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Announcements
Open Positions at SCCOG
The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (SCCOG) has opened its search to fill two full-time positions at SCCOG and a fall-semester internship.
- They are hiring for their first-ever Municipal Services Manager, responsible for managing and expanding their municipal services program, which currently includes planning, zoning enforcement, and building official services.
- They are also seeking an individual to join their team as a Planner, to assist with ongoing regional planning, municipal support, and grant development activities.
Applications should be sent to office@seccog.org by August 31st.
About the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments
SCCOG serves 22 municipalities with a total population of 280,430 and functions as the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization. SCCOG also counts as affiliate members Connecticut’s two federally recognized Native American Tribes and works closely with the region’s two military installations, the United States Naval Submarine Base and the United States Coast Guard Academy.
Primary focus areas of SCCOG are regional planning; transportation planning and prioritization of State and Federal transportation funding; and municipal services, which includes technical assistance, the provision of specialized staff, and facilitating intermunicipal coordination. SCCOG’s office is located in Norwich, CT, at the center of a dynamic region known for its diverse assets including Mystic and the southeastern Connecticut shoreline, entertainment/casino destinations, and opportunities for urban, suburban, and rural living. The region is critically important to Connecticut’s economy for its tourism, defense, and defense manufacturing, and is New England’s hub for the growing offshore wind industry.
Please note: Job and internship 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.
Fall 1-credit Field Class
Dear UCS majors and minors,
This fall 1-credit class on mapping and surveying tools in urban and field applications will be offered, with a focus on looking at the Storrs campus. This course may be of interest to our majors and minors.
Field Study: Spatial Applications and Tools for Urban and Environmental Planning (GEOG 4095)
This class will meet on Monday afternoons from 2:30-3:50 until the end of October and is open to any student, including incoming Freshmen. Those taking the class will learn about drone mapping, surveying, and collecting human data using mobile apps. Students will also be studying ways to make the Storrs campus a more environmentally friendly place! See attached Fall 2023 Flyer.
SASP Seeking Academic Tutors
The Student Athlete Success Program (SASP) is seeking undergraduates for tutoring positions in Fall 2023. They are interested in recruiting qualified Urban and Community Studies majors especially with experience in GIS and Human & Physical Geography courses. For more information, contact Lauren Dever at lauren.dever@uconn.edu.
URBN 1600 – Cities of Imagination (New Gen. – Ed. CA2 course)
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This panel will showcase work being done in US cities by three graduates of UConn’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the intellectual frontier of Sustainable Transportation. Featured speakers are Anaka Maher, Solutions Engineer at Optibus; Steven Luglio, Transportation Engineer at Sam Schwartz; and Lauren Romeo, Transportation Engineer at Arup. All three speakers participated in the global experiential learning experience, Sustainable Amsterdam, in Summer 2018, with Professors Atkinson-Palombo and Garrick (Emeritus Professor of CEE).
https://meet.google.com/pwp-jmdb-psr
CLAS Scholarships
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers an array of need-based and merit-based undergraduate student scholarships and graduate student fellowships. There is one standard application for most scholarships and the application will close on Sunday, February 26th.
Students can find more information about available scholarships and fellowships and apply by visiting www.clas.uconn.edu/scholarships.
For more information, contact: CLAS at 860-486-2713
Welcome to the Spring Semester
Welcome to our new Urban and Community Studies majors and minors. We are excited to have you join our program. Please reach out to the program or your UCS faculty advisor if you are in need of any assistance. You may also find helpful information on our website urban.uconn.edu regarding degree requirements, course offerings, internship, and employment opportunities as well as information regarding the Urban Semester Program.
We also want to welcome back our returning majors and minors. We hope you all had the opportunity to unwind and enjoy time with your friends and loved ones.
If you are Senior planning to graduate in May, please remember that if you have not yet applied to graduate you must do so via the Universities Student Admin Webpage Information regarding this process is available via the university’s Apply to Graduate webpage. Students are encouraged to do so asap but no later than the Registrar’s deadline to ensure that the university has sufficient time to process your request and to work out any potential issues.
As part of the graduating process you must also submit a Final Plan of Study in the first four weeks of the semester you plan to graduate. If you run into any issues, please reach out to your UCS faculty advisor or to maria.winnick@uconn.edu.
We wish you all the best this semester.
Urban and Community Studies
UConn Connects Internship
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UConn Connects is seeking undergraduate students to serve as UConn Connects Peer Mentors for the spring 2023 semester. UConn Connects Peer Mentors assist students in achieving their academic and personal goals. With over 30 years of supporting students’ success, UConn Connects is the University’s largest volunteer mentoring program offered by the Academic Achievement Center (AAC). UConn Connects is an academic intervention program, designed to provide students with the skills and support needed for long-term academic success.
UConn Connects Mentors meet with student mentees on a weekly basis to advise, guide, and support them as they navigate the university. Serving as a mentor requires attending a pre-semester training and enrollment in a 3 credit 120-hour internship course.
For more information, please visit the Academic Achievement Center (AAC) during drop-in hours on Mondays – Thursdays 9:00 am – 7:00 pm and Fridays 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Storrs – Rowe Building room 217.
Hartford – HB 202
UConn Connects Mentor applications are available online at: https://achieve.uconn.edu/connects/peer-mentor/
The Academic Achievement Center is part of UConn’s First Year Programs & Learning Communities department, located in ROWE Undergraduate Center in room 217. For more information, contact Leo Lachut, Director of Academic Support, at 860-486-1664; Ada Rivera, Assistant Director of Academic Support, Hartford Campus at 959-200-3809, Joanna Rivera Davis, Assistant Director of Academic Support, at 860-486-6120; or Rachel Mongillo, Learning Services Coordinator, at 860-486-8791: Pam Fischl, Academic Achievement Center, at 860-486-9124.
Discovery Leadership Program Fall 2014
Leadership Discovery
This ten-week program will introduce students to opportunities for leadership at UConn and beyond. Students will develop their leadership competencies through self-reflection, experiential learning, exploration of team dynamics, cross-cultural communication, critical dialogue and discourse, civic engagement, and social justice. As a result of this experience, University of Connecticut Discovery Students will:
- Understand the basic concepts and principles of leadership
- Explore, define, and develop personal values.
- Begin to take an active role in positively influencing the university community and beyond.
- Have knowledge of UConn’s opportunities for leadership and learn how to augment in-class education through co-curricular and leadership opportunities.
Program Completion
This program will offer a series of workshops specifically designed for students beginning their leadership experience at UConn.
Successful completion of the program consists of:
- Attendance to and participation in ALL Discovery workshops and activities.
- Active participation in a community activity that provides the opportunity to be civically engaged.
- Completion of all assignments and reflection activities.
- Earning a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher by the completion of program requirements.
Apply
Contact studentleadership@uconn.edu or call 860-486-6588 for Fall or Spring application deadline information.
*Please note: In the past the deadline for this program has been the third week of September. Students interested in the program should be sure to contact Student Leadership before mid-September.