Category: Education
Students Sit On Floor on Two Overcrowded North Haven Busses, Prompting District To Add Bus
[box]by Ann DeMatteo / Register Staff[/box] Two school buses were overfilled with students from North Haven High and Middle schools Wednesday, apparently forcing some to sit on the floor, but the situation was quickly resolved, …
By Chris on August 30, 2012
North Haven Resident Appointed to the Founding Faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at QU
Richard A. Gonzalez, of North Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an assistant professor of medical sciences, Gonzalez is responsible for teaching human …
By Chris on August 14, 2012
QU Students Work With Town Governments As Part of Fellowship
[box]Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson, left, Tori Rice, of Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; Ashley Hartle, of Bellefonte, Penn.; Jenna Pederson, of Wilton, Maine; Kristen Daniels, of Shelton; Susan Riello, of Hamden; and Scott McLean, professor of political science at Quinnipiac University. …
By Chris on August 3, 2012
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at QU Receives $100,000 Grant
[box]A rendering of a laboratory in the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. The medical school is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2013 on Quinnipiac’s North Haven Campus.[/box] The …
By Chris on August 1, 2012
Parents Oppose Busing Changes in North Haven
[box]by By Ann DeMatteo / New Haven Register[/box] The Board of Education Thursday night received a petition signed by 236 people opposed to a new school bus schedule and want it tossed. The petition was started …
By Chris on July 16, 2012
Primary Care To Be Job One For New Medical School
[box]by Kathleen Megan / The Hartford Courant[/box] In a year, Quinnipiac University expects to open the third medical school in the state to help ease a dramatic shortage of primary care doctors and to create a new …
By Chris on July 13, 2012
2012 NHSC Scholarship Recipients Announced
Congratulations to Chris Musco and Alex Longobardi, the 2012 NHSC scholarship recipients! The North Haven Soccer Club recently awarded $500 scholarships to two graduating high school seniors who are members of the soccer club. The …
By Chris on June 28, 2012
North Haven Eliminates Twenty-Six School Jobs
[box]By Ann DeMatteo / New Haven Register[/box] The jobs of 18 part-time school paraprofessionals and eight full-time tutors have been eliminated. Superintendent of Schools Robert D. Cronin said Monday the people were laid off because …
By Chris on June 26, 2012
Many Students Back North Haven High School In Flap Over Graduation Speech
[box]By Alessandro Powell / New Haven Register[/box] Collectively, the North Haven High School class of 2012 has little sympathy for its president, Molly Gambardella, in her bid to speak at graduation. When she stopped attending …
By Chris on June 20, 2012
QU Receives Grant to Provide Scholarships for Underrepresented Nursing Students
Quinnipiac University announced today that it has received a $50,000 grant to be used as scholarship money for students traditionally underrepresented in nursing. The grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association …
By Chris on June 19, 2012
North Haven School Board Revamps Busing Schedule
[box]by Ann DeMatteo / New Haven Register[/box] The Board of Education has adopted a two-tiered transportation system aimed at bringing secondary students to school closer to the schools’ start times. A by-product could be a savings …
By Chris on June 15, 2012