Neag School of Education
$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2’ Program to Reach More Classrooms
The international social studies simulation helps improve middle schoolers' science and global literacy skills.
August 8, 2013 | Combined Reports
Teacher Education Expert Suzanne Wilson Joins UConn Faculty
Wilson, a nationally renowned scholar, joins the University from Michigan State.
July 31, 2013 | Tom Breen
UConn Experience Still a Part of WesternU President’s Daily Life
It’s been more than 50 years since Philip Pumerantz, Ph.D., has sat in a University of Connecticut classroom, yet he applies the lessons he learned there every day. Specifically, he said he strives to “listen, care and advise” the way long-time former UConn Education Professor William Gruhn, Ph.D., did when Pumerantz was a student there […]
July 30, 2013 |
Neag Students Take a Refreshing and Eye-Opening Break to Jamaica
This past spring break the UConn Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life took their first alternative spring break to help out two different schools in Jamaica. Alexandria Cipolla and Shelby Flynn were among two of the ten UConn students involved in the trip, and both are Neag School of Education students. Flynn, a special education […]
July 30, 2013 | Sandy Matosz
NFL Players Association Helps UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute Beat the Heat
With warm weather settling in, most of us start thinking of beaches and cookouts, but the arrival of summer has more serious implications for the National Football League Players Association. Mindful of the danger of heat for its members, the NFLPA sponsored a fundraising dinner for the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, […]
July 30, 2013 |
REALL Makes Real Learning Possible For ELLs
It didn’t take long for New Britain fifth-grade teacher Kim Rosa Gionfriddo to realize the strategies she learned as a Neag School of Education REALL fellow to better teach students with limited English proficiency could benefit native English-speaking students, too. “It’s a simple thing, but just by being more explicit and taking time to define […]
July 30, 2013 |
Implementing High Quality Online Education at the Neag School
Jae-Eun Joo hopes to position UConn's Neag School of Education at the center of an online content and resources superhighway.
July 1, 2013 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Latest Edition of Widely Used Exercise Guidelines Edited by UConn Fitness Expert
The American College of Sports Medicine's handbook is considered the 'international gold standard' for exercise professionals.
June 28, 2013 | Beth Krane, CHIP
Helping Future Teachers Develop Global Literacy Skills
The Neag School’s David Moss is a champion for the global literacy skills teachers and their students will need.
June 25, 2013 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Neag School of Education Hosts 2013 Commencement
The Neag School of Education recognized graduates from the Class of 2013 during two ceremonies the weekend of May 11-12. The Neag School undergraduate commencement took place at the Jorgensen Auditorium on Sunday, May 12. Commencement for Neag School graduate students, including sixth-year students, took place Saturday, May 11, at Gampel Pavilion. The Graduate School commencement […]
May 29, 2013 | Shawn Kornegay