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PSA Blog
Thursday, 12 January 2012 11:34am | by berryman
Happy New Year!
Penn Student Agencies had a fantastic start to the year. First Services experienced great success due to the popular laundry and dry cleaning services, the new Schaye Café opened in SP2, and the Publicity agency launched a lawn sign service.
In November, we started a new tradition: the PSA Homecoming Dinner. Our first annual event was a great success – current PSA students and PSA alumni enjoyed an evening filled with great food from Maggiano’s, a smash-hit PSA video, and lots of laughter and conversation.
In January, new student managers will begin training – we are excited to welcome a new team!
Working as the graduate assistant for PSA has been a fabulous experience thus far. PSA is truly an exciting and fun work environment. My favorite aspect so far has been getting to know all of the student managers and employees; they are all enthusiastic, friendly, dedicated, and have such creative ideas for their businesses.
If you haven’t visited the PSA store or one of the PSA cafés yet, please do! Also, if you are a PSA alum, please feel free to stop by Williams 117 or email us – we would love to connect with you!
Best,
Ali
Graduate Assistant
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 9:46am | by aedmo
Congratulations to the PSA 2012-2013 Management Team!
Human Resources Manager: Margaret Wang, Junior
Finance Manager: Erica Jang, Junior
firstServices Director: Eric Szeto, Junior
firstServices Laundry Manager: Brian Delgado, Junior
firstServices Product Manager: Taylor Diem, freshman
Williams Café General Manager: Kate Feeney, junior
Williams Café Product Manager: Russell Abdo, sophomore
Store Director: Phoebe Jean-Pierre, junior
Store Manager: Tara Kutzbach, freshman
Special Deliveries Manager: Elaine Zhang, junior
Bartending Manager: Jim Walton, junior
Schaye Café Manager: Elizabeth Kobert; sophomore
Promotions Director: Garron Smith, Junior
Poster Distribution Manager: Robert Chung, Junior
Lawn Sign Distribution Manager: Devan Mehta, sophomore
Penn Cycle Managers: Madison Roberts, Jenny Xia,Alex Rattray, Chris Cruz, Lizzie Cutler
*Term begins March 2012
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 9:38am | by aedmo
Congrats to Qiao Ding, our Employee of the Month for November! She is on the promotions street team and is "super good about communication" and is "a great asset to the team".
All About Qiao!
Where are you from originally?
Hangzhou, China
What are you majoring here at Penn?
PPE
What else are you involved with at Penn? What are some of your hobbies?
IAA, a little bit of Dzine2show, BOLT project,etc. ; cooking, shopping(esp. online, i just received 13 boxes today), music, hanging out with friends.
Who is your hero?
My father.
What does working at PSA mean to you?
A getaway from study. (I wish I would know other PSAers better!)
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 2:59pm | by aedmo
 While many residents of the northeast are savoring the crisp fall air and idyllic trips to the apple orchard, Penn students are visiting the library in droves. Midterm season is upon us and with that comes important decisions: where to study and where to snack. While libraries are the obvious choice, I like to mix it up every now and then with a visit to a coffee shop. Studying in a coffee shop offers an entirely different intellectual experience. Instead of feeling trapped in a library, you are an intellectual expanding your mind in a cozy setting. You seem at once hardworking, sophisticated and classy. In short, coffee shop studying is a win-win situation.
A good study snack is satisfying but quick, a real escape that won’t take hours to consume. My first recommendation is Metropolitan Bakery at 40th and Walnut, more specifically, their chocolate chip dried cherry cookie with sea salt (pictured). Metropolitan Bakery has the added perks of staying open until 7 pm and a 10% Unieats discount. I also recommend the pound cake. It’s deceptively simple but refreshingly delicious.
Another worthwhile spot is Café Clave, located at 43rd and Locust. While this University City destination is a bit of a trek for some students (ahem Hill/King’s Court), the added walk ensures that you will work for a solid few hours, so as not to have wasted your journey. Café Clave is a place to settle in and get stuff done. My GA introduced my suite to Café Clave, and it’s a real treasure. The best part is the little known quiet back room, which features desks, chairs and outlets aplenty. It’s a perfect place to study while the front room is good for chatting or working. Outdoor tables are nice during warmer months. The coffee is good and they are famous for their empanadas, which run out quickly. I recommend their parfaits and grilled cheeses (although definitely not together) with an iced coffee.
 Lastly, and not to be overlooked are on-campus coffee shops, notably Williams Café. As a humanities student, I visit Williams Hall at least four times a week. Its central location makes Williams Café the perfect spot to grab a snack and coffee during the day, filling those awkward half hour breaks between classes. Grab some coffee (it’s La Colombe, not Starbucks) and one of their notoriously flaky croissants and grab a seat, either in the Café or Silfen Study Center. Newspapers are readily available, and a few minutes of relaxation or reading does wonders for a stressful day. Even better, there are opportunities for free stuff with punch cards that give a free small or medium drink every 10 drinks. For the social media savvy, you can follow @WilliamsCafe on Twitter to find out about free drink giveaways (the first one is this week).
School is stressful. Routines are easy to establish but hard to break. Deviate from your routine just once; study at a coffee shop; try a new flavor of tea; spend 10 minutes eating a croissant and just thinking. A little study break makes all the difference.
Posted by Abigail Koffler at 1:00 PM Labels: Drinks, Penn Campus Food, Top/Best Of Lists
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Friday, 27 May 2011 1:33pm | by aedmo
This year, the PSA store organized their first Graduation Flower Program. Parents of seniors were sent a letter inviting them to pre-order thier graduation flowers. Then, on May 16th, the parents could just come to us on Wynn Commons and pick them up! They didn't have to worry about having cash, or finding a florist. We made it easy! We also sold Mom and Dad shirts and Penn banners. All in all, the program was very successful with over 100 per-orders and many sales the day of the event. Next year we are going to hold the sale on the Sunday before graduation as well since many of the individual schools hold their graduations on that day.
 
 
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 6:44pm | by aedmo
I can’t believe it’s the end of the year! Penn Student Agencies has been so busy this semester with new managers and new projects! This year the majority of our managers were seniors, so there was a lot of turnover. We promoted within and hired many new staff. There are lots of new faces that we hope will move up to be the future leaders of PSA!
Our graduating seniors are:
Carolina Lee
Denis O'Flynn O'Brien
Evelyn Jaworski
Francis Tseng
Jamie Shim
Jonathan Jean - Pierre
Loire Klein
Mariama Perry
Nicolai Robles
Reuben Latigo
Richard Cappadona
They will be sorely missed. Thank you for all of your hard work and support over the years. It will be particularly hard for me to say goodbye to this group as many of them helped to train me as their General Manager!
-Audrey Edmondson
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Monday, 16 August 2010 11:37am | by aedmo
Welcome to the Penn Student Agencies blog. In this space we will share current information about things going on with all PSA agencies. This space will also allow students to share some of their learning experiences. We hope you will check back frequently for new posts!
Sincerely,
Audrey Edmondson
General Manager
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