Troy Paddock, an associate professor of history at Southern, has earned one of the most prestigious awards bestowed upon faculty members by the Connecticut State University System (CSUS). The expert on German history has been selected as this year’s recipient of the CSUS Trustees Research Award (CSUS)...

Humanitarian, producer and actress Trudie Styler, who together with her rock legend husband Sting turned their concerns for the environment into action by launching the Rainforest Foundation, will deliver this year’s undergraduate commencement address on May 23. The ceremony will begin at 10:15 a...

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS A committee has been formed to monitor the progress of the recently approved Strategic Plan, a document that will help chart the direction of the university for the next five years. The panel includes about 21 people representing various campus constituencies, such as faculty, staff, students and administrators...

The Enrollment Management Council will soon begin developing a comprehensive plan aimed at finding optimum population levels for the university. In essence, the council will seek to balance the needs for tuition and state dollars with manageable classroom sizes and adequate staffing/course sections...

Buley Library will be closed May 18-26 for the move to the new building. No services or resources will be available during this time...

The question, “Which crab is king along the Atlantic coast?” just became a little more interesting. Michael Gilman, a master’s degree candidate in biology at Southern, is wrapping up a study that challenges the presumed invincibility of the Asian shore crab, an aquatic invader from the Far East...

Classical music is coming to life on the Southern campus, thanks to an exciting new partnership that is developing between the Music department and Orchestra New England (ONE), the premier chamber music group in New England. Beginning in the fall, a formerly casual connection between these two bodies — involving master classes with Southern students and a reading of student works — is going to be more formal...

During a distinguished career as a competitor, coach, administrator and judge, Pat Panichas’ association with the sport of gymnastics has allowed her to travel around the globe. This August, she will have an opportunity to be involved in a judging capacity on the sport’s biggest stage — the Olympic Games...

More than a dozen Southern students have recommended that their company, United Manufacturing, take several strategic initiatives ­— buy a Tennessee wood products business, move into a new building in Science Park in New Haven and begin work on a new line of furniture. The company’s board of directors agreed to the proposal, but the plan will never be implemented...

Nine graduate students and an undergraduate exercise science major presented their year-long research projects recently at the 11th annual Graduate Research Symposium. The event, sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies, enabled each of the 10 students to highlight their work, which varied across the spectrum of academic disciplines...

Despite a circuitous route to get to the mound this spring for Southern, Jim Fuller has — in only one season — etched his name in the Owls’ record books. Stops at Southern New Hampshire University and Western Oklahoma State College preceded the sophomore left-handed pitcher’s debut with the Owls...

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Dear Colleagues, For a university president, nothing matches the joy of commencement day. Witnessing the scores of students stepping up to the stage to receive their diplomas is a vivid reminder that all of us at Southern have worked together to achieve our ultimate goal: student success...