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Welcome!. Cedric Updates!. Slideshow Courtesy of: Danielle Woods FIPSE Coordinator at The Ohio State University. UPDATE. The Cedric Story Continues…. "A Hope in the Unseen" ends with the book's protagonist, Cedric Jennings, entering his junior year at Brown University. That was 1997.
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Welcome! Cedric Updates! Slideshow Courtesy of: Danielle Woods FIPSE Coordinator at The Ohio State University
UPDATE The Cedric Story Continues….
"A Hope in the Unseen" ends with the book's protagonist, Cedric Jennings, entering his junior year at Brown University. That was 1997. He went on to graduate in 1999 with a 3.3 average, majoring in education with a minor in applied math. He walked down the aisle with a cluster of friends, including Zayd Dohrn, a close buddy from freshman year, who now teaches creative writing at Boston University. With the Internet craze in full swing, Cedric--after spending a summer managing the Salvation Army office in Providence--took a job with VarsityBooks.com, the online bookseller. Where is Cedric Now?
A year later, he left that company for a job with MicroStrategy Inc., the large data-mining company based in Northern Virginia. As the new economy collapsed in early 2001, so did MicroStrategy's fortunes. Cedric, thinking through the winter that he might like to get more education, was prepared. On a Tuesday morning in April, he--along with many colleagues on the Microstrategy staff--received a pink slip. On Wednesday, he received a thick letter from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. In the spring of 2002, Cedric received his Master's Degree in Education from Harvard with high marks. Where is Cedric Now?
He spent the summer working at the Washington's centrist Progressive Policy Institute, analyzing national education policy. In the fall of this year, he began another Master's Degree program, this time in social work, at the University of Michigan. He has grown up. The options and opportunities before him are vast. Barbara, for her part, is doing fine. She is still working at the Department of Agriculture and has a few more years before she will hit a milepost of 30 years with the federal government. Where is Cedric Now?
She is ever more an honored member of her church and is awaiting the arrival of a new grandchild, this time from Cedric's sister, Leslie. While Cedric's life has been dramatically changed--he is often recognized on the street and sometimes speaks to high schools--Barbara's life is only modestly altered. The rights to "Hope" were purchased by Hollywood for a modest sum (though no project is currently being developed) and half of the book's royalties go to the Jennings family. Where is Cedric Now?
Barbara is sometimes asked to speak, as well, as she did a few months ago when she and Cedric received awards from the Department of Interior University, which used "Hope" to launch its reading program last year. I was there, as well. It's is always a pleasure to spend time with Cedric and Barbara. The Suskinds and the Jennings are in regular touch, see each other when we can. I imagine we will always be friends. Where is Cedric Now?
If you'd like to email Cedric, his address is cedricjennings@hotmail.com.
How do I know all this? • Ron Suskind. • http://www.ronsuskind.com/newsite/hopeunseen/archives/cat_cedric_jennings.ht
References:Danielle E. Woods Coordinator, Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) Grant The Ohio State University250F Walter E. Dennis Learning Center 1640 Neil AvenueColumbus, OH 43201-2333Phone: 614-688-3913Fax: 614-688-3912Department Email: wedlc@osu.eduPersonal Email: woods.378@osu.edu URL: http://dennislearningcenter.osu.eduAll pictures used in this slide show were retrieved from Google.www.google.com
