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In 1999, the School of Education was renamed after Ray Neag, a businessman and graduate of UConn.
Neag was co-Vice Chairman of Arrow International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical devices.
The donation of $21 million is the largest gift given to an education school in the nation.
In 2000, the building underwent major reconstruction, and a 20,000-square-foot wing was added to the west side of the building.
The former deans of the School of Education are:
The Neag School of Education is home to three departments (Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Department of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Psychology) and one center (Teacher Education)
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate programs in curriculum and instruction for both pre-service and in-service educators.
The program does not offer a teacher credential, which is only offered through the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) program (see Teacher Education).
The undergraduate programs allow students to gain core competencies in teaching at all levels of education.
The graduate programs allow for more specialized knowledge in a content area (math, science, or social studies) to prepare for additional certification later on.
Doctoral programs allow students to pursue positions as professors or researchers in wide array of settings.
The two main research units are the New Literacies Research Lab, which is recognized as the world's premier labor for reading comprehension and learning skills required for emerging information and communication technologies, and the Reading/Language Arts Center, which facilitates the improvement of literacy instruction.
One particular focus of the program is strengthening Connecticut's investments in K-12 science programs and other STEM fields.
The Department of Educational Leadership connects theory, practice, and policy in a variety of academic programs, including educational leadership, education policy, executive leadership, and more.
The program is also hope to the university's Sport Management program, offering undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees.
The Teacher Education center offers two programs.
First, the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) is an 11-month, full-time, accelerated program that allows students to earn a Connecticut Teacher Certification and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction or MA in Educational Psychology.
Students are required to complete coursework in addition to passing all relevant PRAXIS II examinations, as required by the state.
Most recently, the program expanded to offer a track in Mandarin Chinese, in addition to its programs in French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Latin.
Second, the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s (IB/M) Program in Teacher Education is a five-year, advanced program for undergraduates.
Graduates of the program receive a Bachelor of Science in Education, a Master of Arts in Curriculum, and a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology (Special Education).
The accelerated track of the program allows for students to gain exposure to a number of areas within five years.
The IB/M program began in 1987 from conversations between the Holmes Group, John Goodlad, and the National Network for Educational Renewal.
The IB/M program offers courses of study in the following areas: Elementary Education (Grades 1–6), Secondary Education (Grades 7–12), Comprehensive Special Education (K–12), and Music Education (PK–12).
The program is built upon 6 key tenets which emphasize the common core of pedagogical knowledge required for all education majors, as well as clinical experience in a variety of environments.
In the first two years of the program, students complete a well-rounded liberal arts coursework.
In the Junior Year (known as the Common Core), students begin to take courses designed to help them learn about students as learners.
In the senior year of the program, students gain more specific pedagogical knowledge.
And, in the master's year, students gain clinic experience through an internship.
In 2007, 90.7% of the IB/M program was female.
The Neag School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
The accreditation covers teacher-preparation programs and advanced-education-preparation programs at the University of Connecticut and its regional campuses.
In five specialty programs (Special Education, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Elementary Education, and Secondary Education), the Neag School of Education is recognized as in the top 25 in the nation.
Considered a Public Ivy, the main campus of the University of Connecticut is located in Storrs and is considered one of the leading research universities in the United States.
The school aims to be diverse with the following demographics in the 2018–2019 academic year: White (64%), Unknown (9.5%), Hispanic/Latinx (8.5%), Black/African American (8%), Asian (6.5%), Two or more races (3.1%), American Indian/Alaska Native (0.3%), and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (0.1%).
The Neag School of Education promotes interdisciplinary research and education.
It works with five main research centers at the University of Connecticut: Research Centers Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER), Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA), Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED), Reading and Language Arts Center, and the Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development.
It is also affiliated with the National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCGRE), which is funded by the Department of Education.
Shire Hill Hospital
Shire Hill Hospital was a healthcare facility in Bute Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
It was managed by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
The facility was opened as the Glossop Union Workhouse in 1837.
An infirmary building was subsequently added and extended in 1927.
During the First World War beds were set aside for British military casualties.
It became the Glossop Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Shire Hill Hospital in 1948.
The trust announced a consultation on the potential closure of the hospital in 2017.
After services were transferred to Tameside General Hospital, Shire Hill Hospital closed in 2018.
Kagwad (Vidhana Sabha constituency)
Kagwad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India.
Kagwad is also part of Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency.
Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil
"Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" is an Indian song from the Bollywood film "Bees Saal Baad" (1962).
The lyrics of the song was written by Shakeel Badayuni, the music was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee and Lata Mangeshkar was the playback singer.
In 1963, Badayuni received the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist and Lata Mangeshkar received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for this song.
This was Mangeshkar's second Filmfare award.
"Bees Saal Baad" was a horror film.
The Filmfare critics noted: "Appropriate background music and hauntingly melodious songs, particularly, "kahin deep jale" number, further enhance the appeal of "Bees Saal Baad".
Jeremy Snyder
Jeremy Snyder is an American poet.
He serves as poet laureate of Vallejo, California.
Twice monthly he hosts Poetry by the Bay, a poetry open mic, founded in 2008 by Kyrah Ayers.
Snyder began writing poetry at age 5.
He was preceded in office by D.L.
Lang and Dr. Genea Brice.
Snyder was born in Vallejo, California, educated at the University of Montana, and served in the United States Navy.
Alan Titley
Alan Titley (born 28 June 1947, ) is an Irish-language novelist, translator, playwright and professor.
He also wrote columns under the name Crobhingne.
Titley was born in Cork and educated at Coláiste Chríost Rí, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra and University College Dublin.
He taught in Nigeria during the Biafra War.
Later he was head of the Irish Department in Drumcondra from 1981.
In 2003 he began to write a column in "The Irish Times".
In 2006 he was appointed Professor of Modern Irish in University College Cork.
He retired in 2011.
Titley was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2012.
Awards won include The Butler Prize of the Irish American Cultural Institute, The Pater Prize for International Drama, The Stewart Parker Award for Drama from the BBC, and the Éilís Dillon Award for Children’s Literature.
Nigel Williams (children's rights activist)
Nigel Williams (dead March 2006) was a children's rights activist, known for his engagement against child abuse on the internet.
In 1995, he founded the Childnet International.
In 2003, he was appointed as the first Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, a position he held until his death.
In 1995, Williams founded and became the first CEO of Childnet International, a position he held until July 2003.
Under his leadership, Childnet took the initiative to found the INHOPE association.
He has also served on the boards of the Internet Watch Foundation and the Internet Content Rating Association.
In 2003, Williams became the first Commissioner for children and young people in Northern Ireland.
In spite of illness, he continued to uphold this position until his death in 2006.
In January 2006, just a few months before his demise, Williams was awarded the "IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award", which was "to be accorded for an outstanding contribution with international impact to the awareness of social implications of information technology", "for his work on keeping children safe"".
840 Erzurum earthquake
The 840 Erzurum earthquake reportedly took place in the city of Qaliqala (modern Erzurum).
The primary source for this earthquake is the chronicle of Michael the Syrian (12th century).
The narrative reports that it took place on a Friday of the month June (Haziran in the original text).
Michael dates the event to year 1151 of the Seleucid era (Anno Graecorum), which corresponds to the year 840 Anno Domini.
According to Michael's narrative, eight towers of Erzurum's defensive wall collapsed due to the earthquake.
He also reports the collapse of many houses.
He estimates that about 200 people were killed by the earthquake.
Tremors continued for two months following the initial earthquakes, forcing the surviving locals to move to the city's fields.
They lived in fear of a second earthquake.
The Armenian epitome of Michael the Syrian's chronicle omits the earthquake.
The original chronicle features an unreliable chronology, so there are doubts concerning the date and location of this earthquake.
The city of Erzurum has been reconstructed several times.
No archaeological and architectural data have been connected to this earthquake.