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Quinnipiac concludes it’s Strategic Visioning Plan events and looks forward to it’s enactment

When Marie Hardin was announced as the next president of Quinnipiac University, she and her team began what was called Strategic Visioning, a three-step program meant to integrate new vision and mission statements for the next three years.  The third event, Strategic Visioning Part III, took place on Tuesday, March 25, in the Communications, Computing…

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EMERGE CT screens its first feature film for the first time at Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac’s Prison Education and Community Engagement Initiative (PECEI) held a screening for “As We Emerge: Monologues of the Formerly Incarcerated” in the School of Business auditorium March 24. Before the film was made in 2024, the PECEI had been chugging along for nearly a decade. According to Quinnipiac Professor of Social Work Amber Kelly, the…

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The Oscars: Film, Fashion & Freedom ‘Unfiltered Comm-versations’ addresses politics in film

Mary Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Film, Television and Media Arts said society is living in a “world that’s on fire.” And while many may escape to the movie theaters to block out the noise, often times the big screen mirrors reality anyway. Quinnipiac University’s School of Communications’ Diversity Committee held its newest edition of “Unfiltered…

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QU’s Student Social Justice club hosts Peruvian filmmaker Sisa Quispe

Quinnipiac University’s Student Social Justice club kicked off March by welcoming emerging Peruvian filmmaker Sisa Quispe to campus. Quispe, whose work has received support from the Latino Film Institute and Netflix and won the 2023 Gotham Student Short Film Showcase award, screened two of her short films in the Piazza of the Student Center before…

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How the Cheshire-Quinnipiac Transition Collaborative prepares disabled students for a postsecondary life

When you enter the front doors of Quinnipiac’s North Haven campus, you see a two-story staircase to your right, a public safety booth straight ahead and an entrance to the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine to your left.  However, if you go straight past the public safety booth, past the auditorium, a left and…