Penn Alumni Club of Panama News
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| ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | ||
Last Wednesday Karen Chance in representation of the Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania presented the Penn Alumni Club of Panama with an Achievement Award for the upstanding work that this group is doing in Panama .
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| GAN (GLOBAL ALUMNI NETWORK) ADVISORY BOARD: | ||
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At our May 2003 GAN Networking Exchange, we announced the formation of the GAN Advisory Board. Headed by GAN Chair Maria Ho W81, the Advisory Board is comprised of members representing the diversity of our clubs - both in terms of size and geography. Our international clubs will be pleased to know that an International Advisory Board has been formed in order to address the unique issues that our overseas alumni clubs face. This group is chaired by Penn Alumni Internationalization Chairs Patty Silvers, CW72, and Lolita Jackson, ENG89. Below are members of both boards: GAN Advisory
Board International
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Did you know...Penn was one of only two universities who reported growth last year |
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Did you know... that among American universities with the fifteen largest endowments, Penn was one of only two universities who reported growth last year? The growth of Penn's total endowment, recently reported to have hit $3.5 billion, is largely due to shrewd investing, according to University Treasurer and Vice President for Finance Craig Carnaroli. "As we reported to the trustees last week, Penn's endowment will be up 4.7 percent for the fiscal year ending June 2003, so we're pleased that we continue to make good progress on our diversification strategies," he said. For more information,
please see -- Save the Date! Penn Homecoming: November 7-8, 2003 Michael P.
Cronin Tel: (215) 898-9604 Fax: (215) 898-5383 Join the Alumni
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U.S. News and World Report 2003 Ranking |
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the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking, Penn places fifth
among national universities, dropping from fourth place in last
year's rankings. Harvard and Princeton Universities tied for first,
with Yale in 3rd place and MIT in fourth. In other ranking news,
Penn's undergraduate business program at Wharton is named number
one, and the undergraduate Engineering program breaks into the top
25. In addition, four of Penn's graduate programs were ranked in
the top 10. For the full story, visit the websites below: http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/3f55a3811a9e5 http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/3f55a33b10da9 http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/04/3e8d5f2
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| Did You know.....that two University of Pennsylvania English professors recently won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award? | ||
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Paul Hendrickson's "Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and its Legacy" won the prize for best nonfiction book of 2003 and Susan Stewart's "Columbarium" won for best book of poetry of the year. Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in five categories: fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, poetry and criticism. Hendrickson, a prize-winning feature writer for the Washington Post for more than 20 years, teaches nonfiction writing at Penn. "Sons of Mississippi" tells the story of seven white Mississippi sheriffs, offering a revealing view of racism in 1962 America and ultimately how the legacy of that racism affected the sheriff's children and grandchildren. Stewart, a poet, critic and MacArthur fellow, teaches the history of lyric poetry, aesthetics and the philosophy of literature and cultural studies at Penn. For more information, see http://www.bookcritics.org/.
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