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DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang ’10 gifts $10 million
DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang ’10 has gifted $10 million to The Harker School to establish The Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund, which will support Harker’s commitment to diversity at the school.
CareerConnect panelists discuss running small businesses during pandemic
CareerConnect recently hosted a speaker panel to help students better understand how small businesses have transitioned from the pandemic.
Major success for Harker DECA at Silicon Valley conference
From Jan. 11-14 135 students from the Harker DECA chapter attended the 2021 Silicon Valley Career Development Conference (SVCDC).
Harker speech and debate takes first place at UC Berkeley tourney
Harker was the first place overall school at last weekend’s Cal Invitational UC Berkeley speech and debate tournament.
Students find success at multiple hack-a-thons
Two Harker students collected a series of awards at multiple international hack-a-thons.
Alumnus speaks to students on venture capital career, shares advice
On Thurs., Nov. 5, the Harker Investment Club and Harker DECA co-hosted alumnus Amit Mukherjee ‘06 to speak to students over Zoom about his journey from Harker to venture capital and his job as an investment partner at New Enterprise Associates.
Harker speech and debate dominant at early tournaments
The upper and middle speech and debate teams did not miss a beat as they switched to the new world of online tournaments.
Alumni panel helps students get the most out of upper school experience
On Sept. 25, CareerConnect held a Harker alumni panel via Zoom with Haley Tran ’17, Lucas Wang ’17 and Vignesh Panchanatham ’18.
Fun and learning at annual DECA Launch event
From Aug. 15-16, 70 students attended Harker DECA’s seventh annual launch event, which is designed to introduce prospective members to DECA and The Harker School’s business, economics and entrepreneurship department.