Connecting UConn

Instructions

  1. Sign into your Padlet account, create an account, or post anonymously if you cannot create an account (please be sure to include your name if you post anonymously)
  2. Press the plus icon in the lower right corner to create a post
  3. Click the first icon on the left to upload your photo
  4. In the space that says “write something beautiful” provide:
    • Department
    • Description of connecting activities your department participated in
    • Optional: Key Takeaways from your activities

Connecting UConn Activities

  • 3 things in 3 minutes: Participants partner up (preferably with someone they don’t know well) They have 3 minutes to find 3 things in common, things that go beyond physical/surface level knowledge
  • UConn Trivia/Jeopardy
  • Rose, Bud, Thorn: People take turns sharing:
    • Rose: something positive that happened recently
    • Thorn: a challenge they’re facing
    • Bud: something they’re looking forward to
  • Find Someone Who: Bingo
  • Winds a Blowin’: Participants stand in a circle with one person in a middle they say something about themselves (i.e I have a cat, I’ve been at UConn for more than 5 years, I like hiking) if what they say applies to you, you move to find a new place in the circle. The last person to move places stands in the middle and says something that applies to them.
  • Print a map on a cork board and have employees place a pin to mark where they were born/grew up or a country that they identify with