RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – AJ Di Mattia has done many things during his career as an attorney and public servant, but none as satisfying as passing on what he has learned to his students in the IDEAL Program at the University of Bridgeport. During his 41-year career, Di Mattia has served for eight years as a New York Assistant District Attorney, assistant prosecutor and New Jersey Deputy ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Camille Kramer, an adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport, calls adult students “ideal,” which is why she enjoys working with the institution’s IDEAL program so much. IDEAL is an accelerated degree completion program. “There is not one student there that has nothing better to do,” she said. “They are working all day, maybe taking care of children. They have ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Actor Guy Fortt, star of the Broadway stage, big screen and television and a Greenwich firefighter, is taking on the role of a lifetime in an IDEAL opportunity to finish his college degree at the University of Bridgeport.Fortt is enrolled in the UB’s Innovative Degree Excellence in Accelerated Learning Program and is working toward a bachelor’s degree in general ...