Women's Basketball vs. Alfred University
2023-12-28 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. ALFRED UNIVERSITY: The Wolves will face Alfred University in the Hat City Tournament at 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Women's Basketball vs. CCNY
2023-12-29 15:00 - 17:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK: The Wolves will face City College of New York in day two of the Hat City Tournament at 3 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Men's Basketball vs. Vassar College
2023-12-30 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. VASSAR COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Vassar College at 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

New Year's Holiday
2024-01-01 08:00 - 17:00
NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY: No classes; the university is closed.

M.F.A. Winter Residency Reception and Faculty Reading
2024-01-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Hotel Zero Degrees, 15 Milestone Road, Danbury, CT, 06810
M.F.A. WINTER RESIDENCY RECEPTION AND FACULTY READING: Join Western Connecticut State University’s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing in kicking off our 2024 Winter Residency! The opening reception will include short readings by our faculty from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Hotel Zero Degrees, 15 Milestone Road in Danbury.
All evening events are free and open to the public. The full schedule is available on our website. www.wcsu.edu/writing-mfa/.

Please RSVP by contacting M.F.A. Coordinator Anthony D’Aries at dariesa@wcsu.edu.

Women's Basketball vs. ECSU
2024-01-03 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: The Wolves will face Eastern Connecticut State University at 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Men's Basketball vs. ECSU
2024-01-03 19:00 - 21:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. ECSU The Wolves will face Eastern Connecticut State University at 7 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Reading and Q&A with Jill McDonough
2024-01-03 19:30 - 21:00 | President’s Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building 218, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH JILL MCDONOUGH: Come celebrate the work of the 2023 Housatonic Book Award winner in Poetry, Jill McDonough! This event will be hosted by WCSU’s M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing program will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building.
Jill McDonough’s books of poems include “Habeas Corpus” (Salt, 2008), “Where You Live” (Salt, 2012), “Reaper” (Alice James, 2017). and “Here All Night” (Alice James, 2019). The recipient of three Pushcart prizes and fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and Stanford’s Stegner program, she taught incarcerated college students through Boston University’s Prison Education Program for 13 years. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Slate, The Nation, The Threepenny Review and Best American Poetry. She teaches in the M.F.A. program at UMass-Boston and offers College Reading and Writing in Boston jails. Her sixth poetry collection, “American Treasure,” won WCSU’s 2023 Housatonic Book Award. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/events/1036373287694275.

Reading and Q&A with E.A. Neeves and Patricia Park
2024-01-04 19:30 - 21:00 | President’s Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building 218, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH E.A. NEEVES AND PATRICIA PARK: Join WCSU’s M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing for a live reading and Q&A with authors E.A. Neeves and Patricia Park! This event is free, open to the public and will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building.
E.A. Neeves grew up in New England, where she spent many summers lifeguarding at an idyllic lake, and occasionally catching snapping turtles. She enjoys tea, swimming and board games that take entire evenings to play. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found spending time with her family at their (probably not haunted) home in Salem, Massachusetts. “After You Vanished” is her YA debut.
Patricia Park is a tenured professor of Creative Writing at American University, a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Arts, an Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence, and a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. She is the author of the YA novel, “Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim” and the adult novel, “Re Jane,” a retelling of Jane Eyre named New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, winner of an American Library Association Award, an NPR Fresh Air pick, and others. She’s written for the New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, and others. Her new YA novel, “What’s Eating Jackie Oh?” is forthcoming in April 2024. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/3656415664680268.

Reading and Q&A with Scott Ellsworth
2024-01-05 19:30 - 21:00 | President’s Reception Room, Westside Classroom Building 218, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH SCOTT ELLSWORTH: Join WCSU’s M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing program as it celebrates the work of the 2022 Housatonic Book Award winner in Nonfiction, Scott Ellsworth! This reading is free, open to the public, and will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building.
Scott Ellsworth is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Secret Game” and winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He has written about American history for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he is also the author of “The World Beneath Their Feet” and “Death in a Promised Land.” His most recent book, “The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City’s Search for Justice,” won WCSU’s 2022 Housatonic Book Award. Ellsworth lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he teaches in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. Learn more at www.facebook.com/events/1017289469357759.

"Design Your Destiny" Bootcamp for WCSU Community
2024-01-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
“DESIGN YOUR DESTINY” BOOTCAMP FOR WCSU COMMUNITY: The Career Success Center is sponsoring a 3-day “Design Your Destiny” Bootcamp with Bill Johnson (The Dream Dean) on Jan. 9, 10 & 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Westside Campus Center Ballroom. The workshop is aimed at empowering participants to design their destinies and assist others in doing the same through powerful life design techniques. WCSU faculty, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to attend. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch will be served. Sign up at https://wcsutickets.regfox.com/design-your-destiny. Questions? Email careersuccess@wcsu.edu or call (203) 837-8263.

Women's Basketball vs. Rhode Island College
2024-01-09 13:00 - 15:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Rhode Island College at 1 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Men's Basketball vs. Rhode Island College
2024-01-09 15:00 - 17:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Rhode Island College at 3 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Swimming and Diving vs. Mount Saint Mary
2024-01-10 13:00 - 15:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN SWIMMING & DIVING VS. MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Mount Saint Mary at 1 p.m. in the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Women's Basketball vs. Keene State
2024-01-11 15:00 - 17:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. KEENE STATE COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Keene State College at 3 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Men's Basketball vs. Keene State
2024-01-11 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. KEENE STATE COLLEGE: The Wolves will face Keen State College at 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Intersession Ends
2024-01-12 08:00 - 17:00
INTERSESSION CLASSES END

Welcome Back Bingo
2024-01-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WELCOME BACK BINGO: We’re starting off the semester with a bingo! Join us at 8 p.m. in the Westside Ballroom for a chance to win prizes like PS5, an IPad, a Mini Fridge and more!

Chai Chat
2024-01-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Midtown Student Center Game Room, 181 White St., Danbury, CT
MSA CHAI CHAT: The WCSU Muslim Student Association will host Chai Chat from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Midtown Student Center Game Room. Food and chai will be provided.

Swimming and Diving vs. University of St. Joseph
2024-01-19 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN SWIMMING & DIVING VS. UNIVERSITY OF ST. JOSEPH: The Wolves will face University of St. Joseph at 5 p.m. in the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

PAC Blanket And Pillow Making
2024-01-22 12:00 - 15:00 | Berkshire Hall, 181 White St., Danbury, CT
PAC BLANKET AND PILLOW MAKING: Join us for blanket and pillow making in Berkshire Hall from noon to 3 p.m.!

Study Abroad Information Session
2024-01-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Midtown Student Center 207
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION: International Services will host in-person Study Abroad Info Sessions to kick off the Spring semester. Sessions will take place in Room 207 of the Midtown Student Center as follows:
Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m.

Disney College Program Info Session
2024-01-23 15:00 - 15:30, 2024-01-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
DISNEY COLLEGE PROGRAM INFO SESSION: Have you ever dreamed of working for Disney? Disney is hiring students for the Disney College Program during the summer and fall 2024 semesters. You can also receive academic credit for this experience. Join the Career Success Centers’ virtual session to learn more about the program before you apply. The session is open to WCSU students of ALL majors. Check out Handshake for more details and register to receive the Zoom link for the workshop, which is at 3 p.m.. Questions? Email careersuccess@wcsu.edu or call (203) 837-8263.

Clubs Carnival
2024-01-24 12:00 - 16:00 | Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
CLUBS CARNIVAL: Embrace the spirit at our “Happy Holiday” Spring Clubs Carnival at the Westside Student Center Ballroom! 🎉
Join us from noon to 4 p.m. for an afternoon bursting with adventure and boundless opportunities! 🌈

Women's Basketball vs. UMass Boston
2024-01-24 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. UMASS BOSTON: The Wolves will face UMass Boston at 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

Men's Basketball vs. UMass Boston
2024-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | O’Neill Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
WESTCONN MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. UMASS BOSTON: The Wolves will face UMass Boston at 7 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O’Neill Center on the Westside campus. For more information, visit https://westconnathletics.com/.

ACSA Interest Meeting
2024-01-24 20:30 - 22:00 | Westside Campus Center North Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury, CT
ACSA INTEREST MEETING: We will be discussing the club, playing games, and talking about how to join our E-Board! From 8:30 to 10 p.m. in the Westside Campus Center Ballroom.
