Connecticut College - Programs and Offices

Programs and Offices

• Student Activities Council (SAC) The Student Activities Council hosts a series of weekly concerts, Friday Nights Live, with performances by on-campus and off-campus bands. Some of the recent FNL acts include: Jon McLaughlin, Paranoid Social Club, Land of Talk, Langhorne Slim, Locksley, Stephen Kellogg, Girlyman, Winterpills, Grace Weber, and Ari Hest. The Student Activities Council is also responsible for the spring concert, Floralia, (recent acts have included: Girl Talk, Wynter Gordon, 1997 (band), The Misshapes, okgo, Matt & Kim, and Reel Big Fish), the Fall Concert (recent acts include RJD2, Blackalicious, and Ben Lee). In addition to Friday Nights Live and other concerts, the Student Activities Council is responsible for planning dances, study breaks, and small events on campus. SAC is also responsible for the annual Harvestfest (an event during Alumni Weekend where student groups can sell merchandise for fundraising).

• Floralia The annual spring concert festival on the library green, with musical performances and socializing. See Floralia.

• Career Enhancing Life Skills (CELS) is a four-year program through which students explore career options, assess interests and skills, learn to consider lifetime goals when planning coursework and activities, look for a career-related junior-year internship, and get help with a job search as seniors. In the summer after junior year, all students are allotted a grant from the college to complete an internship of their choice.

• Unity House is the college's multicultural center. Unity House promotes, supports, educates, and implements multicultural awareness programs on campus. It also houses a library and group meeting room, open to all. It also hosts many intercultural organizations, including but not limited to Umoja (African Diaspora club), and CCASA (Connecticut College Asian/Asian American Student Association).

• The LGBTQ Resource Center serves the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and Ally students by providing a supportive space, resource library, social events, and educational programming. The Center also serves as a resource for the entire College Community to learn about issues related to sexuality and gender identity. It hosts the student organizations Spectrum (formally SOUL), Connecticut College Queer and Questioning (CQ^2), and the Campaign for Gender Identity Awareness (CGIA).

• Office of Volunteers for Community Service (OVCS) helps students find volunteering opportunities in the community. Also provides a student-staffed van service to drive students to their community service.