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Leadership in the death zone on K2
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Chris Warner is no stranger to the death zone, having visited it many times during his mountaineering career. He has summited many of the world's highest peaks, including Everest and K2. Chris is also a founder and director of Earth Treks Inc., a professional climbing guide service specializing in rock and ice climbing instruction and international mountaineering expeditions since 1990.
Wharton's SPIF sends first-year students to public interest internships
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Wharton's Summer Public Interest Fund (SPIF) helps Wharton first-year students pursue summer internships in the public interest sector by supplementing basic salary needs. Monday April 20th kicks off SPIF Pledge week in which SPIF will raise funds from the Wharton community to support the 2009 SPIF Fellows.
Community-building at Wharton takes on a new shape
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Despite the various perspectives thriving within the Wharton student body, there seems to be one pervasive understanding that most people agree upon: the fact that Wharton's greatest asset is its student community. That being the case, the WGA's core objective in the next year is to increase the quality and opportunity for interaction and relationship-building between students.
A Day in the Life of a Wharton Partner: Mother of 3 Rambunctious Boys
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Being a full time mom is a very demanding job-physically and emotionally, especially if your husband is a student at Wharton! For those of you who wonder how a mother of three lives in Philly, here's a taste.
Partners and Kids Member-at-Large
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On behalf of the Partners and Kids Clubs I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work more closely with the WGA! Going forward we are dedicated to creating an increasingly family friendly environment at Wharton by working closely with the WGA team, as well as the school administration, on several new initiatives.
Wharton Nonprofit Board Leadership Program: Deep Impact
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My mom had been the long-term president of our local humane society, so I had many great childhood memories of Saturdays spent washing and walking the dogs living in the shelter. So when I came to Wharton, community service was one element of my previous life that I was very interested in reconnecting to.