Amanda Mott manages media relations related to the Office of the Executive Vice President which includes facilities and real estate, Penn’s Climate Action Plan, student financial services, business services, campus housing and dining, and the endowment. In addition, she covers Commencement and Penn Global including Perry World House, the Penn Wharton China Center, and the Penn Biden Center.
President Amy Gutmann poses at the photo booth with College Board members, including Sophomore College Board President Lizzie Youshaei and Junior College Board President Karim El Sewedy, at the sophomore and junior welcome back picnic.
Sophomore and junior picnic focuses on friends
More than 1,250 attended this year’s annual welcome back picnic hosted by the President’s Office on College Green.
Penn names inaugural faculty co-directors of the Office of Penn First Plus Students
University of Pennsylvania Provost Wendell Pritchett has announced the appointments of Camille Charles and Robert Ghrist as the inaugural faculty co-directors of the Office of Penn First Plus Students.
From left: Nakeeya Garland (undecided, College of Arts and Sciences), Misha McDaniel (English, College of Arts and Sciences), Tiarrah Wilson (Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences) and Stephanie Tian (Wharton), all sophomores moving into Harrison College House.
At a glance: Move-In 2018
Move-In officially begins on Tuesday, Aug. 21 with international, transfer, exchange and first-generation, low-income students arriving on campus, ready to begin the 2018-19 academic year.
Penn First Plus expands programs and support for first-generation students
A preview of new initiatives for the community of first-generation, low-income students to provide more support to help them thrive and succeed at Penn.
Penn's Class of 2022 admissions roster for regular-decision applicants has been released, detailing the freshman class selection out of over 44,000 applicants.
Trustees approve 2018-19 tuition and financial aid budget
The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approved a record $237 million financial aid budget, an increase of 5.25 percent and the largest financial aid budget in Penn’s history.
Hult Prize Ivy awards business plans with social impact
Tiffany Yau seems to have a talent for seeing things as they might be, not as they are. Maybe that comes from years of learning magic tricks with her grandfather. Maybe it comes from years of dedication to issues with great social impact.
The panel addressed the topic, “People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Immigration Policy,” at a time when the world is facing one of the highest levels of displacement on record. Recent reports from the United Nations note an unprecedented 65.6 million people currently forced from their homes.
Talking immigration, at home and abroad
This year’s David and Lyn Silfen University Forum focused on “People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Immigration Policy.”
