July 19, 2012
This summer is filled with excitement with all of the happenings under the umbrella of “assessment” at the Neag School of Education. This includes: Planning to distribute the Common Entrance surveys for new candidates in four of our programs – IB/M and TCPCG Teacher Education, School Counseling, School Psychology, and UCAPP programs. Organizing the third […]
July 19, 2012
Accolades – below are news and notes from our alumni, faculty, staff, and students. We are proud of all the amazing accomplishments by our Neag family. If you have an accolade to share, we want to hear from you! Please send any news items (and story ideas) to shawn.kornegay@uconn.edu. Students Evan Johnson (current doctoral student in kinesiology) […]
July 19, 2012
Aaron Anderson wrote “Engaging Resistance: How Ordinary People Successfully Champion Change” not just for practical reasons, but for idealistic ones, too. “Several books offer recipes on the ‘right’ way for businesses to implement organization-wide change. But until mine, none explained why people tend to be so quick to buck change or how to best overcome […]
July 18, 2012
The Neag School of Education presented its first “Teaching and Learning with iPad Conference” in May to a sold-out crowd of 400 educators, administrators and learning technology enthusiasts. Organizer Del Siegle, Ph.D., chair of Neag’s Department of Educational Psychology, said the conference was designed to provide practical tips to educators on how to teach with […]
May 31, 2012
Accolades – below are news and notes from our alumni, faculty, staff, and students. We are proud of all the amazing accomplishments by our Neag family. If you have an accolade to share, we want to hear from you! Please send any news items (and story ideas) to shawn.kornegay@uconn.edu. Students The Neag School of Education recognized the […]
May 31, 2012
As the first person in her immediate family to go to college, Melanie Rodriguez ʼ11 (ED), ʼ12 MA grew up getting her ideas of what university life is like from books and movies. “I couldnʼt ask my parents what going to college was like,” she says, although older cousins and teachers did also play a […]
May 31, 2012
Itʼs hard to match UConn Kinesiology Professor Douglas J. Casaʼs energy and dedication when it comes to protecting athletes from exertional heat stroke and promoting the research of UConnʼs Korey Stringer Institute for the prevention of sudden death in sport. But the instituteʼs rise as a major research, advocacy, and educational resource for schools and […]
May 31, 2012
Not long ago, during a trip to the West Coast, I met with a UConn alum working in the biotech field. During our conversation, he mentioned he could not hire college graduates to work in his company because the graduates he interviewed had strong technical backgrounds but lacked both written and oral communication skills, or […]
May 31, 2012
JFK’s assassination; the civil rights, women’s and free speech movements; Vietnam; the Cold War; and an array of social inequities made the 1960s and ’70s one of the most compelling and challenging eras in not just the history of the United States, but in the history of higher education. Neag School of Education graduate Steve […]
May 31, 2012
Jack Hayes (’92), currently director of athletics at Hofstra University, has been named director of athletics at Brown University. Hayes will begin his work at Brown July 1, 2012, succeeding Michael Goldberger. “We have recently affirmed the significant role of athletics at Brown and initiated an important set of improvements to the program,” Brown President […]
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accredits the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Read more about CAEP Accreditation, including the programs covered and the accountability measures.
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