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Bensko Earns Dean’s List at Berklee College of Music Bradley Bensko of Gales Ferry is on the Dean’s List at Berklee College of Music, having done superior work for the summer semester of the 2012 academic year. The Berklee curriculum, focusing on practical career preparation for the music industry, was founded on the principle that [...]

College Knowledge Day Draws Hundreds of High Schoolers

“I think the kids are going to wake up,” Zachary Mathiau remarks. “They will have to sacrifice and work hard in high school in order to get into college.” Zachary is a ninth grader at East Hartford High School attending the College Knowledge Day at ECSU in Willimantic on June 3.

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Dear Neighbor of Southeastern CT & Southern RI,

This region of ours has much to offer both tourists and local residents. We have magnificent tourism attractions, hotels and inns, restaurants, museums, galleries and theaters. This region also features 10 institutions of higher learning (Conn College, Eastern Connecticut State University, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Mitchell College, Mystic Seaport, Rensselaer Polytechnic [...]

School Stresses Diversity

by Anne Pappalardo

As president of Eastern CT State University since 2006, Dr. Elsa M. Nuñez has embraced the position and immersed herself in the momentum of a very successful era for Eastern. Since becoming Eastern’s sixth president, Elsa oversaw the rededication of a remodeled and expanded student center, a [...]