Notes from One Mead Way: Summer 2011 eNewsletter

WEB HIGHLIGHTS

 

Interview with Sara Wilford, Director of the Art of Teaching Graduate Program


Alumna Gail Eisen '64, former producer for 60 Minutes, sits down with Sara Wilford, professor of psychology and Director of the Art of Teaching Graduate Program to talk about the importance of creative, unstructured play for children in pre-school and early grades. Discussing how play promotes self-confidence in children, Wilford comments emphatically in the brief interview: “…you can't buy that; and you can't teach that; and you can't force that – you can only foster that as a process.”

Sara Wilford

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Genetics Without Borders


In America, it's easy to take for granted the availability of testing and medical management for genetic disorders like hereditary cancer, Huntington's disease, or spina bifida. But in underdeveloped countries, genetic testing barely exists. Sarah Lawrence alumni Lindsey Alico MS '11, Gillian Blaber MS '11, and Ny Hoang MS '11 want that to change. For their thesis work at SLC, they founded GenetAssist, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities around the world without access to genetic services and counseling.

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GIVE TO SLC

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To meet tough economic challenges, The Fund for Sarah Lawrence has very aggressive and attainable goals this year. It is necessary to raise $3,400,000 to meet the needs of the College. We ask every alum to participate. Last year there were over 3,000 alumni who supported their Alma Mater, and this year we are aiming for over 4,000 donors. Our time is now. Give today! You can mail your contribution to
FSL: 1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708;
call us at 914-395-2533 or donate on line at http://www.slc.edu/give.

We greatly appreciate your commitment to and investment in Sarah Lawrence. We also need your help. If you are interested in volunteering for The Fund please call Jody Abzug, Senior Director, The Fund for Sarah Lawrence at 914-395-2523.

   
 

Look at these Exciting Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Faculty on the Roads

September 17, 2011 San Francisco, CA Ilja Wachs, Huckleberry Finn and the Utopian River Classics
September 18, 2011 Boston, MA Bob Desjarlais, Play and Passion: An Anthropology of Chess
October 1, 2011 Washington, DC Sam Abrams, In Search of the Big Sort
November 5, 2011 Atlanta, GA Fred Strype, Citizen Filmmaker:
Contemporary Lives and the Making of Motion Pictures

Upcoming Special Events

September 8, 2011 Chicago, IL Alumni Meet and Greet
September 15, 2011 Minneapolis, MN Alumni Get Together
September 18, 2011

Reisinger Concert Hall,
SLC Campus

Special Preview of Sailors & Dreamers
Music by Chester Biscardi
Lyrics by Shirley Kaplan
Commissioned by the Library of Congress

September 21, 2011 New York, NY Writers Night: Mystery and Horror
September 22, 2011 Boston, MA Bowling in Davis Square

October 6, 2011 Brooklyn, NY Young Alumni Happy Hour

October 11, 2011 Heimbold Auditorium,
SLC Campus
Lecture: Brigid O'Farrel, author of She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker

The Edith Ingalls Vignos '45 Faculty on the Road Program is soon underway and our new regional chapters are starting their season with some fun get togethers. Be sure to check the web site for more exciting events in your area!

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See Office-sponsored Events Calendar

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24 Hours of Reality

Please join students and faculty in a live screening of Al Gore's presentation at The Climate Reality Project's 24 Hours of Reality Event. A panel discussion featuring SLC faculty members Josh Muldavin and Marilyn Power will follow.

Starting on the 14th of September, Al Gore and a team of 23 other climate activists and notables in the environmental/scientific communities will be delivering his redesigned presentation on climate change (formerly featured in An Inconvenient Truth). Beginning in Mexico and moving time zone by time zone around the world, there will be a presentation once an hour every hour for 24 hours culminating in a presentation by Al Gore himself in NYC on the 15th. Each event will be broadcast online to a global audience.

  • Thursday, September 15
  • 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
  • Reisinger Auditorium

 

Learn more the Climate Reality Project

  NY Philharmonic

Exciting Offer for SLC Alumni

Alumni can now purchase tickets at the group rates for all NY Philharmonic subscription concerts and most Special Events during the Philharmonics' season. Here is the link for the 2011-12 season schedule 2011-12 NY Philharmonic. To purchase tickets by credit card, email meyerp@nyphil.org or call 212.875.5672 using the promotion code 843487.

   

Writing Institute Open House

Please join us to meet the fall faculty, including renowned film and theater critic John Simon, learn about the fall workshops, ask questions, and meet other students. Lunch will be served.

  • Saturday, September 10, 2011
  • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • 45 Wrexham Road
  • Bronxville, NY 10708

RSVP to (914) 395-2205 or cce@sarahlawrence.edu

See the List of the Fall Writing Institute Workshops

   

What Would a Charitable IRA Rollover Mean for You?

A charitable IRA “rollover” may help you make a larger gift to Sarah Lawrence than you ever thought possible. It may help you make a gift, even if you thought you couldn't do it this year.

The IRS is again permitting IRA owners age 70 and one half years or older to make direct tax-free transfers to charities like Sarah Lawrence, before December 31, 2011. The total of these transfers may not exceed $100,000 per tax year. These transfers will qualify—in part or in whole—for the yearly required IRA minimum distributions, yet they will not be considered taxable income to the IRA owner.

This means that your IRA assets could be an important new source of charitable gifts. What a difference you could make for Sarah Lawrence! If you don't qualify, perhaps your spouse does… Please check with your professional advisers to see if a Charitable IRA Rollover Gift might be the best idea for you. Thank you!

Email Director of Gift Planning, Annetta Love, for information

See the Office of Gift Planning

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Connect on Facebook!

The Office of Alumni Relations has created Facebook Groups for you to connect with classmates and fellow alumni in your area. Please, stay active in these groups -- and keep the content coming!

Click here to join the Facebook group for Alumni in your city and Alumni in your class year.

All SLC alumni groups are closed and membership is by request and invitation. To gain membership, you must click the "request to join" button at the top right corner of the group. Once you're a member, be sure to invite your friends to grow the group!

   

Alumni Announcements

 

Have you recently changed jobs, received a promotion, or won an award in your field? Share your accomplishment with the alumni community.

 
   

The new Steven Soderbergh thriller “Contagion” tracks the global spread of a lethal flulike virus, stressing the chilling plausibility of its nightmare situation. In matters of scientific accuracy, the closest collaborator was Dr. Ian Lipkin '74, who directs the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Contagion Movie Poster
   

Claire Yaffa '62 announced "I Dream a Dream", an exhibition running from September 30th - November 12th. Opening is September 29th. The upcoming show will run at the Leica Gallery Saltzberg in Austria.

 
   

Sculptor Adam Distenfeld '85 was profiled by the New York Times. American University recently awarded him with a commission to create a piece out of rocks it dug out of the foundation of a new building

Adam Distenfeld Sculpture
   

Jewish Women International has selected Kim Morris Heiman '78 of Cincinnati, OH, president of SK Textile and managing director at Standard Textile Company, as a 2011 Women to Watch honoree for her business leadership and role in reaching out to develop business in Israel.

 
   

Laura von Holt '02 was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award (IT Awards) for Outstanding Ensemble for her work in (oh my god I am so) THIRST(y). The IT Awards are given annually to honor individuals and organizations who have achieved artistic excellence in Off-Off-Broadway theatre.

Thirsty Photograph

 

 

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