Pop Culture
In 2021, Facebook changed the name of its firm to this.
What is Meta?
The platform UConn uses for scheduling career counseling, job searches, and internship opportunities.
What is Handshake?
This sitcom has won four Emmy Awards and is about a paper company in Pennsylvania
What is The Office?
A professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a student's field of study or career interest
What is an internship?
This competency is to clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization
What is Communication?
Before his acting career took off, Hugh Jackman worked at birthday parties and events dressed as this.
What is a clown?
The new major added to the UConn Stamford School of Business
What is Financial Technology?
This movie starring Robert De Niro is about a 70 year old who begins an internship at an online fashion site
What is The Intern?
This word defines all the people who work for a company or organization
What is a workforce?
This competency is to identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information
What is Critical Thinking?
This movie won the first ever Oscar award for Best Animated Film
What is Shrek?
The number of majors that can be completed start-to-finish on the Stamford campus
What are fifteen majors?
This tv show is about a man with a photographic memory pretending to be a lawyer in a New York law firm.
What is Suits?
This word describes the level of contentment employees feel with their job.
What is job satisfaction?
This competency is to recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals
What is Leadership?
Former basketball player and sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal earned a doctoral degree in this field of study
What is education?
Number of majors in total that UConn offers (all campuses collectively)
What are 115+ majors?
This movie starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep is about a journalist in the fashion industry
What is The Devil Wears Prada?
The current minimum wage in the state of Connecticut. (Answer may be within $0.30 of exact number)
How much is $15.69?
This competency is to build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities
What is Teamwork?
This actress known for Top Gun, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally is a UConn alum
Who is Meg Ryan?
The weekly newsletter describing job related opportunities/events on campus is named this.
What is Workin' Wednesday?
This Stephen King movie had scenes filmed at UConn Stamford and used students as extras
What is Mr. Harrigan's Phone?
Identified as the industry with the highest demand for workers
What is computer/information technology?
This competency is knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace
What is Professionalism?