The Penn GSE Magazine

Fall 2016

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Unlocking Opportunity: Dean Grossman Introduces Her Vision for Penn GSE

How can a graduate school of education change the world? Dean Pam Grossman sees Penn GSE generating the knowledge and making the connections that can effect real change.

Features

Bringing African-American Art to the Forefront

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

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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.

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.

Promoting Intercultural Understanding

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

Students sitting in computer room, facing two students presenting an app they created on a tablet.

Science, Coding, and Citizenship: Penn GSE’s Dr. Susan Yoon Brings App Inventor to Philadelphia Schools

Dr. Yoon wants science to empower students—both to develop the skills their futures will require and to live as engaged citizens.

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Fostering Understanding: Penn GSE Student James Busacca Prepares to Teach Globally

A master’s student in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program, James Busacca is pursuing his dreams of an international career.

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Becoming a Leader of Learning: The Life of a PennCLO Student

When human resource and learning executive Karen Bicking wanted to enhance her career in workplace learning, she came to Penn GSE.

Gregory A. Milken, C’95, and EJ Milken

Supporting entrepreneurship, faculty, and students at Penn GSE continues a family tradition of supporting education for Gregory A. Milken, C’95, and EJ Milken.

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