Alumni
500 UConn Alums Converge at New York’s Citi Field
Fans watched the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals during UConn Night in New York City, UConn's 'home away from home.'
July 28, 2016 | Athletic Communications
‘Treat People Right Throughout Your Life’
‘Treat People Right Throughout Your Life’ Says Former Walmart CEO Bill Simon ’81, ’88 MBA A store manager had been abruptly fired in a small North Carolina town and Walmart president and CEO Bill Simon‘s phone was ringing off the hook. Customers were irate, store associates were upset, and even the town’s mayor called to […]
July 20, 2016 | Claire Hall
Former UConn Star Named 2016 Best Female Athlete at ESPYs
Breanna Stewart earned two ESPYs after leading the Huskies to an unprecedented fourth straight national championship.
July 19, 2016 | Athletic Communications
Alum to Learn Traditional Puppet Arts in Japan
Zach Dorn '10 (SFA) will spend a year studying with Japanese theater artists, thanks to a travel fellowship.
July 15, 2016 | Kenneth Best
10 Questions With Kelsey Karp, Aspiring Agriculture Educator
In this new series, the Neag School will be catching up with students, alumni, faculty, and others throughout the year to give you a glimpse into their Neag School experience and their current career, research, or community activities. Here, Kelsey Karp ’16 (CAHNR) — an aspiring agriculture educator currently enrolled in in the Neag School’s Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) — shares insights into her time at UConn, where she spent her last year as an undergraduate living and working at UConn’s Spring Valley Student Farm. Through TCPCG, an 11-month program designed for college graduates looking to earn teacher certification, Karp is getting one step closer to fulfilling her ambition to become an educator.
July 14, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Adding Value to the Team
Logan Bement '16 uses marketing, data to improve professional baseball for fans, players.
July 1, 2016 | Claire Hall
Orlando Valentin ’15 (ED), ’16 MA: From Karate to the Classroom
With awards ranging from the Alma Exley Scholarship to the state Minority Teacher Incentive Grant, Orlando Valentin completed the Neag School’s teacher preparation program this spring. The first in his immediate family to have earned a university degree, his goal is to land his first job — ideally, as a teacher in his hometown of Meriden. But don’t let Valentin’s plans to return home to teach fool you. During his time in the Neag School, he has sought out firsthand experience in school districts across Connecticut — as well as in classrooms abroad.
June 13, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Steve Emt, Curling His Way to South Korea
An unlikely string of events turned the former UConn basketball walk-on's life around in ways he could never imagine.
June 7, 2016 | Lisa Stiepock
Alumnus Creates Some Tearrific Ice Cream
A husband-wife alumni team launched an award-winning business making all natural, tea-infused ice cream, with some initial help from the UConn Dairy Bar.
May 27, 2016 | Abby Mace '16 (CLAS)
Rothenberg: ‘Reality Show has Taken Over American Politics’
UConn alum and political analyst Stu Rothenberg gives his take on the Presidential campaign so far.
May 25, 2016 | Kenneth Best