WEB HIGHLIGHTS
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The Alwan Arab Music Ensemble, featuring a broad range of Arab, Middle Eastern, and Western music will perform on November 13 at 5 p.m. in Reisinger Concert Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
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Within Between, a performance piece by John Jasperse '85, has been honored at the 2014 New York Dance and Performance Awards, as reported in The New York Times. These awards, commonly referred to as the "Bessies," are named for the legendary artist Bessie Schönberg, who directed the Sarah Lawrence College dance program for many years.
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El Pais notes that Spanish faculty member Claudia Salazar is this year's winner of the "Premio de las Americas," a prestigious literary prize awarded in Latin America, for her novel, La sangre de la aurora.
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CONNECTIONS
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Sarah Lawrence Magazine
Fall Issue: 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.
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GIVE TO SLC
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The FSL team hopes everyone received more treats than tricks last week. And thus, we've entered November, a month for giving thanks. On Tuesday, November 11, we thank United States Veterans for their service to our country; on Thursday, November 13, we celebrate National Philanthropy Day, a day of recognizing (and thanking) all the wonderful social service, arts, educational and other nonprofits that cater to the needs of our greater community; and on Thursday, November 27, we celebrate Thanksgiving. The FSL team would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to our alumni donors every day this month (and truly all year long). Thank you to those who have already made their 2015 donations to the College, thank you to those who have volunteered to be on 2015 reunion committees and thank you to those of you who will soon make your contribution to this year's Fund. Being thankful is something we who work at Sarah Lawrence feel every day. We are thankful for our caring and nurturing faculty, our talented and motivated students, and of course our supportive and generous alumni. By donating to The Fund for Sarah Lawrence today, you help the SLC community embrace our passion and realize our purpose. Your generosity gives everyone here a reason to be thankful.
You can mail your contribution to the 2015 Fund for Sarah Lawrence to 1 Mead Way/Bronxville, NY 10708; call us [Jody, Indra, Kin, Elizabeth & Adrianna] at 914-395-2533 or donate on line at www.sarahlawrence.edu/give. The FSL team wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Save the Date for Holiday Parties!
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Holiday party season is here! Register today and join in on the cheer!
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LA: Los Angeles Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at the Napa Valley Grille. Tickets are $20. Tickets include open beer and wine bar and hors d'oeuvres.
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December 6, 2014
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Napa Valley Grille
1100 Glendon Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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SF: Bay Area Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at the home Samuel Tucker '75 in San Francisco to share and spread holiday cheer. Please join in the holiday fun and bring dessert or wine! Upon registering, you will receive the event location.
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December 7, 2014
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
At the home of
Samuel Tucker '75
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Chicago: Alumni Holiday Brunch
Alumni will gather for brunch at Deleece Restaurant. Tickets are $20. Tickets include a full three-course brunch and 1 brunch cocktail.
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December 7, 2014
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Deleece Restaurant
3747 N Southport
Chicago, IL 60613
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NYC: New York Metro Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at Club Quarters in Midtown. Tickets are $20. Tickets include an open bar and hors d'oeuvres.
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December 9, 2014
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Club Quarters in Midtown
40 West 45th Street
(between 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036
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Boston Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at Brasserie JO in the Colonnade Hotel. Tickets are $20. Tickets include open beer and wine bar and hors d'oeuvres.
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December 10, 2014
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Brasserie JO
120 Huntington Ave,
Boston, MA 02116
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Washington DC Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at Hotel Tabard Inn. Tickets are $20. Tickets include open beer and wine bar and hors d'oeuvres.
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December 10, 2014
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Hotel Tabard Inn
1739 N Street NW
Washington D.C. 20036
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Minneapolis/St. Paul Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at the Marin Restaurant and Bar. Tickets are $20. Tickets include 2 drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
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December 11, 2014
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Marin Restaurant and Bar
901 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55403
in Le Meridien Chambers Hotel
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Philadelphia Alumni Holiday Party
Alumni will gather at the home of Josh Lapps MA '11 for cocktails and holiday cheer. Josh will co-host the party with Slade Roff '12, Emily Stokes MFA '13, and Liza Williams MFA '13. Upon registering, you will receive the event location.
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December 11, 2014
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
At the home of
Josh Lapps MA '11
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Register for your regional holiday party today!
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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 some exciting upcoming events. Don't miss this opportunity to make new friends and Sarah Lawrence connections.
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Philadelphia Faculty on the Road
November 15, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Leah Olson, Biology faculty, speaks on "The Biology of Living and Dying: How Understanding Obesity, Stress and Caloric Restriction Will Help Unlock the Keys to Why We Age".
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SLC: Alumni Reception at Homecoming
November 21, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
On Friday, November 21 at 7pm, join the SLC community for Homecoming! The Campbell Sports Center will be packed with 300 SLC students, faculty, staff, and alumni for this special occasion. See more below.
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Paris: Seminar with Faculty Member Eric Leveau
November 23, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Seminar in Paris with French Faculty member, Eric Leveau. The discussion will center around Literary Salons.
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Savannah: Lunch get-together
December 13, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
Come to luncheon hosted by Cookie Gale '75.
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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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Save the Date for Reunion 2015 and Send us Your Program Suggestions!
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Mark Your Calendar! Reunion 2015: Thursday, June 4th - Sunday, June 7th
Does your undergraduate class year end in a 0 or 5?
If yes, you are celebrating a milestone Reunion next summer. If no, you are invited to the celebration anyway! The more the merrier: Reunion weekend is open to all alumni and their guests.
Whether it's your 5, 10, 25, or 50-year Reunion or just a trip to visit campus, Reunion weekend is going to be chock-full of SLC fun!
Don't miss the opportunity to return to SLC's beautiful campus and reconnect with friends. The big weekend will include seminars, local tours, dance parties, The Alumni Art Exhibit and Cabaret, Midnight Breakfast, and much more. In the meantime, stay in touch with the alumni community and find your class Facebook group at http://alum.slc.edu/
Class Reunion Volunteers are hard at work planning the weekend, and they want classmates' suggestions for the program! To submit suggestions, please complete the following web form.
To see what Reunion is all about, check out these photos, videos, and seminar podcasts from this past Reunion!
We look forward to seeing you in June 2015!
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Nominations for Alumni Citations Sought!
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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!
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Join Us for SLC Homecoming!
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On Friday, November 21 at 7 p.m., join the SLC community at the Campbell Sports for Homecoming! The Campbell Sports Center will be packed with SLC students, faculty, staff, and alumni for this special occasion. We'll also have a special Alumni Room in the downstairs lounge (open from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.). There will be free beer, wine, snacks, and SLC spirit.
Here is the schedule of events:
- 7p.m. - 8 p.m., Swimming: SLC vs. Maritime (Men's Swimming), SLC vs. Maritime (Women's Swimming), SLC vs. Saint Joseph LI (Women's Swimming)
- 8 p.m. - 10 p.m., Basketball: SLC vs. Pratt Institute (Men's Basketball)
Alumni can view all of these events from the Alumni Room. Come cheer on the Gryphons!
Please RSVP to Homecoming!
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Liberal Arts in an Unequal Society Conference
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America, long viewed as a beacon of equality and opportunity, has entered a new gilded age. The recent reemergence of vast and unprecedented inequalities in wealth and income, accompanied by a steep decline in social mobility, form an inescapable context for any discussion of the value of liberal arts education in the contemporary United States.
On November 14 and 15, a group of leading scholars, policy-makers and activists will convene for a major national conference to discuss how liberal arts institutions should respond to increased inequality. Learn more and register below.
Learn more about the Liberal Arts in an Unequal Society
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Charles Hoge '80, MD, to Speak on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Veterans' Day
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Charles Hoge '80, MD, Colonel (retired), will speak about his experiences as a veteran, a military psychiatrist, an advocate for veterans, and a Sarah Lawrence alumnus. Dr. Hoge's Once a Warrior - Always a Warrior: Facilitating the Transition Home from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars will bridge the gaps in perspective between veterans and the civilian society by discussing what transitioning from a war zone involves from a medical and an occupational perspective. Dr. Hoge will discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder while separating fact from stereotypes and stigma. The talk will take place on November 11, at 3:30 p.m., in the Marjorie Leff Miller Auditorium.
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Faculty Reading List
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The Fall Faculty on the Road season may be coming to a close, but don't fret: we've asked our faculty participants, present and past, to give us their best reading recommendations. Please click here to read the Faculty Reading List. We'll continue to add to this list!
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Meredith Monk '64 Celebrated at Carnegie Hall
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The music of Meredith Monk '64 will be celebrated at Carnegie Hall on November 20 and 21. Friday night's event will feature an all-Meredith Monk Program in honor of Meredith's birthday. The American Composers Orchestra will be in concert on Saturday evening and will include one of Meredith's pieces, Night. Allison Easter '85 will be one of the performers in this piece. Meredith Monk is Carnegie Hall's 2014-15 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair.
For more information, go to Carnegie Hall's calendar for November 20 and November 21.
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Film Examining the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to Be Screened
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Life Sentences, a film with an unusual perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will be screened as part of the 8th Annual Other Israel Film Festival on Sunday, November 9 at 4 p.m. in the Donnelley Film Theatre of the Heimbold Visual Arts Center. The film, directed by Nurit Kedar and Yaron Shani will be screened in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, followed by a Q&A session. This event is free and open to the public.
Life Sentences tells the story of a man whose life embodies the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and marks the first year that Sarah Lawrence College is an official partner of the Other Israel Film Festival.
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Calling SLC Alumni Visiting Florence!
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Johanna Zacharias '64 writes, "We—my art historian husband Herbert Kessler (his specialty: medieval) and I—are in Florence from November 2014 to 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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Three SLC Student-Athletes Win Accolades from Skyline Conference
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Sarah Lawrence College student-athletes Hannah Lawson '18, Cameron Martinez '16 and Finn MacMillan '18 collected weekly accolades from the Skyline Conference, as announced by the league on Monday. In the first swimming reports of the season, junior Martinez was named men's Swimmer of the Week, while Lawson took the first women's Rookie of the Week honors. MacMillan collected men's soccer Rookie of the Week accolades. The Skyline Conference is a college athletic conference based in the New York City area that competes in the NCAA's Division III.
Read more on gogryphons.com
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 Thank You for Lettin' Me Be Myself
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Sarah Lawrence was the place where you learned to be yourself. Self-actualize even further and give thanks with a planned gift (charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, or other deferred gift) that will leave a legacy to Sarah Lawrence for future self-actualizers.
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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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.
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
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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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Claire Yaffa's photography exhibit, "100 Photographers - 100 Portraits" is currently being shown at Leica Gallery Wetzlar through January 1, 2015. Claire took her first photograph 48 years ago when her son was 18 months old and it was the beginning of her journey, first as a mother, then as a photographer. She has worked extensively for The New York Times and Associated Press.
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Jonathan Silverblatt '91, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, is one of the recipients of the Lawyers Alliance for New York's Cornerstone Awards for pro bono excellence. The Cornerstone Awards recognize the important contributions in pro bono service and are presented to a small number of outstanding members of the legal community. Through their exceptional efforts, these award-winning individuals have helped nonprofit organizations deliver essential services to strengthen low-income communities and improve the quality of life for thousands of New Yorkers in need.
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Judith Paine McBrien '72 announced her newest book, Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture--a book of essays and architectural drawings by her colleague John DeSalvo. Judith was honored by the Chicago Public Library Foundation in October as part of Chicago's Vibrant Literary and Arts Community Celebration.
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Shirley Stewart MA '10 announced the publication of her book, The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in Early Twentieth Century Harlem. The biography, based on Shirley's thesis in the Women's History Graduate program, explores the life of this Caribbean immigrant who created and ran a successful gambling operation and was an advocate of black pride and spokesperson for Harlem residents
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Fred Schruers '71 announced his upcoming biography of Billy Joel, Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography, to be published on October 28. Newsday recently listed this book as part of its Fall book preview and said of it: "We've been waiting on this one for a while."
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Click here for more information on alumni news
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