Central Connecticut State University Years of Establishment:
1849 |
Affiliated To:
Northeast Conference
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Contact Details
Contact No:860-832-(2278)
Email: Bachoor@ccsu.edu , Porterak@ccsu.edu
Website: http://www.ccsu.edu/
Location:Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT 06050
Description
Central Connecticut State University is a regional, comprehensive public university dedicated to learning in the liberal arts and sciences and to education for the professions. Comprising five schools-Arts & Sciences, Business, Education & Professional Studies, Engineering & Technology, and Graduate Studies-CCSU offers undergraduate and graduate programs through the Master's and sixth-year levels and the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. Committed to offering Connecticut citizens access to distinctive academic programs of high quality, the University is also a responsive and creative intellectual and economic resource for the people and institutions of our state's Capitol Region. More than 85 percent of CCSU graduates remain in Connecticut, contributing to the intellectual, cultural, and economic health of the state.
CCSU is, above all else, a vibrant learning-centered community dedicated to teaching and to scholarship. Education at the undergraduate and graduate level balances academic challenge and personal support, leading students to become thoughtful, responsible, and successful citizens. A network of study-abroad opportunities, overseas inter-institutional arrangements, and other internationally focused educational programming prepares students to become "global citizens," responsive to a world of cultural differences and able to succeed in an increasingly international marketplace.
The faculty's commitment to scholarly inquiry ensures the intellectual vitality of our classrooms.
The University is led by President John W. Miller, its 12th president.
The Student Center is a state of the art facility, renovated in 2000, and is considered "the living room" of our campus community. The 80,000 square feet of space provides our University community with quality meeting, dining and programming space. The Student Center is also the heart of campus activities, as it houses the offices of Student Government, Central Activities Network, the Mosaic Center, the Women's Center, the Student Activities/Leadership Development Office (SA/LD), as well as other student organization offices.
The Student Center offers a food court, an expanded Bookstore, an Achieve Financial Credit Union branch, and serves as the home for the Campus Blue Chip Card Office. There is a student mailbox area where all resident and many commuter students have their own postal box. You can study in the many lounges or meet there with friends. If you want to relax, the Breakers Game Room offers eight tournament billiard tables, electronic amusements, board games and sports televisions.
We invite all recognized student organizations and campus departments to utilize the Student Center for meetings or programs. You can call the Central Reservations Office at (860) 832-1964 or stop by our office near the Information Desk. Our Event Coordinators can assist with all of your facility and service needs for events. Find out what's going on today, or this week online!
The Student Center also recognizes its role as the primary provider of many services to the commuting student and emphasizes this role in the delivery of these services to the campus. Click here to check our hours of operation.
Featured Faculty
The University has a full-time faculty of 400 members, more than 75 percent of whom possess the doctorate; additionally, some 400 part-time instructors offer a variety of distinctive educational and professional experiences. CCSU faculty excel in teaching. Professor of Astronomy Kristine Larsen, for example, was a co-winner of the University's Teaching Excellence Award and was selected by the Hartford Courant as one of six "Great Profs in Connecticut." And, in the School of Engineering & Technology, Professor Karen Tracey was nationally recognized as an "Outstanding Industrial Technology Professor." CCSU faculty have earned Ph.D.s at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, Duke, the universities of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, and Indiana, Tufts, Brown, Rensselaer, New York University, and a number of other world-class institutions. A nationally recognized hallmark of the CCSU faculty is the close working relationships established between students and professor, often leading to collaborative publications or joint presentations.
