Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 16
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MUSIC
Tony Peebles (C’03) was recently awarded a Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album with his group, Pacific Mambo Orchestra. The 19-person band has only been together for three years and they managed to top out over some very famous groups in their category. Penn alum Peebles is the sassy saxophonist in the group, which everyone knows is the coolest instrument. He now resides in NorCal with his brassy baby. Congrats on the win!
BOOKS
Brian Yanish (C’95, Mask and Wig) will be penning his second book, ScrapKins: Junk Re-Thunk, an activity book that will be published by Henry Holt/Macmillan in the Fall of 2015. It follows a group of monsters who build their world out of the “junk” we throw away. The book encourages kids to think about recycling, creativity, and the environment. Check out Brian’s site for tons of cool projects!
CAMPUS NEWS
John Legend (C’99, Counterparts, Sphinx) has officially been announced as this year’s commencement speaker. Let’s hope the crooner sings his entire address. It would absolutely earn him the title of Best Alum Speaker Ever (sorry, Jon Huntsman Jr.).
INTERNSHIPS
The RealArts@Penn interns have been announced for Summer 2014! Congratulations to all. We’ll see some of you on the West Coast!
Interning with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s editorial blog will be Iris Williamson. Iris is a sophomore Art History major.
The intern at Philadelphia Magazine will be Manola Gonzalez. Manola is a junior majoring in English and French Studies with a Political Science minor.
Isaac Kaplan, a Junior in Art History, will be interning at The Jewish Museum this summer.
The intern at Viacom Creative Services will be Julia Liebergall. Julia is a junior majoring in English with minors in Creative Writing and Consumer Psychology.
This year’s Rolling Stone Magazine intern will be Katie Behrman. Katie is a junior studying English with a minor in French.
Carolina Beltran, a junior in English with a Creative Writing concentration and minoring in Spanish, will be working at Brooklyn Films in L.A. with producer/director Jon Avnet.
Caroline Yost will be working in L.A. with writers David Stern & Stuart Gibbs. Caroline is a junior English major with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Fine Arts.
The intern for Shore Fire Media is Nathan Platnick. Nathan is a sophomore in the College intending to major in English with a Creative Writing concentration.
This years McSweeney’s intern will be Brenda Wang. Brenda is a sophomore in the College, majoring in English.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES & ADVICE
- Undergrads, check out these new summer internship opportunities here
- Writing competition info here
- Alumni career advice in Acting, Music & TV, Film & Book writing here
- Got a question for alumni, post it in our Alumni Career Advice Forum here and we’ll get it answered!
- Have you read about Penntertainment’s new partnership with the Undergraduate Media & Entertainment club?
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