Category: Education

Shred Day is Coming!
Shred Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Ridge Road Elementary School from 9:00 AM to Noon.

New York City council names St. Patrick’s Day Parade Chair John Lahey Irish Man of the Year
John L. Lahey, chair of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Board of Directors and president of Quinnipiac University, has been named the “Thomas Manton Person of the Year” by the New York City Council.

Granby Memorial Middle School student wins Connecticut Spelling Bee at Quinnipiac University
Dwaritha Ramesh, an eighth-grade student at Granby Memorial Middle School, bested 62 other students from around the state Saturday to win the Connecticut Spelling Bee.

Quinnipiac University to host Connecticut Spelling Bee March 12
The Quinnipiac University School of Education will host the Connecticut Spelling Bee starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 12.

Side By Side Charter, Fair Haven Elementary and Quinnipiac University School of Education win national award
The professional development school partnership between Side By Side Charter School of Norwalk, Fair Haven Elementary School of New Haven and the Quinnipiac UniversitySchool of Education has received the Exemplary Professional Development School Achievement Award.

Former Freedom Rider Lula White of New Haven receives the Quinnipiac University Black Law Students Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award
Lula White, of New Haven, a former Freedom Rider during the civil rights movement, received the Quinnipiac University Black Law Students Association’s (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Award on Feb. 25. The Thurgood Marshall Award is given …

Quinnipiac University School of Medicine to host Rare Disease Day lecture and panel discussion on Feb. 29
Dr. Frederick Kaplan will present the keynote address, “Adopting a Rare Disease,” during a program marking Rare Disease Day, on Monday, Feb. 29 in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University.

QU School of Law’s Black Law Students Association to present Thurgood Marshall Award to Lula White, a former Freedom Rider
Lula White of New Haven, a former Freedom Rider during the civil rights movement, will receive the Quinnipiac University Black Law Students Association’s (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Award at 7 p.m.on Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the School of Law Center, 370 Bassett Road.

U.S. Attorneys Daly of Conn. and Fishman of N.J. to be featured speakers at Quinnipiac University School of Law Center Feb. 24
U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut the Hon. Deirdre M. Daly and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey the Hon. Paul J. Fishman will be the featured speakers at the discussion, “Wearing …

Texas A&M law professor to discuss negotiation and plea bargaining
Cynthia Alkon, a professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, will present the talk, “Negotiation & Plea Bargaining,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, at the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center, 370 Bassett Road. This event is free and open to the public.

Law panel to discuss race, students’ constitutional rights and the media at American universities
A panel of speakers and representatives from Quinnipiac University, the University of Connecticut and the local media will gather in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Tuesday, Feb. 16, to participate in the “Diversity Town Hall: Navigating Race and the Constitutional Rights of Students and the Media at American Universities.”

Quinnipiac University makes a voluntary payment of $400,000 to the town of North Haven
Quinnipiac University made a voluntary payment of $400,000 to the town of North Haven Monday during a ceremony at the North Haven Town Hall.