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
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
Bringing African-American Art to the Forefront

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

 

  • 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
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April 14, 2016
Fighting for Change in Public Education

To Helen Gym, C’93, GED’96, if the quality of American public education is at stake, so are the values at the heart of our democracy.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • 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
April 14, 2016
Reaching Children Around the World

Shruti Bhat, GED’15, has made it her mission to bring education, health, and social services to children in poverty around the globe.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
Andrew Biros
April 14, 2016
Fostering Critical Thinking in the Classroom

When Andrew Biros, C’10, GED’12, undertook his student-teaching assignment in Penn GSE’s Teacher Education Program, he found that too many of his pupils at University City High School in Philadelphia did not expect to be active participants in the classroom.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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April 14, 2016
Creating Opportunity Through Education: Penn GSE Alumni Lead the Way

Learn how Penn GSE alumni are addressing insufficient funding, unidentified learning needs, poverty, and gaps in educational quality and availability.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni

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