UConn Facts
This is the number of national championships has UConn basketball won
What is 17 national championships!!
11 womens
6 mens
The two academic centers in the library that partner you with student tutors
What are the Q and W centers?
The location of the Fall Leadership Retreat, with team-building activities and a low-ropes course.
What is Four Arrows?
These are the two centers that we had class in; one in Werth Tower and one in the Student Union
What are the Innovation Zone and the Rainbow Center?
A form of communication that includes both verbal and non-verbal cues, demonstrates presence in a conversation and establishes connection
What is Active Listening?
These are the names of the two head coaches of men's and women's basketball?
Who are Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma?
Where you can meet with a nutritionist, get vaccinations, or go if you're feeling sick
What is SHaW (Student Health and Wellness)
This was the solo lesson designed and facilitated by your FYE mentor
What is Course Registration?
This assignment required you to digitally network
What is the LinkedIn Profile?
This color in the True Colors assessment is known for being emotionally driven and empathetic
What is Blue?
The year UConn was established
What is 1881?
Where you can receive one-on-one coaching for time management and study skills
What is the Academic Achievement Center
This was the topic and speaker of the Fall Leadership Lecture
What is Diversity in Leadership/Navigating Difficult Conversations with Joelle Murchison?
This individual assignment is the final one for the year, and requires you to tap into everything we've done this year.
What is the Personal Leadership Statement?
This is a method to strengthen your answers when interviewing
What is the STAR method?
The year the first Jonathan the Husky at the University of Connecticut was introduced
What is 1934?
The names all the instructors/fye mentors for the leadership learning community
Who are Afra, Kelly, Nathan, Ky'lynn, and Olivia?
This is a document that you can pull from to save time when customizing a resume
What is a Master Resume?
This type of speech is considered "off the cuff" but still prepared in advance
What is extemporaneous?
These were the four animals used in the Communication Styles assessment
What are Lion, Golden Retriever, Beaver and Otter?
In the 1940s and 1950s, this UConn women's team won 15 national championships and many regional awards.
What is the UConn women's archery team?
Student leaders from this campus resource gave a presentation on consent in the fall semester
What is the Women's Center?
These are the 6 Leadership Styles that were presented on in the group project
What are Democratic, Autocratic, Laissez-Faire, Transformational, Servant, and Transactional?
These are the four terms that pair with each direction of the Leadership Compass. Ex: Action (North)
Action (North), Vision (East), Empathy (South), and Analytical (West)
These were the three specific skills/tactics we practiced with Active Listening
What is validating, reflecting, and asking open-ended questions?