Recently, I was among a group of alumni invited to a special breakfast with visiting University officials from alumni relations and development. At the meeting, we were shown a fantastically produced Penn promotional video that by the end, gave me chills and made me feel real proud to be an alum! After the jump check […]
Over the past few years I have been amazed at the Penn alumni and undergrad talent that has come out of this new genre of entertainment called “spoken word“. Before there was Alysia, Aysha, Josh and Caroline, there was Carlos. And if you recall, Carlos Andrés Gómez (C’04) was my #2 pick of my then […]
Hollywood alumni.. set up a meeting with this young filmmaker, because he’s going places… Kevin McMullin (C’09, in picture below in tanktop) is another story of talent combined with motivation and perseverance with all the potential of lots of Hollywood success. With his Penn award winning script and some great short films under his belt, […]
Penn President Amy Gutmann with former President Bill Clinton Originally uploaded by JackieE. Today, Penn President Amy Gutmann introduced President Bill Clinton at the “Kerner Plus 40” Symposium in Irvine Auditorium. Per Penn’s press release: “Sponsored by Penn’s Center for Africana Studies and Annenberg School for Communication and by the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies […]
While my #4 and #3 picks for my “Penn videos that will give you the chills” have been beautifully made films, yesterday I introduced a powerful spoken word video as my #2 pick. The more I experience these Spoken Word performances from our Penn community, the more I really like this genre. …Which brings me […]