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College House residents experience the spectrum of musical life in Philly as they take a walking tour of music venues, murals, and city life on Broad Street in Philadelphia with Dr. Molly McGlone, the College of Arts & Science's Assistant Dean for Advising during New Student Orientation. (Photo: Adam Weaver.)
Inset: Residents visit treasures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Photo: Mark Stehle.)
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Eight College Houses sent teams to the College House Cup "Cake Wars" competition held at Kings Court English College House in February 2018, and the results were good enough to eat. Kings Court English's team took "Best in Show" with their House crest-inspired design.
Inset: Du Bois College House offers a fun way for residents to get acquainted and stay healthy with their FIT program. A Graduate Associate serves as director and plans fun events such as skating at Penn's Class of '23 Ice Rink. (Photo: Conrad Erb)
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Students participate in a New Student Orientation event organized by the Black Engineers Society, as they suit up and face off with their new classmates in a game of late-night Laser Tag; in the inset, non-combatants roast marshmallows on the green. This adventure took full advantage of the beautiful wide-open spaces in Hamilton Village, part of the outdoor space managed by the College Houses. Photos: Bryan Karl Lathrop.
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South Asia Studies' Dr. Allyn Miner introduces residents to a new instrument as part of the Blutt College House Music Program, where residents can sign up for music lessons right at home. (Photo: Mark Stehle)
Inset: House Dean Dr. Krimo Bokreta welcomes 6th graders to Kings Court English College House and teaches them about the green roof, helping root ideas about their educational futures. (Photo: Jill Santos)
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The Raices de Borinquen folkloric music and dance group shared the arts and culture of Puerto Rico with Du Bois residents and guests at the House's exhibition of Dr. Sandra Andino's audio-visual documentary The Afro-Latinx Experience: Philadelphia Stories. Photo: Rhina Duquela.
Inset: At Riepe College House, residents can visit the apartment of House Fellow Ralph Rosen and his wife Ellen on any given Sunday and enjoy hot espresso. Photo: Adam Weaver.
Riepe Fellow wins Emerald Literati Award
Riepe College House Fellow Amy Stornaiuolo, associate professor in the literacy, culture and international education division of Penn’s Graduate School of Education, received a 2019 Emerald Literati Award in the category of English Teaching for her article with T. Philip Nichols and Veena Vasudevan, “Building Spaces for Literacy in School: Mapping the Emergence of a Literacy Makerspace,” which appeared in Vol. 17. No. 4 of English Teaching: Practice and Critique. Dr. Stornaiuolo’s research examines adolescents’ multimodal composing practices, teachers’ uses of digital technologies and shifting relationships between authors and audiences in online, networked spaces. Congratulations, Prof. Stornaiuolo!
Celebrating Four Years of Excellence: Lauder College House
At a grand celebration on Thursday, September 5, 2019, President Amy Gutmann and the Lauder family unveiled a new name for what was formerly known as New College House. Lauder College House continues the great tradition of student engagement that has brought residents back to live there year after year.
In the spirit of getting to know Lauder College House, here are not only a few facts about the House but also a video showing what LCH has to offer!
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The Traditions Commission was a group of NCH residents who lead the house community in the process of selecting house colors, motto, and mascot during Fall 2016! Student leaders in this group were Morgan Thweatt, Nyasia Bey, and Jerome Cohen, with RAGA staff members Elaida Dimwamwa, Kevin Chen, Tyler Hallmark, and Haley Morin.
- The House motto, “semper ad meliora,” means, “always onward toward better things.”
- The Meliora Ambassador role was implemented during Fall of 2017 as a way to adapt to NCH’s transition from a first-year to four-year community. Upperclassmen take on the role of peer leader and support to help welcome new students and make connections. The official groundbreaking ceremony for New College House took place on November 8, 2014. Your House Dean was not yet a staff member at Penn, and your Faculty Director was a House Fellow at Kings Court English College House.
- The Class of 2020 is the first class of students to have lived in NCH. Twenty four of the students who originally lived here (including two RAs and one GA) continued to return to NCH in subsequent years, making this their home throughout their Penn careers!
- RA Kevin Chen was the first Convocation Flag Bearer for NCH in 2016. Since that year, the role of Flag Bearer has been taken up by undergraduate house leaders, either RAs or Meliora Ambassadors.
- Class of 1969 Green (at the top of the Lifted Lawn, overlooking Heyman Courtyard) was dedicated this past summer.
Mapping Inequities with a Hill House Fellow
Hill College House Fellow Prof. Krystal Strong and her Re/Member Black Philadelphia Project, with the help of an interactive map room designed by Penn Library's Jennifer Garcon and Girmaye Misgna, introduced students from Penn, local high schools and the Philadelphia community to the ways that maps and geographical data can clarify historical patterns and illuminate current disparities, Penn Today reports. Click here for more.