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About Our Programs

The Enrichment Programs are offices that provide enhancing experiences for UConn students, encouraging them to elevate their studies. The Honors Program is unique in that it requires an invitation, determined by a holistic review of every UConn candidate.

The remaining Enrichment Programs are open to all students at all campuses. Our Directors work with undergraduates to navigate competitive scholarship and fellowship competitions, offer guidance on research, and mentorship for professional degrees. There are also opportunities for students to craft their own plans of study through individualized studies or the highly selective University Scholar Program.

We encourage you to explore all that Enrichment Programs can offer, and invite you to be our partner in helping students reach their goals.

Upcoming Events

Apr 19 School of Pharmacy Health Fair11:00am
Apr 22 Husky Film Festival5:00pm
Apr 23 Gilman Scholarship Information Session 12:30pm
Apr 23 Honors Reception Volunteering3:15pm
Apr 23 Public Art Projects for Social Justice 7:00pm
Apr 24 CANCELLED: Hunger Banquet6:00pm
Apr 24 UConn PIRG's "A Plastic Ocean" Film Screening and Panel6:30pm
Apr 25 Dinner & A Show: Henry IV6:00pm

School of Pharmacy Health Fair

Friday, April 19th, 2019

11:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Storrs Campus
SU 304

The First Annual School of Pharmacy Health Fair is a student-organized inter-professional event with contributions from several university health fields including pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, and dentistry. Groups of student health professionals create and present informational booths on various topics such as vaccinations, blood pressure screenings, and preventative care. This event is open to the entire campus and surrounding community. Attendees will receive strategies for staying whole, healthy, and intellectually engaged during their college experience and beyond. The event supports interdisciplinary curricular endeavors for attendees and presenters by promoting intensive engagement outside of the formal classroom with relevant self-care learning.

This is an Honors Event

Categories: Academic and Interdisciplinary Engagement

Career, Professional, and Personal Development

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Contact Information: kate.banker-murphy@uconn.edu

Husky Film Festival

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

05:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
SU 304

Our student organization, Husky Films, will be putting on a 5-film festival this spring. Each film will be curated and introduced by a professor from either UConn or UMass. For example, we have the Art History and Mathematics departments combining to introduce the film Hidden Figures and the Philosophy department showing City of God. Each professor has a personal and professional interest in the film they are screening and will bring a level of expertise that goes beyond a cursory summary. Three of the films are international productions (City of God, Children of the Fall, A Matter of Life and Death) and the other two are from Hollywood (Hidden Figures, Sunshine). The series will surely be an educational and entertaining event for honors students.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement

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Contact Information: Teddy Craven, edward.craven_jr@uconn.edu

Gilman Scholarship Information Session

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
GENT 101

Looking for a Scholarship to Study Abroad? Do you receive Pell funding? THINK GILMAN!
Join LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay of the UConn National Scholarships Office and Education Abroad Advisor, Valerie Nightingale for more information on the Gilman Scholarship and other financial resources! Registration is recommended as space is limited https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=1397&rc=9861201642

Contact Information: Valerie Nightingale valerie.nightingale@uconn.edu

Honors Reception Volunteering

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

03:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Engineering Science Building 121

Volunteers will talk to incoming first-years about UConn and the Honors Program. They first have to have attended a training session in order to volunteer.

This is an Honors Event. You may attend as many receptions as you'd like, but you can only count this as an Honors event once. Categories: Honors Community Development. #UHLevent396

Contact Information: uconnhips@gmail.com

Public Art Projects for Social Justice

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Oak 401

This event will take a look at recent public art projects that have advocated for a range of social justice issues. Students will discuss what makes these projects successful and how we can use art to drive change at UConn.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Multicultural & Global Citizenship OR Social Change, Service & Sustainability

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Contact Information: Nailah Huq, nailah.huq@uconn.edu

CANCELLED: Hunger Banquet

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
SU 310

The Hunger Banquet is a dinner event put on to raise awareness of food access disparities in America. We begin with a short informative and interactive presentation about hunger and food insecurity and then the attendees are broken into groups and assigned a socioeconomic status based on true percentages in our country, which determines what they are given to eat for dinner. We will conclude with a discussion of the topics and suggestions on what students can do to help in the future.
Please RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFeZAn4PkvX10-4u4B84nMo9-5MMDOWKoRgE_nBOXNs0a_Lw/viewform

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Multiculturalism & Global Citizenship OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability

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Contact Information: Callista Love, callista.love@uconn.edu

UConn PIRG's "A Plastic Ocean" Film Screening and Panel

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

06:30 PM - 09:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Arjona 143

As part of Zero Waste Awareness Week, UConnPIRG is holding a film screening of "A Plastic Ocean", a documentary that investigates the devastating environmental impacts of pollution on our oceans. Following the film, there will be a faculty panel where professors from UConn will be talking about their own research relating to plastic pollution, and how students can make a difference by reducing their plastic use and advocating for a waste-free society.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic and Interdisciplinary Engagement

Social Change, Service, and Sustainability

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Contact Information: jessica.gagnon@uconn.edu

Dinner & A Show: Henry IV

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

06:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Buckley Dining Hall

RSVP:

Dinner and a Show is a free evening event that begins with dinner in the Buckley Classroom and ends with a theater production at the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts. Come and enjoy an evening with students like yourself interested in surrounding themselves with entertainment and art. This is an opportunity to discuss performing arts with your peers or to just sit back and enjoy a unique show with a friend. RSVP if you wish to attend and donât forget to mark your calendar!

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Honors Community Development #UHLevent360

RSVP at https://honors.uconn.edu/dinnerandashow/

Contact Information: christie.soltys@uconn.edu

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