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Learning Communities develop knowledgeable, responsible, engaged citizens in a culture of inquiry within a learner-centered university. While assisting students with their transition to academic life, they offer a small college feel and a sense of place on a large campus; they promote meaningful and sustained interactions with faculty, staff and student leaders; and they provide an effective structure for curricular coherence, deeper learning, student success, persistence, and engagement.
More than 40 percent of the incoming class participates in a Learning Community, as well as hundreds of students beyond the first year.
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Business Connections House brings together first- and second-year business majors who engage in a range of activities to build their business acumen. Gifts to this fund support student success programming, a business professional mentoring program, study abroad, and student awards.
Connecting with the Arts House is a community for first- and second-year students passionate about the arts, but not majoring in art. Students take a FYE class with Rod Rock, director of Jorgensen Theater and engage in Master Classes with artists performing on campus. Gifts to this fund will support activities such as theater trips to see UConn alumni perform on and off Broadway.
EcoHouse engages first- and second-year students passionate about environmental issues in service learning experiences and academic discourse. Gifts to this fund will support student scholarships and awards, community service activities, and events designed to engages students in a culture of sustainability at UConn and beyond.
Global House enhances students global perspectives while strengthening their cultural identities through active, peer-led, and collaborative learning experiences with the half domestic and half international group of student participants. Gifts to this fund will support student scholarships and awards, events and activities to foster success and engagement.
Human Rights & Action House is designed to foster a greater understanding of individual values, community issues, and principles necessary for active citizenship in first- and second-year students of any major. Gifts to this fund will support scholarships, service-learning activities, and events.
Humanities House fosters imagination, creativity, and possibility for first- and second-year students from any major who practice skills of holistic thinking and communication in varied formats. Gifts to this account will support student scholarships, regional field trips to destinations such as Boston or New York City, and community building activities.
Innovation House engages first- and second-year students in the UConn campus culture of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Gifts to this account will support student participation in events, field trips, scholarships and activities that encourage dynamic skill building for today’s rapidly changing world.
La Comunidad Intelectual promotes the success of first- and second-year students while critically examining Caribbean and Latin American cultures, customs and traditions as they exist at UConn and beyond. Gifts to this fund will support projects, student scholarships, field trips and community building activities.
Public Health House engages first- and second-year students of any major interested in health innovation and promotion. Gifts to this fund will support innovation projects, summer research/internship scholarships, field trips and community building activities that encourage students to identify their passions within the varied fields of health.
ScHOLA2RS House (Scholastic House of Leaders in support of African American Researchers & Scholars) promotes the success of Black male students and encourages the pursuit of graduate degrees. Gifts to this fund support student success and professional development through student scholarships, field trips to attend the Black Congressional Caucus in Washington DC, the Black Male Retreat in Ohio, study abroad, graduate program tours, and more.
WiMSE House is a community designed to build confidence and skills for first- and second-year students who identify as female who are pursuing math, science, or engineering fields. Gifts to this fund will support student success program such as the WiMSE Summer Experience Fund Award (SEFA) allowing students to pursue unpaid research opportunities or internships they would not otherwise be able to do.