The Results Are In...

. . . from the reader survey about Sarah Lawrence magazine. See what people had to say here. Got more to say? Send an e-mail to the editor of the magazine, Suzanne Gray MFA '04.

Broadway on Mead Way

Tovah Feldshuh '70 will perform her acclaimed one-woman show, "Golda's Balcony," at Sarah Lawrence at the end of May. Tickets are on sale now!

Reunion Registration

June 6 is right around the corner. Reunion class years (ending with "3" or "8") should receive their brochures any day now, and registration will be open to everyone at the end of the month. More about Reunion

Reunion Gift Celebrates Dance at SLC

In honor of her 65th Reunion, the family of Barbara Bray Ketchum '43 has made a generous gift to the College to establish an artist-in-residency fund. Named in her honor, the fund will bring creative, inspirational dancers and choreographers to campus to work directly with students. Learn more

Recent Events

View photos from the global warming lecture by Ralph Cicerone, the president of the National Academy of Sciences; the Women's History Conference, "Black Power, Black Feminism"; and Focus the Nation, a nationwide teach-in about climate change.

SLC in the News

"Preparing Students to Live with Curiosity": President Karen Lawrence talks about challenges and opportunities in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

In a Newsday op-ed, literature faculty member Nick Mills discusses Barack Obama's speech on racial unity.

Rosamond Bernier '38, the "world's most glamorous lecturer on art and high culture," gave her final lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 13, as described in The New Yorker.

In an interview with Tampa Bay's Creative Loafing, Gabriel Vaughan '00 talks about playing Hamlet, the role all actors dream about.

Barbara Schecter, psychology faculty member and director of the Graduate Program in Child Development, was quoted in a Toronto Star story on "tomboys," based on her letter to the editor of the New York Times about the term used to describe the star of Juno. The story also received attention from a celebrity Web site.

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Letters to the Editor

Love the e-newsletter? Not so much? Send an e-mail to the editor or post your comment on the editorial message board on One Mead Way.

Spring is in the air, exciting events are on the calendar, and a new director is sitting in the Alumnae/i Relations Office. It's time to get out and have some fun.

Take Me To Your Leader

Meet the new director of alumnae/i relations, Cheryl Cipro. She served as the director of annual giving for seven years, knows Latin and Greek, and is ready to do some serious relating with all the SLC alumnae/i. Get to know Cheryl -- and learn about her plans for alumnae/i events -- in this interview.

Let the Bidding Wars Begin

Score cool stuff while supporting student scholarships at the 50th annual auction, hosted by the Students for Students Scholarship Fund. If you live in the New York metro area, come to the live auction on Thursday, April 17 and do your bidding in person. If you live farther afield, do not despair: The online auction starts today. Learn more

Featured Events

Sadie Lou Staff and Alumnae/i
Collaborative Reading
Monday, April 14
7:30 p.m.
Reisinger Auditorium

Alumnae/i and students who write for Sadie Lou, SLC's virtual student space, will team up and read their work in pairs, one reading a piece in response to or inspired by the other. A reception following the event will feature the work of Sadie Lou's visual artists. Learn more

Bozeman Lecture
Tracking and Capturing Saddam Hussein:
A Report from the Field
Tuesday, April 15
5:30 p.m.
Titsworth Lecture Hall

Lt. Col Steve Russell was the commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, which was a central player in the hunt and capture of Saddam Hussein. Sponsored by: The Adda Bozeman Lecture Fund. Learn more

Writer's Night: A Tribute to Grace and Jane
Thursday, April 17
7 p.m.
New York City

Colleagues and friends honor Grace Paley and Jane Cooper, writing faculty emeritae who helped make SLC's writing program the powerhouse it is today. Presented by the SLC New York Metro Alumnae/i Association. Learn more about the event and read the obituaries for Paley and Cooper.

A Williamsburg Art Gallery Tour
Sunday, April 27
Noon
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Join SLC alumnae/i on a walking tour of Williamsburg's art galleries. The tour will begin at Art 101, the gallery of Ellen E. Rand '62. Presented by SLC Brooklyn. Learn more or visit Art 101.

Lumina Launch Party
Sunday, April 27
7:30 p.m.
Heimbold Visual Arts Center

A reading and reception for the launch of the 2008 edition of Lumina, Sarah Lawrence's literary journal, on Sunday, April 27. This event is part of the SLC Poetry Festival, the largest, free-est event of its kind in New York.

Alumnae/i Announcements

Have you recently changed jobs, gotten a promotion, or won an award in your field? Share your accomplishment with the alumnae/i community.

Clay McLeod Chapman '00 premieres his new indie-rock musical, "Hostage Song," in April. Discounted tickets for alumnae/i.

Juliet Gentile MFA '07 is teaching a workshop called "Pathways of the Heart: The Essence of Sufism" at the New York Open Center on April 11.

Frozen River, a feature film by Courtney Hunt '86, was named Best Drama at the Sundance Film Festival. It's about a struggling single mother in upstate New York who teams up with a Mohawk woman to smuggle people across the Canadian border.

Adam Feder '91 released his second CD, Shul Band Instrumental, which mixes klezmer, folk, the Grateful Dead, and traditional Judaic melodies.

This summer, Monica Franciscus '85 will be teaching landscape painting workshops in the south of France.

 

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