A Day in the Life of UConn Students - February 3, 2012

Ricardo Hernandez (8th semester - Accounting) says sunrise over the basketball court right outside Alumni Complex dorms. 8 am classes are always easier to wake up for when you can tell it is going to be a beautiful day!

Chris Minor (8th semester - Biology) walking past the turf field on his way to an 8am class.

Austin Milan (6th semester - Exercise Science) about to start my daily crossword from our student run newspaper, The Daily Campus. It's been serving students since 1896.

Jonathan Simmons (Graduate Student - Education) meets with his fellow Master's degree students, Carly, Julie, Natalie, Tara, and Becca in the Neag School of Education to prep resumes, portfolios, and cover letters to land that great first job!

Chris Minor (8th semester - Biology) asks Ben Jerrild (8th semester - Communications Disorders) for some academic scheduling advice while on LVC desk shift.

Jon meets up in Starbucks for a coffee and a life chat with his advisor, Professor David Moss.

Hina Samnani (6th semester - Journalism) found it exciting to sit in a "mock" courtroom at the UConn Law School and hear renowned speakers Haroon Moghul and Ingrid Mattson during the "One Nation Under Law" event. Maybe in a few years, she'll actually be sitting here as a UConn law student!

Ricky Hernandez on his way to a professional business conference in Philadelphia!

Hina's friend, Amina Toor (8th semester - Allied Health), eats her appetizing lunch provided by UConn Law Dining Services. Hina says she was almost tempted to ask for seconds, especially after eating their delicious baklava. Yum!

Whitney Washburn (4th semester - Biology) walks past this graffiti every day and it always brightens up her day!

After class Whitney headed over to the Dr. Kanadia's lab where she conducts research doing some pretty cool stuff like running gels of DNA from Sfrs10, a gene we are studying.

Keerthi ready to board the community outreach bus to go to the Big Brother Big Sister program with her 'little' Victoria!

Austin hangs out in the Co-op, checking out some UConn baseball apparel. Led by national coach of the year Jim Penders, the Huskies were Big East Champions last year, finished in the top 16 in the nation, had two All-Americans, and had 10 players selected in the MLB Draft!

Ice skating at UConn's Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum is free with your student ID, and renting skates only costs $4! Whitney says, "My friends and I love to go skate on the weekends." From left to right Sammy, a Marine Sciences from Hyannis, MA; Ashley West, a Pre-Pharmacy major from Dudley, MA; Andrew Trinh, an Molecular and Cellular Biology and History double major from Stamford, CT; S'ha Siddiqi, a Political Science and Economics double major with a French minor from Redding, CT, Whitney Washburn, a Physiology and Neurobiology Major from Wakefield, RI, Zach Rom, a Chemical Engineering major from Levittown, NY, Aubree DeBLois, an Actuarial Science major from Baldwinsville, NY, and in front, Ben Sevey, a Marine Biology major from Wakefield, RI.

While registering for the professional conference, Ricky sees this poster and is inspired.

Jon says "One of the the perks of living off campus on nearby Coventry Lake and being able to see the beautiful sunset."

Ranea Al-Tikriti (4th semester pre-Pharmacy), reads the Qur'an after Friday prayer at the Islamic Center of UConn. Hina says, "It's nice to have a place that I can relax and escape to that's right on campus!"

Keerthi watching T.V. and relaxing with her dorm mates (right to left) Alissa from Oakland, NJ (4th semester -Communication Disorders Major), Jaimie from Lakeville, MA (4th semester - Allied Health), Lindsay from Lebanon, CT (4th semester -Allied Health Major).

Chris is laughing while he owns his friends in a friendy game of Super Smash Brothers. (Henry Harjes, art major)

Ricky is excited to meet other brothers of Delta Sigma Pi from around the country at the pre-conference social