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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September 23, 2019
Changing the Face of Education: Penn GSE Alumni Make an Impact Around the World

Penn GSE alumni are shaping education around the world and in multicultural communities in the United States.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
Shuai (Michelle) Shen
July 9, 2019
Bringing the Penn Literacy Network to China and Western Canada

Shuai (Michelle) Shen, GED’08, works for the Penn Literacy Network (PLN) at Penn GSE to bring practical, evidence-based professional development to teachers in China and beyond.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
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May 14, 2019
Molly Rouse-Terlevich, C’90, GED’00, and Fabio Terlevich, WG’00

A supporter of Penn GSE’s Capital Expansion Project, Molly Rouse-Terlevich, C’90, GED’00, is inspired by the transformative power of high-quality education.

  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
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April 5, 2019
Education Alumni Association Names 2019 Honorees

The Penn GSE Education Alumni Association is proud to announce the recipients of the 2019 Education Alumni Awards.

  • Alumni
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April 2, 2019
Keeping Alumni Connected

Penn has approximately three hundred thousand graduates spread around the world. Hoopes Wampler, GRD ’13, wants to engage all of them.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
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April 2, 2019
Minding Penn’s Business

Christopher Bradie, W’92, G’04, GRD’12, works to ensure that twenty different Penn departments and programs meet the needs of the campus community.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
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April 2, 2019
Turning Data Into Knowledge

As Penn’s associate vice president for institutional research and analysis, Stacey Lopez, GRD’11, uses data to tell stories.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
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April 2, 2019
Putting Penn Graduates to Work

Barbara Hewitt, GRD ’02, shapes career services programs institution-wide so they best meet the needs of all Penn students and graduates.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
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April 2, 2019
Learning to Lead and Leading to Learn: Penn GSE Alumni as Senior Leaders at Penn

Five “home-grown” senior leaders at Penn draw upon expertise acquired at GSE as they make an impact on the nation’s higher education landscape.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
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March 1, 2019
Lois Kohn-Claar, C’88, GED’88, and Gary Claar, W’88

Lois Kohn-Claar, C’88, GED’88, is dedicated to the challenge of re-envisioning learning.

  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni

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