UConn Stamford's Husky for a Day program offers prospective students the opportunity to visit campus, attend a class, and chat one-on-one with a current UConn Stamford student.

Join us for a conversation that explores the realities of being a first-generation college student across undergraduate, graduate, and professional stages. This panel will highlight the unique pressures first-gen students face, including the emotional toll of navigating higher education, managing family expectations, and code-switching across cultural and professional spaces. Hear authentic stories, gain practical strategies, and connect with a community that understands the journey.  Please RSVP on this website (https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=10343&rc=6107043647) by 11/6, thanks!This is an Honors Event. Seetagsbelow for category information. #UHLevent11315

"The Round Table" for Graduate Students Our Mandarin-speaking Group is a confidential, supportive space for graduate students who seek a compassionate, non-judgmental environment to explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in Mandarin. Through open and mindful conversation, we'll navigate the challenges you may be facing, including academic stress, cultural adjustments, familial pressure, race/ethnicity-related stress, language barriers, and relationship dynamics. This group offers a unique opportunity for self-discovery, emotional healing, and personal growth, as we create a space where you can feel heard, supported, and understood.To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:+18604864705) This session is held by Michelle Chen, LPC For many concerns that students face – like overwhelming stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, depression, academic difficulties, and more – group therapy is the best option for support and healing. Facilitated by Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) counselors, our therapy groups encourage peer support, promote emotional wellbeing, and increase a felt sense of connection. Participants often find that they feel less alone in their struggles, and walk away with newfound support and ideas for coping.

Yoga skillfully blends movement and breathwork, with a meditative focus for a full body practice that calms, nurtures, strengthens and opens one into flexibility of body and mind. 50 minutes of beginner-friendly yoga followed by a wellness and community discussion! DROP-IN (no appointment required)

Roohi Choudhry's Debut Novel Outside Women: A Reading and Q&A When: 3:30-4:45 PM on Thurs. Nov. 6 In person: Room 109 at UConn Stamford, 1 University Pl. Stamford, CT 06901 Online: https://s.uconn.edu/engl2701 Join English 2701: Creative Writing I for a celebration of Roohi Choudhry's incandescent debut novel Outside Women, a sweeping, century-spanning story of feminist resistance, radical kinship, and migrant solidarity. Set in South Africa, Pakistan, and New York City, Outside Women weaves together the lives of Sita, an indentured laborer in 1890s Durban, and Hajra, a Pakistani scholar in exile a century later, each forced to reckon with the cost of fighting for a stranger. Lyrical, gripping, and deeply tender, Outside Women is "riveting… an incisive story of how change happens" (Publishers Weekly) and a radiant exploration of what it means to risk everything for liberation. Highlighted in Ms. Magazine's "The Most Anticipated Feminist Book in 2025" "Outside Women is a gripping historical novel that contrasts the abuses of patriarchy and misogyny with the power of women to stand for freedom, truth, and justice." ~Foreword Reviews "Outside Women is a powerful and beautifully braided novel of personal and political history. Choudhry traverses continents and centuries with conviction and subtlety in this striking debut." ~Peter Ho Davies, author of The Fortunes and The Welsh Girl Roohi Choudhry was born in Pakistan and grew up in southern Africa. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. She worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health, wrote for the United Nations, and facilitates creative writing workshops for interfaith groups, schools, libraries, and community organizations. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares, Callaloo, Longreads, and the Kenyon Review. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Find out more at roohichoudhry.com. This is an Honors Event. For accessibility requests, please email Professor Gӧrkemli at serkan.gorkemli@uconn.edu (mailto:serkan.gorkemli@uconn.edu). Sponsored by UConn English & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies