Alumnae/i Profiles

Affirming the Affirmative
When Lois Baldwin Moreland ’55 first taught in Atlanta, it wasn’t unusual for some of her Spelman College students to find themselves behind bars. But that didn’t deter either the students—who were jailed during the early 1960s for their participation in sit-in demonstrations—or Moreland, herself a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement... | full story

Mover
Anita Silvers ’62 was back in Westlands early last summer, leading a seminar from her wheelchair and looking out once again on the perennial display of wisteria. Reminded of similar summer days in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when she was a student at Sarah Lawrence and involved in the Civil Rights movement... | full story

Live Onstage: It's Reality TV
Those of you who remember Keith Van Straaten ’93 as SLC’s pop culture king probably won’t be surprised to hear that he produces and hosts his own LA late-night talk show, The J. Keith van Straaten Show. A la Letterman, Keith does an opening monologue, has a house band, cracks topical jokes, banters with his sidekick and interviews a wide range of celebrities... | full story

Imagining Jesus
Here’s something we bet you’ve never asked yourself. How would Jesus drive? No road rage—that’s a certainty. What kind of car would He drive? Probably not an SUV—or so suggests one of 63 contributors to Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon, a new anthology edited by husband-and-wife Nick Carbó MFA ’92 and Denise Duhamel MFA ’87... | full story