Category: Students


Read stories, issue briefs, op-eds, and more by or about Neag School current students.

Scholars House; Reuben Pierre-Louis; Theta 360 view; UConn Learning Community; African American Men

10 Questions With Reuben Pierre-Louis, Future Special Education Teacher

August 26, 2016

Current UConn student Reuben Pierre-Louis ’17 (ED), ’18 MA is set to begin his senior year in the Neag School’s five-year Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s (IB/M) program with a concentration in special education. In addition, he will be serving as a resident assistant this coming academic year in UConn’s new ScHOLA²RS House Learning Community.


Line of individuals clapping for accolades.

Neag School Accolades, July-August 2016

August 25, 2016

Congratulations to our Neag School alumni, faculty, staff, and students on their continued accomplishments inside and outside the classroom. If you have an accolade to share, we want to hear from you! Please send any news items (and story ideas) to neag-communications@uconn.edu.




10 Questions With Josué Lopez, Dean’s Doctoral Scholar

July 25, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Recent Neag School alum Josué Lopez ’15 MA will be returning this fall as a Ph.D. student and as part of the second cohort of Dean’s Doctoral Scholars at the Neag School.


DDS Robert Cotto; Dean's Doctoral Scholar

10 Questions With Robert Cotto, Dean’s Doctoral Scholar

July 25, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Incoming Ph.D. student Robert Cotto Jr. will join the Neag School this fall as part of the second cohort of Dean’s Doctoral Scholars.


10 Questions With Xin Xu, Dean’s Doctoral Scholar

July 25, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Incoming Ph.D. student Xin Xu will join the Neag School this fall as part of the second cohort of Dean’s Doctoral Scholars.


DDS; Dean's Doctoral Scholar; Neag School of Education at UConn; Ph.D. Student Dakota Cintron

10 Questions With Dakota Cintron, Dean’s Doctoral Scholar

July 25, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Incoming Ph.D. student Dakota Cintron will join the Neag School this fall as part of the second cohort of Dean’s Doctoral Scholars.


10 Questions With Alexandra Lamb, Dean’s Doctoral Scholar

July 25, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Incoming Ph.D. student Alexandra Lamb will join the Neag School this fall as part of the second cohort of Dean’s Doctoral Scholars.


Kelsey Karp at Spring Valley Student Farm at UConn; now earning Teacher Certification through TCPCG

10 Questions With Kelsey Karp, Aspiring Agriculture Educator

July 14, 2016

In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Here, Kelsey Karp ’16 (CAHNR) — an aspiring agriculture educator currently enrolled in in the Neag School’s Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) — shares insights into her time at UConn, where she spent her last year as an undergraduate living and working at UConn’s Spring Valley Student Farm. Through TCPCG, an 11-month program designed for college graduates looking to earn teacher certification, Karp is getting one step closer to fulfilling her ambition to become an educator.