Posse Signs 10 New Partner Institutions
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
SUMMER 2013 Posse Signs 10 New Partner Institutions Bryn Mawr Expands Partnership, Wesleyan & Vassar Recruit Veterans Posses The Posse network of top-tier to their campus from two cities—a partner colleges and universities now traditional Posse from Atlanta and a includes Agnes Scott College, Cornell STEM Posse from Houston. Posse’s University, Hobart and William Smith newest site in Houston also sent a Posse Colleges, Northwestern University, St. to The University of Texas at Austin Olaf College, Texas A&M University, (Austin, Texas). University of Rochester, The University Posse D.C. and the University of of Texas at Austin, Vassar College and Rochester (Rochester, New York) partner Wesleyan University. this fall to recruit the university’s first Furthermore, existing partner Scholars. Bryn Mawr College expanded their Finally, the first Veterans Posse from commitment to the Posse program, New York matriculated at Vassar College enrolling a STEM (science, technology, (Poughkeepsie, New York). Wesleyan engineering and math) Posse from University (Middletown, Connecticut) Boston as well as its first Houston Posse. St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, will recruit Scholars from Posse Chicago. becomes the second partner for the “This has been an incredible year Veterans Posse initiative, joining Vassar for growth,” says Posse President and to transform higher education and the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in recruiting veteran Scholars this fall. Founder Deborah Bial. “The number of workforce.” (Geneva, New York) and Northwestern These new and expanded partnerships Posse chapters with new or deepened Posse Chicago adds to its roster University (Evanston, Illinois) welcomed represent XXX scholarships in seven partnerships allows us to support and Agnes Scott College (Decatur, Georgia), their first Posses from Los Angeles in the cities and bring the total number of develop even more young leaders. Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), fall. Posse’s college and university partners I am continually impressed by the and St. Olaf College (Northfield, Texas A&M University (College to 47. * commitment these institutions make Minnesota). Station, Texas) added inaugural Posses Presidents Conference Tackles Economics Vassar College Selects of Higher Education Last October, presidents and was a public good, was essential to the Inaugural Veterans Posse chancellors from top colleges and flourishing of this country … As we all universities around the country know in this room, we have entered convened in New York City for Posse’s a different era, and oftentimes … we biennial Presidents Conference on think about it in terms of the individual Higher Education. The conference American Dream. But I’d like to entitled, Another Bubble: The challenge us to start thinking about it Sustainability of the Higher Education … and disciplining our way of talking Economic Model, explored the viability to reaffirm the public good that is at the of the current model as it relates to issues heart of higher education.”* of inclusion, diversity and equity at postsecondary institutions. The first Vassar Veterans Posse with representatives from Infor, Moody’s, Posse and Vassar. Robert Birgeneau, Hosted by The Travelers Companies chancellor of and moderated by Chancellor Robert In January, at an awards ceremony Foundation on this important program the University of in New York City hosted by Moody’s and welcomes the inaugural class to Birgeneau from the University of California, Berkeley. California, Berkeley, the day included Corporation, The Posse Foundation campus this fall. a welcome from Travelers CEO Jay and Vassar College recognized 11 We owe our veterans so much more Fishman and presentations by Heather veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces as than our gratitude for their service; McGhee, the vice president of policy and members of the first Veterans Posse. we owe them our commitment to act outreach at Demos, a leading policy and The men and women of the first on their behalf, to recognize their advocacy agency; Morton Schapiro, the Veterans Posse hail from all across incredible value to our public and president of Northwestern University, a the country, from communities big private institutions, and to invest in Posse partner institution; and Florence and small—from New York City to their success. Davis, the president of the Starr Copperas Cove, Texas. They have Heather McGhee, The Posse Foundation is proud to Foundation. vice president of served in Afghanistan and Iraq as count each of these young men and An afternoon panel discussion on policy and outreach specialists in the Army, machine women among the students it serves. at Demos. gunners in the Marine Corps, and decision making at the board level * PRESIDENTS REPORT featured Mark Dalton, co-chairman and engine mechanics in the Air Force, among many other key roles. Their CEO of Tudor Investment Corporation Vassar College Veterans Posse: accomplishments span a range of and chair of the Vanderbilt University Fernando Braga, Army fields both inside and outside of the Board; Brian Casey, the president of Carl Callender, Marine Corps DePauw University; Steve Mandel, the military—from winning the purple SUMMER 2013 David Carrell, Army founder of Lone Pine Capital and chair heart and researching nano-fibers of the Dartmouth University Board; at a Harvard University laboratory, Anuradha Datta, Army to founding a domestic violence Daniel Weiss, the president of Lafayette Eduardo De La Torre, Army | support organization and directing a VOLUME 6 College. Morton Schapiro, John Eubanks, Marine Corps reintegration program for homeless president of Patrick Hood, Army Setting the context for the day’s Northwestern veterans. discussion, Ms. McGhee said, “We University. Joshua Ridley, Air Force The Veterans Posse initiative was had a grand bargain in this country … Jacqueline Stowell, Air Force launched last fall to help increase that said that people could either work Karlene Williams, Army or educate their way into the middle the attendance and graduation rates Jonathan Wood, Marine Corps class. That necessitated a recognition of veterans at selective colleges and 1 that higher education was not just an universities. Vassar College is the individual benefit, but higher education first institution to partner with the 647 New Scholars Win $90 Million in Scholarships This winter, a record number of young leaders from across the country were welcomed to The Posse Foundation, including the inaugural Veterans Posse and the first Posses from Houston. From nearly 15,000 nominated students in nine cities, 647 Scholars were selected by Posse’s 44 college and university partners who awarded more than $90 million in four-year, full- tuition scholarships. Awards ceremonies in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York and Washington, D.C. introduced each new Posse to the community. Hundreds of guests— families, Posse board and staff, college and university officials, teachers, corporate supporters and alumni— celebrated the accomplishments of the Scholars and commemorated the start of their Posse journey. Following eight months of Pre-Collegiate Training, they will matriculate on campus this fall. To date, Posse has identified, recruited and trained more than 4,800 Scholars who have collectively won $577 million in merit-based scholarships from the nation’s top colleges and universities. * Houston’s first Bryn Mawr Posse. Middlebury Alumna Develops National Entrepreneurship PossePlus Retreats Explore Class, Power, Privilege Program in Uganda Angelica Towne graduated from Middlebury College five years ago determined to use her education to empower youth in developing countries around the world. Today, the international studies major is the co-founder and country director of Educate!, a national youth leadership development organization that works Alumna Angelica Towne, the co-founder and country with thousands of students and young director of Educate!. entrepreneurs in Uganda. youth unemployment rate in “I wanted to create a curriculum Africa—83 percent are unemployed. that was really practical and relevant, Entrepreneurship is their best chance so that if a student dropped out for success. We are really meeting Students at the Brandeis PossePlus Retreat participate in a small group workshop about class. the very next day, they could do a need.” something—start a business, organize Educate! has grown quickly and Each year, Posse Scholars identify in their personal lives, the political their peers, or solve a problem in their hopes ultimately to reach 100,000 an important issue to explore with arena and the world at large. community,” says Angelica. students. More important, Angelica the larger campus community at a A special video presentation weekend retreat called the PossePlus Educate! was seeing success before and Educate!’s other co-founders, featuring Joe Stiglitz, a Nobel Retreat (PPR). This year’s PPRs students were even halfway through Boris Bulayev and Eric Glustrom, are Laureate and a professor of entitled, “What’s Your Worth?" the program; about 80 percent took focused on transforming the entire economics at Columbia University, challenged 3,500 participants on leadership roles in their schools, education system in Uganda. and Bob Herbert, a journalist and at 37 Posse partner colleges and communities and churches. The a distinguished senior fellow at “We want all the schools to be universities to discuss the topic Ugandan government saw it too and political think tank