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The highly anticipated UConn Halloween event of the year, Haunted HEEP, will be Wednesday, October 29 from 7p-9:30p. Rain date is Thursday, October 30.
Haunted HEEP is a free, one mile scary hike through Hillside Environmental Education Park (HEEP). The HEEP is a remediated landfill area and natural forest reserve on the UConn-Storrs campus, behind the Innovation Partnership Building. The Office of Sustainability hosts the event to introduce guests to one of the closest trails to campus in the hopes they visit on their own in the future.
Everyone is welcome to attend but you MUST fill out this waiver.
Check in at the HEEP Trailhead Parking Lot between 7pm-9:30pm. T-shirts will be given to the first 50 students to survive the Haunted HEEP! Wear comfortable walking shoes that can get muddy.
We are still recruiting volunteer scarers. Click here to learn more.
Every year, the Office of Sustainability hosts a haunted trail walk at the Hillside Environmental Education Park (HEEP), located behind the Innovation Partnership Building. This year, the Haunted HEEP will be held on Wednesday, October 29th from 7-9:30 p.m.
We are looking for people to volunteer at various scare stations along the trail. Each volunteer will choose or be assigned a scare station (some example scenes from the past are IT Clown, exorcism, forest ritual, and haunted circus) and will need to show up at 4:30 p.m. on October 29th. If you are interested in being a scarer, please fill out this form! Last year, over 1,260 students attended this event, and we are anticipating breaking 1,500 this year! The rain date for Haunted HEEP is Thursday, October 30th.
*Pizza and T-shirt provided
*$100 Amazon gift card for the group that wins Best Scare Station vote
The Office of Sustainability and Community Outreach are offering FREE used dorm room items like storage, microwaves, and mini-fridges. These were collected during Give & Go, our spring move-out donation program. By providing functional, used items to students, it decreases the amount of resources used in creating and transporting new stuff. Reuse is greener than recycling!
Visit 3107 Horsebarn Hill Rd from 12:30-4:30pm, on September 4-6, 2025. The Yellow Line stops close by.
We’re hiring Sustainability Outreach Interns for the ’25/26 academic year! Formerly known as EcoCaptains, SOI’s act as sustainability ambassadors at every residence hall at the Storrs campus. If you’re living on campus, have 5 hours a week free in your schedule, and care about making the planet a better place, this is the paid job for you.
For full details and application, please visit: https://uconn.12twenty.com/job-postings/35006704393330