After more than $56,000 was raised for the Valerie J. Pichette Scholarship Fund from 117 donors, the Neag School will honor the scholarship’s first student recipient, UConn alum and incoming TCPCG student Luis Organista ’14 (CAHNR), later this month.

The report, published April 7 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, found that students who “concentrated”—took three related courses focused on one industry—were 21 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school in four years than their peers who did not, and were just as likely to go to a four-year college.

A new study on career and technical education has found that CTE is highly beneficial for students, especially for some of those who need it the most.

Ed in the Apple (Shaun Dougherty’s co-authored Manhattan Institute report cited)

Daily Campus

New Haven Register

UConn Today (Shaun Dougherty’s recent co-authored report on CTE covered)

American Psychological Association (Segments from informational film written by James Kaufman and Ronald Beghetto)

New Haven Register (Mention of Gladis Kersaint’s appointment as dean)

The Neag School of Education is pleased to welcome Caitlin Trinh ’07 (CLAS) as the School’s new director of alumni relations. Trinh arrives at the Neag School after having served for more than five years as alumni relations director at UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.