The first academic building, University Hall, later named Hillyer Hall, opened in By the early 's, the University was already considering expanding its reach beyond Hartford. But students who lived further away needed housing. The first residence halls opened on the residential side of campus in , followed by a student union and athletics facilities. A library and new cafeteria, University Commons, opened in Students soon learned the joys of sledding down snowy campus slopes on food trays.
As the student body grew, more buildings sprang up on campus. The 's were a time of expansion for the University—as it was for the rest of the country. Enrollment grew and, under the impressive fundraising skills of President Trachtenberg, several new building projects began. While Trachtenberg was at the helm, economist Franco Modigliani, musician Benny Goodman, author William Styron, world figures Jihan Sadat and Elie Wiesel, playwright Tennessee Williams, and comedian George Burns were among those who came to campus to receive honorary degrees.
On the academic side, Trachtenberg strengthened requirements for faculty and implemented the All-University Curriculum, a cross-disciplinary learning program for undergraduates.
At the same time, the athletics program grew. In , athletics moved to Division I in search of a national and more competitive schedule and higher visibility for the University. Colleges and universities nationwide—and most especially in the Northeast—were met with a variety of obstacles as the new decade of the 's began—recession, a sharp drop in the college-age population, and widespread job layoffs affecting the financial resources of many families.
Competition between schools and colleges intensified. The Board of Regents decided in to make the University international. Global communities and international business were on the horizon. Tonkin, who was British by birth, launched his presidency with a conference of about 50 university leaders from North America and Europe to highlight the importance of international connections and set an intellectual tone for the new administration. Tonkin also oversaw the implementation of several programs that reached out to the Hartford community.
Connecticut Freedom Trail. Barlow Jr. CT Landmarks. Hartford Public Library. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Connecticut State Library. Boston: O. Google News Archive.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. Connecticut Historical Society, and William S. Library of Congress. There, he became the first minister of the church at Newtown, now known as Cambridge. His assistant was Samuel Stone , who had been born in Hertford or, as it was usually spelled then, Hartford , north of London. Finding the Boston area too cramped, Thomas Hooker and about people from his congregation, along with as many cattle, left Massachusetts in and traveled to Connecticut, where they started a settlement to the north of the Dutch.
Have students create a personal map from their house to your school. Have students ask their families to see how their community has changed over time. How would the Colonial Map help you to answer those questions? The Founders of Hartford website helps to identify some of the monuments in Hartford using a modern map, and provides the historical background for those honored. Maps like this can tell a lot about how things were in the past. If you were working for the State Archaeologist, how could maps like this help in learning about Connecticut history?
Using the map, where might you search for artifacts with clues to our past? For further research, and ways to help protect the Connecticut River from pollution, you may be interested in ConnecticutRiver. The importance of the Connecticut River to early settlements in Connecticut may be found at the Connecticut History website.
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