The campus' Learning Resources Center is an active and popular hub for supplemental instruction programs, tutorial help, and assistance with special projects including writing, math, the sciences, study skills and computer literacy. Campus venues for social functions and cultural activities include the newly renovated Avery Point Student Center, the 375-seat Avery Point theatre, and the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art located in the campus' landmark Branford House mansion. Hartford Campus Glen Richardson, Interim Director Link here to the Hartford Campus website for more information. The Hartford Campus of the University of Connecticut, organized in 1946, moved in 1970 to its present location on the Greater Hartford Campus at 85 Lawler Road, West Hartford. A new building housing the Computer Center and Student Services is expected to be completed by the summer of 2001.
Ample parking is available for authorized students.
The Hartford regional campus of the University serves a broad section of the population of the greater Hartford area. Freshmen-sophomore students who prefer to live and study in this area may begin a program leading to a degree from nearly all of the schools and colleges of the University. These programs, and the distinguished faculty who staff them, are fully integrated into the departments and colleges of the University. For those students who wish to continue their education in the evening, a number of undergraduate courses are offered, including some advanced courses which fulfill the requirements of the Bachelor of General Studies degree offered at the campus. In 1999, a new degree program in Urban Studies was approved for the undergraduate program.