Thanks to our capable and enthusiastic Future Readiness Coordinators, Rayshonda Mitchell and Benson Casirmir at Brien McMahon and Norwalk High Schools respectively, 12 Carver high school students recently visited UCONN’s Stamford campus.
UCONN Stamford students receive all the benefits of a prestigious public research university in a small college setting. UCONN Stamford was founded in 1952 and moved downtown in 1998, putting students at the center of a robust business community and energizing city. The campus offers four-year undergraduate degrees in a number of majors, including Business, Communication, Digital Media Design, Economics, English, Human Development and Family Studies, History, Political Science, and Psychological Sciences.
Our Carver students explored this small urban campus with three dorms, a diverse student population, and an abundance of professional opportunities. Many of our students, such as Taylor Duhart, have attended UCONN through the years, at the main campus in Storrs and at this satellite campus in Stamford.
The Stamford campus offers a small and personalized classroom experience. Classes can have between five to 60 students. The Admissions Department expressed that many students start at the Stamford campus and transfer to Storrs after two years. It is a common way to be a part of the collegiate experience provided at UCONN.
Students have employment and internship opportunities with local and national Fortune 500 Companies like Synchrony Bank which is located on the Stamford campus. The Carver students toured various activity areas, classrooms, the top-of-the-line apartment-style dormitory, and the Career Counseling area.
UCONN Career Counselor, Tara Malone challenged our students to think of careers that focused on values, interests, and long-term goals. She also discussed that if you enter UCONN as an undecided student, the Counseling Department has assessments that help students narrow down their choices and focus on long-term goals.
UCONN's Storrs campus, as well as the satellite campuses in Stamford, Waterbury, and Avery Point, are listed on College Choice's list of the 20 best colleges in Connecticut.
UCONN is marking its 10th straight year among the nation's Top 25 public universities, safeguarding and building on its strengths over the last decade as a pacesetter in student success and academic excellence.
