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CCSU Students,
Faculty Play ‘Key’ Role in Sending Prestigious
Literary Magazine to Connecticut Troops Abroad
NEW BRITAIN (January 4,
2008) Connecticut Review, a nationally
respected literary journal, edited by Central
Connecticut State University Professor of
English Dr. Stuart Barnett and published
semi-annually by the Connecticut State
University System will provide 400 copies of its
latest edition for shipment to Connecticut-based
members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed
overseas.
Assistant Professor of
English Dr. Aimee Pozorski, advisor to the CCSU
chapter of the Golden Key International Honour
Society is coordinating the effort which was
suggested by a recently inducted student as part
of a larger program to promote world literacy.
Society membership is open to only the top 15
percent of upper classmen academically and those
who are accepted tend to be civic and campus
leaders as well, according to Pozorski.
At the end of each semester
the organization’s CCSU chapter sponsors a book
drive. Previous beneficiaries have included the
Janet York Women's Correctional Institution in
Niantic and Books for Africa, through Better
World Books.
In November, Golden Key
inducted about 100 new members, including Shane
Matthews, a Trustee for the State Department of
Veterans Affairs. Matthews suggested that
books be donated to Connecticut units deployed
overseas, primarily the 411th Civil Affairs
Battalion that works to help rebuild the
infrastructure in countries like Afghanistan and
Iraq. Based in Danbury, the unit is augmented
by soldiers from all over the nation and since
2005 has coordinated important programs such as
Operation ICAN (the Iraqi Children Assistance
Network at
www.operationican.com).
The 411th is also tasked with
providing Tactical Civil Affairs Support Teams
to Multi-National Force Iraq, plus general
support in areas such as public health, public
works and utilities, public safety, and public
education. The unit also hosts conferences for
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helping
rebuild Iraq.
Central’s Golden Key chapter
president, Elizabeth Urbanucci, was instrumental
in organizing members who donated their time
collecting books during fall semester finals
week on the CCSU campus, Dr. Pozorski said. The
Connecticut Review contribution resulted
from a campus-wide email from Pozorski.
Dr. Barnett saw the plea and
offered 400 copies of the prestigious
publication. He noted the Review is published
as a “public service contribution to the
national literary and intellectual discourse,”
by the CSU System.
The semi-annual journal as
been published since 1967 and has included
literary plays, translations, creative
nonfiction and essays as well as poetry,
artwork, photography and academic articles of
general interest. In recent years Connecticut
Review has won awards from the Council of
Editors of Learned Journals and National Public
Radio. Pieces published in the magazine have
also earned Pushcart Prizes and appeared in Best
American Short Stories, Best American Essays,
and Best American Poetry.
Those interested in
submitting material for consideration should
visit the website at:
www.connecticutreview.com.
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