Rensselaer at Hartford

Infobox University
name = Rensselaer at Hartford


established = 1955
type = Private
president = Shirley Ann Jackson
dean = John A. Minasian, Ph.D. [http://www.rpi.edu/president/cabinet/minasian.html] [http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=931&setappvar=page(1)]
city = Hartford
and Groton
state = CT
country = USA
postgrad = 707 Hartford, 189 Groton
campus = Urban,14 acres
website = [http://www.rh.edu/ www.rh.edu]

Rensselaer at Hartford is the Hartford, CT branch of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, NY. It was established in 1955 by Rensselaer and the United Aircraft Corp (now known as United Technologies) to address a shortage of scientists and engineers in southern New England. United Aircraft bought and equipped the first building and provided annual financing so that its employees could earn graduate degrees at no individual cost, although the facility was and is open to those not employed by United Aircraft. ["Hartford Area Unit of R.P.I. Dedicated", "New York Times", February 12, 1956] Until 1997, it was known as the Hartford Graduate Center. The primary focus of the institution is still to offer graduate-level education for working professionals. Around 800-900 students attend the school annually at the Hartford center and at the smaller Groton, CT regional distance learning center, up from an initial enrollment of 275 students.

Campus

The main Hartford center is has a convert|15|acre|ha|sing=on landscaped campus readily accessible from both Interstates 84 and 91. The center of the campus contains the main building, the "Tower Building" which contains about 30 classrooms, each seating 10-50 persons. [ [http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/confac/tower.html The Tower Building] ] Adjacent to the Tower Building is "Seminar Hall", with additional classrooms and a small auditorium. The school has its own library, the Cole Library, but students can request books from Rensselaer's other libraries on the main campus [ [http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/library/geninfo.htm The Cole Library] ] . The Groton regional center is smaller, and most students go there for distance learning, although professors often visit. Rensselaer also operates a small site in Malta, New York for nuclear training, at the Navy nuclear sub facility located there. [ [http://www.rpi.edu/ewp/navy/directions_malta.html The Malta Center] ]

Academics

Rensselaer at Hartford offers graduate programs in Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Computer and Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology. Specialized programs include the Dual Master’s Degrees, the Weekend MBA, the Weekend M.S., and the Executive Master’s Program, as well as several graduate certificates in Bioinformatics, Computer and Information Sciences, and Engineering. [ [http://www.rpi.edu/academics/hartford/rah.html Academics] ]

There are also training programs and workshops for professionals, in the areas of Information Technology, Leadership and Executive Development, Quality, and Technical and Professional Development.

References

ee also

*Houman Younessi, Assistant Dean of Academic Programs, Director of RISE

External links

* [http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/about/index.html Main site]
* [http://www.rpi.edu/dept/metasite/news/magazine/spring2006/archives.html Celebrating 50 Years at Hartford]