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Willimantic, Conn. – On Oct. 17, officials from Cigna, Inc., and Eastern Connecticut State University held a grand opening for Cigna’s expanded internship program on Eastern’s campus. The expanded internship program, an on-campus workspace for students interning with the global health services company, has moved from Winthrop Hall to the more spacious Wickware Planetarium … [Read more...] about Cigna Expands Internship Program at Eastern

Willimantic, Conn – On Nov. 5, Eastern Connecticut State University’s Women’s Center will host a University Hour in the Student Center Theatre from 3-4 p.m. Maryam Elahi, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, will talk to Eastern students about human rights. Elahi is a human rights activist and champion of the rights of women and girls. She … [Read more...] about Maryam Elahi’s Legacy: Human Rights

Willimantic, Conn. – The Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University is holding its second exhibition of the fall semester, “Rosemarie Koczÿ (1939-2007): Process and Realization,” from Oct. 23–Dec. 11. Koczÿ was a childhood witness to the Holocaust who found salvation in art. Deported to a slave labor camp at age three and deprived of family, education, basic needs for … [Read more...] about Rare Exhibit of Holocaust-Witnessed Artist Showing at Akus Gallery

A great new exhibit at the Mill Museum: “Blue Collar, White Collar, Pink Collar: Work Clothes in American History.” The exhibit features 23 outfits (21 on mannequins), 10 hats, and dozens of vintage photographs, most from the Museum’s collection, some borrowed from members of the community. The exhibit traces the evolution of work clothes from the Colonial Era to the 1980s. … [Read more...] about New Exhibit on Work Clothes at the Mill Museum!