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.
The Charger Blog
The University’s Health Professions Summer Academy offered a wide variety of fun, engaging, and hands-on opportunities for participants to learn about and experience a variety of potential career paths.
September 7, 2021
When Santiago Gomez ’23 was in high school, he volunteered as an emergency medical technician. He loved the fast-paced nature of the work, and he enjoyed being able to help so many patients.
Now a paramedicine major at the University of New Haven, Gomez is looking forward to a career in the healthcare field. This summer, he shared his passion for the field with high school students, serving as a teaching assistant for the University’s Health Professions Summer Academy.
“What I enjoyed most was seeing the students find what career path they wanted to pursue,” he said. “One student had never even heard of a medical laboratory scientist, and after the program, she said she wanted to become one. I hope that the students learned how much work goes into being a paramedic and how fast-paced the career is.”
A summer program for students entering grades 9 through 12, the academy was led by members of the University’s School of Health Sciences, including students such as Gomez and faculty and staff. Students who completed the program earned three college credits – the equivalent of the University’s “Intro to Health Professions” course. They also earned their CPR certification through the Yale Center for EMS.
As part of the program, Jessica Holzer, Ph.D., an assistant professor of health sciences, led a simulation that taught students about the spread of disease and the importance of public health professionals. Michele Smallidge, Ed.D., RD, taught students how to design and complete a fitness program.
Other University faculty members, including Michael Urban, OTD, MBA, M.S., and Laura M. Silva, M.S. CCC-SLP, taught the students about accessibility, speech and language pathology, and ethics, and they instructed them on how to take a patient’s blood pressure and check a pulse.
Samantha Morales,’18 MHA, interim director of the University’s Master of Healthcare Administration program and internship coordinator for the School of Health Sciences directed the summer academy. She hopes the program expanded students’ career interests and possibilities.
“My goal with the Health Professions Summer Academy has always been to expose students to a wide range of clinical and non-clinical health professions,” she said. “Oftentimes, when people think of healthcare they immediately think of a doctor or nurse. Although those professions are critical to the health and well-being of our communities, there are many other health professions that also help people.”
As part of the academy, students explored a variety of career paths in the healthcare field, including dental hygiene, public health, and nutrition and dietetics. They took part in hands-on activities, visiting Griffin Hospital and going on a scavenger hunt; learning how to take teeth impressions and radiographs in the University’s Dental Hygiene Center; and making heart healthy granola bars. Using virtual reality technology, students also learned about the human body.
“At the end of the week, many of the students ended up falling in love with careers that they had not heard of previously,” said Gomez. “Some of them decided they wanted to pursue an entirely different career in healthcare.”
The academy was also a learning opportunity for Gomez. As a teaching assistant, he coordinated with health professionals, created a page on Canvas so that students could reflect on what they learned each day, and designed the academy shirts. He says it was a hands-on opportunity to learn about the planning that such a program requires, and that it enabled him to develop his communication and organizational skills. He hopes the students learned just as much from their participation in the weeklong academy.
“Programs like the Summer Health Professions Academy are important for high schoolers because they can offer them guidance they may not otherwise have had,” he said. “I wish that when I was in high school, I could have attended a program like this so that I could have been more prepared for the healthcare field.”
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.
The Charger Blog
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.