Author: Winnick, Maria

UCS Scholarship Winners 20/21

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We are pleased to announce the following Urban and Community Studies majors who have been awarded the following scholarships during the 2020/2021 academic year.

Joseph R. Marfuggi Award Winner – Hartford Campus Scholarship:

Nate Simpson a UCS major on the Hartford campus was awarded the Joseph R. Marfuggi Memorial Scholarship Fund for Leadership in Urban and Community Studies. This scholarship was created on behalf of Joseph Marfuggi, former president, and CEO of Riverfront Recapture in Hartford by his wife Sherry Brown-Marfuggi.

 

Bastow and Binnie Award Winners – Any Campus:

Jacob Knowlton on the Storrs campus and Adriel Hernandez on the Hartford campus were awarded the Bastow and Binnie Scholarship. The award was created by Marc Bastow, an Urban Studies graduate, and his wife Nancy Binnie to assist UCS undergraduate majors in pursuing their Urban and Community Studies degree. Applications for this scholarship are accepted at the begging of each spring semester.

Congratulations from all of us at UCS.

To learn more about scholarship opportunities, please visit our scholarship page.

Leadership Opportunities for Your Students

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Students can get involved and unleash their leadership potential with the Leadership Certificate Series, a program run by the Department of Student Activities-Leadership and Organizational Development! The Leadership Certificate Series encourages students to unpack and explore different areas of leadership. Spring 2021 Workshops will be offered online, with both synchronous and asynchronous modalities, as well as one in-person/hybrid section. Workshops run for nine weeks from February 1st to March 29th. The workshop registration form can be found here.

Three workshops to choose from:

Discovery Leadership Program offers a fun and innovative experience to help you develop leadership competencies and begin your leadership journey. (Offered synchronously Mondays from 6:30-8:00 PM)

Emotional Intelligent Leadership is designed to develop students’ emotional intelligence and leadership abilities with an intentional focus on self, others, and environment. Students will improve their capacity to influence their environment, develop relationships, and navigate interactions with others. (Offered synchronously Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 PM or asynchronously).

Impact Delta is designed for all students who have demonstrated an interest in leadership, social change, and social justice that also have a desire to make a large and positive impact on the Storrs community. (Offered in-person/hybrid Wednesdays from 6:30pm-8:00pm, location is yet to be determined, but will be on Storrs Campus) This modality is not guaranteed and based on COVID-19 restrictions. If we are unable to conduct this workshop in person, we will change to a synchronous modality.

Registration deadline: Friday, December 18th at 11:59pm

Register here: https://leadership.uconn.edu/certificate-series-registration/

For more information, contact: Leadership & Org Development at studentleadership@uconn.edu

UCS major Maddie Chasse and Prof. Birge-Liberman receive SHARE Award

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Urban and Community  Studies is happy to announce that Professor Phil Birge-Libermand and UCS major, Maddie Chasse, have received one of this year’s 2021 SHARE Awards.

The Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Awards are provided by the Office of Undergraduate Research to introduce students to research in their chosen field and help them develop skills they will need for further research projects.

The project Prof. Birge-Liberman and Maddie proposed will examine ways of redeveloping Keney Park to fulfill, in part, the goals of the Hartford 400 plan. Numerous reports and service learning projects have been completed by many UConn classes in the effort to restore particular portions of the park. However, these were completed in an ad-hoc manner and there has been no effort to organize or prioritize these plans. This project is an attempt to make sense of these documents and assess the feasibility of implementing these plans.

Congrats to Phil and Maddie!

Best, Ken Foote

UCS Director

UCS Spring 2021 Course Flyer

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If you have not made an appointment with your faculty advisor, please do so. This version does include a partial list of Related Courses as well as information regarding courses we are spotlighting this spring.

Please note there has been a change to the Storrs schedule. We will be offering  URBN 2302 instead of URBN 2301Q in our Methods group.

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UConn’s COVID – 19 Response

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UConn continues to monitor information and guidance involving the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the U.S. and elsewhere. Your health and safety is UConn’s top priority, and is the guiding principle in our discussions on this topic. For up-to-date information regarding UConn’s response to COVID-19, please visit https://uconn.edu/public-notification/coronavirus/

While our campus buildings are closed, students and the public may reach us via email. Below are a listing of program contacts as well as program advisors by campus.

 

Main Office – Hartford Campus

 

Maria Winnick

Program Assistant

Email: maria.winnick@uconn.edu

 

Prof. Ken Foote

Director, Urban and Community Studies Program

Email: ken.foote@uconn.edu

 

Advisors and Contacts by Campus

Hartford

 

Phil Birge-Liberman

Email: phil.birge-liberman@uconn.edu

Nexus Advising Appointment Link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=1479

 

Storrs

 

Sarah Mosier (If you are a student who was previously assigned to Sarah Mosier, you will continue to be advised by her this semester.)

Please email to schedule an appointment. Appointments will be virtual (Webex) or via phone until further notice. The CLAS Accademic Center is not open for drop-in appointments at this time.

Phone: 860-486-2822

Email: sarah.mosier@uconn.edu

 

Students A-M and UCS minors

Stacy Maddern

Email: stacy.maddern@uconn.edu

Nexus Advising Appointment Link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=2862

 

Students N-V and athletes

Mary Donegan

Email: mary.donegan@uconn.edu

Nexus Advising Appointment Link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=1478

 

Students W-Z, and Geography and GIS Double Majors

Ken Foote

Email: ken.foote@uconn.edu

Nexus Advising Appointment Link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=2720

 

Waterbury

Ruth Glasser

Email: ruth.glasser@uconn.edu

 

Avery Point and Stamford

Ken Foote

Email: ken.foote@uconn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Urban and Community Studies Major and Fall 2020 Course Offerings

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Dear Advisors,

Below is information about the Urban and Community Studies major as well as some information regarding our Fall 2020 course offerings. We hope you will share the information below with ACES advisees as well as any students that you may feel might find UCS as a good fit possibly as double major, minor or as elective courses to complement a student’s primary major.

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Do you have an interest in making a difference in your community? Then take a closer look at the Urban and Community Studies major and our Fall 2020 course offerings https://urban.uconn.edu/course-schedules/.

UCS is an interdisciplinary major for students who seek meaningful career opportunities in public service, human services, urban and social change, as well as many other rewarding fields. Our flexible curriculum offers students the ability to take courses within the major based on their own personal career or graduate school aspirations. The program offers emphasis areas in Criminal Justice and Law, Nonprofit and Public Management, Public Health, Public Policy and Social Service and Community Organizing as well as a Fast Track to the Master of Public Administration. Students are welcome also to personalize their degree plan based on their academic interests.

Below are just a few courses that you may want to consider. For a complete list of course offerings and timeslots please visit urban.uconn.edu.

 

HARTFORD, WATERBURY, STORRS & STAMFORD

URBN 1300 – Exploring Your Community (Meets CA 2 and CA 4 requirements): various aspects of urban and community life emphasizing the interplay of social justice, diversity, individual and social well being. Explores theories, concepts, and methods in community studies. May contain a service learning component.

 

HARTFORD, WATERBURY & STORRS

URBN 2000 – Introduction to Urban and Community Studies: Introduction to the analysis of urban development with particular stress on those problems pertinent to the American central city.

 

HARTFORD

URBN/GEOG 3200 – Urban Geography: Analysis of the growth, distribution, and functional patterns within and among Western cities. Application of urban geographical concepts to city planning problems.

URBN 3275W/SOCI 3901W – Urban Sociology: Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs.

 

STORRS

GEOG 2400E – Introduction to Sustainable Cities (Meets CA 2. CA 4-INT): Pathways to make cities more sustainable from social, economic, and environmental perspectives. Topics include sustainable transportation, renewable energy, recycling of waste, and green infrastructure in contemporary metropolitan areas in developed and developing nations.

URBN/HIST 3541 – The History of Urban America: The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city.

PP 4034 – Social Policy: Examination of the concepts and principles of public policy analysis, with applications to important social issues.

URBN/POLS 3632 – Urban Politics: Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.

 

WATERBURY

POLS 3842 – Public Administration: The politics of public administration. Role of administrative agencies and officials in American national, state, and local government

URBN 2400. City and Community in Film (Meets CA 1.): Aesthetics, history, and contemporary relevance of American films that feature the urban, suburban, and/or small town landscape as a major “character” shaping plot and story. Films read closely as texts that make meaning through a range of tools, including narrative, mise-en-scene, editing, camera work, and genre conventions.