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Observer, Fall 2004

Topping Off ISET

President Harrison signed the last beam put in place for the university's $34 million Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology Complex during a "topping-off" ceremony on Sept. 2, signaling the successful end of the steel erection phase of the construction project. Officials from Shawmut Design and Construction in Boston, the project's general contractor, joined university administrators, faculty, and staff at the event.

Summer in the City

For Mike Opuszynski '06 of the School of Engineering, Lisa Roden '04 of the Hartford Art School, and Lisa Cenotti '04 of the Ward School of Technology, the summer of 2003 was memorable-but not in the way you might think. They didn't travel the world or meet the loves of their lives. In fact, they spent their summer on the streets of Bloomfield, Conn.

Dispatches from the Road

Sam Skinner '85, director of international admission, reflects on the challenges to be faced in the increasingly competitive arena of international recruitment.

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Crossing the Pond

Since 1987, the very best students of each graduating class at the University of Hartford have vied for an extraordinary experience: a full scholarship for two years of study at the University of Oxford in England.

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