Event

2025 Earth Day Spring Fling & Zero Waste BBQ

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Event Activities taking place from 11am-2pm

  • Zero Waste BBQ: Dining Services is catering an outdoor, zero-waste BBQ featuring vegan, vegetarian and sustainable food options sourced locally. Note – the BBQ requires a flex pass, community meal plan swipe or $12 credit/debit card.
  • Eco Theme Cupcakes from the UConn Bakery (vegan & gluten free available)
  • Dairy Bar Truck
  • 12-1p  Goat Yoga: Outdoor yoga with the goats of Bradley Mountain Farm. Bring your own mat.
  • Party Peddler Bike: Hop on the 10 person bike for a tour of sustainability along Fairfield Way.
  • 2028 Class Tree Planting: As a certified Tree Campus, we celebrate each class with their own tree. This year’s tree, selected by the Freshman class, is the Green Gable Tupelo. The ceremony will be held at 1pm outside of the Budds Building on Fairfield Way.
  • UConn Thrift Den: The Thrift Den will highlight some of their free clothes!
  • Eco-Vendors: Meet with student and community organizations dedicated to sustainability, as well as eco-minded businesses along Fairfield Way.

Zero Waste BBQ with Dining Services – Fairfield Way

$12.00 (Credit/Debit, 1 Flex Pass, or 1 Community Plan Swipe)
Your purchase includes one small child-size cup of ice cream from the Dairy Bar Truck during the event. Truck will be on Fairfield Way. 

All menu items have been sourced locally.
Please be aware that dinnerware plates are used at this event. To-go containers are not available.

Southwest Dry Rubbed BBQ Chicken
Sysco Foods-Rocky Hill, CT (Gluten Free)

Hot Dogs
Four Mile River Farm, Old Lyme, CT (Gluten Free)

Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns
Freihofer’s Bakery, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Contains-Wheat, Soy and sesame.
(Gluten Free Buns available upon request)

Chili Lime Sweet Potato Bean Burger
Jen and Marie’s, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
(Vegan, Gluten Free)

Beyond Meat Plant-Based Italian Sausage Link
(NON-GMO / Vegan / Gluten Free)-Contains Coconut

Caprese Salad on a stick with UConn Balsamic Vinaigrette
Sardilli Produce, Hartford CT / Liuzzi Cheese, Hamden, CT
(Includes Liuzzi Mozzarella, Cucumbers, Basil, and Cherry Tomatoes)
Gluten Free-Contains Soy and Dairy

Fritos Corn Chips
Dayville, CT
(Gluten Free/Vegan)

White and Chocolate Milk
Mountain Dairy, Storrs, CT

UConn Dairy Bar Ice Cream Truck
UConn Dairy Bar-Storrs, CT

Pink Out Day with Dining – Oct 18

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On Friday, October 18th, Dining Services will participate in its 2nd annual Pink Out Day to support breast cancer awareness and research by wearing pink ribbons and/or pink clothing. We invite the campus community to join in and show their support.

Pink Out Day Specials on Friday, Oct 18th

Retail Cafes (Storrs Campus) – Receive a free pink ribbon sugar cookie made by the UConn Bakery if you are wearing pink or a pink ribbon. While supplies last.

Mango – Pink Drink smoothie – Strawberries, Greek yogurt & coconut milk, 20 oz drink, 17g of protein, $7.75; Mango is also handing out pink ribbon sugar cookies and breast cancer awareness bracelets to anyone wearing pink/pink ribbon – while supplies last; Mango Mike will make an appearance around noon.

One Plate, Two Plates – Pretty In Pink Salad – available all month; This salad is a great balance of creamy and crunchy with spinach, chopped strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, diced avocado, crumbled goat cheese, strawberry poppyseed dressing, and roasted pepitas. $7.25

McMahon – McMahon will be hosting a cancer awareness lunch; each station will represent a different cancer ribbon color and that color will be represented in the entree.

Dining Halls – All dining halls will have pink ribbon sugar cookies made by the bakery as a dessert option at lunch on Oct. 18th. While supplies last.

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Annual Spring Fling & Zero Waste BBQ to be held April 19th

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The annual Earth Day Spring Fling, co-hosted by the UConn Office of Sustainability and UConn Dining Services, will take place Wednesday, April 19th on Fairfield Way from 11am-2pm. The sustainability festival will include vendors, fun activities, and a Zero Waste BBQ catered by Dining Services.

The Zero Waste BBQ from Dining will feature vegan, vegetarian, and sustainable menu items that have been locally sourced. Lunch will cost one flex pass or $12 credit/debit. The meal cost will include a small ice cream from the UConn Dairy Bar truck that will be on site. UConn Bakery will also be on Fairfield Way, handing out cupcakes decorated with a BBQ theme (while supplies last).

Review the full schedule and make sure to sign up & sign a waiver for outdoor yoga at sustainability.uconn.edu/earth-day-spring-fling

 

Give A Meal on Nov 9 to Support Students First Fund

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Dining Services will be hosting our bi-annual Give-A-Meal on Wednesday, November 9th. All eight residential dining halls will be participating from 4-7:15pm. Over the years this program has supported various on- and off-campus organizations.
How it works: when students with a meal plan come to dinner on the 9th they can donate an extra meal swipe to help out their fellow huskies. All proceeds from this event will go to support the Students First Fund, through the Division of Student Affairs, to assist students experiencing food insecurity.
More details about the Student First Fund can be found at studentaffairs.uconn.edu/students-first-fund/

UConn Chefs to hold Cooking Demos at Celebrate Mansfield

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UConn Dining will once again be at the Celebrate Mansfield event on September 24th in downtown Storrs! Our chefs will be cooking up some delicious recipes and then giving out samples. At 2:30pm Chef Ron Swiller will prepare a Savory Smoked Salmon Cheesecake Appetizer and at 3:30pm Chef Rob Landolphi will prepare Cinnamon Chipotle Cachapas with Black Bean Avocado Salsa.

The Dairy Bar truck and Food for the Pack food truck will also be there.

Join the Mansfield Downtown Partnership for a day full of music, food, and fun for all ages!
Check out more details on the festival at https://www.downtownstorrsfestival.org/

 

 

UConn Dining to Host Summer Culinary Camps for Children

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UConn Dining Services is excited to welcome back our culinary camps for children.

Our two-day camps are open to children ages 11-13 and will be held at Gelfenbien Commons Dining Hall.

Participants will have an opportunity in both camps to work with award-winning UConn chefs and learn the basics related to cooking.

See full details at dining.uconn.edu/ucann-cook-camps

Earth Day Spring Fling to Feature Zero Waste BBQ

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The annual Earth Day Spring Fling, co-hosted by the Office of Sustainability and the Department Dining Services, returns after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, to Fairfield Way on Wednesday, April 20th, from 11am-2pm.

The sustainability festival will include vendors, fun activities, and events including a goat yoga session and a zero waste BBQ lunch from Dining Services.

See below for event details:

Zero Waste BBQ – Dining Services will be catering an outdoor zero-waste barbecue featuring vegan, vegetarian, and sustainable food options sourced locally. Lunch will cost one flex pass or $12 credit/debit. The meal will include a small ice cream from the UConn Dairy Bar truck. The UConn Bakery will also be there handing out spring theme cupcakes to celebrate Arbor Day. Students can donate their flex passes at the event if they have extras. Click here for the menu.

Environmental Art Show: Show off your eco-related art! Submit your art entry.

12-1p Goat Yoga: Yoga alongside the little goats of Bradley Mountain Farm. 75 person cap – you must register beforehand. Bring your own towel or yoga mat to Founders Green.

Party Peddler Bike: Hop on the 10 person bike for a tour of sustainability along Fairfield Way.

125th Class Tree Planting: As a certified Tree Campus, we’re happy to plant the Class of 2022’s student-selected Three-Flowered Maple on the north side of Wilbur Cross from 1-2pm.

Eco-Vendors: Meet with student and community organizations dedicated to sustainability, as well as eco-minded businesses along Fairfield Way.

For more information, please email sustainability@uconn.edu.