Author: Janice Berriault

Laura Donorfio receives Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award

Laura DonorfioDonorfio- UConn Alumni Faculty Teaching Awards 2019Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Laura Donorfio, who on October 3, 2019 received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Level) as part of the UConn Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards.  This is a university-wide award and a huge accomplishment – and is on top of the two teaching awards that Laura received from CLAS and from CETL last year.

(Photo on Left: Laura Donorfio, PhD.  Photo on right: 2019 UConn Alumni Faculty Excellence Award recipients, from left to right: Kevin E. McEvoy, PhD;  Laura K.M. Donorfio, PhD;  Kuman S. Venkitanarayanan, PhD; Harry van der Hulst, PhD)

Alumna Shana Rackmill recently hired as school social worker

Shana Rackmill, BA 2004, served as both the HDFS Undergraduate Committee president and treasurer while an undergraduate at UConn.  She received an MSW from Boston University in 2006, and has worked as a Clinical Director for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Children and Families group homes in the Boston area.  Shana currently works as a school social worker in the Boston area.

Alumna Constanza Cabello begins position at Framingham State Univ

Constanza CabelloConstanza Cabello, BA 2008, received her masters from CCSU and an EdD from Northeastern.  After prior positions at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Bryant University, and Stonehill College, she will soon begin a position as Framingham State University’s first ever vice president for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement. Learn more about her here.