Alumni Stories

Share Your Story

Penn GSE welcomes news of how our alumni are educating, leading, and innovating to shape the future of education. We hope you will draw inspiration from the stories we’ve shared on Penn GSE social media and take a moment to share your work with us.


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April 14, 2017
Keeping Costs Down through Community Colleges

Peter Jordan, GRD’08, president of Tarrant County College, believes in the strong academic foundation community colleges can provide students and the general public.

  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
Educational Opportunity through Technology

David Soo, GR’11, believes technology is key to increasing access to education.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
Using Data to Guide Policies

Learn why Irma Perez-Johnson, GR’08, thinks data-driven decision-making is the future of education.

  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
A National Voice: Alumni in Education Policy

Penn GSE alumni are addressing national challenges through affordable college options, data to drive decisions, educational access, and the liberal arts.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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April 14, 2017
Michael G. Kirsch, C’68, GED’72, GRD’74

A school principal for forty-two years, Michael G. Kirsch knows the value of professional development in a field that faces constant change.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
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October 14, 2016
Affirming Illustration's Place in American Art

Using her education background, Judy (Alpert) Goffman Cutler, CW’63, GED’64, builds awareness of illustration’s role in American art.

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
Promoting Intercultural Understanding

Hitomi Yoshida, GED’95, broadens the student experience through intercultural programming at the Penn Museum.

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
Bringing Home the Lessons of the Holocaust

Jesse Nickelson, GRD’11, believes it is his mission, as an educator and museum administrator, to cultivate civic engagement and leadership in students.

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
Bringing African-American Art to the Forefront

Constance Clayton, GRD’81, utilizes African-American art to empower and educate children.

 

  • Alumni
April 14, 2016
Empowering Urban College Students

In 2009, Paul Quinn College was in danger of losing its accreditation. When Michael Sorrell, GRD’15, became president, he enacted a series of audacious initiatives that effected change, empowerment, and enrollment.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni

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