Western ... e-Round the World
Volume
VII, No. 3
May
2008
Play It Again, Western ...
...
at the 2008 Reunion June 13-15! Renew friendships and make new ones. Welcome Valerie Hodge,
wife of Miami's new president, as she speaks at Friday's dinner. Enjoy Turkish
Shadow Theatre in Leonard followed by a gala Western social. Talk with the
director of the new Western Program Saturday afternoon. End the suspense when
two amazing recipients of the Alumnae Service Award ('69 and '83) are named
at the banquet. Bid farewell at the sumptuous brunch.
To
learn more, register online and/or make a gift to the 2008 Reunion Fund (WCAA
Scholarship for Fine Arts Students), go to our Reunion
website.
Westerners Making a Difference ...
...
not that we’re surprised. Working abroad, UN officer Ameerah Haq '71 is
trying to bring aid to Darfur. Here at home, Dayton, Ohio, attorney Susan
Brasier '86 is committed to providing justice for the underprivileged and
underserved in her community. More
...
Read a Book, See a Film ...
...
by Western author Margaret Wilmer Bartlett '66 and Western filmmaker James
Francis Flynn '04. Margaret's subject matter is the island of Cyprus, while
James points his camera closer to home. More
...
Spring Has Sprung ...
...
especially on the Western campus. As graduation approached, there was something
happening everywhere you looked -- from a boat race on the Duck Pond to a
champagne reception at Patterson Place to a candlelight ceremony in Kumler
chapel. More
...
Breaking
News ...
...
for the Western Program. As Dean Bill Gracie prepares for retirement June 30,
Professor Mary Jean Corbett begins as Interim Director of the new Western
College Program in the College of Arts and Science. Professor
Corbett holds degrees from Smith '84 and Stanford '89, both in English.
More
...
Gathering Dust? ...
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not our Archives! Together with the Miami Libraries and Women's Studies
Program, the WCMA sponsored a lively panel discussion of women's colleges.
Four of the panelists were Western College alums representing '40s, '50s, '60s and
'70s. More
...
Upcoming
Events
May
31: Club Meeting, DC/MD/VA, Tallula Restaurant, Arlington, VA
June
13-15: Play It Again, Western Reunion, all Westerners welcome,
Western campus
September
19-21: WCP
35th Year Reunion, all Westerners welcome, Western campus
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