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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A folded composition book with children’s writing and drawings lies next to a tray of crayons
January 10, 2020
Learning, Sharing, and Making Meaning: Philadelphia Writing Project Advances Writing Across the City

Diane Waff, C’76, GRD’07, and Judy Buchanan discuss how the Philadelphia Writing Project enriches K–12 teachers’ and students’ learning and how a new initiative is cultivating Philadelphia’s youngest writers.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Alumni
Headshot of a smiling man in a blazer in front of a background of balloons
January 8, 2020
Empowering Students to Shatter Expectations

Penn GSE alumnus Eduardo (Tony) A. Alleyne, GRD’16, works to help first-generation, low-income high school students prepare for college.

  • Leadership
  • Alumni
Angela Duckworth and Dean Grossman sit opposite each other conversing before an audience
December 5, 2019
Penn GSE Facilitates a Conversation on Learning and Character at Homecoming

Character, collaboration, and project-based learning were topics of conversation when best-selling author and Penn professor Angela Duckworth joined Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman for a discussion during Penn’s Homecoming Weekend.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
Woman with glasses smiling
November 21, 2019
Bridging the Digital Divide Through Counseling

Penn GSE alumna Angela Cleveland, GED’01, is helping school counselors broaden student participation in computer science.

  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Alumni
Five Penn GSE faculty wearing business attire stand next to each other and smile
November 6, 2019
Celebrating Educators

Alumni and friends celebrated the extraordinary impact of Penn GSE at the School’s annual Celebration of Educators.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
Headshot of Andrew Harris Jacobson and Marina Kunis Jacobson, G’93, WG’93
November 6, 2019
Faces of Philanthropy

As the Extraordinary Impact Campaign continues, Penn GSE is grateful to generous donors who are investing in the School’s strengths and vision.

  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
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September 23, 2019
Examining Education, Culture, and Context

Sydney Negus, GED’17, draws upon the intercultural perspective she honed at Penn GSE to conduct research and evaluate programs in The School District of Philadelphia.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
Headshot of a smiling man with a dark blazer
September 23, 2019
Aligning Learning with Business Priorities

Robert “Bob” Demare, GRD’14, has developed company-wide learning to improve global business performance, drawing upon his time at Penn GSE.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
A smiling woman interacting with a class of Nepalese students
September 23, 2019
Using the Arts to Strengthen Learning

Sharareh Bajracharya, GR’05, is using art to empower students in underfunded and rural schools in Nepal.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
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September 23, 2019
Shaping the Vision of a University

José Antonio Guzmán, GRD’13, says the imprint of his time at Penn GSE is visible all around Universidad de los Andes, where he is president.

 

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni

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