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Campus Notes
I.D. student wins international competition
yan Wilson, a University of Bridgeport sophomore
majoring in Industrial Design, won the $3,000 first
prize in the international student competitions sponsored
by the aluminum trade industry's Aluminum Extruders
Council. Wilson, who is from Parkesburg, Pa., won the
competition with a design for a loft bed.
Ryan Wilson |
UB honors BEST in Bridgeport high schools
ridgeport's top 100 high school juniors and 12 students
from Roosevelt and Longfellow schools were honored as
part of the university's BEST program. Superior Court
Judge Barry K. Stevens inspired the audience, explaining
that education had been his lifeline growing up in Norwalk.
He urged the students to "reach high. The sky's the
limit if you go for it.” Student Sam Dalton of Bassick
High School accepted a four-year scholarship to the
university, awarded through UB's partnership with Bridgeport
schools. Three students — Nancy Santiago and Monique
Rivera, both from Roosevelt, and Margarita Jules of
Longfellow — also received scholarships to the university
at the ceremony, attended by 277 students and family
members. The students came from Bassick, Central, Warren
Harding, Bullard Havens Technical, Kolbe Cathedral,
and Bridge Academy.
Bol goes for dunk at UB once again
anute Bol, a Dinka tribe member from Sudan,
came to the university in the fall of 1984. At 7-foot-6
with a 6-foot arm span, he was a presence on campus,
and even more on the basketball court at the Harvey
Hubbell Gymnasium. Bol came back to UB and the Hubbell
Gym in June to run a father-son camp to benefit his
Ring True Foundation, which aids displaced Sudanese
families. Bol was lured away from UB to play for the
Washington Bullets after his phenomenal year at the
university. During his rookie year, he set the NBA record
for blocked shots.
Key education grant
r. Asaad Samaan, School of Education,
won a $116,706 Connecticut Department of Higher Education
grant to continue the Connecticut Collegiate Awareness
and Preparation Program through June of next year. In
classes over the summer and through the school year,
the program provides extra math and science education
to motivated students from low-income families, and
to those who would be the first generation in their
families to go to college. Students from 7th to 12th
grades attend. Seniors who complete the program can
win a four-year college scholarship. Dr. Allen P. Cook
works with Samaan in the program.
Golf Tournament
ut aside time on Oct. 11 and make your reservations
now to play with sports celebrities and heroes
of UB's past. There will be great golf and
raffle prizes, lunch, dinner and fun at the UB
Athletics Golf Tournament, beginning at 11
a.m. at the Whitney Farms Country Club in Monroe. The
price is $150 a player or $550 a foursome. There also
are wonderful sponsorships available for you to advertise
or promote your company. For reservations or details,
call Joe DiPuma, director of athletics,
at (203)576-4735, or John Pizzi,
assistant AD, at (203)576-4725.
Logo
prize
azuko Wu, an Industrial Design student living
in West Haven, won the 75th Anniversary logo contest,
with a design that will be used in some of the Diamond
Jubilee events. President Neil Albert Salonen, in photo
at bottom left, presents Wu with a check for $500 as
her prize. Runner-up was Laura A. McFarland of Weymouth,
Mass.
Kazuko Wu wins logo prize. |
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