If you have completed 60 Credits or an associate’s degree, from an accredited university or college, you are invited to participate in the University of Connecticut’s Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) Program.

The information session provides an overview of the Bachelor of General Studies Degree Program.  Requirements and applications will be discussed and a question and answer session will follow.

Interested persons are encouraged to attend prior to meeting with a BGS Counselor.

Please join us and find out what the Bachelor of General Studies Degree Program can offer you.

     The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1,334,200 Competitive Training Grant to the Center for Continuing Studies (CCS) at the University of Connecticut. CCS will develop and deliver a Collaborative Leadership in Homeland Security program to a nationwide target audience of state and local homeland security senior and emerging leaders during the three-year project period, which runs from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2010.
      The purpose of this training program, according to Roy Pietro, the Executive Director of CCS’s Academic Partnerships and Special Programs, is to “develop a new breed of homeland security leaders, equipped with requisite critical thinking skills and collaborative leadership abilities. This will allow them to make effective strategic planning and incident management decisions on issues and challenges impacting the security of all Americans.”
     During the three year project period, CCS will train 660 leaders in a schedule that includes three pilot deliveries and 12 subsequent regional deliveries. All 15 deliveries will attend by cohorts of 44 emerging and senior leaders with homeland security related missions.
      The Center’s grant application proposes an eight week blended learning leadership development program consisting of three phases: a two week web-based State and Local Homeland Security Crisis Leadership simulation; a one week engaging Mobile Leadership Development Program designed to develop collaborative leadership and critical thinking in homeland security; and a five week web-based Collaborative Leadership in Action class.
     Pietro acknowledged the substantial work of staff members Neal Olderman, Mary Lou Sullivan, Brian Olsen and Donna Campbell in securing this contract award. “This award was the result of a team effort within CCS, and Olderman’s extensive knowledge of current issues and challenges in homeland security was integral in formulating a responsive proposal.”      Pietro also noted the institutional support of UConn Vice Provost Veronica Makowsky, CCS Director Susan Nesbitt and the UConn Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).