According to a survey of the Best 377 Colleges: 2013 Edition, published by The Princeton Review, the best professors are at Sarah Lawrence College. Ranked #1 for "Professors Get High Marks," Sarah Lawrence also scored in the top 20 of 12 of the 62 ranking categories compiled by the popular college guide, including "Best Classroom Experience," "Best College Theatre," and "Class Discussions Encouraged."

Discussing the rankings on NBC's TODAY show on the day of publication, August 21, The Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher, Robert Franek, referred to the "energetic and brilliant faculty," with whom students study one-on-one at Sarah Lawrence.

"Of course, we ourselves have always known we have the best faculty and best teaching in the country, but it is a welcome event to have this college guide make it public," said President Karen Lawrence in a message to the College's constituencies.

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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.

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Upcoming Regional Events

Be sure to visit the Alumni web site frequently, as we are adding events all the time!

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The Edith Ingalls Vignos '45 Faculty on the Road Program brings together alumni and faculty to re-create a Sarah Lawrence seminar. Members of our renowned faculty take their academic passions to cities across the country, and ask you to come prepared to discuss questions pertinent to their topics. It's not quite the same as sitting around a table in Dudley Lawrence Living Room, but you will find the same challenging give-and-take that marked your Sarah Lawrence experience.

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The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College is holding an Open House on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 45 Wrexham Road in Bronxville. From 1 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. you'll hear about fall courses and the Gurfein Writing Fellowship. From 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. there will be free workshops and readings featuring Writing Institute faculty. Join us to meet the faculty, choose the workshop that is right for you, converse with other writers and enjoy light refreshments. Call (914) 395-2205 or send us an e-mail at kbrown1@sarahlawrence.edu to RSVP.

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Reunion weekend is the perfect time to reminisce, reconnect, and return to Sarah Lawrence. You'll have the opportunity to take a seminar, go on local tours, explore new buildings on campus, cheer or perform at a cabaret, admire the work of fellow alumni at an art exhibit, and of course dance to your heart's content on Westlands Lawn. If all of the above works up an appetite, there's always midnight breakfast after the dance and a champagne brunch the next morning! Faculty also look forward to seeing you during Reunion, so don't miss out! In 2013, alumni with undergraduate class years ending in 3 and 8 will be celebrating milestone Reunions. All other alumni are welcome as well! For a sneak peak of the joys of Reunion weekend, check out this video created by Abby Urban '12. For more photos and video from Reunion 2012, visit the SLC Reunion Web Site.

If you'd like to BE A REUNION VOLUNTEER, please sign up here or contact Dania Abu-Shaheen, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, at 914-395-2531 or dshaheen@sarahlawrence.edu.

Can't wait to get in touch with your friends? We've created FACEBOOK GROUPS for classes celebrating their Reunion! Find your class Facebook Group. To become a member, click the "request to join" button at the top right corner of the group's front page. Once you're a member, be sure to invite your friends to make more SLC connections possible.

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Monday, November 5th, 2012, 12 p.m. – 2 p.m., Sarah Lawrence College

Every year, employers visit Sarah Lawrence's beautiful campus to meet with our eager, creative, and driven student population to offer spring and/or summer internships. This, the Internship Fair's fourth year, is looking to be our best event yet! Reserve a table ($50) or learn more by emailing Anne Marie Damiani at adamiani@sarahlawrence.edu.

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We hope you can join us for a rare opportunity to hear the prestigious ensemble, Salomé Chamber Orchestra, in an intimate Westchester setting. The orchestra will perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante arranged for String Sextet and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence at SLC's Reisinger Concert Hall on Sunday, September 30 at 3 p.m. This event is free. The New York Times called New York's Salome Chamber Orchestra "glowing." They've performed at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NPR's Performance Today and on national television.

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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!

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

Peter Trachtenberg '74 announced his new book, Another Insane Devotion, will be published by Da Capo Press on November 13, 2012. From "a genuine American Dostoevsky" (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal. When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past-- into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing

The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are pleased to announce Rickey Laurentiis '11 as one of its five recipients of 2012 Ruth Lilly Fellowships. Among the largest awards offered to aspiring poets in the United States, the $15,000 scholarship prize is intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry and is open to all U.S. poets between 21 and 31 years of age.

Rosalind Brenner MFA 2009 announced that her poetry collection from Finishing Line Press, /Omega's Garden/, is coming out this fall. /Omega's Garden/ is a compendium of woman's voices, as they share their joys, disappointments, and their triumphs. Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr., said of the book, "You do not want to miss this book's intense language, its extraordinary original imagery and the rawness of /Omega's Garden's/ situations...."

Madison Gate Records will release the soundtrack album titled "Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series" on August 28, 2012. The recording features original music by Dave Porter '94 from all five seasons of the Emmy® Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television series. The album will also debut never-before-heard music and extended versions of fan-favorite cues. Dave Porter began his musical training at the piano at age five, and began composing as a teen. He studied classical and electronic music composition at Sarah Lawrence College, and has been awarded ASCAP Film and TV Awards for "Breaking Bad" and the Fox Studios paramedic drama "Saved."

Zilpha Starnes '05 and Dania Abu-Shaheen '04 who perform together as the folk/rock duo Starnes&Shah would like to invite you to a special show/party at Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton Street between Orchard and Ludlow) on Saturday Sept. 22nd at 8:30pm. Since the evening will mark the first day of Fall and both alumnae's upcoming September birthdays, there will be celebratory cupcakes for all! Zilpha and Dania love seeing fellow SLCers at their shows, so swing by, sing along, and have a cupcake! To learn more about Starnes&Shah, please visit http://www.starnesandshah.com

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