Reis speaks at the 16th Annual Awards Dinner at UConn's Neag School of Education.
(Thomas Hurlbut/UConn / March 22, 2014)
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12:10 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2014
Sally M. Reis received the Outstanding Higher Education Professional Award from the Neag School of Education Alumni Society of the University of Connecticut. Reis was recently recognized at the 16th Annual Awards Dinner of the Neag School of Education.
Having graduated in 1981 from the Neag School of Education with a Ph.D. in education psychology, Reis started her teaching career at UConn in the same year. Before joining UConn, she served as an educator and administrator in the Torrington Connecticut school district for 10 years. Reis is best known for her world-renowned research and tireless advocacy for academically talented and high potential students through the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Reis is currently the University's vice provost for academic affairs, along with being a professor in educational psychology, and institute co-director of Confratute - Summer Institute on Enrichment Learning and Teaching.
"Professor Reis personally helped me get to where I am today," said Dr. Jonathan A. Plucker, Neag endowed professor of Education, who credited Reis as his mentor guiding him into the academic world while he was an undergraduate student at UConn. "I'm hardly alone among all her former students who are grateful for her enduring and enthusiastic support."
"I have always been struck by Sally's deep commitment to the Neag School and to the university. Her accomplishments and the initiatives she has started in each of her higher education roles demonstrate her constant striving for growth in the university and for ever-improving quality of experience for the learners and teachers within it," said Catherine A. Little, associate professor in educational psychology. "For example, the new IDEA Grant program for undergraduate research and creative productivity is a project close to Sally's heart that will offer students an important independent opportunity for growth and learning during their college experience."
Reis has been recognized numerous times for her exceptional talent, including being recognized with the International Award for Research from the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children in 2013 and she was named Educator of the Year by Connecticut ASCD (the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) in 2010. She is a distinguished scholar of the National Association for Gifted Children and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, two of the highest honors in her field. She is also a Teaching Fellow and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at UConn, two of the University's highest honors for faculty.
Reis has traveled extensively across the country and internationally conducting workshops and providing professional development for school districts on enrichment programs and talent development programs.
For more information about Neag School of Education or the Neag School Alumni Society Awards Dinner, visit http://www.education.uconn.edu.
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