Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Five Changemakers Who Have Impacted Our Day-to-Day Lives

Ice cold beverages; designer fashion; computer networking and hardware; sound quality and experience. What do all of these things have in common? Aside from being common occurrences in our day-to-day activities, they are also industries that have been heavily influenced …

By Kristen Soprano
Kristen Soprano Career Consultant | she, her, hers
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How You Can Help Combat Anti-Asian Racism at UConn and Beyond?

The increase in senseless acts of violence, harassment, and bias against the Asian community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is alarming and intolerable. According to AAPI Emergency Response Network (a collaboration between the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and …

By Kristen Soprano
Kristen Soprano Career Consultant | she, her, hers
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How to Start Building Your Cross-Country Network

For many UConn students, whether they be Connecticut residents or not, The Nutmeg State may not be their final destination when it comes to considering careers. Searching for out-of-state job opportunities might seem confusing and daunting, but one way to …

By Kristen Soprano
Kristen Soprano Career Consultant | she, her, hers
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Student Success Story: Varun Khattar

Varun Khattar

Major(s): Double major in Psychology and Individualized Gender and Ethnic Studies

Class Standing: Junior

Can you give us some background on the UConn Civic Scholars Collective and what your role was in implementing it?

Well, I’ve had quite …

By Brittney Austin
Brittney Austin Communications Assistant
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