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'Once a Charger; Always a Charger:' Graduate Commencement Speaker Shares Message of Love, Community, and Legacy
Nearly 2,000 students were awarded degrees during the 2026 Graduate and Doctoral Commencement Ceremony.
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Professor's Expert Analysis Featured in Time Magazine
November 10, 2016
An op-ed by associate professor of national security Howard Stoffer examining what President-Elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy proposals could mean for the word is featured in Time magazine's TIME Ideas, an online forum of the world's leading voices that provides commentary on events in news, society, and culture.
Stoffer is a former senior foreign service officer in the U.S. Department of State and a former director of counterterrorism at the United Nations.
At the University of New Haven, he teaches classes on homeland security and terrorism and is teaching a special topics course this semester about weapons of mass destruction. In the spring, he will teach a class that will examine the development of the United Nations.
Previously, he joined with a Russian affairs expert and a former United States congressman to co-teach a course that featured an intensive role-playing project in which students simulated the roles global leaders have in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
They found that the alliance process in order to reach a unified position requires a great deal more work than they ever thought it would," said Stoffer. "This is what experiential educational is all about.
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Beloved Professor Encourages University of New Haven’s Class of 2026 to ‘Be Grateful, Bold, and Generous’
Longtime professor, campus minister, and alumnus Martin J. O’Connor ’76, Hon. ’26 inspired the University of New Haven’s newest graduates with a heartfelt Commencement address centered on gratitude, courage, and service. The University also celebrated Prof. O’Connor’s decades of impact on the Charger community with the presentation of an honorary doctorate and the announcement of a new endowed scholarship in his name.
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Nashville Study Away Program Hosts 'How Nashville Became Music City' as Part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration
To conclude the 10th Anniversary celebration of the University’s Nashville Study Away Program, Abigail Martin ’27, ’28 MBA reflects on a networking opportunity she had a celebration event and how the experience helped commemorate her time in Music City.