HCC Prof. To Discuss

Civil War Topics

HCC History Prof. David Koch will discuss several Civil War topics during the remainder of the month. Koch, a regular on the area speaking circuit, will address the following topics at the following venues: March 7, Housatonic Community College, 2 - 3:15 p.m., Civil War Newspapers in Connecticut;  March 11, Trumbull Library, 2 p.m. Animal Mascots of the Civil War; March 13, Trumbull Library, 7 p.m. Connecticut in the Civil War; March 20, Trumbull Library, 7 p.m. The End of the Civil War.For more information, call Koch at 203-332-5170. 

HCC Sets Record

For Spring Enrollment

HCC this semester has set a new Spring enrollment record, registering 6,132 students at its downtown Bridgeport campus. The number represents an increase of some 2.4 percent over the 5,989 students who registered in the Spring of 2011, and a 131 percent increase over the 2,653 who registered in the Fall of 1996, the college's last semester at its old Barnum Avenue campus in the city's East End. With the economic downturn, more people are looking at community colleges as a means of increasing value in higher education as employees are outsourced or downsized and as families tighten their financial belts. Many realize that they can cut their tuition bill in half by going to a community college for two years and then transferring to a four-year school.

Prof., Staffer To Discuss 

GOP Presidential Race

HCC social science professor Henry Schissler and  public relations coordinator Anson Smith will discuss today's Super Tuesday primaries with WICC talk show host Jim Buchanan tonight at 6 p.m. They'll review the GOP presidential race to date and the potential impact the super Tuesday results will have on the candidacies of hopefuls Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. They'll touch on the likelihood of a brokered convention and of a dark horse such as Sarah Palin or Mike Huckabee jumping into the race.

State Police Spokesman

To Visit HCC

Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance will address HCC students during a visit to the college March 8. Vance frequently is quoted by the media on State Police matters and appears regularly on TV and radio shows. He will discuss the Connecticut State Police and law enforcement. The event, sponsored by the college's Criminal Justice Club, begins at 11 a.m. in Room 144 in Beacon Hall. 

87-year-old Art Student

Donates Work to HCC

87-year-old art student Tony Calendrillo of Fairfield has donated a 5' x 7' acrylic color painting to HCC. Calendrillo, shown here explaining his work to HCC student Jenny Low of Bridgeport, is a student in name only, having been creating and selling art for some 65 years. His paintings have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Trumbull City Hall, The Watermark at 3030 Park in Bridgeport, the  Milford Firehouse Gallery, the  Milford Art Center, and the Bridgeport, Fairfield and Case (Orange) Memorial Libraries.