02/28/06, On the Front Page - Almanac, Vol. 52, No. 24

On the Front Page: February 28, 2006
Commencement Speaker: Jodie Foster and the 2006 Honorary Degree Recipients Jodie Foster, winner of two Academy Awards for Best Actress, producer and director, will be Penn’s Commencement speaker on May 15.
Annenberg Grant for GSE Leadership Initiative: $4.9M Penn’s Center for Educational Leadership has received a $4.9 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to launch the Distributed Leadership Initiative, a four-year collaboration with the Philadelphia School District to promote shared leadership at the individual school level.