Neag Community Engagement

Three high school students - two female, one male - stand next to Dean Jason G. Irizarry in front of a light blue vertical banner that reads "UConn Neag School of Education." Each of the three students holds a small wood and metal award plaque.

Neag School of Education Hosts “Why Teach, Why Now” Contest for Early College Experience Students

High school students submitted short essays or videos explaining why they want to become urban educators

A Black college student squats down while holding an edge of a large parachute over their head outside in a field. Elementary school children also hold the parachute or run underneath it.

A Vibrant Partnership: UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport and Hartford Public Schools Support Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Over 20 Years

The UConn campus-community partnership hosts more than 600 educational sessions a year at Fred D. Wish Museum School

Morris Sarna and Judy Sarna

Gift Brings UConn’s Immersive Holocaust and Bias Awareness Program to High School Students

The gift from Judy Sarna and her late husband, Morris, is the largest gift from a single, private donor that the Neag School of Education has received in the past 25 years

The Husky Nutrition Team.

Neag School Receives $42K During UConn Gives 2025

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Neag School won two leaderboard challenges during this year’s 36-hour giving campaign

Wilbur Cross with fall foliage. Oct. 12, 2021.

UConn Provost Announces Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship

The Provost's Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship (PAECES) recognize scholarly activities that integrate community engagement with research, creative work, and teaching

Two Black students high-five in the foreground while five other students run and stand outside on a grassy area behind a school.

UConn Whole Child Project Positively Impacts East Hartford Public Schools

Students and staff benefit from strategic actions aligned with the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model

Male educator gives certificate to young male student while another male educator in the background looks on.

Connecticut’s 2025 Letters About Literature Contest Winners Named

UConn's Neag School of Education, Department of English, and Connecticut Writing Project, co-sponsors of the 32nd annual Letters About Literature contest, are proud to announce the winners for the 2024-25 academic year

Group photo of Neag School's 2025 Outstanding Alumni.

Eight Neag School Alumni Honored at 27th Annual Alumni Awards Celebration

On March 15, Alumni Board members, faculty, staff, administrators, friends, and guests gathered at the Student Union Ballroom to honor outstanding alumni

One man and three women pose in a group.

Coalition of Education Groups Hosts CT Premiere of “Counted Out” Math Documentary

More than 400 attend screening of film that offers a new perspective on math and its foundational influences on society, democracy, and economic opportunity

Female educator, Giselle Ziegler, leads a group of kindergarten students in a music class.

Manchester Teacher Named 2025 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner

Giselle Ziegler ’22 6th Year, a music teacher at the Odyssey Community School, will receive $5,000 to support her innovative project