Central Connecticut State University News

AlphaGraphics New Bedford recently announced the appointment of Jenn Vasta to its Business Development team.

Merva Jackson, 51, of Hartford, died April 4. In 1999, Jackson created African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities which by offering parents training in advocacy, networking and lobbying.

Police at Central Connecticut State University are in the midst of the annual Click It Or Ticket campaign, the university announced.

Noah Cass did a 5-year hitch in the Marines and came home with a drinking problem and visions of roadside explosives.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Susan Bysiewicz will face one another Thursday morning at their first formal debate since the Democratic state convention.

A Simsbury sculpture and ceramics artist Vicente Garcia will be one of 260 artists chosen to exhibit work at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton, Mass., this weekend.

REGION 4 - A The Region 4 Board of Education has hired William Duffy, the current assistant principal at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, as the new principal at John Winthrop Middle School.

Jordan Alexandra Lodice, daughter of Chris and Lori Lodice of Shelton will be graduating from Central Connecticut State University on May 18.

Forty-three area students were among 2,300 from Central Connecticut State University to graduate from the school Friday night in Hartford.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Chris Murphy, right, passes by candidate Susan Bysiewicz as she is interviewed by the media during the Connecticut Democratic state convention at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., Saturday, May 12, 2012.

Amanda Giroux, center, a senior at Montville High School, portrays the driver being arrested for DUI by Montville police officer Bruce Rockwell, right, as fellow senior Matthew Clark, background lower right, portrays her dead boyfriend lying on the ground.

Olson has served as provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 2003.

Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, a candidate for U.S. Senate, talks to Christine Edwards, of Greenwich, during the Democratic State Convention at Central Connecticut State University's Kaiser Hall in New Britain Saturday, May 12, 2012.

Central Connecticut State University has suspended its soccer coach for 60 days without pay and says it will not renew the assistant coach's contract over the trashing of the school's student newspaper.

A professor at Central Connecticut State University says he is the subject of ongoing, "low-grade harassment," including an incident earlier this month when he was pulled over and, he says, his van was seized, interrupting an art project with students.

A professor at Central Connecticut State University says he is the subject of ongoing, "low-grade harassment," including an incident earlier this month when he was pulled over and, he says, his van was impounded, interrupting an art project with students.

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy Saturday easily shifted from being the Democrats' presumptive nominee for U.S. Senate to the endorsed candidate, winning the party's convention with 76 percent of delegate support after one round of voting.

A The Wethersfield-Rocky Hill Professional Nurses Association awarded four scholarships to area nursing students at its annual meeting on May 9 in Wethersfield.

Congressman Chris Murphy was is expected to gain the Democratic Party 's backing for U.S. Senate as the party faithful gather at Central Connecticut State University for their nominating convention today.

Hyacinth Yennie, of Hartford, shows her support for Rep. Chris Murphy during the Democratic State Convention at Central Connecticut State University's Kaiser Hall in New Britain Saturday, May 12, 2012.