Alumni
10 Questions With Connecticut’s Superintendent of the Year
Paul Freeman ’09 Ed.D. is in his 10thyear as the superintendent of Guilford (Conn.) Public Schools and has almost 30 years of administrative and teaching experience in schools in Connecticut. Freeman earned an Ed.D. in 2009 from the Neag School of Education. In addition to having recently been named the state’s Superintendent of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), he had been recognized in 2014 by the Neag School as Outstanding Superintendent of the Year.
February 3, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
United by UConn School of Law – and the Knicks
UConn Law alum Fred Cantor '78 used his pandemic-enforced down time to pen a book detailing his love for the New York Knicks.
January 29, 2021 | Camille Chill, UConn School of Law
Social Justice Panel Features Equity Work by Neag School Alumni
The Neag School of Education’s Alumni Board recently sought to highlight the equity work the West Hartford Public Schools district has been doing in social justice education as well as social emotional learning through a virtual panel discussion in December. The Board’s Student and Alumni Networking Committee Chair, Jocelyn Tamborello-Noble ’03 ED, ’04 MA, ’09 6th Year, spearheaded the event, recruiting colleagues who have been engaged in different facets of social justice work throughout their careers to speak on the panel alongside her.
January 19, 2021 | Fiona Brady
Neag School Names Recipients of 2021 Alumni Board Scholarship
Lauren Dougher ’19 MA, a doctoral student in cognition, instruction, and learning technology; Jordane Virgo ’19 (CANHR), a master’s student in school counseling; and Elizabeth Canavan, a master’s student in the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program, have been named the recipients of the Neag School of Education Alumni Board Scholarship for 2021.
January 15, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
Announcing the 2021 Neag School Alumni Awards Honorees
The Neag School of Education and its Alumni Board are delighted to announce the 2021 Neag School Alumni Awards honorees. Six outstanding graduates will be formally recognized at the School’s 23rd annual Alumni Awards Celebration on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
January 13, 2021 | Patrik Sokolowski
Alum Who Created ‘Merican Mule Cocktail Company Has Plenty to Celebrate
Dean Mahoney '09 (BUS) is in high spirits, as the cocktail company he founded in South Norwalk continues to grow.
January 7, 2021 | Claire Hall
The Executive Is In – at The Werth Institute
After achieving success in corporate America, Sarah Sandford Broderick is back on her Husky home turf as the Werth Institute's first Executive-in-Residence.
January 5, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
UConn Magazine: Playing Through
Among the many ways that parents are finding to entertain and educate their children at home during this strange time is one that’s been around for almost 100 years, what those who work at Lego simply call “the brick.”
December 31, 2020 | Combined Reports
UConn Graduate Tells Inspiring Stories Through Eyes Of ESPN
The first time Lauren Stowell ’06 (CLAS) walked into a television production truck, she knew this was how she wanted to make a living.
December 29, 2020 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Magazine: In the Driver’s Seat
What’s keeping us out of self-driving cars? Hint: The answer has nothing to do with technology.
December 28, 2020 | Eli Freund