Dear Alumni and Friends of the Neag School of Education:
The Neag School of Education Alumni Society and the faculty of the Neag School of Education cordially invite you to attend our 14th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the South Campus Ballroom (Rome Ballroom) on the Storrs campus. Click here for directions or here for the UConn campus map.
This evening promises to be memorable as faculty and alumni gather to formally recognize the achievements of some of our outstanding graduates. It is our hope that you will …

The Neag School of Education is seeking nominations for the 14th annual Alumni Society Awards banquet. Nominations for Outstanding Alumni are open until Friday, Dec. 9. For more information about nominations, click here.
The Neag Alumni Society Awards banquet is scheduled for Saturday, March 31, 2012, in the South Campus Ballroom on the Storrs campus. At the dinner, the Neag Alumni Society will bestow numerous awards, which will recognize educators and professionals who have made significant contributions across all levels of education.
The evening promises to be memorable as faculty, staff and …

Before going to the big football game, join fellow alumni at the Homecoming Barbeque on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Say hello to your favorite mascot at the UConn Alumni Association’s Homecoming Barbeque. Enjoy grilled eats and UConn pride at the #1 location to get ready for the game. Also, the Neag Alumni Society will have a tent in Spirit Village. Be sure to stop by to say hi … we will have great prizes and drawings for cool Neag School gear. For more information on Homecoming Week, visit www.uconnalumni.com/homecoming.

What school reform model has no student lotteries and doesn’t require youngsters to leave their neighborhood schools?  U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal may not have known the answer prior to a visit to Waterbury last week.  Now he knows the answer (CommPACT Schools) and much more!
Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited Washington Elementary School in Waterbury. “I was very excited and impressed with the CommPACT model, and the enthusiasm and engagement of the teachers and parents working together and collaborating,” he said after a roundtable discussion at the school.
The Connecticut Education Association invited …

Good morning and thank you Dr. Thomas DeFranco for that introduction, and a special thank you to my good friend Dr. Doug Casa, who is a professor here and the chief operating officer of the Korey Stringer Institute, to the faculty, family and friends and of course to the Class of 2011.

I am humbled to be here at the Korey Stringer Institute, which bears my husband’s name, and I know he would be embarrassed by all the attention, but he might give me a fist pump for the reason …