In partnership with Hands on Hartford, UConn Hartford invites the campus community to listen to some of our neighbors who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness bravely share their personal stories. The conversation works to dispel myths, educate audiences about the causes of homelessness, and encourage us all to engage with all members of our community to cultivate meaningful change. It all starts with a conversation.
If you have not yet meet with your UCS faculty advisor for Spring 2020 registration, please be sure to reach out to them via email or via their to make nexus site.
This course will focus on big forces sweeping through cities – Learn more…
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Professor Noel Cazenave will be offering SOCI 3833 – Killing African Americans: Polic and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism on the Hartford campus. The course will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:15 am to 12:30 pm.
Students have the opportunity to volunteer their time to mentor Hartford students once a week in the afternoon. For more information please contact ConnectiKids, Inc. at 860-522-8710 or visit www.ct-kids.org.
Disclaimer:
Volunteer postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of these positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers/agencies nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting.
The Southern New England American Planning Association (SNEAPA) Regional Conference is a great opportunity for students to volunteer, share their research, and network with planning professionals. The conference is hosted by the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts chapters of the American Planning Association and is scheduled for October 17th and 18th 2019 at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. The conference draws nearly 600 planners, landscape architects, architects, engineers, and academics and features two days of high quality, hands-on and interactive sessions, mobile workshops, planning law and planning ethics presentations.
Students can be involved in SNEAPA in the following ways:
Please contact Town of Mansfield at 860-429-3335 with any questions.
Postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in this opportunity is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these sites nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the posting.
The City of Waterbury has a full time City Planner position available. They will take applications until they have received sufficient applications for the position.
They are seeking an individual with a Master’s degree in planning or related field from an accredited college or university with major course work in urban planning, regional planning, urban design, public administration, business management or a closely
related field, plus five years of increasingly responsible experience in comprehensive urban planning, preferably
with a mid to large-sized municipality, plus two years of administrative and supervisory responsibility; 6
additional years of responsible planning experience is acceptable in lieu of the Master’s degree; AICP
certification preferred.
Please visit City of Waterbury’s site for additional information regarding this position.
Please note: Job postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of these positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting.
FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders that connects kids to real food and helps them grow up healthy.
They do that by placing motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service. Serving under the
direction of local partner organizations, our service members focus on three areas of service:
As a FoodCorps Position Summer 2019 Posting with Norwalk Public Schools you will work with schools and community partners to build
healthy school food environments.
To learn more about this position please visit FoodCorps website.https://foodcorps.org/apply/where-youll-serve/connecticut. This position does provide a living stipend.
Please note: Job postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of these positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting