Pres. Kaplan Addresses Students about Uncertainties with Fall 2020
Kelly Adkins, Staff Writer
May 5, 2020
As universities across the country are remote learning, students and university workers may be itching to return to business-as-usual in the fall. Northeastern states such as Massachusetts and Maine have extended their “stay-at-home” orders, and Boston University announced their Recovery Plan...
Re-Cap of University Town Hall Meeting Last Week
Hannah Providence, Staff Writer
April 22, 2020
“You guys are now mentoring the mentors and helping the faculty to be online and stay online as well as possible and we thank you for that,” President Kaplan says as he welcomes the students attending the University-wide Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, April 15. He also explains that universities...
Question and Answer with President Kaplan
Anna Downs, Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2019
On Nov. 7, President Kaplan sat down for an in-studio interview with the Charger Bulletin News, conducted by editor-in-chief Anna Downs. The interview covered subjects such as the new Bergami Center for Innovation and Technology as well as housing, and retirement rumors. Q: What can you tell us about...
President Kaplan: Student Media is Like No Other
Steven H. Kaplan, University President
April 24, 2018
A reporter from The Charger Bulletin recently interviewed me for a story about faculty diversity. This gave me a chance to speak with the reporter about the University’s ongoing efforts to diversify our faculty and administration, giving me an opportunity to share this ongoing effort not only with h...
UNH Remembers Former President Phillip S. Kaplan
January 27, 2016
Former University of New Haven President Phillip S. Kaplan passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 16. According to his obituary, Kaplan died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family members. Kaplan died at the age of 85. Kaplan began his work at UNH in 1959 as an economics professor. He later helped...
New Academic Building Plans for Fall 2017
Elissa Sanci
October 28, 2015
During Friday, Oct. 23’s weekly Undergraduate Student Government Association meeting, President Steven Kaplan announced the plans for the construction of a new academic building and glass atrium, which will act as a student activity space on campus. The new building, which will serve as another...
Students stage peaceful protest to save the 4+1 Education Program
The Charger Bulletin
November 12, 2014
By Elissa Sanci, Kaitlin Mahar & Steven Mahoney Undergraduate and graduate students of the University of New Haven staged a peaceful protest today, Wednesday Nov. 12 in the Maxcy Quad at 3:45 p.m. as an attempt to save the 4+1 Education Program, which involves students spending four years in the...
Charging Forward
Elissa Sanci
September 17, 2014
Charging Forward is the University of New Haven’s new initiative meant to prioritize academic and administrative programs and reallocate resources to better the campus community. “Charging Forward is not a cost-cutting effort; it is strategic resource allocation,” said University President St...
Letter to the Editor
President Kaplan
October 9, 2013
In recent years the University has celebrated the naming and renaming of several major facilities on campus. The David A. Beckerman Recreation Center was built and named; the Psychology Building was renovated and renamed the Bartels Student Activity Center; the football stadium was rebuilt and named...
Students Encouraged to “Charge the Vote”
Liana Teixeira
September 7, 2013
College “is where it starts,” said President Kaplan on the importance of the student vote. With the West Haven Democratic primaries fast approaching, Kaplan and other UNH administrators are encouraging registered students to cast their votes. At the Sept. 6 USGA meeting, Kaplan, along w...
Rededication of Hazell Nut Café
Samantha Mathewson
April 24, 2013
President Kaplan recognized Jeff Hazell as one of the University’s most successful graduates during the rededication of the Hazell Nut Café Friday, April 19. The ceremony started at 5:30 p.m. in the Center for Sustainable Innovative Entrepreneurship in Maxcy Hall where refreshments and appetizers wer...
UNH Launches “Charge into the Future” Initiative for West Haven Students
Karen Grava
March 6, 2013
UNH announced last week a partnership with West Haven Public Schools that will provide half-tuition scholarships to high school seniors as well as college preparation programs for middle school and high school students. The partnership, called the “Charge into the Future” program, will provide a half-tuition scholarship for any student graduating from West Haven High School who is admitted as a full-time student to UNH beg...
Back to the Classroom: President and Mrs. Kaplan Take Italian 101
The Charger Bulletin
February 14, 2013
By UNH Today For the first time in nearly 30 years, President Steve Kaplan returned to the classroom as a student during the fall semester to take Italian 101. Joining him for the class was his wife, Anemone Schweizer-Kaplan, and a group of dedicated students on a journey to learn a foreign language. “T...
A Message from President Kaplan
The Charger Bulletin
November 28, 2012
Academic and Administrative Program Prioritization Initiative Dear Campus Community, The University of New Haven has reached a major crossroads in its history. In recent years, the University has thrived by growing student enrollment, adding a number of new academic programs, raising its academic pro...
President Kaplan Addresses Graduate Student Council
Lynn Jenkins, Esq.
November 7, 2012
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, UNH President Steven H. Kaplan gave an unexpected and rather impromptu speech at the general student body meeting for the Graduate Student Council (GSC). President Kaplan spoke to graduate students in the wake of the recent announcement of the University’s acquisition of...
