For Jonathan Plucker, one of the nationally prominent scholars attracted to the University of Connecticut by an ambitious new faculty hiring plan, a move to Storrs is both a new beginning and a homecoming. The Montville, Conn. native, who has become widely recognized both in and outside his field as an expert in evaluation and […]

Students in the Neag School of Education’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program have achieved high levels of success on their Board Exams. For the last three groups of DPT graduates (41 total students), they’ve excelled by scoring 100% first-time pass rate on their Board Exams from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, […]

The Neag School of Education is seeking nominations for the 15th annual Alumni Society Awards banquet. Nominations for Outstanding Alumni are open until Friday, Dec. 7. The Neag Alumni Society Awards banquet is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 2013, in the South Campus Ballroom on the Storrs campus. At the dinner, the Neag Alumni Society will bestow numerous awards, […]

As a child, New Britain High School teacher Violet Sims, who is Afro-Caribbean, never imagined she could one day become a teacher because, as she put it, “I never had a teacher who looked like me.” As a student, “I couldn’t relate to anyone,” Sims told the more than 65 guests who recently attended the […]

The Foundations of Reading test, now required for teacher licensure in Connecticut and Massachusetts, does not ensure that prospective teachers will have the knowledge or skills required to be effective teachers of literacy. In fact, the nature of this and other content-specific licensure tests may actually ensure something else altogether. Our recent analyses showed that […]

Because Sport Management is more about educating students to become leaders in the sport industry than exercise scientists, athletic trainers or physical therapists, the program has transitioned out of the Department Kinesiology and into the Department of Educational Leadership. Both are within UConn’s Neag School of Education. Sport Management faculty offices are now located in […]

Dr. Richard Schwab, Raymond Neag Endowed Professor of Educational Leadership and former dean of the Neag School of Education, recently published a chapter in Attaining a Academic Appointment entitled, “Do What You Love.” Written at the request of alum Kent Butler, one of the book’s three co-authors, the chapter gives advice to those who aspire […]

The Neag School of Education extends a warm welcome, and offers big congratulations, to recently hired faculty and staff members.

Robyn Barnett Wilgis recently joined the Neag School of Education as the director of alumni relations. In her new role, she joins the Neag School’s Advancement Team, which includes Heather McDonald as director of development and Shawn Kornegay as director of marketing and communications. Wilgis is responsible for managing the Neag Alumni Society Board of […]

The Neag School of Education Alumni Society has some great events coming up in January and February. We hope to see you there! January 9 and 29 — The Neag Alumni Society invites you to take part in two upcoming events taking place at the Westport Library regarding the 2013 UConn Reads selection The Great […]