Huskies Hangout: The Heart of Our Graduate Community

The Graduate Support team is based in the Huskies Hangout, a dedicated space on campus where graduates can always find familiarity, encouragement, and community. The Huskies Hangout is a place where graduates return to build connections, seek guidance, celebrate milestones, and simply feel at home. Open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., the space offers academic support, a comfortable environment for studying and gathering, wifi and computers, games and entertainment, snacks, and a daily hot dinner, ensuring graduates have both the practical resources and the sense of belonging they need to thrive.

Social Events and Programming

The Huskies Hangout creates meaningful opportunities for graduates to stay connected to one another, strengthen lasting relationships, and build new networks of support and belonging. Through retreats, service experiences, mentorship, and college and career readiness programming, graduates continue to grow both personally and professionally.

Opportunities range from workforce development fairs and FAFSA support nights to mentoring younger students within the St. James community. Community life remains an important part of the graduate experience. Graduates regularly return for movie nights, game nights, themed socials, and community celebrations such as the Eid Al-Fitr Celebration and Night Market. Longstanding traditions, including House Cup, Mass, family style meals, and special school events, help graduates remain connected to the community that continues to support and celebrate them. Graduates also participate in off-campus experiences that foster connection, exploration, and joy, including outings to local attractions, sporting events, and seasonal activities such as ice skating & pumpkin carving.

We Celebrate and Support Every Step of the Journey

The Graduate Support team is intentional about showing up for graduates, not only in moments of challenge, but also in moments of joy and achievement. Whether attending HS & college basketball games, cheer competitions, prom send-offs, birthday celebrations, or graduation parties, we strive to make graduates feel seen, encouraged, and celebrated as they reach important milestones and pursue their passions.

To sustain and expand the work of Graduate Support, donate to the Community of St. James.