TIP Kicks Off the 2013 Program Year

The 2013 program year got off to a great start on January 15th as 2013 Fellows, new and returning, gathered for an orientation reception at Penn. Director Alan Lee introduced the program, and Donna Runner, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at the School District of Philadelphia addressed the attendees, which included Fellows, Seminar Leaders, supporters from the Penn community, and TIP alumni. Penn Professor Rogers Smith and two returning TIP Fellows, Rita Sorrentino and Sydney Coffin, shared insight and remarks about the program, as well. The evening ended with Seminar Leaders meeting with their respective groups in the first seminar session of the program year.

Fellows will tour the Penn Libraries on January 22^nd, and regular seminar sessions will begin the following week. We’d like to thank everyone who was in attendance for making the night a success!

Donna Runner, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at the School District of Philadelphia addresses the attendees

Professor Al Filreis leads the first meeting of Modern and Contemporary American Poetry