Accolades: Janet Kremenitzer

Janet Pickard Kremenitzer, assistant professor of education and coordinator of elementary education, ENHP, has been awarded a grant from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. She will use the grant to develop a curriculum for emotional intelligence instruction that can be used with young children and their teachers prior to kindergarten. She will also develop a teacher training design for that population. Kremenitzer was awarded the grant based on her current work in emotional intelligence at the elementary school level.

The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund works collaboratively to improve education for Connecticut's children by supporting school change, informing the public debate on educational issues, and strengthening the involvement of parents and the community in education. The mission of the fund is to improve the effectiveness of education in fostering both personal development and leadership.

To accomplish this mission, the Graustein Fund has set three goals:

• to engage young children more deeply in their own education
• to support Connecticut communities in improving education for elementary and pre-school children—both geographic and cultural communities, including teachers, parents, administrators, and others who have a concern for the lives of children
• to develop statewide and local leadership dedicated to improving and advocating for education