News release from the University of Bridgeport: UB students start returning to residence halls as campus prepares for Red Cross storm-relief fundraiser Power is on, Marina Dining Hall is open, and students who were sheltered during the storm may return to their residence halls, said campus officials, who credited massive coordinated efforts for the speedy [...]
Entries Tagged as 'George Estrada'
Following Storm, UB Back In Action
November 1st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Tags: George Estrada·Mary-Jane Foster·Sacred Heart University·University of Bridgeport
Charter Revision Leaders Take Issue With CT Post’s ‘Accusations’
August 23rd, 2012 · 18 Comments · Education, News and Events
Cathleen Simpson and George Estrada, chair and co-chair respectively of the Charter Revision Commission created by Mayor Bill Finch and the City Council, assert in an op-ed piece published by the Connecticut Post that the paper misses the mark on the commission’s work. The commission has fashioned a question that seeks a thumbs up or [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Cathy Simpson·CT Post·George Estrada·Keila Torres Ocasio
Your Chance To Speak About Charter Revision
March 18th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
The Charter Revision Commission will conduct a public hearing Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace. What’s on your mind? The panel has been focusing on education initiatives and likely will send to the City Council for approval a question that asks voters to choose between elected or appointed school board positions, [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Cathy Simpson·George Estrada·John Fabrizi·Mary Moran·Mary-Jane Foster·Ruben Felipe·University of Bridgeport
Mayor Finch’s Olive Branch To The University Of Bridgeport
February 17th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
The University of Bridgeport is an unsung jewel in the city: it employs hundreds, educates thousands with an economic impact in the countless millions. It’s the reason the South End of the city hasn’t imploded. The reason the annual Gathering of the Vibes music festival has an infrastructure for existence. The reason countless needy local kids have [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dick Blumenthal·Gathering of the Vibes·George Estrada·Mary-Jane Foster·University of Bridgeport·Webster Bank Arena
Mayor Addresses Charter Revision Commission, Says Current Education Model Doesn’t Work
February 15th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Education
Mayor Bill Finch Tuesday night urged the Charter Revision Commission that he empaneled to modernize the city charter with an emphasis on transforming the Board of Education from an elected body to either one appointed or a hybrid of the two. Whatever the commission decides must be cleared by the City Council and submitted to [...]
UBelong Together, Post Chronicles Finch’s Frost Toward University
November 25th, 2012 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The University of Bridgeport banners lining Park Avenue at the seaside campus read: “A World of Opportunities.” For Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, UB’s 56 acres, 4,877 students and 900 employees might as well be a world away, not in the city’s South End.
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