The LAUNCH List is a list of curated events to assist students interested in business with finding opportunities for wellness, professional development, academic development, and experiential learning at all of UConn campuses. Read on to see how you can engage today!

There are 8 challenges per UConn Campus that update on Mondays every two weeks.

Drawings happen biweekly (1 Winner Per Campus) and grand prize drawing will be at the end of Fall 2022.

Fifth Drawing will be 11/7

Sixth Drawing will be 11/18

Seventh Drawing will be 12/5

Grand Prize Drawing will be 12/8

Congratulation to the winners for October 24th's drawing!

Arfa B.

Avery Point Campus

Gabriel C.

Hartford Campus

Adrien V.

Stamford Campus

Gabrielle S.

Storrs Campus

While Avery Point offers opportunities to engage, we also encourage you to seek intentional experiences in business on the campus of the major you are seeking. Many of our organizations offer virtual ways to engage and hope to connect with students outside of the campus where they host in-person events.

Apply for an Alternative Break in 2022-2023!

What are Alternative Breaks?

Service-learning experiences designed to heighten participants' awareness of social issues, enhance their individual growth, and prepare them for lifelong social action. Trips integrate service, reflection, and education. They allow participants to immerse themselves in a community beyond UConn.

Each trip highlights one of the following social issues:



• Community Development
• HIV/AIDS Awareness & Advocacy
• Civil Rights and Racial Justice
• Housing Security
• Food Systems in Cities
• Healthcare Access & Education
• Cultural Preservation in Rural Communities
• Development in Rural Communities
• Refugee Resettlement 

Professional Headshots

The Center for Career Development & UConn Hartford Campus Activities is offering a free professional headshot session for UConn students (undergraduate & graduate). A professional headshot can be used to match your growing online presence. Registration is not required.

Tuesday, November 8th

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

HTB 2nd Floor Balcony/Foyer

Need Assistance with Student Admin to Register?

Peer Advisors will be available for registration help and can assist with a variety of questions such as:

• how to choose an elective
• schedule reviews
• troubleshooting the registration system
• and more!

The following session will also have free snacks and giveaways.

Wednesday, November 8th

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

HTB 216

Trick or Treat

Come to campus from 11:00am-2:00pm on Monday, October 31st to Trick or Treat for Halloween! Register below for your candy bag and a list of stops around campus.

Monday, October 31st

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Room 202

UConn freshman, sophomores and juniors are invited to apply for the first Stamford-based cohort of Werth Innovators as a part of the WILD Program! 

Apply now to become a Werth Innovator as a part of the WILD Program at The Werth Institute. Accepted students will receive a one-time $3,000 scholarship disbursed during their first year participating. Key characteristics include having a passion for creativity and innovation, searching for solutions to everyday problems, or a desire to be a leader in initiating new programs or opportunities for like-minded students. The Werth Institute will invest in programs and resources that develop Werth Innovators in order to become ambassadors for the program during subsequent years.

Application deadline: Sunday, November 6th, 2022 at 11:59 PM.

Students moving forward in the process may be asked to interview.

Looking for an Additional Business Course for Spring 2023?

BUSN 4895 - Z81: Introduction to Nonprofit Management

3-credits

Thursdays 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM - In Person - Stamford

Prerequisites: Open to all students who are sophomores or higher. All students who are not junior+ business majors will need to request a permission number.

This special topics course provides an introduction to Nonprofit Organization Management, including an understanding of the nonprofit sector, different types of nonprofit organizations, and core functions and skills required to successfully operate and contribute to a nonprofit organization. The instructor is the former CMO of Americares. 

Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity that aims to develop its members into principled business leaders. They aim to develop their organization's professional and leadership skills while making new connections through their network. This is a great opportunity to meet people, get into leadership positions, and plan events that you'd like to see at UConn. There are no prerequisites to join, and we are open to all majors. 

Peer Advisors will be available for registration help and can assist with a variety of questions such as:

• how to choose an elective
• schedule reviews
• troubleshooting the registration system
• and more!

The following sessions will also have free snacks and giveaways.

Wednesday, November 2nd

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

BUSN Lounge (BUSN 116)

Monday, November 11th

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

BUSN Lounge (BUSN 116)

Trick or Treat with MBS!

Multicultural Business Society is holding a Trick or Treat Event in the School of Business Lobby on Monday.

Come on and grab some candy!

Monday, October 31st

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

School of Business Lobby

Join the FLIP Team!

FLIP is a program for high school students where they learn how to manage their money. Juniors & Seniors are welcome to sign up to be an instructor. First Year Students and Sophomores are welcome to sign up to be mentors.

Information Session

Tuesday, November 1st

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Coffee Chat

Monday, November 7th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Virtual

The Art of Cryptography

Thursday, November 3rd

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

BUSN 391

International Students: Join us for Board Game Night!

Civic Expo

Students in English 1007-W35 “Composing Texts, Building Power” will be co-hosting their first "Civic Expo". There will be food and prizes available to all who attend. Each English 1007 student has selected a social, environmental, economic, or political issue that is personally significant to them and they’ve been researching and composing work around that issue all semester. The Expo will feature topics ranging from ocean pollution to the price of prescription drugs to the importance of voting. Each student will design and create a booth where they will “Remix” their writing and research for the Expo audience. The “Remix” may take the form of a carnival game, poster, podcast, video, trivia, and more.

Tuesday, November 1st

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

MPR

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Multiculturalism & Global Citizenship OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability.

The WBS meeting event with the membership will discuss business interviewing techniques and other relevant best business practice methods of interviewing including virtual platforms and engagement in a modern employment era of digital interviewing.

This event is for students that are members of the Waterbury Business Society.

Wednesday, November 9th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

WREC 402

FNCE 4895 - Section 002: Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Capital

1-credit

Tuesdays 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Distance Learning

Prerequisites: FNCE 3101 or MATH 3650. Business major or Actuarial/Math/Finance major of junior or higher status at all campuses.

The objective of this seminar course is to understand the process PE and VC investors follow in making decisions about valuation and financing of startups, and, along the way, to master the language of the industry. Seminar participants will become conversant in the articulate framework used in the PE & VC process; valuation, term sheets, due diligence, deal structuring, and devising of appropriate exit strategies. The seminars will be presented by prominent UConn alums and practitioners in the PE and VC industries. Each seminar is 1-hour 15 minutes long, followed by 15 minutes Q&A.

Virtual Career Tuesdays is a chance for you to engage with top employers to learn about their company, their culture and what they look for in job candidates.

Tuesday, November 8th

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Multi-national corporations’ (MNCs) responsibility for human rights abuse within global supply chains, including forced labour, human trafficking and modern slavery is increasingly recognized in international standards including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, United Nations Global Compact, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

However, there is mounting evidence that voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) mechanisms—such as supplier codes of conduct, ethical certification, and social auditing—widely relied upon to uphold human rights in supply chains are failing. In light of these failures, governments and worker organizations are pioneering alternatives, including home state legislation—through which the home states of MNCs introduce top-down requirements for more meaningful changes in corporate behavior— and new legally binding transnational supply chain agreements called worker-driven social responsibility (WSR) initiatives, which exert bottom-up pressure to change commercial practices.

There is considerable optimism that these twin developments are creating a new wave of regulation to address forced labour and overlapping abuses in global supply chains. How can we best study the effectiveness of these mechanisms and their interactions?

Tuesday, November 1st

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Virtual

Need help putting together a pitch deck for a class or editing a report? Don't understand your assignment guidelines, or aren't sure how to get started on a project? Schedule a 20-minute virtual meeting with the Business Communication Lab.

The material you would like to review with us must be assigned by a current course in the School of Business. Upon registering for your appointment, you will be requested to provide the assignment guideline sheet and other necessary documents for the Lab staff to fully understand the scope of the task or project.

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