Jessica Stargardter ’16 (ED), ’17 MA
Outstanding Early Career Professional
Daniel J. Crispino ’15 6th Year
Outstanding School Administrator
Robin M. Schader ’01 Ph.D.
Outstanding Professional
Christine L. Carver ’91 (ED), ’97 MA, ’09 Ed.D.
Outstanding School Superintendent
Jeffrey Corbishley ’07 (ED), ’08 MA
Outstanding School Educator
Marcia A. B. Delcourt ’80 MA, ’88 Ph.D.
Outstanding Higher Education Professional
Alumni Board Scholarship Award
Through the generosity of current and past board members of the Neag School of Education Alumni Board, funding is made available each academic year to provide much-needed scholarship support to one or more current Neag School students.
Formally established in 2014, the Neag School Alumni Board Scholarship this academic year will support Jenna Karvelis and Ajane Santora-Fyne, graduate students in the teacher education program.
Watch Ajane Santora-Fyne’s Video Remarks:
Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Award
The Rogers Educational Innovation Fund, designated by Neag School of Education Professor Emeritus Vincent Rogers, provides a $5,000 award available annually in support of innovative projects carried out by teachers at the elementary and middle school levels in Connecticut.
We are proud to congratulate Jason Gilmore, an art teacher in Hartford, Connecticut, on being selected to receive the 2020 Rogers Award in support of his “Mural Intervention Project.”
This project, Gilmore wrote in his proposal, “will benefit the entire school community through beautification, as well as inspiring conversations about challenging subject matter, such as personal issues and triumphs, social issues, education, and [students’] neighborhoods.” Read about his project.
Watch Jason Gilmore’s Video Remarks:
Dr. Perry A. Zirkel Distinguished Teaching Award
The Dr. Perry A. Zirkel Distinguished Teaching Award is awarded annually to a full-time faculty member in the Neag School of Education for outstanding teaching.
Milagros Castillo-Montoya, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at the Neag School, has been named the 2020 Zirkel Award recipient.
Castillo-Montoya is a first-generation scholar. In addition to serving as assistant professor at the Neag School, she is assistant director of faculty development at UConn’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and affiliate faculty with El Instituto and the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative.
Milagros, Congratulations! I’m so delighted for you!!
With best wishes,
— Heather
Her research focuses on educational equity for first-generation college students, as well as racially minoritized students. Castillo-Montoya studies teaching and learning in racially and ethnically diverse college classrooms, particularly culturally relevant teaching in higher education.
Watch Milagros Castillo-Montoya’s Remarks:
Learn more about the Zirkel Award.
“On behalf of the entire HESA Program, we wish to congratulate you and celebrate the amazing professor you are. You are exemplary in your teaching, mentoring, and advising of not only our students, but students across Neag. You have a big heart and an ‘open’ door policy, always trying to design community events and constantly setting the bar high for exemplary teaching. Thank you for being an example in your teaching.”
— Saran Stewart, Associate Professor
