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...Owen, Mosbacher, and Knapp Trophies.Sophomore skipper Teddy Himler was paired with sophomore crew Quincy Bock and took third in the A division for the Crimson. The duo placed in the top four in nine of their fifteen races, winning one contest and claiming second in another.Freshman skipper Brendan Kopp and junior crew Alex Bick took home fifteenth place in the B division.“Teddy and Quincy had a strong showing in an equally competitive regatta with some Mid-Atlantic teams,” Palmer said. “Brendan was competing in his first collegiate regatta and will...
...Senior Jon Garrity, sophomore John Stokes, and Himler also served as Crimson skippers. Juniors Michelle Konstadt and Winston Yan, sophomore Quincy Bock, and Charles all competed as crews. While no freshmen competed this weekend, Harvard anticipates some rookies should be able to contribute this season. “Brendan Kopp was a great junior sailor and is really committed to learning how to sail on the collegiate level,” Himler said. “He will be integrated into the team over the next couple of weeks and should make some great contributions.” The Crimson...
Amid the financial crisis that is gripping the country, one bright spot may be an increase in recent college graduates considering the field of education. Teach For America, a project founded in 1990 by Princeton alum Wendy Kopp, places thousands of the nation’s top graduates in teaching positions in the poorest school districts. This year TFA has seen a marked rise in applications, including those from Harvard students. In November, President-elect Obama called on our nation to embrace public service. It seems that his hopes may yet be answered, as more and more Americans seem...
...oversees a core of high-achieving recent college graduates to work as public school teachers in under-served rural and urban districts for a minimum of two years. Participants have the option of receiving funding for graduate degrees in education while they are teaching.The organization was founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990, who conceived of the idea in the undergraduate thesis she wrote at Princeton in 1989. “As I moved through Princeton, I grew increasingly aware of students’ unequal access to the kind of educational excellence I had previously taken for granted...
Though the current financial crisis may dominate the news, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp spoke at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education yesterday afternoon about a very different crisis: that of the myriad problems facing America’s public schools today. Kopp, who serves as the CEO of the organization, was introduced by Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCarthy who stated that “more undergrads than ever are seriously considering Teach for America.” After the introduction, Kopp spoke enthusiastically for half an hour about the 18-year-old program. According...