OT: Back on Campus

[98Uconn]

Graduated from UConn pharmacy in 98 and then moved back to Northeast PA where I'm from. Visited campus a few time since, but it's been about ten years.. finally back today for a stop with my family on the way to Bar Harbor.
Some takeaways: while I was there it was a constant state of construction.. the results of that are amazing. The campus looks great. Storrs Center is exactly what the campus was missing and is beautiful. I am so proud to have gone there and am thrilled with the state of the campus. Would love for my son to go there in 2 years but out of state tuition is .
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[GHSWolverines]

I graduated in 86. A lot has changed. It is like it's own city. Nice to see.

 

[UConn77]

I graduated in 1977 and was back when my son was looking at schools in 2005. Totally different place - my dorm isn’t even there anymore.

 

[CL82]

I graduated in 1977 and was back when my son was looking at schools in 2005. Totally different place - my dorm isn’t even there anymore.

Did you live in south?

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

That’s the first time I’ve heard Storrs Center described as “beautiful”.

 

[Improviser]

Just checked out the virtual tour of the Student Union. Looks great!

And a lot different and improved from when I went there ages ago. I guess they must have built additions over the years.

Virtual Tours | Student Union and Event Services

Virtual ToursTake a closer look at some of the spaces the Student Union has to offer!Student Union Ballroom

studentunion.uconn.edu

 

[Improviser]

This too and climbing.

 

[UConn77]

Did you live in south?

Yes, Crandall B.

 

[CL82]

Yes, Crandall B.

I thought so. Those 60 person dorms, each with their own kitchen we’re great. I was surprised that they got demolished.

I have talked about this before on the board, but I’d get back to my room after I took a shower in the morning, call down to the cook to get an omelette, get dressed head downstairs and throw a couple pieces of bread in the toaster, grab a cup of coffee, slap the omelette between the toast and walk across campus to my first class which was inevitably in the Math/Science building. Special meals like lobster or prime rib were possible, but you would have to ‘pay for them’ by having a lot of inexpensive dinners so that you’d stay on budget. Since there was only one serving time for dinner, everybody would range their classes so they could be there. Basically, it was a family type setting with everybody eating together every night. It was a great system, but I guess inefficient.

 

[Guapo]

I graduated in 1977 and was back when my son was looking at schools in 2005. Totally different place - my dorm isn’t even there anymore.

It’s changed a lot since 2005 too

 

[Improviser]

I thought so. Those 60 person dorms, each with their own kitchen we’re great. I was surprised that they got demolished.

I have talked about this before on the board, but I’d get back to my room after I took a shower in the morning, call down to the cook to get an omelette, get dressed head downstairs and throw a couple pieces of bread in the toaster, grab a cup of coffee, slap the omelette between the toast and walk across campus to my first class which was inevitably in the Math/Science building. Special meals like lobster or prime rib were possible, but you would have to ‘pay for them’ by having a lot of inexpensive dinners so that you’d stay on budget. Since there was only one serving time for dinner, everybody would range their classes so they could be there. Basically, it was a family type setting with everybody eating together every night. It was a great system, but I guess inefficient.

I lived in one of those 60 person dorms near the Humanities Building. What did they replace them with? A complex of high rises with hundreds of rooms and one dining hall in a separate building like the Jungle for the Freshmen?

Actually, I cannot remember if the Jungle dining room was connected to the dorms or if you had to go outside to get to it.

 

[Jay-Bone]

I was there from '98-'02. It went from looking like the projects to a college campus in that time span. I remember the old ROTC building being boarded up with skull & cross bones spray painted on the plywood. We've come a long way.

 

[CL82]

I lived in one of those 60 person dorms near the Humanities Building. What did they replace them with? A complex of high rises with hundreds of rooms and one dining hall in a separate building like the Jungle for the Freshmen?

Actually, I cannot remember if the Jungle dining room was connected to the dorms or if you had to go outside to get to it.

it’s still smaller dorms but they do have a common cafeteria. My understanding is that it is still one of the nicer places to live on campus.

That reminds me of when I got my residence hall assignment as an incoming freshman. My older sister had just graduated and she was like “let me see which dorm you got and I’ll tell you how bad it is.” When I told her Wheeler she was like “That’s unreal! I’ve been trying to get in there for four years and you got it as a freshman?! Why does life always work out for you?!” I turned to her and smiled and said “I don’t know, but it does doesn’t it?” She walked off in a huff and my smile got just a little bit bigger.

 

[Vuce]

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it’s still smaller dorms but they do have a common cafeteria. My understanding is that it is still one of the nicer places to live on campus.

That reminds me of when I got my residence hall assignment as an incoming freshman. My older sister had just graduated and she was like “let me see which dorm you got and I’ll tell you how bad it is.” When I told her Wheeler she was like “That’s unreal! I’ve been trying to get in there for four years and you got it as a freshman?! Why does life always work out for you?!” I turned to her and smiled and said “I don’t know, but it does doesn’t it?” She walked off in a huff and my smile got just a little bit bigger.

That’s awesome. I was in Wheeler too and would ask our chef (Tom) for a specific kind of omelette, he’d make it for me and I would bring it to my room to eat while getting ready for class. The family style dinners were great too. Just a tremendous social atmosphere all around in those dorms.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I lived in one of those 60 person dorms near the Humanities Building. What did they replace them with? A complex of high rises with hundreds of rooms and one dining hall in a separate building like the Jungle for the Freshmen?

Actually, I cannot remember if the Jungle dining room was connected to the dorms or if you had to go outside to get to it.

I lived in New London in 05/06 and you had to leave the dorm to get to the dining hall. A few dorms were connected like McCoughnehey (sp?).

My understanding is that at one point all the North dorms were connected but not anymore.

 

[UConn77]

I thought so. Those 60 person dorms, each with their own kitchen we’re great. I was surprised that they got demolished.

I have talked about this before on the board, but I’d get back to my room after I took a shower in the morning, call down to the cook to get an omelette, get dressed head downstairs and throw a couple pieces of bread in the toaster, grab a cup of coffee, slap the omelette between the toast and walk across campus to my first class which was inevitably in the Math/Science building. Special meals like lobster or prime rib were possible, but you would have to ‘pay for them’ by having a lot of inexpensive dinners so that you’d stay on budget. Since there was only one serving time for dinner, everybody would range their classes so they could be there. Basically, it was a family type setting with everybody eating together every night. It was a great system, but I guess inefficient.

I enjoyed living in the small dorm. You got to know most of your dorm mates and it was generally a great atmosphere. Our cook was well connected in the area, and we usually had one or two nights a semester with steak and lobster, and we didn’t have to pay extra. Freshman year, his Willimantic buddy “Lefty” got us a private dining room showing of Deep Throat. Good times!

 

[polycom]

Residents of Mansfield always doing their best trying to make things difficult for Storrs.

 

[HCCForever]

I enjoyed living in the small dorm. You got to know most of your dorm mates and it was generally a great atmosphere. Our cook was well connected in the area, and we usually had one or two nights a semester with steak and lobster, and we didn’t have to pay extra. Freshman year, his Willimantic buddy “Lefty” got us a private dining room showing of Deep Throat. Good times!

These posts bring back great memories. I was in Wright B in the Frats/Northwest Quad in the late 70s. That building no longer exists either. I enjoyed knowing most of the people in the dorm and talking to everyone in the lobby as we waiting for the dining room doors to open for dinner. We too had steak and lobster occasionally. Times were much different then as movies like Behind The Green Door were shown often in the Life and Science building.