People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced that it has awarded $40,000 to the University of Connecticut Foundation for their CommPACT Schools initiative on school reform.
The grant will support the Neag School of Education’s innovative CommPACT initiative, designed to help close the achievement gap in Connecticut. Under the leadership of the Neag School’s Institute for Urban School Improvement, CommPACT is redesigning eight schools that serve more than 4,000 at-risk students in grades K through 8. The eight schools that will benefit from the grant are: …

Bank of America has donated $25,000 through the UConn Foundation to the Teacher Preparatory Studies Program at Bulkeley High School, a new initiative that prepares and encourages talented students, particularly from minority groups, to become teachers. The initiative is believed to be the state’s first dedicated teaching program focused on recruiting, supporting, and preparing talented high school students to pursue careers in education.
The gift was made as part of UConn’s $600 million capital campaign, Our University, Our Moment, the Campaign for UConn, which seeks to increase support for education, research …

During the month of February, you will be receiving a message from Dean Thomas DeFranco asking for your support of the Neag School Dean’s Fund.  We hope will be able to respond to his appeal and consider a gift of any size to this most important of funds.
The Dean’s Fund supports the areas of greatest need within the Neag School, be it emergency scholarship funds, program enhancements or support for faculty. Additional information about the Dean’s Fund can be viewed at the following site.

When Neag School Professor Joseph Renzulli was awarded the prestigious McGraw Prize in Education last fall, he received a bronze sculpture and a gift of $25,000. Soon after, Joe, and his wife and research colleague Sally Reis decided to use the money to match any donation made to their scholarship fund, which was created several years ago.
The Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis Renzulli Fund for Graduate Studies in Gifted Education is awarded each year at the Neag School Honors Celebration, to an academically outstanding student who is pursuing a master’s …

Last spring, the Neag School family was saddened by the loss of John Leach, associate professor of bilingual-multicultural education.  With the approval of Sofia Leach, John’s widow, the Bilingual-Multicultural Education faculty and staff honored his memory by establishing the John N. Leach Fellowship Fund to be awarded to graduate students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit. Preference will be given to students enrolled full-time in the Neag School’s Bilingual-Multicultural Education Program.
Our goal is to raise the $10,000 to establish the fund as an endowment.  If the endowment minimum is …