Notes from One Mead Way: SLC Alumni eNewsletter

WEB HIGHLIGHTS

FX’s Fargo, created by Noah Hawley ’89, picked up a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Movie or Mini-Series. Julianna Margulies ‘89 has been recognized for her work in CBS’s The Good Wife with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama. Additionally, she has been nominated for a Best Actress in a TV Drama Series SAG Award.

 

J.J. Abrams '88, filmmaker behind such blockbusters as Super 8 and the latest Star Trek movies, has released the trailer for his latest directorial offering, Star Wars: Episode VII.

 

Politics faculty member Elke Zuern offers her views on the current state of Namibian politics in an interview with World Politics Review.

 

Cynthia Weil '56, co-writer of such hits as “We Gotta Get out of This Place” for The Animals, and “You’ve Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” for The Righteous Brothers, has been interviewed in Publisher's Weekly. Weil discusses a career trajectory that has taken her from Sarah Lawrence into songwriting into her latest incarnation as the author of young-adult fiction. "I majored in theater at Sarah Lawrence, back when it was an all-girls’ school. I thought I would become a director," Weil told the publication of her earlier aspirations while at Sarah Lawrence.

 

Writing faculty member Vijay Seshadri runs through his typical Sunday with The New York Times. Seshadri, who earlier this year won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, discusses writing routines, favorite authors, and the moral conundrum of being an American Football fan.

 

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The Meaningful Life
Fall 2014

The point of going to college—and especially of going to Sarah Lawrence—is to begin crafting a meaningful life. That means making a career, usually, but also distilling your values, understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and confronting change and loss. Easy, right? In this issue, we'll get some practical advice about how to create a life rich in meaning—no matter how you define success.

 

GIVE TO SLC

Fund for Sarah Lawrence - Donate today!

Happy New Year! We hope all our alumni and friends had lovely holidays and that you added "donate to Sarah Lawrence College" to your list of resolutions. If so, why not keep that resolution today and make your contribution to The Fund for Sarah Lawrence (FSL) right now? Make the winter a little less chilly by warming the hearts of the Sarah Lawrence community by enabling SLC students to embrace their passion and realize their purpose. December was a very successful month for the FSL. We are nearing $1,800,000 and approaching the halfway mark to our $3,750,000 goal. Start 2015 off with a meaningful gift to your alma mater!

You can mail your contribution to the 2015 Fund for Sarah Lawrence to 1 Mead Way/Bronxville, NY 10708; call us at 914-395-2533 or donate online at www.sarahlawrence.edu/give

The month and year may have changed but one thing has remained constant: The FSL team's gratitude for your dedication to and support of Sarah Lawrence. Thank you and Happy 2015!

   

Remembering Faculty Member Gilberto Perez

 

Gilberto PerezWe are deeply saddened to share the news that Gilberto Perez, a revered member of our faculty for 32 years, passed away suddenly on Tuesday night. Gil was a cherished and dedicated teacher, a brilliant scholar and critic, and a passionate and beloved member of our community. He will be greatly missed.

We will share more information with you as it becomes available, including plans for a memorial in February. We will also remember Gil during Reunion 2015 at the Service of Remembrance.

 
   
 
   

Happy New Year! Start 2015 with Exciting SLC Events!

 

Happy New Year! Get out your planners, because The Office of Alumni Relations already has many exciting upcoming events planned for 2015.

View photos from the recent holiday parties we held across the country!

Upcoming Calendar of Events

NYC: Tickets to Zoë Keating '93 at Subculture

The Office of Alumni Relations has discount tickets to a performance by Zoë Keating '93 at Subculture (45 Bleecker Street) on Tuesday January 13, 2015. Tickets are $20.

 

January 13, 2015
8:00 p.m.

Subculture
45 Bleecker Street,
New York, NY

Palm Beach: Reception with President
Karen R. Lawrence

Join us for a very special reception with President Lawrence. Hosted by SLC Trustee Linda J. Supino and David J. Supino in Palm Beach, FL.

 

January 28, 2015
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Palm Beach, FL
(Full address and directions provided after registration.)

Savannah: Lunch hosted by Barbara "Biff" Montana

Join fellow SLC alumni in Savannah for a fun, informal gathering.

 

January 31, 2015
12 noon

Hosted by Barbara "Biff" Montana
(Full address and directions provided after registration.)


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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Mark your calendars for Reunion 2015: Thursday, June 4th - Sunday, June 7th

 

Are you planning to attend Reunion?
Reunion 2015 will offer a variety of seminars, workshops, tours, dinners, parties, and even Midnight Breakfast! Registration will open in March, but you can get a sneak peak at the schedule of events here! During the big weekend, we will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Art of Teaching Graduate Program. We hope you'll visit SLC's beautiful campus this summer (Thursday, June 4th - Sunday, June 7th, 2015) to reconnect with friends and recount the joys of your college years! Please click below to let us know if you hope to attend the 2015 Reunion celebration. We will post the names of alumni who plan to attend on the Reunion Website. (If you do not wish have your name published in our "Planning to Attend" list, please indicate so in your response.)

Yes! I am planning to attend Reunion 2015!

For a sneak peek of what Reunion weekend is like, check out this video of Reunion 2014 created by talented filmmaker Brian Emery '07.

Are you planning to attend? Let us know!

Reunion 2015
   
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Faculty on the Road Fall Spring Season Announced!

 

The Edith Ingalls Vignos '45 Faculty on the Road Program brings together alumni and faculty to recreate 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.

Upcoming Faculty on the Roads

January 28
6:30 p.m.
New York, NY James Marshall, Machine Learning: The Biologically-Inspired Path to Artificial Intelligence
January 28
6:30 p.m
New York, NY Barbara Schecter '74, "Play's the Thing": The Importance of Promoting Children's Play
March 7
2:00 p.m.
Washington, D.C. Scott Calvin, The Science of Steampunk: 19th Century Scientist-Adventurers and the Rebirth of Technological Individualism in the 21st Century
March 28
1:00 p.m.
San Francisco, CA Joel Sternfeld, Ma Vie en Kodachrome
March 29
2:00 p.m.
Los Angeles, CA Joel Sternfeld, Ma Vie en Kodachrome
April 25
2:00 p.m.
Boston, MA Joseph Forte, Manifestos of Modern Architecture: ARE THESE PEOPLE SERIOUS!?
April 26
2:00 p.m.
Philadelphia, PA Bella Brodzki '72, The Role of Translation in Our Literary Marketplace: How Foreign Works Become "Global"

View full Spring 2015 Schedule and
register for a Faculty on the Road

Faculty on the Road
   
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Alumni Office Has Discount Tickets Available to SOLD OUT Zoë Keating '93 Performance

 

Zoë Keating '93 is a "one-woman orchestra". She plays cello and simultaneously uses a foot-controlled laptop to record layers of her performance, creating "intricate, haunting, and compelling music." Zoë is revered in the music world for her embrace of technology and the DIY culture, releasing her music online and without the support of a record label. SF Weekly said of her music, "Swoon-inducing. Like taking a triple-shot of Absinthe before stepping outside of the bar just in time to see the sun exploding."

Zoë plays Subculture in New York City (45 Bleecker St. 10012 New York, NY) on January 13 at 8:00p.m. Tickets are $20.

Get discount tickets to see Zoë Keating '93 performance

Zoë Keating '93 Press Photo
   
 
   

Save the Date for Art of Teaching Anniversary

 

This Reunion, June 4 - 7, please join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Art of Teaching Graduate Program where we will honor Sara Wilford '72 and have many other special events.

See SLC Reunion 2015 web site

Art of Teaching
   
 
   

Award-winning Poet Kevin Pilkington to Read at MIT

 

Poet and faculty member Kevin Pilkington is the author of six books of poetry, including Spare Change (La Jolla Poets Press National Book Award winner), Ready to Eat the Sky (Independent Publishers Books Award finalist) and In the Eyes of a Dog (2011 New York Book Festival Award winner). Kevin will read from his forthcoming book, Where You Want To Be, at MIT on January 15 from 2:30 - 4:00, in MIT Building 14E, Room 304 (160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA). This event is free.

Kevin Pilkington
   
 
   

Nominations for Alumni Citations Sought!

 

Nineteen years ago, the Sarah Lawrence Alumni Association established an annual recognition program to honor outstanding Sarah Lawrence alumni. Nominations for the citations are sought for all alumni celebrating a milestone Reunion in 2015 (class years ending in "5's" and 0's."). All nominations are confidential.

The Citation for Achievement is given to a person or persons whose work embodies the values and ideals of a Sarah Lawrence education, with the understanding that there is no one yardstick for achievement. The Alumni Citation for Service is presented to graduates for dedicated service to the College.

The Citation Selection Committee will select the recipients from the nominations. Citation Awards during Reunion 2015.

Submit a nomination for the Alumni Citation!

 
   
 
   

Spring Courses at the Writing Institute at SLC

 

Interested in flash fiction? Novel writing? Novel writing for children and teens? A writing class for your teen? A memoir about raising your teen? Register now for a spring class at the Writing Institute. We offer ​a wide selection of classes! We also have some exciting one-day events and workshops coming up, including classes in Connecticut, Brooklyn, and Scarsdale. ​

Founded in 1983, the Writing Institute has worked with hundreds of students-- leading to published novels, memoirs, poetry manuscripts, young adult novels and screenplays! No matter your level of experience, we will help you move further in your writing. Our classes are small (capped at 12 students!) and designed to build a collegial community of writers.

Find out more information and sign up for classes here:
http://www.slc.edu/ce/writing-institute/courses/

 
   
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Author LaShonda Barnett MA '98 to Present at Women's History Lecture Series

 

The Women's History Graduate Program presents LaShonda Barnett MA '98, author of Jam! On the Vine. The book follows the story of Ivoe Williams, the precocious daughter of a Muslim cook and a metalsmith from central-east Texas, who first ignites her lifelong obsession with journalism when she steals a newspaper from her mother's white employer. She earns a scholarship to the prestigious Willetson College in Austin, only to return overqualified to the menial labor offered by her hometown's racially-biased employers. LaShonda Barnett MA '98, known for her scholarship on Black women artists, comes to Sarah Lawrence to discuss her debut historical novel, the first in a series of three.

LaShonda Barnett MA '98, author of Jam! On the Vine
Wednesday February 4, 2015
Library Pillow Room, Sarah Lawrence College
5:30

View schedule for the Gerda Lerner Lecture Series

LaShonda Barnett MA '98
   
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Summer Programs at SLC!

 

Sarah Lawrence College Summer Programs have something for all interested students ranging from rising sophomores to recently-graduated seniors in high school! During the summer, we offer a variety of intensive non-credit courses designed for every kind of student: writer, actor, dancer, activist, budding filmmaker or enthusiastic storyteller.

With the unique Sarah Lawrence pedagogy and campus experience at the center of the curriculum, summer students participate in the renowned seminar and conference system and are taught by our outstanding and top ranked faculty. As a commuter or residential participant, students will gain confidence in academics and the arts both in and out of the classroom, begin to develop college-level skills, and learn from exceptional instructors and motivated peers. Registration is open now for all our 2015 offerings! Pass along the word to anyone you know who may want to join us on campus this summer.

Have questions? Give us a call at (914) 395-2205, or e-mail us at specialprograms@sarahlawrence.edu. We look forward to hearing from you.

Summer at SLC
   
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Calling SLC Alumni Visiting Florence!

 

Johanna Zacharias '64 writes, "We—my art historian husband Herbert Kessler (his specialty: medieval) and I—are in Florence until May 2015. We would happily give SLC alumni visiting the city of Dante, Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli, et al. a personal tour of some breathtaking sites that you might miss on your own—such as the incredible Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella, the church of San Miniato al Monte, and the medieval holdings of the Bargello.

"We can also give guidance on Florentine restaurants, local Tuscan specialties, and lovely, modest lodgings. And we could introduce you to our neighborhood—an urbanist's dream, which includes the incomparable Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio."

Please email Johanna at jz1234@earthlink.net.

 
   
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Gryphons Begin Season and SLC Community Begins Challenge!

 

In the Gryphons' first game of 2015, SLC men's basketball took on St. Joseph's College Long Island in a Skyline contest at Danzi Athletic Center last Saturday. Despite double digit scoring from newcomers Jeff Jordan II and Malin Segal, the Gryphons were ousted 67-45 in the teams' second matchup of the season.

In other news, members of the SLC community are encouraged to participate in the 2015 Happy New You Fitness Challenge. Over the next two weeks, participants compete for prizes--and glory--while focusing on wellness through exercise.

Read more on gogryphons.com

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Music Note Graphic Listen! –Doo-da-doo— Do you want to know a secret? Music Note Graphic;

 

Please don't keep it a secret—Let us know if your estate plans include Sarah Lawrence. Why? Because only then will we know what you would like us to do when and if the funds arrive.

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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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.

Join the SLC Alumni Office's Twitter feed: @SLCAlums.

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

 

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

 
   

Ellen Perecman '75 announced the opening of "On the Other Side of the River", by Peretz Hirshbein presented by New Worlds Theatre Project. The play is the story of a young woman, caught between two worlds, and how she falls under the spell of a mysterious stranger from the other side of the river. The play ran through December at HERE Arts Centre in New York City.

On the Other Side of the River
   

Peter Robinson '72 announced the publication of his novel, What It Was Like, by The Story Plant -- under the pen name Peter Seth. See more about Peter and this novel at: http://peterseth.com

What It Was Like - Cover
   

Erica Ryan '98 recently published her book Red War on the Family: Sex, Gender, and Americanism in the First Red Scare with Temple University Press.

Red War on the Family Book Cover
   

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