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Rick Wetmore
During his fourth grade
year at the Haverford
School in Haverford,
Pa., Rick Wetmore produced
a video of the
school for the benefit of
alumni who wanted to
keep in touch. In sixth
grade, he wrote an essay
on videography as part
of his audition to be a kid reporter on Kid Time News, a one-minute
program that airs twice daily, six days a week, on
local channel WB17.
His audition was successful, and he has been associated
with Kid Time News ever since, either as a reporter, anchor
or, as was the case last summer, producer.
“One of the more interesting stories I did was during
middle school when I took a day off and went to Six Flags
Great Adventure amusement park to report on the Batman
roller coaster. The rest of my class went on a field trip to a
landfill,” says Wetmore, who gets paid for his work by
the hour.
He has also covered the Pennstar medical emergency helicopter
service, a speech by President Clinton at Bryn Mawr
College and a Philadelphia Flyers hockey event. “I interviewed
[Flyers center] Rod Brind’Amour and met [Flyers
captain] Eric Lindros,” notes Wetmore, who was born in
Philadelphia and graduated from Episcopal Academy.
For his freshman year Management 100 course, Wetmore
worked last semester with a mentoring project in southwest
Philadelphia, using his experience with Kid Time News as a
way to help publicize the program.
“I think the education offered at Wharton is probably the
most practical education one can get,” he says. “A degree
from here will allow me to work in a communications environment,
whether it’s as a reporter, a producer or an analyst
for the communications sector of an investment bank. I
already have production tools. At Wharton, I want to learn
business and management skills.”
Andrey Golovicher
Three years ago, 5,000 students from all over the world
entered the International Soros Math Olympiad sponsored
by investor George Soros. Andrey Golovicher was chosen to
represent his native country of Belarus. He survived the first
round and went on to round two in Moscow. He survived
that, and went to Paris for the finals.
There 100 student finalists were given three hours to
solve seven math problems, six of them calculus. Golovicher
won first place.
“I was elated,” he says. “My father has a PhD in physics
and from early childhood on I was encouraged to read scientific
books. I find myself having a proclivity for math and
science.” The prize was a two-week stay in Paris and $500.
Golovicher, who speaks French and Russian in addition
to English, moved to Philadelphia three years ago from
Belarus. His father works for a consulting firm and his mother
is a doctor. He chose Wharton, he says, “because of its
business tradition and great diversity.”
He enjoys the U.S. for a number of reasons. “You can just
feel the freedom here,” Golovicher says. “Even right now,
when people says things are improving in Belarus, it’s still a
static country with political difficulties and business problems.
America offers many more opportunities.”
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