The Student Services Committee is responsible for the advocacy of student quality of life concerns relating to health, food services, recreation, housing, transportation, environment, physical, and emotional safety. Advocacy does not always look the same; committee members may be meeting with administrators to change policy, working with other groups on accessibility issues, and/or hosting an event to connect students around campus. The options and avenues to pursue to effectively and inclusively advocate for the student body are countless. 

USG Student Services Projects:

• • Period Box providing free menstruation products throughout campus
  • Providing students with free Plan B through SHaW Health 
  • Providing accessible nutrition to food insecure populations in our campus community through Husky Market
  • Water Bottle Refill Stations - providing clean, safe drinking water around campus to promote reusable water bottles.

Subcommittees:

• • Mental Health & Wellness: promote the mental and physical wellness of the Undergraduate Student Body.
  • Transportation and Recreation: promote the connections concerns students have between transportation and the quality of recreation experiences.
  • Environmental Justice: promote the environmentally friendly status of the University of Connecticut and advocate for opportunities for students to lower their impact on their personal environmental footprint.
  • Sexual Health and Education: provides students with education and resources regarding sexual health and sexuality.
  • Food Insecurity: to research food insecurity and work towards ways of addressing it creatively on our campus.

For more info on our subcommittees, please visit our student services subcommittees page.

 

University Resources:

• • Mental Health

Student Health and Wellness The Student Health and Wellness(SHaW) center provides health and wellness programs to promote the wellbeing of the student body. Through SHaW, students have access to various mental health resources such as the Circle of Care, therapy, and crisis support. 

• • Recreation & Transportation

CycleShare Interested in cycling? UCONN Recreation offers opportunities for students to rent out bikes at their leisure. Many more programs and activities are available at the Student Recreation Center. 

• • Sexual Health

Student Health and Wellness The Student Health and Wellness(SHaW) center provides health and wellness programs to promote the wellbeing of the student body. USG has recently partnered with SHaW to provide Plan B at no cost to undergraduate students with a valid UCONN ID. Students can also purchase a generic form of Plan B at the SHaW Pharmacy.

• • Environmental Justice

Office of Sustainability The Office of Sustainability at UCONN provides a myriad of resources for those interested in environmental justice on campus. Resources include, the environmental justice toolkit created by UCONN graduate, Himaja Nagireddy ('20) and the environmental justice word bank for definitions of commonly used environmental justice terms. 

• • Food Insecurity 

UCONN Hunger Swipes Program Swipe Out Hunger, is a nation-wide program that collaborates with colleges to help put an end to student hunger and assist those who struggle with food insecurity. Students can participate in this at UCONN by letting dining staff know that they would like to donate a flex pass. The donation will be sent to UCONN Swipes where it will be distributed to students in need. To see if you qualify for the program, schedule an appointment with the Assistant Dean. 

Accomplishments:

• • Period Box providing free menstruation products throughout campus
  • Providing students with free Plan B through SHAW Health 
  • Husky Market to provide accessible nutrition to food insecure populations in our campus community
  • Water Bottle Refill Stations - providing clean, safe drinking water around campus to promote reusable water bottles.
  • Extending SHaW-MH hours later into the evenings
  • Extend mental health resources to the back of the one card 
  • Organizing a Community Recreation Day with ShareRides
  • Provide Mental Health First Aid Certification Training