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UConn Beginnings
100
This college features over 50 unique majors.
What is CLAS
100
This free service held in Rowe CUE 217 is designed to support and promote continued academic success of students through process tutoring and peer-coaching.
What is the Academic Achievement Center?
100
This pond, that leads to the hidden waterfall is found behind the Mansfield Apartments.
What is Tift Pond?
100
This end-of-the-semester stress buster occurs the night before final exams and sees students sharing music and good times while their professors serve them breakfast snacks and other brain food.
What is Midnight Breakfast?
100
Brothers and founding fathers of the college that would later be known as UConn.
Who are Charles and Augustus Storrs?
200
The academic advising program in which more than 1/3 of all entering students are enrolled.
What is ACES?
200
This department has recently revamped it's offerings as well as it's name. Among its offerings, this office helps students with: major and career decisions, career counseling, mock interviews, internship placements and resume critiques.
What is the Center for Career Development?
200
Jon's favorite spot at the University of Connecticut
What is The UConn Forest
200
A Winter Weekend event, this UConn traditions sees students, staff, and faculty lining up to receive as much ice cream as their giant buckets can hold for only a few dollars.
What is One-Ton Sundae?
200
The original name given to UConn when it was founded in 1881.
What is Storrs Agricultural School?
300
According to U.S. News and World Reports 2014 National University Rankings released on September 10, 2014 UConn placed here on the list of Best Colleges & Universities tying with Fordham, Syracuse, & Southern Methodist University.
What is 58th?
300
Offering Short Term Emergency Loans (STELF) and aiding students in the rescheduling of clustered exams, this office is located in Wilbur Cross room 203.
What is the Office of Student Services & Advocacy?
300
This band, best known for their hit songs "Believer" and "Best Day of My Life" can be found listed on Amanda's 'Bands seen live this semester' section of her HuskyCT Bio page.
Who are American Authors?
300
This UConn tradition sees huskies splashing around for fun in 600 gallons of water and 60 tons of dirt.
What is oozeball?
300
The number of years it took the first UConn students to graduate with their degrees.
What is two years?
400
This dual degree program is the only joint venture offered out of the School of Engineering AND School of Business
What is MEM?
400
This office, located in Wilbur Cross Room 204, offers students extended test taking time, notetaking assistance, room and transportation accommodations.
What is the Center for Students with Disabilities?
400
As seen on Jon's bio page on HuskyCT: Major, graduating year, and hometown.
What is History, 2016, and Newtown, Connecticut.
400
Having it's roots in the Universities original educational purpose, the team name officially changed in 1935 from this to our current mascot the Huskies.
What are the Aggies?
400
A residential area built to accommodate the increase of Vietnam war veteran students enrolled at UConn. Today it's more commonly known as "The Jungle".
What is North?
500
These two pre-professional programs offered at UConn allow students to graduate with both a Bachelor's and Master's degree upon completion of their coursework.
What are the Schools of Pharmacy and Education?
500
These 6 centers provide the backbone of UConn's diversity and inclusion offerings on campus. (Please name 4 of the 6)
What are the Women's Center, Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC), African American Cultural Center (AACC), Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC), International Center, Rainbow Center?
500
These volunteers began aiding freshman classes with the programs inception in 1999. Growing and changing in scope every year, this years program features 95 students from all walks of life and ranging from Sophomore status to seniors.
What is an FYE Mentor?
500
This tune, UConn's fight song, was written by Herbert France, a former head of the music department, is played by members of the UConn Marching Band at numerous athletic events.
What is UConn Husky?
500
This former civil war orphanage was reopened and became UConn's first residential and classroom building.
What is Whitney Hall?