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CCS Begins New Path
Madeline Ward
Issue date: 9/18/06 Section: News
Students and Faculty gathered at the North Reading Room in Wilbur Cross Friday to celebrate the birth of the Academic Partnership Program for Emerging Fields. The meeting was to address the new direction that the Center for Continuing Studies (CCS) will be taking after last year's reorganization.
The reorganization is designed to focus on interdisciplinary studies and allowing CCS students to work with academic partners. This will allow adult students to work outside their own majors and allow them to have real world experience.
It is also an excellent opportunity to help serve the community through local partnerships. Philip Austin was first to speak, ending with the inspirational words, "The objective is not to build monuments- it is to give students the best education."
The most important issue is giving people more access to higher education, according to Denise Merrill, graduate of the BSG program and State Representative for the 54th district in the Connecticut legislature.
Provost Peter J. Nichols regaled the crowd with a story about his sister in England who, through a series of unfortunate events, could not continue her high school education. When she came to America she was able to get her G.E.D. and go on to college. She is now the chair of the nursing department at the University of Illinois.
"CCS is an academic partnership. An exciting opportunity for the faculty to work on new and innovative programs in emerging areas that otherwise might not be possible," Susan Nesbitt, the Interim Director for CCS, said.
"The quality of education at UConn is excellent. CSS is destined to grow," Paul Blackman said in the closing remarks.
"We are seeing more interdisciplinary studies. The studies are becoming much more integrated, more than we ever could have imagined," Scott Kennedy, director of research and instruction for the University libraries, said. "There are more non-traditional than departmental programs which is providing for a better education for the adult student."
"The school of Fine Arts is very involved in local artistic endeavors. Adult students add so much to the class, in fact, they often raise the level of the class, and we hope that it will continue," Ted Yungclas, the assistant dean of fine arts, said.
The reorganization is designed to focus on interdisciplinary studies and allowing CCS students to work with academic partners. This will allow adult students to work outside their own majors and allow them to have real world experience.
It is also an excellent opportunity to help serve the community through local partnerships. Philip Austin was first to speak, ending with the inspirational words, "The objective is not to build monuments- it is to give students the best education."
The most important issue is giving people more access to higher education, according to Denise Merrill, graduate of the BSG program and State Representative for the 54th district in the Connecticut legislature.
Provost Peter J. Nichols regaled the crowd with a story about his sister in England who, through a series of unfortunate events, could not continue her high school education. When she came to America she was able to get her G.E.D. and go on to college. She is now the chair of the nursing department at the University of Illinois.
"CCS is an academic partnership. An exciting opportunity for the faculty to work on new and innovative programs in emerging areas that otherwise might not be possible," Susan Nesbitt, the Interim Director for CCS, said.
"The quality of education at UConn is excellent. CSS is destined to grow," Paul Blackman said in the closing remarks.
"We are seeing more interdisciplinary studies. The studies are becoming much more integrated, more than we ever could have imagined," Scott Kennedy, director of research and instruction for the University libraries, said. "There are more non-traditional than departmental programs which is providing for a better education for the adult student."
"The school of Fine Arts is very involved in local artistic endeavors. Adult students add so much to the class, in fact, they often raise the level of the class, and we hope that it will continue," Ted Yungclas, the assistant dean of fine arts, said.
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