Housing

You can go as low as $333/m and you can find your own apartment for $800/m.

• Craigslist
• UConn Off-Campus Housing
  • 560 On Main
  • Foster Drive (“Colonial Apartments”)
• Talk to the current students!

Groceries

• Willimantic Food Co-Op (in downtown Willimantic)
• Windham IGA (in Willimantic, not so downtown)
• ALDI (North Windham)
• Stop and Shop (Willimantic)
• Big Y (on the WRTD bus line)
• Price Chopper (on campus)

Sports

• Gym
  • Check out the university’s Student Recreation Facilty.
  • They offer group fitness classes. This is good for finding the motivation to go at a particular time 🙂
  • There’s also a Cardio Express at the East Brook Mall and in Tolland.
• Climbing
  • The Student Recreation Facility has a Climbing Center.
  • Susi and Jonathan like to go to the Stone Age Rock Gym in Manchester on weekends. It’s great fun to join them!
  • Zheng knows another place.
• Swimming
  • Check out the Brundage Pool’s opening hours in the Student Recreation Facilty.
• Ice skating
  • The Freitas Ice Forum (close to I-lot) has hours for “Students Only” and for “Public”.
• Dancing
  • Check out the UConn Ballroom Club (student organization). They have lessons and 2 practice sessions per week, and they do both American-style and International-style ballroom dances.
  • There’s also the UConn Tap Club
• Outdoors
  • The Student Recreation Facility’s Adventure Center organizes trips with students. You can rent equipment from them.

Entertainment

• Concerts
  • Check out the schedule of the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts (on campus)
  • On Thursday nights from 7-9 the bookstore in Storrs Center usually hosts a live jazz band comprised of UConn students.
• Shows
  • Check out the schedule of the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts (on campus)
  • Check out the Connecticut Repertory Theater (on campus)
• Movies
  • Student Union Theatre (on campus)
  • LANGSA-organized International Film Festival (schedule for spring 2017) (on campus)
  • There’s the Mansfield Movieplex at the Eastbrook Mall.
  • If you have a car (or a friend with a car), check out the Mansfield Drive-In.
  • Rave Cinemas at the Buckland Hills Mall.
• Games
  • We try to get together regularly to play board games. Settlers of Catan is a big hit (also for Susi and Jonathan).