UPCOMING EVENTS
Metro DC/Baltimore: This Connection will join Christmas in April in Washington, D.C., to renovate the house of an elderly or disabled homeowner in the district on Saturday, April 28. Volunteers with all levels of experience and skill are needed. If you would like to help this year, contact Kay Gottesman '60 at (301) 530-5504, or e-mail kgottes@attglobal.net.
Philadelphia: Supper Club le Swarthmore--An informal monthly meeting of our Philadelphia alumni for a variety of tasty cuisine and friendly social interchange. The group usually meets on a Wednesday evening after 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Check the Alumni Events Web site for the date and time of the next supper, or contact Connection chairs Bruce Gould '54 at brucegould54@hotmail.com or (215) 563-4811 or Jim Moskowitz '88 at (610) 604-0669. If you sign up for the Philadelphia Connection listserv, you will be informed electronically.
Pittsburgh: Join Connection members at the HYP Pittsburgh Club, 619 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the third Thursday of the month for an informal lunch. These "Third Thursday Luncheons" are open to all Swarthmore College alumni, friends, and family and offer an opportunity to meet new people and establish new friendships. Contact Melissa Kelley '80 at kelleyma@bipc.com or (412) 562-1593 for more information.
RECENT EVENTS
Charlottesville: The first event of the new Charlottesville Connection took place in February at the Charlottesville Ice Park, followed by a warm-up at a local soup spot. Connection chair Alison Meloy '94 wants to plan a warm-weather event and is looking for ideas and volunteers to help. If you are interested, contact Alison at ameloy@virginia.edu or (804) 974-9506. The Charlottesville Connection has a new listserv; go to http://listservs.swarthmore.edu, and sign up. We can keep you posted on upcoming events electronically.
Chicago: Alumni and parents enjoyed a unique look behind the scenes at The Lyric Opera of Chicago--one of the world's leading opera companies--arranged by Connection Chair Marilee Roberg '73. The group visited the wardrobe area, the wigs and makeup departments, the scenery-handling facility, the armory and prop rooms, the orchestra pit, and the main stage.
Iowa: Melissa Edwards Mohammed '90 made arrangements for alums and their children/grandchildren to visit the Iowa Children's Museum in January.
Philadelphia: This Connection is always on the go. Co-Chairs Bruce Gould '54 and Jim Moskowitz '88 organized several well-attended events. In early January, Bruce planned a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the Van Gogh: Face to Face exhibit; in February, Jim hosted U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-N.J.), who presented "A Swarthmore Perspective on Congress" with lively discussion regarding the election of 2000. In early March, the Connection went to the Philadelphia Flower Show and to the Curtis Institute of Music to hear Lynn Harrell, a renowned cellist.
Philadelphia--Recent Graduates: Geoff Cline '96, Kristen Lockwood Cline '96, and Ben Stern '96 recently launched this subset of the Philadelphia Connection with a program at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in February. All Connection members are invited to participate in future events!
Pittsburgh: In January, the Connection went to the NHL Penguins-Flyers Game and watched the Flyers defeat the Penguins 5-1. In attendance were Frank Beldecos '50, Jennifer Gross '98, Kent James '84, Joseph Wilson '68, and parents Susan and Fred Schultz and Chitra and Pradip Teredesai. In February, the Pittsburgh Connection visited Dreadnought Wines to taste the Rhone region's wonderful red and white wines. Owner Mike Gonz, a self-described "wine educator and speaker," addressed the group.
Twin Cities: Martha Easton '89 organized the first annual Twin Cities Swarthmore Progressive Dinner in January. It was quite a success, and plans are under way for additional Twin Cities events. If you are interested in planning or participating, contact Martha Easton through the Alumni Office.
Seattle: Connection Chair Deb Read '87 arranged for a private wine tasting at Esquin Wine Merchants, the premier wine merchant in Seattle, in February. The outing featured Gianfranco D'Aniello's entertaining and educational presentation on Italian wines.
What do Microsoft, CNN Headline News, Priceline.com, Sony Online Entertainment, and MSNBC have in common? Mark Benerofe '81 worked with each of these organizations and, through his entrepreneurial vision, made substantial contributions to their collective success.
Benerofe will be the keynote speaker at the 2001 Lax Conference on Entrepreneurship, to be held on campus on Sunday, April 1. He will share his extensive experience in the organization and implementation of Internet start-up companies with students and members of the Swarthmore community. Mark is currently on leave from Walker Digital, where he serves as chief marketing officer as well as executive vice president of corporate development of Priceline.com.
In addition to the keynote-speaker presentation, two panel discussions are planned. One will encourage the sharing of entrepreneurial experiences and expertise among the participants. The second panel will address how Swarthmore prepares individuals for entrepreneurial and leadership positions in the new century. Panel participants will include Shola Abidoye '97, Stuart Cornew '80, Andy Dailey '91, Ingeborg Daniels '93, David Goodman '83, Dan Kohn '94, Susanna Levin '85, and Curtis Roberts '75. The Lax Conference on Entrepreneurship and Economic Anthropology was established in memory of Jonathan Lax '71. Lax graduated with a B.A. in sociology and anthropology. He later served the College as class agent and reunion leader.
Lax was active in the management of SGL Industries, Inc., his family's manufacturing firm, for 10 years. In the mid-1980s, he followed his own entrepreneurial spirit and founded the Philadelphia-based market research and consulting company, Marketing Audit.
The 2001 conference is also made possible through the generosity of the Charles Boone Houston II Endowment. It is co-sponsored by the Swarthmore Business Society, the Office of Career Planning and Placement, and the Office of Alumni Relations. For additional information, call the Lax Lecture Response Line (voice mail) at (610) 690-6887, or visit the conference Web site at http://lax.swarthmore.edu.
Simply stated, a listserv is a group e-mail list. A listserv can be created for a related group of people (e.g., a particular class, a particular interest, or geographical group). The Alumni Office has created many listservs, and once you have registered (which you can do at http://listservs.swarthmore.edu by following the easy directions), you can then send one e-mail to the listserv, which will be automatically distributed to all of the people who have registered. You can send e-mails about Alumni Weekend, Class Notes, general information--or just to say hello. It is an easy way to communicate with classmates, but you have to register to participate in a listserv.
Check your attic! WSRN, the College radio station, recorded many folk concerts, student folk singers, Hamburg Shows, and other concerts in the 1940s and 1950s, but these old 16-inch recordings are deteriorating rapidly. The alumni group Swarthmore Folk, having discovered the trove last year with the help of Kevin Schlottmann '00, station manager, believe that much of this material deserves to be archived digitally in the Friends Historical Library.
Twelve-inch 78-rpm and LP copies were made and sold to students on campus at the time and may be in better condition than the original recordings. If you have any such records in playable condition, and would be willing to lend them for this project, contact Anne Matthews Rawson '50 at (610) 544-5175, or e-mail arawson1@swarthmore.edu. Do not send records; just let her know what you have.
Reflections on Education and Social Justice
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Celebrating Swarthmore's Program in Education Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001 |
Save the date! This special event is for all alumni involved in education--past or present. The two-day event will feature keynote speaker Herb Kohl (author of 36 Children and The Discipline of Hope) and other workshops, panels, and discussions. Read more information, and register on the Web at http://www.swarthmore.edu/ Home/Alumni/Events/index.html or by phone at (610) 328-8655 (press "2," and leave your address on voice mail).
Upcoming Campus Events
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Black Alumni Weekend |
March 23-25 |
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Family Weekend |
March 30-April 1 |
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Alumni Weekend |
June 8-10 |
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