Alumni
Neag School Announces Recipients of 2020 Alumni Board Scholarship
Jenna Karvelis ’20 (ED), ’21 MA and Ajane Santora-Fyne ’20 (ED), ’21 MA, both students in the Neag School Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program, have been named the recipients of the Neag School of Education Alumni Board Scholarship for 2020.
January 16, 2020 | Shawn Kornegay
UConn Magazine: Stressed? Be Stoic
Can the teachings of ancient Stoic philosophers like Epictetus can help us temper our response to the everyday tensions of life?
January 1, 2020 | Steve Neumann, freelance writer
Where’s the Beef?
UConn alum oversees Burger King's roll out of the meatless patty.
November 28, 2019 | Eric Butterman, freelance writer
Then and Now: Meet the Keets
These four sisters from Waterbury were UConn undergrads in 1969
November 27, 2019 | Sheila Foran ’83 (BGS),’96 PH.D
Midtown Funk — Funky Dawgz Brass Band
From a European tour to Madison Square Garden, the Funky Dawgz Brass Band is on a serious roll.
November 11, 2019 | Jesse Rifkin ’14 (CLAS)
Annual Forum Features State Education Leaders
More than 60 Neag School alums, students, faculty, and administrators, along with education professionals from across Connecticut, gathered last month for an evening of networking, followed by a panel discussion at the Darien Community Association in Darien, Conn. This year’s forum, held for the first time in Fairfield County, was hosted by Neag School Dean’s Board of Advocates members James Degnan ’87 (CLAS) and Elizabeth Degnan ’87 (CLAS).
November 8, 2019 | Shawn Kornegay
10 Questions With 3rd-Year Teacher: Valuing Diversity in the Classroom
Aryliz (Crespo) Estrela ’16 (ED), ’17 MA is now in the midst of her third year of teaching after having completed the Neag School’s five-year Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program in 2017. Looking back, she shares some sage advice about what she learned during her first year in the classroom — one that she sums up in three words: “Fun. Insightful. Courageous.”
November 7, 2019 | Fiona Brady
Jess Kelly Wants Women to Run
As the centennnial of the 19th Amendment approaches, Jessica Kelly '08 (CLAS) is chief of staff at Running Start, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that trains young women to run for public office.
November 4, 2019 | Tom Kertscher, freelance writer
Pedal to the Metal: New DMV Leader Accelerating the Process
Bongi Magubane ’76 is determined to fix the Connecticut DMV.
November 1, 2019 | Rand Richards Cooper, freelance writer
The Legends of North Campus
For decades at UConn, if you asked directions to the North Campus dormitories, you would most likely be met with a puzzled expression.
October 25, 2019 | Tom Breen