Author: Thomas C. DeFranco


Letter from the Dean: You’re Invited to the Neag Alumni Society Awards Dinner

January 18, 2013

Dear Alumni and Friends of the Neag School of Education: The Neag School of Education Alumni Society and the faculty of the Neag School of Education cordially invite you to attend our 15th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the South Campus Ballroom (Rome Ballroom) on the Storrs campus. Click here for […]


Message from the Dean

May 31, 2012

Not long ago, during a trip to the West Coast, I met with a UConn alum working in the biotech field. During our conversation, he mentioned he could not hire college graduates to work in his company because the graduates he interviewed had strong technical backgrounds but lacked both written and oral communication skills, or […]


Letter from the Dean

September 21, 2011

Dear Neag Alumni and Friends, On behalf of the Neag School of Education, we hope the fall season is treating you well. Whether you’re teaching in the classroom, providing physical therapy to a patient, leading a school as the principal, marketing a sports team, lecturing on a college campus, studying hard as a Neag graduate […]


Summer Letter from the Dean

August 4, 2011

Dear Alumni and Friends, This is my second summer as dean and it’s been a very, very busy two years. We’ve had a busy academic year filled with activities and accomplishments. Also, one may think that the Neag School of Education is slow during the summer. Spend a little time around the Gentry Building during […]


Letter from the Dean: You’re Invited to the Neag Alumni Society Awards Dinner

March 24, 2011

Dear Alumni and Friends of the Neag School of Education: The Neag School of Education Alumni Society and the faculty of the Neag School of Education cordially invite you to attend our 13th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the South Campus Ballroom (Rome Ballroom) on the Storrs campus. Click here for […]


Letter From the Dean

February 1, 2011

Dear Neag Alumni and Friends, As I begin my second year as dean, I am very excited about the progress we have made this past year in moving toward our goal of becoming one of the top schools of education in the nation. I am very proud of the efforts of our talented faculty, staff […]