Western Connecticut State University

Western Connecticut State University (otherwise called Western or abridged to WCSU) is a state funded college situated in Danbury, Connecticut. WCSU comprises of four schools and one division: the Ancell School of Business (which incorporates the Justice and Law Administration program), the Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Professional Studies and the Division of Graduate Studies. Established in 1903, WCSU is a piece of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities framework, alongside Eastern, Southern and Central Connecticut State colleges, and in addition various junior colleges; between the four state colleges, more than 34,000 understudies are enlisted.WCSU is likewise home to the Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies, which is the consequence of an association amongst WCSU and the Jane Goodall Institute (a private non benefit association that advances exploration, training and untamed life preservation). The college's Westside grounds likewise houses the Ives Concert Park, one of the chief execution venues in the area.Western began as an instructors' school, preparing the essential and auxiliary school teachers for Connecticut's Fairfield County and encompassing regions. The school's name has changed throughout the years as it has concentrated on extra zones of study. Initially named the Danbury Normal School, in the 1950s it was known as the Danbury State Teachers College. The school was renamed Danbury State College in 1959, then

Western Connecticut State College in 1967, lastly, in 1983, Western Connecticut State University. In 2011, administration of the University was exchanged to the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education. In 2012, the fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso went to the college for two open talks. WCSU got to be home to the Center for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, and is currently formally one of two colleges in the nation to be perceived as a "College of Compassion" by the Compassion Action Network. The Sikyong (head administrator) of Tibet, Lobsang Sangay, additionally addressed at the college's midtown grounds prior that year.In 2005, previous President Bill Clinton went to WCSU to by and by thank understudies for their raising money endeavors in the wake of the 2004 tidal wave in Southeast Asia. Connecticut understudies raised about $300,000 to support a 1,500-understudy school in Sri Lanka; in a location given at WCSU's William O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center, Clinton said thanks to understudies for their endeavors and focused on the significance of keeping on giving help to debacle stricken regions.