Announcements

Cohen Student Leadership Scholarship

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The Cohen Student Leadership Scholarship is awarded to multiple undergraduate student members of registered student organizations who have demonstrated a significant and active commitment to eliminating bigotry, prejudice, and discrimination and the fostering of tolerance and understanding among the campus community as a part of their active membership in their student organizations. 

Please visit the website to learn more about eligibility requirements.

Deadline: Applications due by January 27th, 2022.

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