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New Blood: Penn Freshmen Move In to Penn (VIDEO)
Freshmen and their families pushed, pulled and carried thousands of boxes, bags and carts filled with everything from bedding to cases of bottled water. Penn President Amy Gutmann made her traditional visit to dorms to welcome some of the nearly 2,500 freshmen and their families. Alumni, remember when you first moved into Penn? I remember […]
Graduation 2010: From the Grounds and From the Stands (VIDEOS)
Over the past 2 days I’ve posted videos from the stage of Jon Huntsman Jr.’s and President Amy Gutmann‘s commencement addresses to the Class of 2010. After the jump, check out videos of what was going on from the ground and from the stands. …and see if you can spot the graduating senior with the […]
He’s “F”ing with Them: Jon Huntsman Jr.’s Advice to Graduating UPenn Seniors (VIDEO)
Photo Credit: University Communications This past Monday, Penn hosted its 254th Commencement and Penn alum Jon Huntsman, Jr. (C’87), Ambassador to China, delivered the Commencement Address. Today and tomorrow I’m posting a few of these videos from graduation for you to soak in. I watched these videos so you don’t (necessarily) need to and can […]
Forgive me, but what’s so great about “Hey Day”? (VIDEOS)
During last Friday’s “Hey Day”, President Amy Gutmann pronounced the students of Class of 2011 “seniors”. As you alumni see (and remember), much excitement and debauchery ensues during this ceremony. I too remember feeling this way, but for some reason when I looked at this year’s video above, I had a different perspective altogether… So […]
Red and the Blue Blunder: There’s No Arm Swing On The Off Beat People! (VIDEOS)
Earlier this week, Penn had its Opening Convocation for the Class of 2013 at The Palestra. Below you’ll find the 45 minute video, but let me point out some highlights for you: 7:40 – President Amy Gutmann talks about a Penn undergrad who won $250,000 on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and also used […]
John Legend Sees Soul In All of Us at Penn Graduation (VIDEO)
Yesterday I shared with you video from the 2009 graduation from Penn President Amy Gutmann and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt. Now, thanks to some of my twitter and facebook friends, check out Penn graduation speaker John Legend’s (C’99) very inspirational speech. Below is an excerpt from his speech which is especially moving: “I believe that […]
