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{{short description|Private university in West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.}}

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{{Infobox university

| name = University of Hartford

| image = University of Hartford coat of arms.svg

| image_size = 150

| motto = Ad humanitatem

| motto_lang = Latin

| mottoeng = To Humanity

| established = {{start date and age|1957}}

| type = Private university

| academic_affiliations = NAICU{{cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|title=NAICU – Member Directory|website=naicu.edu|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archive-date=November 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Space-grant

| accreditation = NECHE

| endowment = $194 million (2024){{cite web |url=https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/aiming-for-long-term-tenure-new-uhart-president-ward-focuses-on-restoring-financial |title=Aiming for long-term tenure, new UHart president Ward focuses on restoring financial stability, enrollment growth |first=Michael |last=Puffer |work=Hartford Business Journal |date=August 5, 2024 |accessdate=March 5, 2025}}

| president = Lawrence P. Ward

| administrative_staff = 718

| enrollment = 5,740{{cite web |url= https://www.hartford.edu/about/why-uhart/glance.aspx |title=At a Glance |website=hartford.edu |access-date=March 3, 2023}}

| undergrad = 3,977

| postgrad = 1,763

| city = West Hartford

| state = Connecticut

| country = United States

| campus = Suburban

| campus_size = {{Convert|350|acre}}

| sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division III{{efn|group=division|Scheduled to reclassify to Division III no later than September 1, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/2021/05/07/hartford-hawks-athletics-drop-division-iii-ncaa|title=University of Hartford Votes to Drop Athletic Department to Division III|website=Sports Illustrated|date=May 6, 2021|accessdate=May 7, 2021}}}} Conference of New England

| colors = {{college color list|team=Hartford Hawks}}

| nickname = Hawks

| mascot = Howie the Hawk

| website = {{URL|https://www.hartford.edu/|hartford.edu}}

| logo = University of Hartford wordmark.svg

| logo_size = 250

}}

The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its {{convert|350|acre|km2|adj=on}} main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.University of Hartford Accreditation http://admission.hartford.edu/studying/accreditation.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816081735/http://admission.hartford.edu/studying/accreditation.php |date=August 16, 2010 }}

History

The University of Hartford was chartered through the joining of the Hartford Art School, Hillyer College, and The Hartt School in 1957.{{cite web|title=University of Hartford|url=http://www.hartford.edu/}}

In 2021, University of Hartford announced it will begin the process to move all of its 17 athletic programs from Division I to Division III. Students and alumni from the University of Hartford attempted to sue the university, claiming that the university "reneged on its commitment" to the student-athletes. The university filed its intent to move to Division III in January 2022 and is expected to become a member of DIII no later than September 1, 2025, unless the move is halted in the courts.{{cite web | url=https://www.fox61.com/article/sports/uhart-student-athlete-managers-sue-over-decision-move-division-i-division-iii/520-500d6dfb-7007-4700-8ecc-5cb2db7f8018 | title=UHart student-athletes, managers sue over decision to move to DIII | date=July 20, 2021 }}

Academics

{{Infobox US university ranking

| Forbes = 542

| USNWR_NU = 304

| USNWR_W =

| Wamo_NU = 434

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| QS_W = 801–1000

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colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hartford Hawks|color=#ffffff}}" |National Program Rankings{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-hartford-1422/overall-rankings |title=University of Hartford - Overall Rankings |date=April 9, 2024 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=November 8, 2024 }}
Program

! Ranking

Engineering78
Nursing345

The University of Hartford has fewer than 6,000 full-time and part-time graduate and undergraduate students. The university offers 82 bachelor's degree programs, 10 associate degrees, 28 graduate degrees, and 7 certificates or diplomas. The student-faculty ratio is 9:1.{{cite web|url=http://new.hartford.edu/academics/default.aspx |title=Academics | University of Hartford |publisher=New.hartford.edu |access-date=April 9, 2016}} The university's academics are organized into seven schools and colleges.{{cite web |url=https://www.hartford.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/default.aspx|title=University of Hartford Schools and Colleges|publisher=University of Hartford|accessdate=July 24, 2024}}

Campus

=Gengras Student Union=

File:Gengras Student Union, University of Hartford, 2009-08-31.jpg

Gengras Student Union houses the student government, the university post office, student organizations including the student newspaper The Informer and the Student Television Network (STN), a cafeteria, a convenience store, and the Gengras food court, featuring Einstein Bros. Bagels, Burger Studio, and Moe's. A major renovation of the Gengras Student Union began in early 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.high-profile.com/slam-completes-multiple-projects-university-hartford/|title=SLAM Completes Multiple Projects at the University of Hartford|date=January 23, 2018|publisher=HIGH PROFILE|access-date= July 26, 2018}}

=The Harry Jack Gray Center=

Centrally located on campus, the Harry Jack Gray Center houses the Mortensen Library and the Allen Memorial Library.{{cite web |url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20160613/PRINTEDITION/306089944/uhart-begins-106m-mortensen-library-redo|title=UHart begins $10.6M Mortensen Library redo|publisher=Hartford Business.com|access-date= July 22, 2018}} Also located here are the Joseloff Gallery, the university bookstore, the School of Communications, the Visual Communication Design Department, the Department of Architecture, WWUH (91.3 MHz FM) radio station, the Wilde Auditorium, the Kent McCray Television Studio, the Gray Conference Center, the Museum of Jewish Civilization, and the 1877 Club restaurant. It was the former home of the Museum of American Political Life, which housed the second largest collection of political memorabilia in the United States after the Smithsonian.{{cite web |url=http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-dewitt-collection-0429-20160428-story.html|title=More Doubts, Opposition To Sale Of Unique, Hartford Collection Of Political History|date=April 28, 2016 |publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date= August 12, 2018}}

=Alfred C. Fuller Music Center=

{{main|University of Hartford Hartt School}}

File:Millard Auditorium.jpg

The main Hartt School Complex, the center is composed of Millard Auditorium, Paranov Hall, and O'Connell Hall, a one-story extension of Paronov Hall. Originally, Abrahms Hall was included in the Fuller Complex. A renovation of Millard Auditorium was completed in 2017.

=Beatrice Fox Auerbach Hall=

{{main|Barney School of Business}}

File:Auerbach Hall 2019.jpg

Auerbach Hall is named after businesswoman Beatrice Fox Auerbach. It is one of the largest academic buildings on campus and is home to the Barney School of Business. During the 2018–19 academic year, Auerbach Hall underwent a major renovation which included a 10,000-square-foot addition for the Barney School including additional classrooms and a trading room.{{cite web |url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20170306/PRINTEDITION/303029963/uhart-biz-school-eyes-52m-expansion |title= UHart biz school eyes $5.2M expansion|publisher=Hartford Business.com|access-date= June 3, 2018}}

=Hillyer Hall=

Built in 1962, Hillyer Hall was the first classroom building on campus. Hillyer Hall is home to the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, and Hillyer College. In 2012, the Shaw Center was completed to provide additional classrooms and offices for Hillyer College. The building is named after John C. "Jay" Shaw (Class of '74) and wife Debi of Greenwich, who donated $1.5 million to the project.{{cite web |url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20120913/NEWS01/120919893/uharts-hillyer-college-debuts-new-shaw-center|title=UHart's Hillyer College debuts new Shaw Center|publisher=Hartford Business.com|access-date=January 21, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.slamcoll.com/portfolio/university-of-hartford-shaw-center-at-hillier-college.htm|title= The SLAM Collaborative|access-date=June 3, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/2011/06/06/cornerstones-university-of-hartford-making-4-million-addition-to-hillyer-hall/|title=Cornerstones: University of Hartford Making $4 Million Addition To Hillyer Hall|publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date=June 21, 2018}}

=University High School of Science and Engineering=

{{main|University High School of Science and Engineering}}

This public magnet high school, formerly located on the university's Albany Avenue campus, is now located on the east side of the campus. The University High School was established in 2004 as a partnership of the Hartford Public Schools, the University of Hartford, and the Capitol Region Education Council. It is based on the early college initiative mode: University High School students are able to earn college credits while they attend high school. The high school enrolls two hundred students, seventy percent of whom are from Hartford. The other thirty percent come from towns in central Connecticut. Students are selected through a lottery from a pool of applicants, as required by the state of Connecticut.

=Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center=

File:MortHandelHall.jpg

Dedicated in 2008, the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center is a {{convert|55000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}facility that is the instructional home for collegiate and Community Division students studying theatre, Musical Theater and Dance at the Hartt School. It contains five dance studios, four theatre rehearsal studios, three vocal studios, and two black box theatres, as well as faculty offices, a community room, and a cafe.{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/2007/12/16/ex-dealership-nearly-ready-for-close-up/|title=Ex-dealership Nearly Ready For Close-up|publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date=June 16, 2018}}

=Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion=

{{main|Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion}}

Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is home to the men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team. Opened in 1990, the arena is named in honor of the Chase Family in West Hartford.{{cite web |url=http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-david-chase-hartford-legacy-20160603-story.html|title=David T. Chase Remembered For Shaping Hartford Skyline, Co-Founding Holocaust Memorial Museum|date=June 4, 2016 |publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=June 24, 2018}} Included in the building is the Mary Baker Stanley Pool and the university's athletic administration offices. Entertainment at the arena has included Girl Talk, Wale, and Ludacris. Past visiting politicians include Governor Dannel P. Malloy, former President Bill Clinton,{{cite web |url=https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Clinton-stumps-for-Malloy-in-governor-s-race-12105499.php|title=Clinton stumps for Malloy in governor's race|date=November 2010|publisher=THE REGISTER CITIZEN|access-date=June 10, 2018}} and President Barack Obama.{{cite web |url=http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/04/08/at-university-of-hartford-president-calls-for-congressional-vote-on-gun-control/|title=At University Of Hartford, President Calls For Congressional Vote On Gun Control|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=June 10, 2018}}

=Asylum Avenue Campus=

{{main|Hartford College for Women}}

Located {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} west of downtown Hartford, and once home to the Hartford College for Women, it now includes academic classrooms and graduate student campus housing in fourteen townhouses and Johnson House. It contains a cafeteria, computer lab, and studio space.{{cite web |url= http://www.courant.com/real-estate/property-line/hc-uconn-hartford-conn--law-school-apartments-20140904-story.html|title=Former College Campus In Hartford's West End May Be Converted To Student Apartments|publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=June 10, 2018}}

Organization and administration

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|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022

Race and ethnicity{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of Hartford|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?129525-University-of-Hartford |publisher=United States Department of Education |access-date=September 22, 2023}}

! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total

White

|align=right| {{bartable|50|%|2

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Black

|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2

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Hispanic

|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2

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Foreign national

|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2

background:orange}}
Asian

|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2

background:purple}}
Other{{efn|Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.}}

|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2

background:brown}}
colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Economic diversity
Low-income{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.}}

|align=right| {{bartable|29|%|2

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Affluent{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.}}

|align=right| {{bartable|71|%|2

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=List of university presidents=

  1. Vincent B. Coffin (1959–1967)
  2. Archibald M. Woodruff (1967–1977)
  3. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (1977–1988)
  4. Humphrey Tonkin (1989–1998)
  5. Walter Harrison (1998–2017)
  6. Gregory S. Woodward (2017–2023)
  7. Stephen Mulready (2023–2024)
  8. Lawrence P. Ward (2024–present)

=A cappella groups=

Such groups at the University of Hartford are governed by the A Cappella Coalition and hold auditions at the beginning of each year for new members.

  • L'shir{{cite web|url=http://www.lshir.com/|title=L'News|website=www.lshir.com|access-date=March 30, 2018}}
  • Hawkapella{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkapella.com|title=Welcome to Hawkapella.com!|website=Hawkapella|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040647/http://www.hawkapella.com/|archive-date=March 31, 2018|url-status=dead}}
  • Uharmonies
  • HartAttack{{cite web|url=http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/camendola/HartAttack/Home.html/|title=HartAttack|website=hartford.edu|access-date=March 30, 2018}}

=Music for a Change=

:Launched in the spring of 2000, the Music for a Change benefit concert series raises money for Greater Hartford charities and nonprofit organizations. Headliners have included Arlo Guthrie, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Art Garfunkel, Aztec Two-Step, Citizen Cope, Dionne Warwick, George Winston, Jonathan Edwards, Kris Kristofferson, Marc Cohn, Pat Metheny, Richie Havens, Shawn Colvin, Susan Tedeschi, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, The Wailers, and Wynton Marsalis.{{cite web|title=MUSIC for a CHANGE|url=http://www.hartford.edu/mfac/index.asp|publisher=University of Hartford|access-date=May 27, 2010}}

=Greek life=

There are several fraternities and sororities on campus.

Athletics

{{Main|Hartford Hawks}}

Hartford participates in the NCAA Division III in the Conference of New England. The university fields 20 varsity sports. They formerly participated in the Division I America East Conference until the 2023–4 academic year.{{cite web |url=https://www.hartford.edu/about/athletics-transition.aspx |title=Athletics Transition |access-date=March 24, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324210915/https://www.hartford.edu/about/athletics-transition.aspx |archive-date=March 24, 2025}}

===Men's sports===

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Indoor and outdoor track & field
  • Tennis

===Women's sports===

  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Field hockey
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse{{cite web |url=http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-hartford-women-lacrosse-added-1030-20151029-story.html |title=University of Hartford Athletics Adds Women's Lacrosse, Discontinues Men's and Women's Tennis |date=October 29, 2015 |publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date=June 17, 2018 }}
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Indoor and outdoor track & field
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball{{cite web|publisher=NCAA|title=University of Hartford Athletics |url=https://www.ncaa.com/schools/hartford|access-date=January 20, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-university-of-hartford-goes-div-iii-20210507-jva2n5pi5nfvvnt2wyr2cz3jde-story.html |title=University of Hartford Board of Regents votes to move from Division I to Division III in athletics |first1=Lori |last1=Riley |first2=Alex |last2=Putterman |work=Hartford Courant |date=May 6, 2021 |accessdate=May 10, 2021}}

Student media

{{main|WWUH}}

=WSAM student-run radio=

Founded on February 2, 1974, WSAM is the university's only student-run radio station. It streams its radio shows online through Mixlr.{{Cite web|url=https://mixlr.com/wsam-radio/|title = WSAM Radio on Mixlr}} It hosts annual concerts such as Live from the Lawn every opening weekend and a Halloween show every Halloween weekend.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/wsamradio/ | title=WSAM Alternative Radio (@wsamradio) • Instagram photos and videos }}

=''The Informer'' – student newspaper=

With a legacy from The Hillyer Callboard, the student newspaper of Hillyer College, dating from the 1920s, the Informer is the official student newspaper of the University of Hartford. It is published weekly.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

=Student Television Network – STN Channel 2=

The Student Television Network is a completely student-run station that broadcasts on stn2.tv and their YouTube page. Founded by then-graduate student Chuck King and a group of interested students in 1993, STN became a popular student organization. Though separate from the School of Communication, it provides relevant experience for students pursuing careers in television. STN started its weekly news program broadcast, "STN Channel 2 News," on February 9, 1993. Currently, new broadcasts are live once a week and then played throughout the week. In addition to weekly news broadcasts, STN produces and broadcasts several live Hartford Hawks sports productions throughout the year, and hosts a number of other student-created programs.{{cite web|title=Student Television Network at the University of Hartford |url=http://stn2.tv/}}

Notable alumni

Currently the university has over 94,000 alumni worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://www.hartford.edu/alumni/alumni-network/default.aspx|title=ALUMNI NETWORK|access-date= December 30, 2018}}

File:Jeff Bagwell 2009 (cropped).jpg|Jeff Bagwell

File:Lipofsky-Vin Baker.jpg|Vin Baker

File:Matt Bessette.jpg|Matt Bessette

File:Alex Briley (cropped).jpg|Alex Briley

File:JavierColon197px2011-11-15.jpg|Javier Colon

File:Cordani Cropped.jpg|David Cordani

File:SignGuyDudley2000.png|Lou D'Angeli

File:ADM Joxel Garcia.jpg|Joxel Garcia

File:Marin Ireland 2014.jpg|Marin Ireland

File:JRL with Paltrow.JPG|Justin Ross Lee

File:Tony Leone with Ollabelle.jpg|Tony Leone

File:Mia Love Congressional Photo.jpg|Mia Love

File:Richard Neal official photo (cropped).jpg|Richard Neal (D-MA){{cite web |url=https://neal.house.gov/about/|title=Biography|publisher=house.gov |accessdate=September 22, 2023}}

File:Sean Newcomb, Sept 18 2018.jpg|Sean Newcomb

Pedro Segarra (61399).jpg|Pedro Segarra

Kimora Lee in Kouture (1) (cropped).jpg|Kimora Lee Simmons

Jack Swigert.jpg|Jack Swigert

Dionne Warwick- Don't Make Me Over (10-23-21) NEG 2900 (51624647349) (cropped).jpg|Dionne Warwick

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  • [https://hartfordhawks.com/ Athletics website]

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