTWM) outreach video at its headquarters in Hartford. The video, produced by the CT State Middlesex Center for New Media (CNM) Productions, highlights an innovative new tool designed to help communities across the state protect and improve water quality. Pictured (left to right) are Kathleen Knight, DEEP, student Jimmy Burch; Dan Nocera, CNM Productions Coordinator; Matthew Kraines, CNM, and student Gillian LeBlanc. |
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| Forty-six accomplished Connecticut women will be honored for their achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the 20th annual Women of Innovation® awards, hosted by the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC). Among the 46 finalists are three women from Southern: Tanya Henneghan, director, IT administration, a finalist in the Community Innovation and Leadership category; Colleen Bielitz, associate vice president for strategic initiatives and outreach, a finalist in the Academic Innovation and Leadership – Post-Secondary category; and senior Mariaceleste Florian ‘26, a physics major with minors in computer science and mathematics, a finalist in the Collegian Innovation and Leadership category. Pictured left to right Henneghan, Florian, and Colleen Bielitz. |
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| Connecticut State Community College (CT State) leaders Madeline Pérez De Jesús, Ph.D., director of campus climate; and Manuel Gomez, Ph.D., Gomez, associate vice president of academic and student affairs operations; were selected as fellows for the seventh cohort of Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo. The one-year program prepares the next generation of culturally diverse higher education leaders for executive and senior level positions. |
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