Enrichment Program offices are open to every UConn student, across all schools and majors. Some programs require an application, such the Honors Program (for admission as a current UConn student), the University Scholar Program, or the Individualized Major Program.
Resources for teaching courses for Honors credit:
Resources on serving as an academic advisor for an Enrichment Program:
- Serve as an advisor to an Individualized Major student. Each student applying to the IMJR Program must have two faculty advisors.
- Serve on a student’s University Scholar advisory committee
- Serve as an Honors advisor
- Honors advising
- Learn more about writing a letter of recommendation for medical or dental school.
Information on mentoring undergraduate researchers:
- Report research mentorship and other Enrichment Program involvement in HuskyDM
- Post a research opportunity to the undergraduate student research board
- Supervise an Honors thesis or creative project
- Supervise an Individualized Major thesis
Things you can do to support your students through engagement in Enrichment Programs:
- Remind current students with strong academic records (at any UConn campus) that they may apply to join the Honors Program as rising sophomores or juniors
- Advocate the value of applying for the University Scholar Program
- Underscore the benefits of becoming involved in undergraduate research, including available funding
- Emphasize the value of prestigious national and international scholarship competitions to both undergraduate and graduate students.
- Support interdisciplinary interests that may benefit from an Individualized Major
- Suggest that students interested in professional schools contact Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Advising or Pre-Law Advising
Ways that you can get involved with Enrichment Programs:
- Serve as a faculty reviewer for Office of Undergraduate Research funding award applications
- Advertise your events to Honors students
