Recent Posts
$240K Grant to Advance Ongoing Neag School Student Diversity Efforts
by: Stefanie Dion Jones February 12, 2019
Thanks to a newly announced investment of $240,000 from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, the Neag School will be able to support further efforts to diversify the teacher workforce of tomorrow.
$5K Rogers Award Goes to Neag School Alumna Teaching in Norwalk, Conn.
by: Stefanie Dion Jones February 5, 2019
Alumna Jessica Stargardter ’16 (ED), ’17 MA has been named by the Neag School of Education as the recipient of the 2019 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund award. Stargardter serves as a gifted and talented educator for Norwalk (Conn.) Public Schools.
Neag School Accolades: December 2018-January 2019
by: Stefanie Dion Jones January 24, 2019
Congratulations to our Neag School alumni, faculty, staff, and students on their continued accomplishments inside and outside the classroom.
Visit to Middle East Marks Enduring International UConn Partnership
by: Stefanie Dion Jones January 23, 2019
As part of an international partnership that began two-plus years ago, Neag School Dean Gladis Kersaint and Yuhang Rong, UConn’s associate vice president for global affairs, traveled this past fall to the Middle East on behalf of the University to connect with educators, administrators, students, and even royalty, in a country where one Neag School program has been making an impact.
UConn Joins BOLD Women’s Leadership Network
by: Shawn Kornegay January 15, 2019
“Women bring a different voice and a different concern for what’s in the best interest of the planet, in the best interest of peace, and in the best interest of work that makes a positive difference,” says Sally Reis.
Neag School Announces Recipients of 2019 Alumni Awards
by: Shawn Kornegay January 14, 2019
The Neag School of Education and its Alumni Board are proud to announce the 2019 Neag School Alumni Awards honorees. Seven outstanding Neag School graduates will be recognized at the School’s 21st annual Alumni Awards Celebration on Saturday, March 16, 2019.
Reviving Holocaust History with Virtual Reality
by: Stefanie Dion Jones January 9, 2019
UConn researchers are developing an immersive learning experience using virtual reality (VR) and game design to bring to life archival materials from the Nuremberg Trials.
10 Questions With Ph.D. Student Emily Tarconish, Brain Injury Survivor
by: Shawn Kornegay January 8, 2019
Emily Tarconish is a Ph.D. candidate in Neag School’s educational psychology program with a concentration in special education. She is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) she endured at the age of 15. With years of hard work and rehabilitation, Tarconish has relearned how to walk, speak, and regain basic life functions. Once she completes her Ph.D., she plans to pursue research focused in part on improving access to higher education for college students with TBIs.
