Neag School of Education
Fall 2019 Neag School Faculty Appointments
This fall, the Neag School welcomes a number of visiting faculty members and also announces several new appointments for current members of the community. In addition, colleagues, friends, and guests celebrated the career of Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Scott Brown earlier this month, who has retired from the Neag School after 39 years of service.
Teaching in Costa Rica: A Glimpse Into Summer Abroad
This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to travel abroad to Costa Rica, where I spent six weeks living with a host family and volunteering at a local PreK-12 dual immersion school, La Paz Community School.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Scott Brown Retires After 39 Years at UConn
Great universities are built by talented professionals who dedicate their lives to making their institution a better place. UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Scott Brown came to UConn as an assistant professor in 1980 fresh out of graduate school and never left because, he says, “he wanted to watch the University get better and better … today, it’s an international powerhouse.”
Series Expands Discussion of Research on Undocu/DACAmented Community
This past academic year, UConn’s Neag School of Education, along with UndocuScholars at the University of California Los Angeles and the Association for the Study of Higher Education(ASHE) Presidential Commission on Undocumented Immigrants, co-sponsored a research brief dissemination series highlighting issues related to the undocu/DACAmented community.
10 Questions With Michael Forsyth, Navy Veteran Turned Math Teacher
Michael Forsyth ’15 (CLAS), ’16 MA had already served in the U.S. Navy aboard two submarines and started a family when he decided in his late 20s to work toward a college degree. After completing his undergraduate degree in mathematics at UConn in 2015, Forsyth went on to earn his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction through the 11-month Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates at the Neag School of Education. He has since been finding creative ways to teach math to students at Connecticut River Academy in East Hartford, Conn.
The Future of Holocaust Education: Virtual Survivor Testimony in 3D
This year, The Forever Project received a $50,000 grant from The Spencer Foundation that will allow it to continue its work with The National Holocaust Centre and Museum in England.
Preston Green Named John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education
Professor Preston Green III was formally appointed the John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education on Aug. 14. A renowned expert in education law who joined the Neag School’s Department of Educational Leadership in 2013, Green also holdsa joint appointment in UConn’s School of Law.
UConn Receives NSF Grant for ‘Environment Corps’ Project
UConn has received a $2.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “Redefining Public Engagement at the University of Connecticut: Studying the Impact of an Innovative STEM Service Learning Model on the University Community.” The project is aimed at expanding and studying a new public engagement program that combines teaching, service learning, and Extension outreach.
Local Educator Brings Robotics Into Math Classrooms With Help of Donor
Dwight Sharpe, after receiving the 2018 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund, a $5,000 award that supports innovative projects carried out by Connecticut teachers at the elementary or middle-school level, has begun implementing his vision. Sharpe’s project, entitled “Accessing and Engaging in Mathematics Through Robotics and Computer Programming,” seeks “to explore and determine how robotics and computer programming can be embedded into middle school instruction to improve student engagement and achievement.” It was selected from among more than 40 submissions.
OVPR Announces Research Excellence Awards
The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship, and creative endeavors with strong potential for significant extramural funding and/or achievements consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in the discipline.