Student Life

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Student Blankets Struggling Children with Warmth
A ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

One University Commencement
Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements. “This approach enables us to honor all graduates f…Live and Learn
This fall marks the beginning of the second year of ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´â€™s living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall. While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housin…Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…
Humanizing the Heroin Crisis
As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.
By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Magazine

Underrepresented Students Sit in the Driver’s Seat of Their Own Success
To increase retention rates – and ultimately graduation rates – ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State created its first-ever Summer Advantage Program through University College’s Academic Diversity Outreach department.

Movers and Groovers Assists New Students Moving Into Residence Halls
At the beginning of each school year, ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ faculty, staff and students volunteer to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls. The annual service program, called Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Interhall Council, the student government of the resi…
Movers and Groovers Assists New Students Moving Into Residence Halls
At the beginning of each school year, ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ faculty, staff and students volunteer to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls. The annual service program, called Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Interhall Council, the student government of the resi…
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Trumbull Hits the Ground Running With Cross Country Program
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Trumbull officially announced the reinstatement of its campus athletic programs.
