Soul Star on the Rise

Maiysha Simpson
'97 filmed the music video
for her new progressive soul single at the Heimbold Visual Arts Center in July. It was an SLC family affair -- the video was directed by film faculty member Damani Baker '96 and staffed by several alumnae/i. The album, This Much is True: was released on August 26. Check out the "making-of" slideshow or watch the video on www.maiysha.com.

SLC and Rankings

The College has been mentioned in several news and opinion pieces surrounding both the annual rankings released by U.S. News and World Report and a new rankings effort by Forbes magazine. Among the stories was one in Inside Higher Education. Sarah Lawrence was for a second year listed in an "unranked" category in U.S. News, although a feature story, based on a poll of high school guidance counselors, includes SLC in a separate ranking. See a related Sarah Lawrence statement on rankings on the admission Web site.

SLC in the News

A $1 million gift to the College for faculty support through the endowment and to strengthen the College's science program resulted in a feature in the Journal News. The gift was made by SLC alumna and trustee Olivia Churchill (Vicki) Ford and Silas Ford of Bronxville. The paper also ran an editorial about the gift in its August 14 edition.

Nicolaus Mills, literature faculty, discusses why the Millenial generation may not deserve its reputation as "The Dumbest Generation." His op-ed appeared in Newsday.

Victoria Hofmo '81 discusses her Scandinavian background and the museum she founded -- the Scandinavian East Coast Museum -- with The New York Times.

Graduate Writing Program faculty member Barbara Probst Solomon has been awarded the 25th Francisco Cerecedo Prize by the Association of European Journalists in Spain. She is the first North American to receive the prestigious award, as reported in The New York Times.

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Letters to the Editor

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Ugly Betty Star at Orientation

Eric Mabius '93, the actor from Ugly Betty and The L Word, will start the school year off with a bang on Saturday. He'll talk to new and returning SLC students about how to make the most of their college experience...look for video of the speech on our Web site next week.

Remember the thrill of saying goodbye to your parents, saying hello to your new roommates, picking classes and trying to find your way around Bates? The Class of 2012 is doing that right now. Luckily, there's a whole community of people to support them. Meet the Orientation Leaders and see if you could beat them at Jeopardy.

Alumnae/i Writing Online

The Sadie Lou Project, a student-run Web site and community-building effort, has created an online archive of campus literary journals and other creative student work from the past. Read the stories

Save the Date

Historic Harlem Tour

Saturday, October 18
11 a.m.

Join alumnae/i and friends on a historic tour of Harlem. A luncheon will follow. Stay tuned for more details!

Alumnae/i Citation Awards

The Office of Alumnae/i Relations is seeking nominations from all alumnae/i and the College community for the 2008-09 Citation for Achievement, Citation for Service, and Young Alumnae/i Award, which will be given out during Reunion Weekend 2009. Deadline for submission is November 3. Learn more

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.

Paintings by Agamemnon Otero '01 will be on view at a solo show, "Color, Shape and Form," at the Bayview Gallery in Brunswick, Maine, starting September 12.

A new play starring Tovah Feldshuh '70 opens September 7 in New York City. Irena's Vow traces the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Christian who risked her life to save Jews from the Nazis in Poland.

Shirley Chesney '52 invites alumnae/i to participate in the International Day of Peace on September 21 or to get involved in the Obama campaign by doing arts projects. Contact her from more information at chesneyshirley@yahoo.com.

Sanaa Hamri '96 directed The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, which opened nationwide in August.

National Geographic published a book of documentary photographs by Alexandra Avakian '83. Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World collects nearly two decades of her work photographing the lives of Muslims around the world, often in dangerous conditions.

On the business front, Denise J. Hart MFA '99 started her own t-shirt company, Words to Live By Tees, which embraces positive messages for women. Barbara Kolsun '71 has become general counsel of Stuart Weitzman, the luxury shoe designer. Christin Ayers '02 was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Montana Broadcaster's Association in 2007; she now works for Fox 31 in Colorado. Leslie Morgenstein '89, president of Alloy Entertainment (the company that produces Gossip Girl), will speak about entertainment content on the Web at the TechCrunch50 Conference in San Francisco this month. And Dave Riggins '95 launched a new business offering vacation rentals in his Brooklyn brownstone.

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