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Western Connecticut State University (Western, WestConn or WCSU) is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs, including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work. It is also home to The Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies. Image File history File links WestConn_logo. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The term public school has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials, or, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private or independent, fee-paying school, generally not coeducational, which prepares pupils for university. ... quagmire:For alternate meanings see state university (disambiguation). ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Nickname: The Hat City Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Danbury Region Housatonic Valley Incorporated (town) 1702 Incorporated (city) 1889 Consolidated 1965 Government - Type Mayor-council - Mayor Mark D. Boughton (R) Area - City 114. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Blue (from Old High German blao shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 nm) of the three primary colors. ... Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the actual metal. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Nickname: The Hat City Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Danbury Region Housatonic Valley Incorporated (town) 1702 Incorporated (city) 1889 Consolidated 1965 Government - Type Mayor-council - Mayor Mark D. Boughton (R) Area - City 114. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies is a partnership between the Jane Goodall Institute, a private non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife research, education and conservation, and Western Connecticut State University. ...

History

WestConn started as a teachers' college, training the primary and secondary school educators for Connecticut's Fairfield County and surrounding areas. The school's name has changed over the years as it has focused on additional areas of study. First named the Danbury Normal School, in the 1950s it was called the Danbury State Teachers College. It was renamed as Danbury State College in 1959, then Western Connecticut State College in 1967, and finally, in 1983, Western Connecticut State University.^[1] Fairfield County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Structure

Schools

The Ancell school of business (ASB) is the business school at Western Connecticut State University. ...

Campus

Western has two campuses located five miles apart connected by a campus bus service.

The Midtown Campus is the original campus, located near Downtown Danbury. It is home to the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Professional Studies, and most of the school administration. There are also some housing facilities and the original student center.

The West Side Campus is located on land purchased in the 1970s on the outskirts of Danbury. This 439 acre lot is home to the Ancell School of Business, the sports facilities (including football and baseball stadiums and Feldman Arena), a nature center, amphitheater, and several dormitories. On January 23rd, 2007 the new WestSide Campus Center was officially opened. This new facility serves as a student center, meeting and banquet facility for the West Side Campus.

A major improvement program was started in the mid-1990s to beautify the campus. Several several parking lots became green space, and improvements were made to the landscaping. While a significant improvement, the full extent of this beautification is not immediately apparent, and will take several years to reach full maturity.

Located on the campus of Naugatuck Valley Community College is the "Western at Waterbury" program. This program offers undergraduate courses and the Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.). The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is a post graduate professional Masters degree that provides training in health policy, project and program implementation. ...

Buildings

Student body

As of the Fall of 2006, WestConn has approximately 4,000 full-time undergraduates and 1,900 graduate or part-time students.[1] For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

4, 793 students (including 962 transfer applicants) applied to the University. 2,825 (including 644 transfers) were accepted. Of those 1,262 enrolled in the Fall semester.

Most of the students at WestConn come from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Nearly all commuter students come from western Connecticut, Putnam, Dutchess and Westchester Counties in New York. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... NY redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York . ... Dutchess County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...

According to the University, students claiming Connecticut residency come from 99 of the state's 169 municipalities. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...

Women comprise 49.5% of the entering class (423 of 855), and members of traditionally underrepresented groups comprise 14.7% of the entering class (123 of 839).

The Student to Faculty ratio for the 2006-2007 academic year is 15.4 to 1 (Total Student FTE divided by Total Faculty FTE).

Student Activities / Student Life

Student Government Association

The Student Government Association (SGA) is the sole governing body over the Student Activity Fund and student organizations at the university. The SGA has 3 branches of government: the legislative branch, an executive branch and the judicial branch. The legislative branch, known as the Student Senate has 24 members elected at large by the student body. The executive branch comprises of a President, Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Student Relations and Vice President of Finance. The Judicial branch is comprised of a Chief Justice nominated by the President and approved by the Senate and two justices elected at large.

SGA Legal Clinic

Western Connecticut State University is one of the few schools in the US to have a fully funded center to provide legal counseling to students. Funded by the Student Government Association, the center provides students with initial legal counseling and advice. The clinic does not represent students in court but may make referrals for such purposes.

The legal clinic seeks to educate students about their rights and responsibilities through the sharing of information and legal resources, various informational programs and presentations, as well as individualized student counseling. Attorneys counsel and advise students on general legal concerns, consumer complaints, debts and bankruptcy, family law, landlord-tenant issues, wills and probate matters, litigation, criminal matters, administration agency matters (Veterans Administration, e.g.), and small claims.

Established in 1998 the advisor to the legal clinic has been Dr. Harold B. Schramm, Professor of English and Justice and Law Administration.

College radio station WXCI

The college radio station, WXCI, 91.7 FM, broadcasts to Connecticut and New York at 3,000 watts. It also streams its broadcasts on the Web. WXCI, 91. ...

The Echo - WCSU Student Newspaper

The Echo is a student-run newspaper, founded in 1955, and subsidized by student fees and advertising income. Commercialism redirects here. ...

The Echo is published weekly in tabloid format, though in the past it has been published in broadsheet format. Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ...

Athletics

WestConn is a member of the NCAA Division III and the Eastern College Athletic Conference and fields teams in baseball, basketball, lacrosse, football, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference comprising schools that compete in 35 mens and womens sports. ...

WestConn also fields several nationally competitive club sports on campus including Men's Rugby, Women's Rugby, Cheerleading, and Men's Hockey.

Venues

Greek Life

WestConn's Greek community, first established in 1986, is made up of three fraternities: Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Beta Tau, and three sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Gamma Phi, and Kappa Chi Alpha. As of November 2006, none of the Greek fraternities and sororities have an established on-campus houses.

Debate Society

The Roger Sherman Debate Society participates in tournaments sanctioned by the Cross Examination Debate Association. The team competes in the North East Conference.

Noteworthy Faculty

The following faculty are noteworthy for their published works or field work or both.

Meteorology Program and Weather Center

WestConn is currently the only school, college or university in the state of Connecticut to offer a degree in meteorology. Currently, students can enter the Meteorology branch of the Bachelor's of Science program and choose from two different track options - Theoretical Meteorology or Operational Meteorology and Weathercasting.

The student population of meteorology majors nearly doubled between the 2005-06 school year and the current 2006-07 school year.^{[citation needed]} The program has particular strength in broadcast meteorology. They are the only meteorology program in the country to have a full-time faculty member who is an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist.

WestConn hosted the first Tri-State Weather Conference on on October 7th, 2006. The keynote speakers were Dr. Louis W. Uccellini of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and former Weather Channel's winter weather expert Paul Kocin. // The Weather Channel in the early days, had to use a projector which would be turned on to display a picture of the weather map on the wall, which showed satellite pictures and radar images with no movement, The Weather Channel still uses some of the old weather maps, their...

The university's Weather Center is located in the midtown campus. Student meteorologists and long standing Assistant to the Director of Meteorological Studies, Gary J. Lessor^[2], create weather forecasts for local media outlets and businesses. The Weather Center also distributes information via its weather website

Other schools in the Connecticut State University system

Its three sister schools are Eastern, Central, and Southern Connecticut State University. Eastern Connecticut State University is a public university in Willimantic, Connecticut. ... 2006 NEC CHAMPS BABY! GO CCSU BLUE DEVILS WHOOO!!! Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. ... Southern Connecticut State University, one of four state universities in Connecticut, is located in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

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