The Academic Affairs Committee, led by Olivia Viel advocates and creates initiatives to support and enhance students’ education at UConn.

Initiatives and topics include, but are not limited to:

• Providing all Storrs undergraduate students with a free New York Times subscription through their UConn Email
• Providing all Storrs undergraduate students with $15 of free printing money located in their WEPA accounts
• Educating Students about the Husky Book Bundle Advocating for Open Educational Resources
• Advocating for underrepresented students
• Advocating for students on Academic Probation Educating Students about their Academic Rights (ie. how to appeal grades or how to reschedule finals)
• Advocating for students with disabilities and for increased pedagogical accessibility
• Advocating for faculty participation in the syllabus repository
• Advocating for students struggling with Academic Advising Planning and executing events such as Finals Care Fair, Financial Literacy Events, Pre-professional and Graduate School Educational events, etc.