Monthly Archives: April, 2020

Basketball Coach Scott Burrell Featured in ESPN Documentary

Southern men's basketball head coach Scott Burrell is featured in ESPN's highly-anticipated documentary series, The Last Dance, which follows Michael Jordan and the NBA...

SouthernStrong Awardees Making a Positive Impact

The SCSU President’s Recognition Committee proudly present our first group of SouthernStrong awardees. These awards shine a light on faculty, staff, and students who...

Student Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Asma Rahimyar, a junior at Southern Connecticut State University, has been awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship for her “outstanding potential for leadership,...

Student Teaching From a Distance

Student Jessica Fressle, a member of the women's basketball team and an education major, is tackling the challenges of student teaching online, as the...

Baby Brings “Hope” to Southern Couple During Pandemic

Having a baby in the midst of a global pandemic isn't usually among new parents' plans, but for a Fairfield couple who met as...

Efforts Garner Support One Mile — and Neighbor — at a Time

Have the latest headlines about COVID-19 made you want to run away? How about just run? How about at 2 a.m.? Probably not. Yet there...

Educating in a Time of Crisis

Melanie Savelli, assistant professor of communication, published an op-ed in the April 8, 2020, edition of the New Haven Register about what educators can...

Alumni Lens: Life in Spain During the Pandemic

Spain — one of the nations most affected by the coronavirus pandemic — began a government-ordered nationwide lockdown on March 14, 2020. Southern graduate...

Probing the Nature of COVID-19

Sarah Crawford, professor of biology and a virologist, was interviewed recently on WICC radio (600 AM) about the makeup and behavior of COVID-19 (coronavirus)....

Can “Safe Store” Protocols Slow the Spread of Virus?

New “Safe Store” rules took effect in Connecticut recently in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus in grocery stores and others...

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