Hungry? Look no further than the Student Union! With options ranging from pizza to stir-fry, soda to coffee, the Union has a great variety of food and drink options for you! Swipe for more --->
@uconndining has a few retail options that are perfect for students, faculty, staff and guests visiting our campus. The Union Street Market (or as we like to call it, USM) has something for everyone’s taste and dietary needs. USM has various stations that serve specialty items such as salads and wraps (all-made-to order), internationally inspired bowls, pizza, grinders and pasta, daily soup specials, broasted chicken meals and made-to-order burritos and other fresh Mexican specialties.
And for those who can’t make it down to the Dairy Bar @uconndairybar, USM has individual portions of ice cream to satisfy those cravings.
Attached to USM is the Market Café. Their menu includes a wide variety of drinks, grab-n-go sandwiches, salads, and snacks designed to accommodate those with dietary and nutritional needs or preferences. Vegan, kosher, and halal menu items are offered daily (while supplies last).
In case you didn’t know, the USM is also a crowd favorite on Friday and Saturday nights for their Late Night menu!
Finally, our Union Central Exchange store is your one-stop shop. This busy convenience store (C-Store) is located in the Student Union and features a wide variety of groceries, beverages, candy, snacks, health and beauty products, stamps, and many other useful dorm room items. Additionally, the C-Store will hold product promos with free product samplings, contests, and other exciting giveaways.
Did you know that the Student Activities’ Leadership & Organizational Development Office is hosting their Inaugural Leadership Conference this month? Swipe for more --->
If you’re a student, chances are you’ve already attended an event or program hosted by UConn’s Student Activities @uconnstudentactivities. Major events like WOW “Week of Welcome”, Family Weekend, Homecoming, Late Night, Spring Weekend (among many others) are just an example of the array of programming that Student Activities offers. And if you participate in a student organization, you’ve also worked with the different @uconnstudentactivities areas such as Community Outreach, Leadership and Organizational Development, Center for Fraternity & Sorority Development and much more!
Student Activities mission is to enhance students’ intellectual, social, and emotional development and foster a community that is welcoming, respectful, and just by complementing their academic education with intentionally designed experiential programs, events, and services.
Need a break from studying? Make sure to check out @uconnlatenight weekly programs on Friday nights and @subogatuconn movies in our SU Theatre.
Mark your calendars for Homecoming week and the “spooktacular” Pumpkinfest on October 29th! #wheresunionwaldo
Fun fact: The H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018! Up on the 4th Floor is where you’ll find @uconn.aacc
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The AACC is committed to promoting cultural preservation, leadership development, academic excellence, and intercultural communication through programs and activities that are designed to give students an appreciation and an understanding of the heritage and cultural experiences of African Americans and people of African descent in the United States and throughout the world. In the early years of the development of the AACC, the goal of the Center was to support African American students in their efforts to have a rewarding and relevant University experience. The Center was a welcoming environment for the small number of African Americans on the Storrs campus. The AACC became a gathering place for African American students, faculty, and staff to socialize, study, and network with other University students.
The @uconn.aacc hosts many signature events throughout the academic year such as their Welcome Back Dinner, Kwanzaa Celebration, Black History Month, Mr. and Ms. Black UConn Pageant and their Senior Banquet. The @uconn.aacc also partners with many student organizations and hosts their workshops, meetings and events in their spacious (and very comfortable) community room.
Be sure to follow @uconn.aacc for all of their upcoming events! #wheresunionwaldo
Our next stop up on the 4th Floor of the Student Union is the Rainbow Center. @uconnrainbowctr
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The Rainbow Center’s mission is to operate in the service of a more equitable world for all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Connecticut. Using an intersectional lens, they center their work on advocating for, and increasing education, access, retention, identity development, and community-building for queer- and trans-spectrum communities.
Here you’ll find the @uconnrainbowctr LGTBQIA+ History Month October Calendar! For a full listing of times and locations for all events, please visit https://rainbowcenter.uconn.edu/events-calendar/.
On Friday, October 4th in the Student Union Ballroom, @uconnprlacc and the @uconnrainbowctr are excited to announce their Keynote in celebration of Latine Heritage Month and LGBTQIA+ History Month. They are hosting Gabby Rivera for her talk, The Joy Revolution. Gabby is the author of Juliet Takes a Breath and the Marvel comic series, America. The program is part of the Rainbow Center’s Symposium and is free and open to students, staff and faculty. A book signing will follow her talk.
And don’t forget to check out the Rainbow Center’s programming throughout the whole year! #wheresunionwaldo
