Category: Alumni


Read stories about Neag School of Education alumni.

Five Things to Know About Chris Dailey as She Takes Over as UConn Women’s Basketball Head Coach For Two NCAA Tournament Games

March 22, 2021

UConn associate head coach Chris Dailey will coach the Huskies for the first time since 2019 for Sunday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against High Point after it was announced Monday that head coach Geno Auriemma has to quarantine for 10 days due to a positive COVID-19 test. It’s not the first time she’s coached the Huskies in Auriemma’s absence.





Group of women in front of UConn banner.

Alumna Anne Hill Brings People Together Online During COVID-19

March 9, 2021

A program specialist for University Events and Conference Services at the University of Connecticut, alumna Anne Hill ’90 (CLAS), ’92 MA, has been planning events across campus for nearly 24 years. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring, Hill and her team had to uproot the strategies they had been using to design in-person events and pivot to online platforms.





Miguel Cardona, newly confirmed as U.S. Education Secretary.

Cardona Named 1st UConn Grad to Serve as U.S. Education Secretary

March 2, 2021

President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Neag School alumnus and Connecticut’s Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was officially confirmed on March 1, 2021, by the U.S. Senate. He is the first UConn graduate in history to hold a Cabinet-level position in the White House.


2021 Power 50: 42. Colin Cooper, Kelli-Marie Vallieres, and Ari Santiago

March 1, 2021

Gov. Ned Lamont in July tapped Kelli-Marie Vallieres to lead a new state office dubbed the Connecticut Workforce Unit. Under Vallieres — formerly CEO of Sound Manufacturing and Monster Power Equipment in Old Saybrook — the group collaborates with the Department of Economic and Community Development and Department of Labor to advise the governor and other state officials on workforce strategies and initiatives.