Neag School of Education
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
HESA Alums Offer Valuable Insight to Current Students
The Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) program’s first alumni feedback panel meeting this past February was a successful effort to enhance program offerings. Alumni from a community college, a regional public university, and a technical college were invited to share their views of what elements of the current HESA program were useful and what […]
May 29, 2013 | Sandy Matosz
Educational Leadership Scholarship Named After Beloved UCAPP Professor
As Earle Bidwell ’71 sees it, his job as a University of Connecticut Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP) clinical supervisor is to lead by example and help students working to become a principal, vice principal, department head or other school administrator see their strengths and “bring out all they have to offer.” This kind of dedication […]
May 29, 2013 |
UConn’s Neag School Hosts Training Sessions to Prepare Educators for Crises
The Neag School is hosting three days of training aimed at helping educators prepare for and respond to various crises that can occur in schools.
May 17, 2013 | Tom Breen
iPads 101 for Teachers
UConn’s Neag School gave 400 K-12 educators a crash course in classroom uses for the high tech tool at a conference on campus this week.
May 16, 2013 | Tom Breen
H. Fred Simons, Former Vice President, Dies
A former academic and student affairs vice president, H. Fred Simons is also the namesake for the University's African American Cultural Center.
April 16, 2013 | Combined Reports
Class of 2013: Joseph Williamson, Future Social Studies Teacher
Connecticut history buff Joe Williamson '13 (ED) incorporates elements of local history into his lesson plans to engage students.
April 9, 2013 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Grateful: Alumna who believes in the power of public universities gives back
When 81-year-old Yvonne Condell entered the University of Connecticut in 1956 to begin work toward a master’s of Education, African-Americans like her “weren’t welcome everywhere.” Despite what then were improved U.S. civil rights laws and changing attitudes, segregation still existed in many restaurants, parks and schools, but not at UConn, Condell asserted. “From the first day, my […]
March 29, 2013 |
Neag International Professor Shares Experiences with Students
Fresh from a sabbatical to Thailand, Neag Professor Xae Alicia Reyes has always found her life to be international. “My interest in strengthening our sense of being part of the international community is a strong part of my identity as a military dependent,” says Reyes. “My mother was also a military dependent born in the […]
March 29, 2013 | Sandy Matosz