Southern Connecticut State University

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Southern Connecticut State University
Established: 1893
Type: Public School
President: Cheryl J. Norton
Staff: 403
Undergraduates: 6,010
Postgraduates: 992
Location: New Haven, Conn., USA
Campus: Urban, 168 acres
Athletics: 19 varsity teams
Mascot: Owl
Website: www.southernct.edu

Southern Connecticut State University (alternately SCSU, Southern) is one of five state universities in Connecticut, and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1893, it is the third-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University system.

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[edit] A brief timeline of the history of the school

  • September 11, 1893, three teachers and 84 students started the school year at the old Skinner School in New Haven, CT. The goal was to create a new two-year training school for teachers. By 1937, the New Haven State Normal School, as it was called, had grown to a four-year college.
  • 1947, NHSNS had teamed up with Yale University's Department of Education to supplement its bachelor degree programs with a masters in science.
  • 1954, the newly renamed New Haven State Teachers College, was authorized by the state Board of Education to assume complete responsibility for the masters program.
  • 1959, state legislation expandes the schools offerings to include a liberal arts program, resulting in bachelors degrees in the arts and sciences for the programs graduates. The school renames itself Southern Connecticut State College.

[edit] Teacher Education

In keeping with its origins as a teachers college, Southern Connecticut State University remains a leading center for teacher education in New England. It produces more teachers, principals, and school superintendents than any other institution in Connecticut. The university recently received approval for its first doctoral program, to be administered by the Department of Educational Leadership in the School of Education. Students who complete this program will received the degree of Doctor of Education, or Ed. D.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Campus

Southern has one campus in New Haven that borders parts of Hamden, Connecticut. The campus overflows into Hamden with several buildings built right over the town line. The campus is bisected by Fitch Street, which separates the academic side of campus from the residential side.

[edit] Buildings

[edit] Academic

  • Engleman Hall (Administration, classrooms and offices for English, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Foreign Language, Math and Philosophy)
  • Morrill Hall (Earth Science, Geography, Journalism, classrooms)
  • Jennings Hall (Science Building, includes classrooms and offices for Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
  • Davis Hall (School of Education, includes classrooms and offices for Education, Special Education, Educational Leadership)
  • Seabury Hall (School of Business)
  • Buley Library (School of Information and Library Science)
  • Earl Hall (Fine Arts, Music, Video Production)
  • Pelz Gym
  • Nursing Classroom Building (offices/classrooms)

[edit] Residence Halls

  • Schwartz Hall
  • Farnham Hall
  • Wilkinson Hall
  • Chase Hall
  • Hickerson Hall
  • Neff Hall
  • West Campus Residence Complex
  • North Campus Residence Complex
  • Brownell Hall
Michael J. Adanti Student Center as seen from Fitch Street.
Michael J. Adanti Student Center as seen from Fitch Street.

[edit] Administrative

  • Wintergreen Building (offices)
  • Ethnic Heritage Center
  • Admissions House
  • Lang Social Work House
  • Orlando Public Health Bldg.
  • Various Temporary Buildings around campus

[edit] Other Buildings on Campus

  • Lyman Center for the Arts
  • "Old" Student Center
  • Michael J. Adanti Student Center (named after former President Emeritus Michael J. Adanti [Class of 1963, 6th year 1971], who died on July 31, 2005.) contains a food court, student organization meeting rooms and offices, theater, game room, campus book store, campus copy center.
  • Connecticut Hall (food service)
  • Granoff Student Health Center (campus police and health center)
  • Moore Fieldhouse (athletics)
  • Jess Dow Field(athletics)
  • Facilities and Operations Building
  • Energy Center

[edit] Athletics

The schools sports teams are nicknamed The Fighting Owls.

On March 24, 2007, the women's basketball team won the NCAA Division II championships. In a 61-45 victory, SCSU beat the previously undefeated Florida Gulf Coast.[1]. Two Southern Students also put their mark on the National Championship win. Shaun McGrath and Ronald Atwater of WSIN 1590 am, the campus radio station, traveled to Nebraska to cover all the games, and brought the game live back to listeners on the east coast via www.wsinradio.org and 1590am. Audio clips from these two students were played nation wide on the web and TV. WSIN 1590am has all the home football and basketball games, live on the air and online. So tune into www.wsinradio.org for Owls Athletic events...

Abie Grossfeld, former Olympian, is head gymnastics coach at Southern Connecticut State University, and helped the program become one of the best in the country. He coached four Nissen Award winners (akin to football’s Heisman Trophy), three NCAA Div. II championship teams, 10 Consecutive Eastern Collegiate Conference (EIGL) team championships (1975-’84), and 148 gymnasts who achieved All American status. Among those he coached were Peter Kormann, first U.S. Olympic individual gymnastics medalist since 1932; John Crosby, two World Cup individual gold medals; and three Pan American individual gold medal winners (1971 & ’75).



A BIT OF SOUTHERN'S HISTORY Founders Gate, which now spans the area between Lyman Center and Engleman Hall, is a physical link to Southern's past. Originally a feature of the school's early Howe Street campus, the gate was restored, moved to the Crescent Street campus, and dedicated during Homecoming in 1987.

[edit] Student Activities / Student Life

[edit] College radio station WSIN

The college radio station WSIN 1590 AM, formerly WOWL, DOES NOT broadcasts to Connecticut. It also streams its broadcasts on the web. WSIN stands for Southern Independent Network. Weak transmitter/signal on 1590 am.

[edit] The Southern News- SCSU Student Newspaper

The Southern News is a student-run newspaper, and subsidized by student fees and advertising income.

The Southern News is published weekly in tabloid format.


[edit] Inter Residence Council (IRC)

IRC meets to plan events for students who live on campus.

Some of the events include Hall Parties as well as Hall Olympics where students compete from each Hall to be crowned the best.

[edit] Southern TV/SCSU TV

Launch Fall 08... To air on campus on ch 715/15...go to facebook and search scsu TV

[edit] Student Organizations

Tau Eta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon

Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Full list of Student Clubs and Organizations sanctioned by the University

[edit] Commencement Speakers

[edit] 2007

  • Mae C. Jemison, astronaut on space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992, undergraduate commencement address
  • Judith Kelman, award-winning mystery writer, afternoon graduate commencement address
  • Dr. Curtis L. Patton, internationally renowned microbiologist and professor emeritus at Yale University, evening graduate commencement address

[edit] 2006

Marlee Matlin

[edit] 2005

Henry Winkler

[edit] 2003

Sigourney Weaver

[edit] 2000

Danny Glover

[edit] Notable Alumni

Source: Southern Magazine

[edit] Other schools in the Connecticut State University system

Its three sister schools are Central, Eastern, and Western.

[edit] External links

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Northeast-10 Conference
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Public Colleges and Universities in Connecticut
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The Connecticut State University System

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