Student Quiz:
Walking Backwards

Zachary Donovan '10 is the recipient of the Helen Lynd Scholarship. In addition to his eclectic course of study, which includes everything from robotics to creative writing to international law, he works three jobs on campus. Find out what he has learned about walking backwards, intergalactic stamp-collecting, and cooking with rice cakes in his SLC career.

Endowed scholarships like the Helen Lynd Scholarship Fund make it possible for intellectually curious students like Zachary to attend Sarah Lawrence. Learn more about giving to the endowment

Donate to the Auction

The 50th annual auction to raise money for the Students for Students Scholarship Fund will be held April 17. Get in on the auction action by donating something cool by April 2. You can use the online form for your philanthropic convenience. More about the auction

Reunion Awards

Competition for the Westlands Awards for Reunion giving is fierce. Check out the standings

Faculty on the Road

SLC faculty went south last month for Faculty on the Road events in Florida and Georgia. David Peritz (politics) spoke about affirmative action in Atlanta, and Kevin Pilkington (writing) discussed writing and reading in Sarasota. See upcoming Faculty on the Road events

SLC in the News

Literature faculty member Nick Mills writes stirringly in Dissent magazine about the interdependent black and white forces that brought about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Mills also recently published Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower.

History faculty member LaShonda Barnett MA '98 talks about the research behind her new book I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters on Their Craft in the San Francisco Chronicle and in a National Public Radio interview.

A novel by Robert LeLeux '03, The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, was reviewed in The New York Times and The Seattle Times.

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Spring semester is kicking into high gear around here, which means there are a lot of exciting events on campus. From the history of black power to a giant poetry festival, we hope you'll find something to entice you.

Literary Fix

Writing and reading are solitary occupations, but you don't have to go them alone. SLC can help you publish your work, polish your craft, or just find something to read.

Come back to campus and strengthen your writing chops at the Summer Seminar for Writers or the Playwriting Intensive. They're a great chance to nourish your writing while working with outstanding faculty members. Applications must be postmarked by April 2.

The Sadie Lou Project is a virtual magazine, blog, and student space that encourages creative collaboration among current students, prospective students, and alumnae/i. Check out the serial fiction (we recommend "Sarah L. and the Zombie Apocalypse") as well as poems, essays, stories, and blogs by talented undergraduate and graduate writers. Alumnae/i can submit to Sadie Lou by sending an e-mail to chair Joanna Harmonosky '10.

The Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival is the largest free poetry festival in New York. This student-run event features readings by the finest poets over the weekend of April 25-27. All alumnae/i poets are invited to read their work at the open mic on Saturday, which will feature the work of Patrick Rosal MFA '99.

SLC at Carnegie Hall

On Saturday, March 8, SLC music students and faculty will perform in a concert at Carnegie Hall. "Pre-Raphaelite II" will be presented by the Cygnus Ensemble, the College's ensemble-in-residence. The performance will feature music program director Chester Biscardi's duo for guitar, "Resisting Stillness," Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint" for 15 guitars, and other works. How will they get there? By subway, if you must know. Learn more.

Featured Events on Campus

Tenth Annual Women's History
Month Conference

Black Power, Black Feminism
Friday-Saturday, March 7-8

Learn about new research on black women's activism before and during the Black Power era. Featuring keynote speaker Chana Kai Lee, author of For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. SLC faculty members Komozi Woodard and LaShonda Barnett will participate in the panels. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Women's History.

The Life and Legacy of Rudolf Arnheim:
An Inaugural Year Event

Tuesday, March 11
5 p.m.
Donnelley Lecture Hall, Heimbold Visual arts Center

A legendary Sarah Lawrence faculty member and author, Rudolf Arnheim founded the academic field of psychology of art. Faculty speakers Charlotte Doyle (psychology), Joseph Forte (art history), Elizabeth Johnston (psychology) and Malcolm Turvey (film history) will discuss the impact of his work at this event celebrating the Inauguration of Karen Lawrence.

Spring Gala of the Friends of the Sarah Lawrence College Library

Friday, March 14
4:30 p.m.
Donnelley Lecture Hall, Heimbold Visual arts Center

The Friends are pleased to present a screening of Starting Out in the Evening, a film based on the novel by writing faculty member Brian Morton '78. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Morton and director Andrew Wagner, among others.

American Foreign Policy and the
2008 Election

Tuesday, April 1
1:30 p.m.
Heimbold 202

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power joins SLC faculty members Fawaz Gerges (history) and Nicolaus Mills (literature) for this panel sponsored by the Donald C. Samuel Fund for Economics and Politics and the Christian A. Johnson Chair in International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies.

Longfellow Lecture

Wednesday, April 2
4:30 p.m.
Reisinger Concert Hall

The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on the Developing Child
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Perry's work with high-risk children has been instrumental in describing how childhood experiences change the biology of the brain -- and, thereby, the health of the child. Sponsored by The Cynthia Longfellow Fund for Child Development.

Alumnae/i Accomplishments

Alumnae/i are working on lots of interesting theatre projects (as usual). All are located in NYC unless noted.

February was a big month for theatrical debuts. J. Keith van Straaten '93 started an innovative story-reading series called StorySwap, in which writers read one another's autobiographical stories. The series debuted at the Time Out New York Lounge... A new play by Jenny Lane MFA '97, Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner?, premiered at the Gene Frankel Theatre... Emilie Miller '01 performed in Who Will Carry the Word? about the lives of 23 women sharing a barracks in Auschwitz… Plus, a work-in-progress by Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard '00 was given a staged reading in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Upcoming performances: Alexandra Devin Vicich '98 and the Why Theatre Company are doing a series of readings on The Evolution of the Independent Woman in Society. They'll read Lilith on March 7, with wine before and a discussion after... The eponymous dance company of Laura Pawel '68 will perform at Dance Forum March 7-9, with a program that includes the premiere of Better Than Being Guillotined (we assume the performance will live up to its name)… Finally, Tovah Feldshuh '70 presents Tovah in a Nutshell, a zany musical evening, March 4-15.

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