{"id":211592,"date":"2024-03-27T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=211592"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:46:24","slug":"25-years-as-neag-inspiring-an-updated-high-tech-home-for-the-school-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/03\/25-years-as-neag-inspiring-an-updated-high-tech-home-for-the-school-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years as Neag: Inspiring an Updated, High-Tech Home for the School of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: This semester, the Neag School of Education is celebrating 25 years as the Neag School and publishing a series of articles chronicling the impact that Ray and Carole Neag had on the School. This article is the second in the series<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"CelebratingRay and Carole Neag\u2019s generosity toward the School of Education not only impacted the School\u2019s faculty and students but changed its physical space as well. The Neags\u2019 transformational $21 million gift in 1999 was a catalyst for the massive, two-phase addition and renovation to the School\u2019s home on the Storrs campus: the Gentry Building.<\/p>\n

Located on Glenbrook Road, the Gentry Building was originally built in 1960. It is named after Charles B. Gentry, who served as director of the Division of Teacher Training until 1940 \u2013 when the division became the School of Education \u2013 and held the position of dean and twice served as the University\u2019s acting president from 1921 to 1940.<\/p>\n

More than 40 years after its initial construction, and just a couple of years after the Neags\u2019 gift, the building received a $10 million addition. A 20,000-square-foot wing was added to the building\u2019s west side, funded by the state\u2019s UConn 2000 and 21st Century UConn budgets, as well as privately raised funds.<\/p>\n

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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004<\/div>
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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004. (UConn photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Renovations<\/a>
Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004.<\/div>
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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004. (UConn photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Renovations<\/a>
Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004.<\/div>
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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004. (UConn photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Renovations<\/a>
Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004.<\/div>
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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004. (UConn photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Renovations<\/a>
Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004.<\/div>
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Renovations of the Gentry Building in 2004. (UConn photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>