posted Aug 6, 2021, 3:44 PM by Janet Hurwitz
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On August 6, 2021, at 4 p.m. PGSS 2021 Closing Ceremonies took place. Student Speaker Alejandro Lucena, chosen by the other PGSS 2021 govies to represent them, said, "From all over Pennsylvania, we came together, virtually, but together all the same, to learn...It says a lot about a person when they get good grades, but it says more when they actively seek knowledge. And that is what we have done." He concluded, "...here, at PGSS, we have built not only a community of passionate students, but also a family that will never stay apart." This is what we hope to build each year at PGSS--a community that lasts a lifetime. |
posted Jul 23, 2021, 7:10 PM by Janet Hurwitz
Dancing, origami-making, classes and research--it's all happening virtually once again. |
posted Jun 2, 2021, 11:08 AM by Janet Hurwitz
Thank you to Liam Hower (PGSS 2020) for putting together this wonderful map showing the college destinations for PGSS 2020. |
posted Mar 21, 2021, 4:15 PM by Janet Hurwitz
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posted Mar 21, 2021, 7:33 AM by Janet Hurwitz
Thank you to Karin Tsai (PGSS 2006) who was the March speaker for our PGSS 2020 Speaker Series. Karin spoke about "Learning About Learning at Duolingo: From 0 to Director: Lessons in Navigating a Career in Tech. From her change from medicine to tech and her trajectory in programming to the use of A/B testing in facts of Duolingo's product development, Karin held the interest of our younger alumni. The Q&A went longer than we'd imagine, and Karin was incredibly generous with her time. We only wish all PGSS 2013-2020 govies could have heard her. |
posted Mar 17, 2021, 6:38 AM by Janet Hurwitz
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posted Mar 15, 2021, 9:01 AM by Janet Hurwitz
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PGSS Class of 1988 met for a virtual reunion on March 14, 2021. They shared their various paths since PGSS including careers in research, journalism, medicine, law, culinary arts, and religion. Many have taken pivots at points in their lives, all seemed to be doing well. In attendance were Ethan Andelman, Jamie Cannone, Di McMahon Cannone, Alan Chang, Sonya Chmielnicki Dore, Karin Finberg, Peter Garbes, David Halstead, Eric Morton (TA), Nicole Nazzaro, Chien Oh, Bert Robertson, Hadi Sasmita, and Joseph Shieh. Thanks to Alan Chang and Sonya Dore for planning. |
posted Mar 7, 2021, 11:35 AM by Janet Hurwitz
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 Our thanks to Tom Pavel for planning a very successful PGSS 1983 Virtual Reunion. There were 13 alums and 2 TA's who shared a little about what has been happening in their lives since spending five weeks on the Carnegie Mellon campus and heard an update from PGSS Campaign Board member, Al Cangahuala. They've decided to make this an annual event. They have some jeopardy questions ready for next year and look forward to more discussions. |
posted Feb 21, 2021, 6:15 AM by Janet Hurwitz
Our thanks to Natalie Morris (PGSS 2007) for being our February PGSS 2020 Speaker. Natalie shared many of her experiences as a Computer Scientist with SpaceX with govies from PGSS 2013-2020. Thanks to Prateek and Taran from 2020 for making the arrangements. |
posted Jan 17, 2021, 7:00 AM by Janet Hurwitz
Many thanks to Rahmah Abdulaleem (PGSS 1992) for a wonderful talk during our PGSS 2020 Virtual Speaker Series. As with some of our alumni, while she loved the PGSS experience and the people she met there, she found science was not what she was going to do with her life. But then what? She promised our govie attendees that "It's ok if you don't know what you want to do now. You're not locked in. Your life can go in so many different directions." Rahmah found her direction in law but it took her 20 more years to land her dream job at Karamah! |
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