His stint as the show's host was short-lived, however. Brown, an assistant to the dean of students at the Waterbury campus, is now co-executive producer, and tahe hosts have varied. It allows the campus' faculty, staff and students to present issues and topics of interest to the local community. One of the shows discussed radon in the water system, for example, and another featured three students talking about the transition from high school to college. Brown believes the program also will be a vehicle to help recruit more students to the Waterbury campus.
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We do college fair visits, high school visits and open houses, but these cannot beat a 30-minute weekly show which is basically a commercial for the campus. Brown says the program is reaching not only potential students but the general public. If parents are watching, they will learn more about the campus, so when it's time to discuss colleges and universities with their kids, hopefully they will be talking about us. Soon the show will reach a wider audience, when Telemedia and Cox Cable Systems pick it up. Brown says trying to keep the program fresh and working with people on the program to help them get better at their jobs is challenging.