Garnet Sages: Vince Boyer '39 invites alumni who graduated before 1949 to the annual Highland Park Club gathering in Lake Wales, Fla., from Thursday, Jan. 28, to Monday, Feb. 1.
Boston: Connection events include a visit to the Boston Aquarium, a concert at the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
Sanda Balaban '94 has initiated a book group modeled after the Metro DC/Baltimore groups (see below). Members will read works on the "Asian Diaspora" assigned by English Department faculty member Frank K. Saragosa, who will present a lecture in the spring.
Denver: Bill Pichardo '71 and Maria Klemperer Aweida '56 will co-host a reception featuring Sara Hiebert '79, assistant professor of biology, on Sunday, Jan. 10.
Metro NYC: Debbie Branker Harrod '89 is coordinating the second annual organic vegetarian brunch.
Philadelphia: Women basketball players will gather for an alumnae game on Saturday, Feb. 6. Young alumni are invited to cocktail receptions for graduates of liberal arts schools.
George Stein '67 is organizing a series of alumni panels to be presented on campus in the spring.
Austin: Neil Austrian Jr. '87 hosted Director of Admissions Jim Bock '90, alumni, and prospective students at his home. Cathy Horwitz '96 helped organize a tri-college potluck lunch.
Boston: Donald Swearer, Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Religion, was welcomed by alumni at a gallery directed by Sabrina Moyle '96. The Connection hosted another College visitor, Admissions Counselor Cathy Tak, who met with alumni and prospective students at the home of Judy Levine Feldman '65. Alida '92 and Patrick Zweidler-McKay '89 planned a fall hike to Middlesex Fells.
Chicago: Alumni and prospective students mingled at a gathering with Admissions Counselor Betsy Geiger '96 at the home of Lois Polatnick '74.
Metro DC/Baltimore: Regina Maisog '89, special projects coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, hosted a tour of the new NFL stadium at Camden Yards and a visit to the ESPN Zone.
The book groups began a second year, sharing a curriculum with the Boston Connection (see above). Carrie Schum '88 hosted a wine-tasting in Arlington, Va., and the Alumni Gospel Choir performed at the church of Wilma Lewis '78.
Metro NYC: The Connection published its second semiannual Artist Newsletter, listing performances and exhibitions by Swarthmore performing and visual artists in the Big Apple. Artists included the student a cappella group Sixteen Feet, who performed holiday songs at Rockefeller Center.
Jim DiFalco '82 organized a repeat evening with the Festival Chamber Music Society, including dinner at Federico's.
Alumni visited Symphony Space for a performance of KA-TAP!, a blend of East Indian Kathak and American tap dance, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Janaki Patrik '66.
Miami: President and Mrs. Alfred H. Bloom met with alumni, parents, and friends of the College at the Miami City Club, thanks to the hospitality of David Gold '75. Mark Shapiro '88 invited Swarthmoreans to the All Ivy Holiday Happy Hour.
Philadelphia: The Connection returned to the Dock Street Brewing Company for a behind-the-scenes tour by Head Brewer Eric Savage, son of Bob Savage, Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor Emeritus of Biology.
Residents of Kendall and Crosslands retirement communities en-joyed a performance by the Alumni Gospel Choir.
On campus, alumni athletes returned to play Ultimate and field hockey and to compete in the alumni cross-country race. Swarthmore Warders of Imaginative Literature (SWIL) celebrated the organization's 20th year with a weekend reunion.
San Francisco: The Connection welcomed new chairs Neal Finkelstein '86 and Becky Johnson '86. Alumni sociologists had dinner with sociology faculty members Joy Charlton, Braulio Muñoz, and Sarah Willie during the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Seattle: Peter Morrison '40 invited Connection members to explore San Juan Island and camp on his 30 acres of land in Friday Harbor.
Regional Swarthmore events are run by volunteers. If you would like to organize an event in your area, please contact Katie Bowman '94, assistant director of alumni relations, at kbowman1@swarthmore.edu or (610) 328-8404. Look for the latest information on upcoming alumni events and activities around the country and abroad on the Alumni Office home page: www.swarthmore.edu/home/alumni.
The Alumni Office now supports nine listservs--electronic discussion groups in which your e-mail message is distributed to everyone on the list. For instructions on joining the following listservs or creating a new one, visit the World Wide Web site http://www.swarthmore.edu/Home/ Alumni/services/listservs.html, or e-mail webeditor@swarthmore.edu.
• Boston Connection
• Chicago Connection
• DC/Baltimore Connection
• Metro NYC Connection
• Philadelphia Connection
• Connection Volunteers
• Folk Festivals
• Class of 1963
• Class of 1994
Alumni in classes with reunions next June will have an opportunity in 1999 to nominate and elect new class presidents.
This is part of a process that the College and the Alumni Council's Executive Committee initiated in 1997 and refined this year. The purpose is to provide a mechanism for classes that wish to consider new leadership or for class presidents who wish to step down as well as to extend the terms of incumbents.
Nomination forms will be included in copies of the March Bulletin that are mailed to alumni in class years ending in 4 and 9. (Forms also will be sent to members of the Class of 1968 because its president resigned after the process had been completed for that group of reunion classes.)
Those making nominations should ask the potential nominees whether they are willing to serve. The names of nominees, if any, will be made available to their classes during Alumni Weekend, June 4-6, so that those attending the reunion can discuss their preferences. Ballots will be sent in the fall to classes with nominees other than the current presidents.
Free Recordings ... The Alumni Relations Office has inherited some recordings made in March 1965 by the Swarthmore College Chorus and College Singers. The late Peter Gram Swing conducted the performance, which was recorded at a joint concert with the Columbia University Chorus in New York City.
The program includes 17th-century motets by Schein and Schuetz, works by Debussy and Des Prez, and "After Spring Sunset" by Peter Schickele '57. Alumni who would like one of these historic LPs sent to them free of charge may contact the Alumni Office.
Externship Program ... Alumni Council members are working with the Career Planning and Placement Office to coordinate student externships and housing over the winter and spring breaks. Local contacts are Steve Gessner '66 (Baltimore), Roberta Chicos '77 (Boston), Ike Schambelan '61 (New York City), Elizabeth Killackey '86 (Philadelphia), and Gretchen Gayle Ellsworth '61 (Washington, D.C.).
The Student View ... Generations of students have read The Phoenix, which continues to be published weekly. The student newspaper currently includes news, features, editorials, letters to the editor, and arts and sports sections. Alumni can call (610) 328-7362 or e-mail phoenix@ swarthmore.edu for off-campus rates and information.
The Daily Gazette, a free e-mail publication sent out five days a week, offers timely reporting on campus news, sports, and events as well as world news summaries and weather. Alumni can subscribe by sending an e-mail to requests@student-publications.swarthmore.edu with the words "subscribe daily" as the subject of the message.
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For events information, please call the Alumni Office at (610) 328-8402, or e-mail alumni@swarthmore.edu.
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