Public Safety is tracking a significant snowfall that will be arriving in our area late Sunday morning (Jan. 25). It will snow heavily throughout the day and evening eventually tapering off Monday (Jan. 26) with 10-14 inches expected statewide. A sleet and freezing rain mix is also possible along the shore. Temperatures will be in the teens and twenties.
Due to this significant winter storm and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place, all in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026 have been cancelled. All scheduled in-person classes will transition to being held online or remotely. Additional information on the virtual format for each class will be provided by your instructor.
Faculty have been asked to prepare for Online or Remote sessions in the event of in-person meeting cancellations. These options will be determined by the Faculty member and all questions should be directed to the Faculty teaching each course section. Faculty also have been asked to be very understanding and accommodating of the individual situations of their students who may have difficulty managing these alternative online or remote class meetings on short notice.
Please note that only essential employees, as previously determined by their respective department leaders, should report to campus. All other employees should fulfill the requirements of their role remotely.
Campus operations for residential students, unless otherwise noted, will operate as scheduled, though hours may be modified or changed based on the conditions. Separate messages will be sent from the Peterson Library, the Beckerman Recreation Center, and Dining Services regarding any changes to their normal hours of operation. The Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will remain open for residential students to use for study space and to participate in online classes.
Off-campus students that live in the City of West Haven should abide by the city’s parking ban during inclement weather to avoid having their vehicle tagged and towed. Please check the City of West Haven’s website for further information on their snow parking ban.
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After a successful, four-year career in finance in India, Swetha Rajasekaran ’20 MBA decided the University’s MBA with a STEM concentration in Financial Analytics would open more doors for her. It did.
April 27, 2020
By 2016, Swetha Rajasekaran ’20 MBA already had some impressive finance experience under her belt. In her home country of India, she was a wealth management and business analyst for Credit Suisse, following a stint at KPMG.
"I had great learning and exposure to the financial industry while working for a Big 4 company and an international bank," she explained. "But I wanted to build on that learning and earn a management degree. I believed this would boost my career goals and aid in self-development."
That’s when she learned about the University of New Haven.
"I was intrigued by the MBA program that the University offered," she said. "It was a perfect but rare combination of what I wanted to pursue — finance and analytics together."
The University’s proximity to New York, the financial hub of the U.S., particularly appealed to Rajasekaran. Discovering that the program’s Financial Analytics concentration was STEM-designated were the clincher, she said. She quickly decided that the University of New Haven was where she wanted to be.
"Communication is the key when it comes to interviews, and I feel the networking events hosted by the University of New Haven, helped me tremendously."Swetha Rajasekaran ’20 MBA
Once she got to West Haven and became immersed in the program, she found even more to like.
"The courses offered great variety and focused on topics such as corporate finance, managerial accounting, statistical modeling, strategic management, and economics for managers," she enthused. "It also gave me an opportunity to learn, and work with, analytics tools such as R, SQL, and Tableau, which was helpful in transitioning to the business analytics world.
"I had an opportunity to work with an actual client, as well, which gave me a sense of industry standards and requirements," Rajasekaran added. Her professors brought even more value to the program. According to Rajasekaran, they were some of the finest she had ever come across, supporting and guiding her all the way through the program.
Rajasekarana received her degree in January 2020 and immediately began applying for positions.
"I never lifted my foot off the pedal," she said. "I just kept applying to jobs all around the country."
Over the winter, she received a call from CVS Health in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a position as a senior analytics consultant.
"I had four rounds of interviews with my manager and senior director, all by phone," she said, explaining that the coronavirus pandemic precluded flying out to Arizona for an in-person interview. In March, CVS offered her the position, and she has since relocated to the Southwest.
"The courses offered great variety and focused on topics."Swetha Rajasekaran ’20 MBA
"Communication is the key when it comes to interviews, and I feel the networking events hosted by the University of New Haven, helped me tremendously."
In the end, COVID-19 also had something to say about her start date at CVS. Not when she started, but where. She’s been working from home since her first day on the job. In the final analysis, she’s exactly where she wants to be — working for an innovative, nationally renowned company, doing what she loves to do best.
Her advice to future graduates? "Don’t lose hope if you don’t get a job before you graduate. It took me two months to land a job after I graduated. Keep trying, and make use of the networking events at the University."
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University News
New University-wide council will advance strategic partnerships, immersive student opportunities, and innovative research, supporting the University’s strategic plan the development of its pioneering Center for Innovation and Applied Technology.
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Entrepreneur David Sussman, Pompea College of Business Advisory Board Member and chief visionary officer of The Family Security Plan®, is collaborating with University of New Haven students, faculty, and staff to create a program and app that helps Chargers support each other to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It’s called Uccountability.
University News
Vice President for Innovation and Applied Technology Paul Lavoie will serve on the Board of Directors and as America’s Chief Manufacturing Officer for the newly launched American Manufacturing Futures Institute.