FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ANSON SMITH AT 203-332-5229
NOTE TO EDITORS: Stratford, Milford and Hamden Residents Mentioned.
OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS
HCC’S BEACON HALL GRAND OPENING IS SAT,
OCT 11
BRIDGEPORT – Free workshops will highlight the Grand Opening of Housatonic Community College’s new Beacon Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In an event that also will feature music, refreshments, guided tours of the new 172,000 square-foot building, and an appearance by the New Haven-based internet radio station Ultra Radio, Housatonic Community College faculty will host workshops that will give visitors a taste of college life.
Those workshops include:
- 10:30 a.m. -- Choosing and Using Children’s Literature, Prof. Laurie Noe, Room 223.
- 10:30 a.m. -- Wealth Building 101, Prof. David Brown, Room 362.
- 10:30 a.m. -- Using the Financial Accounting System, Prof. Paul DePietro, Room 363.
- 11:00 a.m. -- Choosing and Using Children’s Literature, Prof. Laurie Noe, Room 223.
- 11:30 a.m. -- Essential Business Applications: QuickBooks & Excel, Profs. Pam Pirog and John Tibor, Room 330.
- 11:30 a.m. -- Poetry and Fiction Reading; Profs. Steve Mark, Aubrey Moncrieffe, Rob Nelson, and Peter Ulisse; Room 222.
- 12:30 p.m. -- Voting: A Rational or Irrational Process? Prof. Madeleine Burbank, Room 265.
- 1:00 p.m. -- The Myth of Online Learning, Prof. Janet Lanci, Room 266.
Music will be provided by The Essentials, a group headed by HCC Prof. Jack Sopchak of Milford, a former police officer in that town. Sopchak began his higher education at Housatonic and is performing for free as a way of giving back to the college that gave him his start.
The band has other Housatonic connections as well. Vocalist Sharon Juhasz of Stratford, a Bridgeport native, is an HCC student while guitarist Myke Ross of Hamden is a former student.
Housatonic is located at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Bridgeport,
less than 150 yards off I-95 (Exit 27) and Rte. 8 (Exit 1), a block
from the Arena at Harbor Yard.
Anson C. Smith, Public Relations Coordinator
Housatonic Community College
900 Lafayette Blvd.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: 203-332-5229, Fax: 203-332-5247
E-mail: asmith@hcc.commnet.edu