WEB HIGHLIGHTS
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A Liberal Arts Education: Preparing the Millennial Generation for the 21st Century
On March 23, in a lecture to over 300 educators, officials, pre-college students and their families, in Qingdao, China, SLC President Karen Lawrence spoke of the role a liberal arts education plays in preparing young people to take their place in the world. Read more.
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The Poughkeepsie Journal quotes biology faculty member Michelle Hersh in the article, "FIGHTING LYME DISEASE: Ticks don't harm mice, study finds, meaning Lyme threat is not decreased." Professor Hersh is lead author of a study, "When is a parasite not a parasite? Effects of larval tick burdens on white-footed mouse survival," which was also cited in the article.
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Social scientist, nonfiction filmmaker, and Public Policy faculty member Roy Germano appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss his documentary "Immigrant America: The High Cost of Deporting Parents," which deals with the ripple effects of deportation.
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Last month, a team of five SLC students advanced to the semi-finals at the Boston regionals of the Hult Prize, "the world's largest student competition for social good". The students created a plan to address the Hult Prize challenge for 2014: Chronic Disease Management in Urban Slums. The SLC team—Uday Keith '14, Philip Naess '14, Molly McNab '14, Jillian Richardson '14, and Sachi Shah '15—conceived a finance-based process to tackle the problem. The team's innovative process combines data collection and flexibility in payment plans. Read more.
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CONNECTIONS
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Sarah Lawrence Magazine
Fall Issue: Starting from Scratch
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GIVE TO SLC
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April showers bring May flowers and March 2014’s Mad About SLC Challenge brought amazing success. The FSL team sends a great big thank you to the 818 alumni and parents who donated. Because of your generosity and active participation, the Fund received an additional $100,000 plus all of your donations. More dollars translate directly to more academic and extra-curricular resources for all students and faculty. Thank you for following us on Facebook and for showing your Love for Sarah Lawrence. The challenge may be over but the need for contributions is not. The 2014 Fund for Sarah Lawrence 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. Enjoy your Passover and Easter Celebrations and don’t forget to celebrate the Earth on Earth Day - Observed on April 22 or Administrative Professionals on Administrative Professionals Day on April 23.
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Reunion 2014 Online Registration is Now Open!
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63 DAYS UNTIL REUNION! That's right folks, only 63 little days left until campus comes alive with alumni celebrating their SLC memories and making new ones!
Reunion weekend is Thursday June 5 – Sunday June 8, 2014. We hope you'll visit SLC's beautiful campus this summer to reconnect with friends and enjoy a variety of exciting events and programs including seminars (with Fred Smoler '75, Jeff McDaniel '90, Lyde Sizer, Nicolaus Mills, and Joe Forte to name a few), local tours, dinners, and parties. Remember, regardless of class year, all are welcome at Reunion! REGISTER NOW!
If you register before May 9th, you will be entered into the Reunion 2014 Early Bird Registration Raffle! 1st Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card, 2nd Prize: $50 Amazon Gift Card, 3rd Prize: $25 Amazon Gift Card
Check out the full Reunion schedule here.
Registration for classes through 2008:
One-Stop Registration Deal
A La Carte Registration
Registration for classes 2009 and later:
Young Alumni One-Stop Registration
Young Alumni A La Carte Registration
Show your work at the Alumni Art Exhibit During Reunion!
See more info on the Art Exhibit
Share your talents at the Alumni Cabaret during Reunion!
See more info on Cabaret
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Join SLC Alumni for an Upcoming Event!
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Get out your planners, because The Office of Alumni Relations has many exciting upcoming events planned for 2014. Don't miss this opportunity to make new friends and Sarah Lawrence connections.
View photos from recent events held across the country!
Upcoming Calendar of Events
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NYC: Networking event with Student and Alumni Athletes
New York, NY
Monday, April 7, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for an evening of networking with fellow alumni athletes and student-athletes from the classes of 2014 and 2015.
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NYC: 80s Alumni Happy Hour at Moscow 57
New York, NY
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
You're invited to "1980s Sadies" a special happy hour for 1980's SLC alumni at Moscow 57, a new bar and restaurant opened by Ellen Kaye '82 and Seth Goldman '82 in the Lower East Side. Appetizers will be provided. Drinks must be purchased at the bar.
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Savannah: Luncheon at Barbara "Biff" Montana
Savannah, GA
Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
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DC: KRL and Admitted Student Reception
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Please join us for a reception with President Karen Lawrence and SLC admission representatives, faculty, and the Class of 2018 Admitted Students.
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Oklahoma: Reception hosted by Rachel Zebrowski '73
Tulsa, OK
Friday, April 25, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
You're invited to reception and discussion with VP Charles Rasberry on future plans for SLC.
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MPLS: Alumni Luncheon w/ Jill Vegas MFA '00
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 12:30 p.m.
Alumni will gather at the Sheridan Meeting Room in the Pierre Bottineau Library for a casual lunch and a presentation by award-winning professional home stager and interior decorator Jill Vegas MFA '00.
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Brooklyn: Williamsburg Gallery Crawl
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
Alumni will meet at Art 101 (101 Grand Street, Brooklyn) followed by self-guided tour and lunch at Baci & Abbracci.
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NYC: Nonprofit Networking- Seniors & Alumni
New York, NY
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join SLC alumni in the New York area for An Evening of Non-Profit Networking Hosted by Molly Delano '98 at Global Kids. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Philadelphia: Cake Tasting & Entrepreneurship Q&A
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Alumni will be treated a special tasting of the delicious baked goods of Cake Life Bakeshop which is co-owned by Lily Fischer '04 and Nima Etemadi '04. After the tasting, there will be a Q&A with the entrepreneurs and best friends from SLC. Learn about starting a business from these winners of Food Network's Cupcake Wars.
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Register for an event today!
See Office-sponsored Events Calendar
Be sure to visit the Alumni web site frequently, as we are adding events all the time!
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You're Invited to Filmmaking Festival & Conference
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The annual SLC Filmmaking Festival & Conference takes place April 9 - 12, 2014. The Filmmaking Conference features a myriad of events geared toward current Sarah Lawrence students, the Alumni community as well as the broader Filmmaking community in the surrounding metropolitan area.
There will be two very special feature film screenings. On Thursday, April 10, TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro, directed by Heather Winters '84 will be screened and followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. On Friday, April 11, Red Monsoon, directed by Eelum Dixit '09, will be presented. These are just two of the many exciting events that are part of this festival.
See SLC Filmmaking Festival full schedule on Facebook.
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On April 14, 2014 at 6:30 p.m., the film Hello, I Must Be Going, written by Sarah Koskoff '90 will be screened in the Donnelley Theatre. There will be a Q&A after with Sarah and her husband, Todd Louiso, the film's director.
See more information on the film, Hello I Must Be Going.
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Come to the Longfellow Lecture
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The Child Development Institute invites you to join us at the 2014 Longfellow Lecture: Building A Good Foundation by Lilian Katz, PhD. Lilian G. Katz, PhD, world renowned early childhood expert, is Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois (Urbana- Champaign). Dr. Katz is a Past President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She is Editor of the first on-line peer reviewed trilingual early childhood journal, Early Childhood Research & Practice. Lecture takes place on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. at Reisinger Concert Hall on-campus. Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Visit CDI Web Site for more information.
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SLC's First Study Abroad Program in Africa
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The Office of International and Exchange Programs is pleased to announce Sarah Lawrence's first study abroad program in Africa. The Sub-Saharan Africa Program, with a focus in Human Development, will be led by Kim Ferguson in the Spring of 2015 and is open to Sarah Lawrence and non-Sarah Lawrence students. Each spring, selected students will spend 4 weeks in each of the following countries: Tanzania, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.
Further information on the program can be found at http://www.slc.edu/international-exchange/africa/.
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Tweet Critically: SLC Steps Up Social Media in the Classroom
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Dominique Fluker '14 and Ryan Kahn '15 want alumni to know about SLC Professor Collette Sosnowy's new class, "You Are What You Tweet," a course focused on the "publicly-private and privately-public" nature of social media. Students immerse themselves in the digital world through posts, tweets, status updates, images, and videos, dissolving the boundaries between online and offline. Professor Sosnowy has coined the term Conference 2.0 for the course – conference projects are submitted as weekly blog posts, open to comments from classmates and the SLC community. The blogs, hosted on MySLC, facilitate an exchange of ideas to improve the breadth and depth of conference projects. .
Learn more about the course and view student blogs click here or follow the class on Twitter at: #tweetSLC.
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Join Us for the SLCeeds FinalPitch! Event
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Open to all alumni ~ Reception follows
Thursday, April 17th from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Heimbold Visual Arts Center ~ Sarah Lawrence College
RSVP to careerservices@sarahlawrence.edu
After months of business and professional training, SLCeeds finalists will take the stage in front of a panel of judges in an effort to win an all expense-paid trip to StartUp Weekend! Hear their perfected 4-minute pitches as they explain their concept, how their idea is unique, and convince the judges that they have what it takes to make their idea a reality.
We welcome alumni to participate in many of the SLCeeds Innovation & Entrepreneurship programs. Please contact Jennifer Stam, Program Manager, at jstam@sarahlawrence.edu or 914-395-2566.
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SLC Summer Programs for High School Students
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The summer programs at Sarah Lawrence College now include both credit and non-credit enrichment courses for high school students, college students, and adults. These courses are designed like our regular academic year classes, with the unique Sarah Lawrence pedagogy. Summer students participate in our renowned seminar and conference system and are taught by Sarah Lawrence faculty. Through our programs, high school and adult students gain confidence and experience in academics and the arts, both in and out of the classroom, develop a variety of skills, and learn from exceptional instructors and motivated peers.
Please visit our website at http://www.slc.edu/summer2014 or contact us at anytime at 914-395-2205 or specialprograms@sarahlawrence.edu to learn more or with questions. We hope to see you this summer!
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11th Annual Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
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The 11th Annual Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival will be held on campus from April 25 to April 27. The program offers readings, panels, craft talks, workshops, and a small press fair. Participating poets include Kim Addonizio, Mary Stone Dockery, Alan Gilbert, Ross Gay, Bob Hicok, James Hoch, Patricia Lockwood, Maurice Manning, Eileen Myles, dg nanouk okpik, Emily Pettit, and Paisley Rekdal. All events are free and open to the public.
See Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival Web Site
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Always There, Imagine: Artworks by Ursula Schneider Exhibition
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Barbara Walters Gallery at Sarah Lawrence College is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Visual Arts faculty member Ursula Schneider. Ms. Schneider is showing a vibrant selection of her work (from her Pie and Ponds series, Hudson River series, and Hanga woodcuts). The exhibition highlights her work as an artist and honors her 28 years as a painting professor at Sarah Lawrence College. Ms. Schneider started her fruitful career at SLC in 1986, and will be retiring at the end of this academic year.
The show opened on April 1 and will run through April 30.
See the opening reception event on Facebook.
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SLC Student-Athlete Honored
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Sarah Lawrence College student-athlete Mackenzie Gassett '14 has been honored by the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as Softball Rookie of the Week for the period ending March 30, as announced by the league. Through the Gryphons' first six games, Gassett has led the Sarah Lawrence offense with a .625 average at the plate. The rookie senior has hit in every game, going 10-for-16 from the plate with six runs and an RBI.
In other news, the Gryphons got their first taste of victory as Sarah Lawrence College men's volleyball defeated Culinary Institute of America, 3-0, in a club exhibition at CIA Student Recreation Center.
See SLC Gryphons Web Site
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 When You Wish Upon a Star
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Pinocchio had a lot of adventures along his way to becoming a real boy. Become a real Sarah Lawrence planned giving donor and keep having adventures. Call us to explore gifts that give you income for your real life. Make Geppetto proud.
Contact Dorea Ferris, Director of Gift Planning, at (914)395-2543 or dferris@sarahlawrence.edu with any questions you might have. And please visit our new website at
slc.edu/giving/planned
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MFA Writing Program Update
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We can't keep up with all the recent alumni publications! Check out what current students, faculty, and alumni are doing on the MFA Writing Program Web Site.
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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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David Grimm '87 is a playwright whose play, Tales From Red Vienna, is now playing at the Manhattan Theater Club. Set as an enormous political tide is turning throughout Europe, Tales from Red Vienna explores the effects of war on women, the circumstances that control their lives and the dreams that set them free.
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Chloe Honum's ('03) new poetry collection, The Tulip-Flame, will be released this month. Chloe is the winner of the 2013 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize.
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Art Conservator Nicole Grabow '95 was recently interviewed about her work preserving an 18th century Holy Water Font for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. See the interview (which includes exciting stop-motion photography!) here.
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Gillian Cummings MFA '09 just published her second poetry chapbook. Petals as an Offering in Darkness (Finishing Line Press, 2014) has been described as "a rare blend of the humble and the visionary" and as "a graceful epistle, in the Rilkean sense." It consists of seventeen poems voiced as prayers.
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Click here for more information on alumni news
Click here for College updates
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