Category: Alumni


Read stories about Neag School of Education alumni.

Neag Alumni Society Recognizes Outstanding Graduates

March 24, 2015

The Neag School of Education Alumni Society and the faculty of the Neag School of Education recognized outstanding alumni at the 17th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 28, 2015, on the UConn campus in Storrs.







Neag Alumnus Awarded Milken Award

November 13, 2014

Sitting in the exact gym where he sat as an elementary school student, Metacomet Elementary School Principal Desi Nesmith was brought to tears when he learned that he had received the Milken Educator Award–nicknamed ”the Oscars of Teaching.”


Neag Alumni Society Hosts Holiday Celebration

November 13, 2014

Begin the holiday season with fellow alumni and friends hosted by the Neag Alumni Society. Enjoy seasonal desserts and a holiday performance at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Dec. 2.



Educator and Neag alumnus is Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year

October 10, 2014

Sometimes Cara Quinn’s sixth grade students at Sunset Ridge School like to call her “crazy.” But they mean it in a good way, that she stands out, said Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman to the sixth- and fifth-graders from Sunset Ridge who gathered in the gym Wednesday afternoon. “That means she’s kind of neat, right?” She’s a […]