Enrichment Programs

CAPFAA consists of financial aid administrators from postsecondary institutions and members of educational institutions, government agencies, and private and community organizations concerned with the support and administration of student financial aid. CAPFAA was established in 1969 to serve the interests and needs of students and their families through the financial aid process. Specifically, CAPFAA assists in promoting and developing effective programs of student financial aid. The association additionally facilitates communication and cooperation among educational institutions and sponsors of student aid funds by sponsoring conferences and training sessions on relevant issues in student financial aid.

Qualifications:

• Must be attending current CAPFAA member institutions
• For Undergraduate Students: must be enrolled in a postsecondary institution as a full-time undergraduate student in a degree program OR in a certificate program of at least 900 clock hours, 24 semester hours, or 36 quarter hours
• For Graduate Students: Must be enrolled in a postsecondary institution as a graduate or professional student in a degree or certificate program on at least a half-time basis
• Have completed a minimum of one term or semester of full-time study or at least on half of a clock hour or non-term-based program
• Must demonstrate a Student Aid Index (SAI)/Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) that denotes federal Pell grant eligibility (graduate & professional students must demonstrate a comparable EFC/SAI) by providing a copy of their Student Aid Report (SAR)/FAFSA Submission Summary for the 2024-2025 aid year (or substitute 2023-2024 information, if 2024-2025 information is yet available)
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent)
• Must have performed unpaid community service or volunteer activities in the past twenty-four (24) months, not related to educational credit Not be a prior CAPFAA Scholarship winner, CAPFAA member, or immediate relative of a CAPFAA member

For more info, visit here: https://capfaa-scholarship.submittable.com/submit 

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The Honors GPS team will be hosting a De-Stress Fest during the week of April 22-26 where students can stop by the Buckley office for snacks and other goodies to relax before finals. The event will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm on Monday through Friday of that week.

The Honors GPS team will be hosting a De-Stress Fest during the week of April 22-26 where students can stop by the Buckley office for snacks and other goodies to relax before finals. The event will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm on Monday through Friday of that week.

WISH stands for: Waterbury, Innovation, Sustainability, Health The WISHfest was created as a partnership between the University of Connecticut (UConn) Waterbury Campus and the City of Waterbury to advance the educational goals of UConn Waterbury, enhance the K-12 college to workforce pipeline, and promote partnerships among the greater Waterbury communities.

The WISHfest is centered around programs that promote innovation, sustainability, and health. The WISHfest welcomes UConn Waterbury, Waterbury Public Schools (WPS), greater Waterbury businesses, industries, and the community. In it’s 2nd year, this event is on April 23rd with the theme “WISH for Our Tomorrow: Fostering Diversity for a Creative Future” features a lecture and panel discussion at the Palace Theater. The afternoon session will move to the UConn Waterbury campus, where the UConn Center for Career Development and Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board (NRWIB), will host an immersive career expo which will give students an interactive and unique opportunity to explore career pathways and connect with local businesses and organizations.

The WISHfest is made possible by the $1M endowment made to UConn Waterbury by Mrs. Joan and Dr. David Reed in 2014 https://cetl.uconn.edu/reed-fellowship/. It was reimagined in 2022 to have a broader impact on the UConn Waterbury students and the community. This is a free event. 

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The Honors GPS team will be hosting a De-Stress Fest during the week of April 22-26 where students can stop by the Buckley office for snacks and other goodies to relax before finals. The event will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm on Monday through Friday of that week.

Prof. Kovelman is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist, specializing in child language and literacy development, with a focus on bilingual children who speak and read in typologically distinct languages like Spanish and Chinese. She investigates childhood bilingualism using neuroimaging techniques such as functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). Her research examines the universal, language-specific, and bilingual influences on children’s reading development and dyslexia. Her talk will explore how learning more than one language influences children’s neural architecture as they learn to read. By studying Spanish-English and Chinese-English bilingual children using fNIRS, her research aims to understand how bilingual experiences shape the neural architecture for reading. Her findings offer insights into theoretical perspectives on bilingualism, literacy development, and neurodevelopmental plasticity.

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UCONN-WTBY-RESEARCH **Note that you must register to obtain the Webex meeting details.

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