Author: Leah Ward

Alumnus Miguel Cardona Tapped to Be Biden’s Education Secretary

The Neag School of Education highlights EDLR alum, Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP as “President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be the country’s top education official. If confirmed by the Senate, this would mark the first time a University of Connecticut alum has held a Cabinet-level position in the White House.”

Ph.D. Student Pauline Batista Seeks to Support Youth’s Voice

LLEP Ph.D. student, Pauline Batista is making an impact and inspiring others to have a voice.  In the Neag School of Education article she shared, “That was when I thinking, ‘Maybe I should really get a Ph.D.’ Because people like me typically don’t have a voice,” Batista says. “But if they have the right education, all of a sudden, they have a voice. All of a sudden, the door is open.”