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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My internship this summer has given me an opportunity to play an integral role in a local business’s rebranding, while enabling me to explore new areas in the field of communication.
Aug 16, 2021
After I encountered some challenges finding an internship, I saw an opportunity to use my own connections that I had already established to essentially create my own internship. Connecticut-based SuperCharged Racing, the largest multi-level, indoor karting facility in the world, is in a bit of a “rebuilding and rebranding” phase, and there are a lot of moving parts that I’ve been tasked with documenting, and I’m very excited for the challenge.
While my work has an obvious direct correlation to my video production degree, I’m also getting a bit of a taste in the marketing and analytics aspect of communications that I haven’t really studied so far. Understanding the demographics of who is consuming the media content I’m creating, especially for a large business, is pivotal in a way I’ve never really considered.
By the end of my internship, I hope to have a portfolio to display my videography skills. I also hope to develop intangible skills, such as working under strict deadlines and working in a setting outside of a classroom.
Looking back, my first week on the job felt very successful, to say the least. Within that time period, I created the second and third-most liked posts on SuperCharged’s Instagram, created a semi-viral TikTok video that gained us more than 150 new followers, and began production on not only one, but two long-form projects. It was a lot of work, but it was very rewarding to see my hard work pay off so quickly.
On my first day, I kept telling myself, “if this is what my post-grad work life is going to be, then I made the right choice.” The thing I love most about video production is that it’s really and truly such a rewarding field. I love the process of building a video and putting it together in postproduction, and this internship is offering me that in abundance.
To be a team player is to momentarily put aside personal goals to fully commit oneself to a collective goal. A good soccer player doesn’t care about how many goals they’ve scored, but how many the team scores. I like to think I fit my definition of a team player pretty well. A good follower is someone who understands the benefits of observing someone more knowledgeable in a field and lets the leader “set the pace.”
The last chance I had to be a part of a team setting, I was a part of one of the production teams for the University’s Caribbean Student Association’s Annual Fashion Show. Due to the extenuating circumstances of one of my fellow team members, I took a leadership role on our team. We delegated roles as much as possible, but there were a handful of factors out of our control that led to me deciding that it’d be best for the team as a whole that I take the lead on the project. I don’t know if I could’ve done better at being a part of the team, but as a point of retrospective improvement, I do wish I came to that decision earlier during the production process.
I was able to apply this experience during my internship. On one of the shoot dates for my internship, my manager wasn’t on site for the shoot, and I had to take charge of the shoot. Even though there were a couple hiccups, I took what I learned from my shoots at the University during the semester to make the shoot as good and clean as possible. I’m looking forward to even more of these opportunities in the future.
Aaron Grier ’22, a communication major at the University of New Haven, is completing an internship at SuperCharged Racing as part of the University’s Bergami Summer Internship Program.
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.