While we still have some summer left (my vacation takes place in a couple weeks), it is often near the end of summer that many of us begin to figure out what exactly we will be doing for our Fall classes. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “ProfHacker” blog, has a couple useful posts on just this topic:
Month: July 2010
Jessica Posner Wins Award, Video Link
This is a better clip that includes a brief overview of their project.
“2010 Do Something Awards: Paula Abdul Introduces Finalist Jessica Posner” | Show Clip | VH1.com.
Jessica Posner, Wesleyan ’09, wins the top prize!
I definitely recommend that you go to the Huffington Post site (see below) and watch the video of her win.
Congratulations Jessica and Kennedy for all of your success!
The 2010 Do Something Awards ceremony, hosted by actress Jane Lynch, was a star-studded affair, with appearances by Megan Fox, Snoop Dog, the Jonas Brothers, Alyssa Milano, and a bevy of other household names. The biggest name of the night, however, was Jessica Posner, who won the ceremony’s $100,000 grand prize to expand a girls’ school in Kibera, Kenya.
Posner moved to Kenya at age 20 to teach theater to children there. She was shocked by the poverty she saw in Kenya’s largest slum — according to the Denver Post, 1.5 million people live in this area the size of Central Park.
Inspired to change lives in this area, she founded Shining Hope for Communities, a nonprofit that builds tuition-free girls schools.
WATCH Posner win the award on VH1.com:
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