EXPLORING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program (GSEP) returned to campus June 20-24. The program for rising Dana Hall juniors and seniors lays the foundation for entrepreneurial thinking through a week of skill-building workshops and experiences. This year’s session included visits to Harvard Innovation Labs and Babson College’s Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Alumnae Maggie Noone ’21 and Anna Craven ’14, along with many other industry experts, shared their entrepreneurial expertise with GSEP participants before the two teams faced off in the Dragon’s Lair, a Shark Tank-style pitch competition at the culmination of the program, which included alumnae judges Alexia Fieger ’15 and Emily Soukas ’09, as well as Dana Hall Trustee Heidi Vanni P28, 30. Team College Buddy prevailed, pitching an app that pairs rising juniors and seniors with current college students to share a real-life look at the campus experience.

The Class of 2027 participated in the annual 8th Grade Career Day on April 11 and visited two sites off campus: Harvard Medical School, where lead teacher Erin Martin showed them how to check vitals on a patient, and Northeastern Law School, where they met professor Stevie Leahy P25, 26 and sat in on a section of Advanced Criminal Procedure.