WEB HIGHLIGHTS
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President Karen Lawrence and Megan Roguschka '12 discussed the value of an SLC education on CBS' Sunday Morning in a CBS Sunday Morning segment on college costs and the rise of student loan debt. Roguschka will attend Harvard next year on a full scholarship to study for a Ph.D. in anthropology.
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The blog "Nano Patents and Innovations" features a post entitled, "The 10 Commencement Speeches We're Most Excited for This Spring." Among the eagerly anticipated speakers is Adam Savage, who will address SLC's graduates on May 18.
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Author Ann Patchett '85 has been named to Time's list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World." In her write-up, Elizabeth Gilbert describes Patchett as "a woman of wisdom, determination, generosity, and courage," and lauds her efforts to curtail the demise of independent bookstores.
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Joseph Lauinger was named one of the four best literature professors in the U.S. in The 300 Best Professors, a guidebook published by The Princeton Review in partnership with RateMyProfessors.com.
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CONNECTIONS
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Sarah Lawrence Magazine
Spring Issue: Why We Fight
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GIVE TO SLC
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We have reached - one month and counting for The Fund for Sarah Lawrence. Over the next four weeks you will be hearing from us with a little more regularity than during other times of the year. The best way to keep your inbox clear is to donate today!
Some very exciting news to relay, the 2012 Senior Class has surpassed their Senior Gift goal of $2,012 and is very close to their 50 % participation goal. We hope our alumni will follow their lead.
The FSL has successfully completed the first year of our student philanthropy program through which we educated the entire student body about giving back to their School during their time here and then continuing to give back when they graduate and become alumni. The marquee event for the program was the Phil Project, a project that invited students from all years and all concentrations to submit a 1 -3 minute film focused on reasons for giving back to Sarah Lawrence or thanking donors for contributing. The top four winners were awarded prizes at the annual Sarah Lawrence Film Festival. All submissions will be shared with our alumni.
With your support and participation we will be able to meet our $3.4 Million goal. Every gift counts! Please don't wait until the last minute, your Alma Mater needs your help NOW! Our fiscal year closes on May 31. You can mail your contribution to
FSL: 1 Mead Way/Bronxville, NY 10708; call us at 914-395-2533 or
donate on line at www.slc.edu/give.
You can contact Jody Abzug, Senior Director of The Fund, at 914-395-2523 or jabzug@sarahlawrence.edu
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28 Days until Reunion 2012! Register Now!
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Reunion weekend is Thursday May 31 – Sunday June 3, 2012. We hope you'll visit SLC's beautiful campus this summer to reconnect with friends and enjoy a variety of seminars, workshops, tours, dinners, and parties. This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Remember, regardless of class year, all are welcome at Reunion!
Look Who's Coming to Reunion!
If you register by tomorrow (May 4th), you will be entered into the Reunion 2012 Early Bird Registration Raffle!
Register for Reunion 2012 Now!
Go to General Reunion Registration
Go to Young Alumni Reunion Registration
Show your work at the Alumni Art Exhibit During Reunion!
See more info on the Art Exhibit
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Look at These Exciting Upcoming Events!
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Get out your planners, because The Office of Alumni Relations has many exciting upcoming events -- in several of its recently established regional alumni chapters.
See Regional Chapters Page
Upcoming Regional Events
| May 5 |
LA: President Karen R. Lawrence Lectures on James Joyce
President Karen R. Lawrence leads a James Joyce discussion
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| May 6 |
Orange County: President Karen R. Lawrence Lectures on James Joyce
President Karen R. Lawrence leads a James Joyce discussion |
| May 10 |
NYC: "Sarah After Hours" - 1st Night
First night of a weekend celebration of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program in the heart of the West Village. |
| May 11 |
NYC: "Sarah After Hours" - 2nd Night
Second night of a weekend celebration of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program in the heart of the West Village |
| May 12 |
NYC: "Sarah After Hours" - 3rd Night
Third night of a weekend celebration of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program in the heart of the West Village |
| May 16 |
NYC: "Giselle" at the American Ballet Theatre
The Office of Alumni Relations has 15 discount tickets to "Giselle" at The American Ballet Theatre.
We have one remaining "Giselle" ticket! Register now to claim your spot!
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| June 16 |
LA: Screening of "Finding Joe" Film and Discussion
Finding Joe, a movie by Patrick Takaya Solomon, is an exploration of famed Mythologist Joseph Campbell's studies and their continuing impact on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids, the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed The Hero's Journey: the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person. Rooted in deeply personal accounts and timeless stories, Finding Joe shows how Campbell's work is relevant and essential in today's world and how it provides a narrative for how to live a fully realized life - or as Campbell would simply state, how to "follow your bliss". |
Be sure to visit the Alumni web site frequently, as we are adding events all the time!
View photos from recent events
Register for an event
See Office-sponsored Events Calendar
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Sarah Lawrence Remembers Amy Swerdlow MA 1973
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Sarah Lawrence remembers faculty member Amy Swerdlow MA 1973. Swerdlow, author of Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s and former professor and director of the Women's History Program, was a "red diaper baby" who spent her childhood among communist activists in the Coops, three apartment complexes in the Bronx that poor Jewish immigrants working in the garment industry founded in the 1920s and managed cooperatively.
Amy Swerdlow will be remembered at this year's Service of Remembrance at Reunion 2012.
See Graduate Studies in Women's History
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A Weekend of Theatre Celebration
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Join us for a weekend celebration of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program in the heart of the West Village. This extravaganza is made possible by the generous support of the Berelle Samuel Theatre Fund. Day 1 events include a performance by a jazz ensemble, a review of season highlights, a wine and cheese reception, the Phone Booth Plays, followed by a Jazz Jam Party. Day 2 events include performance by a blues band, Cabaret Night, and screenings. Day 3 includes Grad Night, invited alumni companies and artists, followed by DJ Dance Party.
See the Theatre Department
See full listing on SLC Office-sponsored Events
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Board of Trustee Mentor Program Wins Award!
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The NY Regional Professional Association for Career Services, Alva C. Cooper Committee, awarded Sarah Lawrence College second place for Best Practices in Career Development for its Board of Trustee Mentor program. The Board of Trustee Mentor Program impressed the committee members with its approach to reaching out to both students and staff at the College and elevating Sarah Lawrence's profile and brand on campus.
See more information about the Office of Career Counseling
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Reunion Giving
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Whether you graduated five years or several decades ago, Reunion is a time to reflect on your Sarah Lawrence experience. Reunion is the perfect time for alumni to support the school and increase your class's participation rates and gift totals. You can do so by making your own donation to the Fund before May 31, 2012. Currently, 1957 leads class participation and the 50th Reunion Class of 1962 leads with the largest class gift. Please stay tuned to see which classes will win the Westlands Awards and which classes will qualify for plaques on the Reunion Terrace.
See Reunion Giving Levels
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Connect on Facebook and LinkedIn!
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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.
Don't forget to network with fellow alumni on LinkedIn for all of your career-related inquiries, needs, or announcements.
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!
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Alumni Announcements
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Have you recently changed jobs, received a promotion, or won an award in your field? Share your accomplishment with the alumni community.
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Zilpha Starnes '05 and Dania Abu-Shaheen '04 are celebrating 6 years of performing together as Starnes&Shah and they would like to invite you to their special band birthday show/party at Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton Street between Orchard and Ludlow) on Saturday May 19th at 9pm. Zilpha and Dania love seeing fellow SLCers at their shows, so swing by and say hello! The band's sixth year has been an exciting one as they released their third album "Red Brick Tide" and teamed up with director Samantha Stark '05 to make their first music video for the track "Lucinda." Stark's whimsical vision was brought to life with the help of another SLC alumna, the hilarious Liz Clark '05. To learn more about Starnes&Shah and view the music video, please visit http://www.starnesandshah.com
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Mira Spektor '50 announced two performances of Villa Diodati, a chamber opera. The opera is presented by Bank Street Films at the York Theatre at St. Peter's Church. Mira is responsible for both the music and the libretto.
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Chris Brandt MFA 1972 invites you you to a rare chance to see John Gay's satirical romp, The Beggar's Opera, done in its original spirit, as a folk opera that lampoons "high" art, operatic pretensions, and society's hypocrisies. Medicine Show is one of New York City's oldest experimental theatre companies, which has done everything from Shakespeare to Havel and Fo, Aristophanes to their own collaboratively created pieces (which have won several international prizes.)
The show runs from April 27 through May 19. Tickets are $18.
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Mark Kaplan '87 announces his new play, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, which he's directing. The play opens on May 11 and runs through June 16 at the Repertory East Playhouse in Santa Clarita, CA. For tickets, call (661)288-0000.
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The work of Meg Lindsay MFA '98 will be exhibited at the Irvington Library in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY from May 2-June 2, 2012. You are invited to join her for an opening reception on Saturday, May 5th from 2-5 pm.
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