Orientation 2010

New Huskies are arriving! Well, not completely moving in yet, but they are coming to the Storrs campus from now until July for orientation. Do you remember your orientation days?

Dry

The Dry Student Association, part of the Anti-Saloon League, painted a very colorful rock last week!

Happy Birthday, Ally!

Ally has great friends! What a creative way to send birthday wishes to someone. Beats getting a card!

Polish Pride

The Polish Cultural Society painted a pretty red and white Rock in the style of the Polish flag!

On April 13, the group held a candlelight vigil in memory of Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and many other senior Polish government and military officials who died in an airplane crash near Smolensk.

UConn vs. 'Cuse blood drive

From April 12 to April 19, UConn and Syrcause held competing blood drives. I wonder who won?

Greek Independence

Not only do you - my loyal Rock Watcher followers - get the latest rock painting, but you also get a history lesson! Today is a national day for Greece. March 25th is celebrated as the day that Greece declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821.

Hieroglyphics

As I was walking by the Rock on this sunny afternoon, I thought I spotted hieroglyphics painted on it. And I was right! Lambda Alpha, the national honors society for Anthropology, decorated the rock with fun handprints and other markings!

True Colors

For the 3rd year in a row, the Rainbow Center is hosting the True Colors conference at UConn. The conference turns 17 years young... as stated on the Rock!

Shippee Love

I see '06 on there... does that mean some Shippee alums came back to paint the Rock?

Catching Up

I know, I know... it's been a while since I've updated my sightings. Even though I've been absent, I've still been watching! Here are two recent paintings....

Welcoming back the students for the spring semester

Excellent creativity by the Chem students!

Forever a Husky

Students have painted the Rock in tribute to the life of Jasper Howard.

R.I.P. #6

You Stay Classy, ΣΑΕ

It looks like the 'true gents' of Sigma Alpha Epsilon brightened up the Rock with their old gold and royal purple paint! I like your style, gentleman.

So far fraternities have been represented but what about everybody else? Sororities? Clubs? Sports teams? Get out there and start painting!

"Amazing"

It's official... the students are back on the Storrs campus, all moved in and already through their first week of classes. So.... I expect to start seeing more paintings!

The first "official" painting of the 2009-2010 year goes to Pi Kappa Alpha, aka "Pike", in their garnet and gold colors.

I'm ready with my camera! Keep painting... a year later I'm still watching!

"I'm ready for my close-up..."

It's been a while since we've seen any action around the Rock. The past few months I've seen maybe 2 or 3 paintings. I guess I'm not surprised, since the campus is pretty quiet this time of year!

That is until today!

From what I hear, the university's communication office is filming a sequel to their "Always Part of U" commercial... and it features the Rock! Check out the photos of the crew doing their thing...

Watch the original commercial at AlwaysPartofU.com.

And by the way, I'm baaaaack and can't wait to see what artwork we get up on the Rock this year! Keep painting... I'm back watching.

3 Summers

I'm not too sure what this one is about, but I thought it was a bright, cheery painting! Love the colors. It kinda reminds me of something that would be in a tex-mex restaurant, or in the south-west part of the country... arizona, new mexico, etc.

Alumni Weekend - Welcome back!

It's been a slow summer for rock-watching... with the majority of UConn students gone from campus and enjoying their summers, there hasn't been much activity.

UConn alumni were just welcomed back to campus this past weekend for Alumni Weekend. The Student Alumni Association cleaverly painted the rock with a welcome message, and left the back side blank. I'm assuming that this was to allow the alumni to take part in the tradition and paint the rock themselves!

Keep painting... I'm still watching.

Home run for UConn Baseball

The guys from the UConn baseball team painted the Rock with their signature "C". Looks they can swing a bat AND a paint brush!

Their last regular season home game was this past Monday. They have a few more games on the road this week, and then they head into the BIG EAST conference tournament. Check out their stats and remaining schedule on the UConn Huskies website. Good luck, guys!

I love college

The Rock was painted last week - very colorfully, I might add - with an inspiring message for all UConn students. Simply stated... "I love college". This is graduation weekend for UConn, and I hope that all seniors look back on their days here with fond memories. Congrats grads! Best of luck to you all.

Community Outreach

It looks like the people at Community Outreach are reminding us that it's never too late to check out their volunteer programs, whether for the summer or to make plans for next semester. Have you gotten involved this year? You still have a chance - today through May 10th students moving home can donate their unwanted goods to Give & Go locations around campus, which will then be distributed to non-profits in the area.

A Minor hits a perfect note

What a creative use of The Rock! Not only did the co-ed a cappella group A Minor show off their spirit by painting, they also advertised their May 2nd event at the Student Union Theater. Plus, any A Minor seniors got to use this opportunity to make their mark at the Storrs campus before graduation! There's always a new, fun way to use The Rock - what will yours be?