Following an evening of networking among more than 130 educational leadership alumni, students, and colleagues, two notable Neag School alumni — school principal Alicia Bowman and superintendent Joseph Macary — took to the stage to share their program experiences and insights on leadership during Neag School’s Second Annual Educational Leadership Alumni Forum, held Nov. 1 at UConn’s von der Mehden Hall in Storrs.

Three Neag School students — Alexandra “Ali” Jabick ’16 (ED), ’17 MA, Cheyann Kelly ’16 (ED), ’17 MA, and Yizhi Wang ’16 (ED), ’17 MA — each in their fifth year of the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s program with a concentration in elementary education, are currently spending the semester in Cape Town, South Africa, where they are working at Christel House School, which is run entirely on donations and where all students are on full scholarship.

The Daily Campus (Neag School’s Gladis Kersaint and Tamika La Salle participated on the panel)

The Bulletin (Neag School alumnus, Louise Berry, was recognized for her long tenure with Brooklyn Public Schools)

CT Post (Neag School’s Morgaen Donaldson was interviewed about education policy regarding the incoming administration)

Providence Journal (Neag School’s Preston Green is interviewed on the recent ballot measure in Mass.)

While the word “literacy” alone generally refers to reading and writing skills, when you tack on the word “digital” before it, the term encompasses much, much more.

The Daily Campus (Neag School doctoral student and staff scientist at the CT Science Center, TJ McKenna, was profiled in this story)

ESPN (Neag School graduate student and former UConn football player, Casey Cochran, discusses his concussion experience and life after football)

The Daily Campus (Neag School doctoral student and CT Science Museum scientist, TJ McKenna, served as moderator for a special UConn Mythbusters performance)