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Serving and Shaping Her World Speaker Series
On Wednesday November 4, Kip Fulbeck, professor of art at UC Santa Barbara, slam poet, filmmaker, author, and man of many talents, spoke to the entire student body and met with English classes throughout the day. For more info on Kip Fulbeck’s work, see his bio on our website and links to his works here.
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Save the Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (Emma Willard’s birthday!)
We are pleased to welcome Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to campus to discuss their work on the empowerment of women around the globe. The students will be given a copy of their book to read in advance of this visit, and we urge you to read along, get your book club to read along, and then head to Emma Willard for the day. We promise a good conversation and a healthy slice of birthday cake. Kristof and WuDunn are co-authors of Half the Sky, The New York Times bestseller that documents the global need to attend to the education of girls and women to ensure a healthier world community. In addition, Kristof writes an Op-Ed column for The New York Times. WuDunn is an investment advisor, with a focus on philanthropy. Together, they won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China. They have also won a George Polk Award and an Overseas Press Club Award. Kristof also won a second Pulitzer Prize for his commentary on human rights issues, along with the Michael Kelly Award, the Online News Association Award, and the ASNE Award. WuDunn, the first Asian-American to win a Pulitzer, has been an executive at The New York Times and worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and Bankers Trust. Together, they have also written two previous books about Asia: Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia and China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power.
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Reunion 2009
Candid photos of reunion can be downloaded for free or purchased here and class photos for purchase can be found here. If you attended reunion and would like to share your thoughts, please fill out a brief survey here.
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Reunion 2010 – June 11-13
Reunion plans are underway! If you would like to be involved in planning your class reunion, please contact Linda Passaretti at lpassaretti@emmawillard.org
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2010 Distinguished Alumnae Awards: Call for Nominations
If you know an alumna in the classes of the 0s or 5s who you’d like to nominate for a DAA in one or more of these categories: Life Achievement, Accomplished Alumna, Outstanding Young Alumna or Humanitarian, please contact Jill Smith at jsmith@emmawillard.org by November 16.
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Social Networking
Does your class have its own Web presence? A Web site or a blog? If so, please let us know and we will create a listing on Emma Willard’s Web site of your class pages so more of your classmates can get involved. Please contact alumnae@emmawillard.org.
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Events, events, events!
The EW Dance Company, in partnership with the Albany Tango Society, will present world-renowned tango artist Jorge Torres in afternoon tango workshops and an evening social. On Saturday, November 7, Jorge Torres will teach three afternoon workshops—Achieving Balance in Tango, Vals, and Milonga. The day culminates with a tango social and a performance by the Emma Willard Dance Company. Jorge Torres is troupe dance captain and principal dancer for the Broadway production of Forever Tango, which tours worldwide. For schedule information and registration visit the Albany Tango Society here or contact Emma Willard dance instructor Kevin Magee at kevinmagee@albanytangosociety.org, (518) 266-9612.
Emma Willard in London, Friday, November 20 at The Reform Club. Join hosts Tim and Lucy Schwab Blythe ’80, Head of School Trudy Hall for an engaging conversation about whether empowering girls through education can really change the world and how Emma Willard should continue to lead this movement. You can RSVP here.
Boston-area alumnae, please join host Bonnie Scott Jelinek ’63 and Associate Head of School Trudy Hanmer for the 3rd annual holiday brunch at Bonnie’s home on Saturday, December 5. Please RSVP here.
Capital Region alumnae, please save the date for an evening of Revelry, Thursday, December 17. Invitations will follow soon!
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Shibani Das ’10 and Mitali Das ’13 for a great run at the Section II individual tournament. They made it all the way to the finals before dropping a highly competitive doubles match against the #1 seeded Saratoga team. They will be one of three doubles teams from Section II heading to the state tournament in Syracuse this weekend. Read more about it in the Times-Union newspaper.
Emma Willard alumna and Middlebury College senior Sierra Crane-Murdoch '05 is one of six recipients of the 2009 Brower Youth Award. Presented by Earth Island Institute, the Brower Youth Awards are one of North America’s leading prizes for young environmental leaders.
Americans for UNPFA is a US-based NGO devoted to women’s health care and rights around the world. Each year it announces Awards for the Health and Dignity of Women. This year’s honorees include Mary Lake Polan '61 for her work to improve maternal health care in Eritrea. A description of the awards can be found here. Click on Mary Lake’s photo to read a press release about her award.
Tena Loveland Russ '61 is the winner of the 2009 James Jones First Novel Fellowship with her manuscript titled After Paradise.
The Naptime Chef creator, Kelsey Banfield '95 won a best chocolate cookie contest for her double chocolate espresso cookies on food52! Enjoy!
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