Reunion 2013

Event Details

FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY
FRIDAY
10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Campus Center 		Registration and Dorms Open

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Welcome Picnic

Wyndham Green
12:45-4 p.m.
Meet at Arch		 Bi-Co Trip to the Barnes

(Bus boards promptly at 12:45 p.m.; return time approximate)
1-2:30 p.m.
Dalton 2 		Career Pivot: Going in New Directions

As our lives change, we have to make complex choices in order to establish the best paths to success. In this workshop, explore theories of change and how change impacts career decision-making, and learn the art of making change work for you. Led by Cori Ashworth, a career counselor, coach and management consultant, and the founder of Career Continuum located in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Career Counseling

Cori Ashworth, Alumnae Career Services program manager, will also be leading private, one-on-one, half-hour coaching sessions for alumnae/i.

Appointments can address a variety of subjects, including planning a career search, changing careers, developing a solid brand, reentering the workforce, planning for retirement, or balancing life and work. Please indicate your interest when you register, and the Alumnae Association will be in touch with more details. Space is limited, so register early!

1:15-2:15 p.m.
Dalton 212A 		Blended Learning with Provost Kim Cassidy

Discover how Bryn Mawr is enhancing its curriculum with blended learning, a teaching concept that combines face-to-face classroom methods with computer-mediated activities to form an integrated instructional approach. Bryn Mawr was recently awarded a Next Generation Learning Challenges grant to pilot blended learning approaches to STEM courses in a liberal arts setting. Are students better engaged and scoring higher in these classes? Hear the preliminary findings from Provost and Professor of Psychology Kim Cassidy, and see some examples of blended learning in action.
2-3:30 p.m.
Carpenter 21		 Virtual Tour: Campus Master Plan

Facilities director Glenn Smith leads a virtual tour of recent campus projects and future facility initiatives.
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Dalton 300 		Your Healthcare: Who's Really in the Driver's Seat?

Learn about the tradeoffs and competing interests affecting your access to healthcare in this panel discussion moderated by Reed Abelson '83.

Panelists:

Reed Abelson '83 has been a business reporter for The New York Times since 1995. She currently covers the business of health care, focusing on how financial incentives affect the delivery of medical care, and she has written extensively about the new health care law and what it means to patients, hospitals, insurers, and doctors. Abelson was among a team of reporters who were 2004 finalists for a Gerald Loeb award for their series, “Fixing Medicare.”

Pamela Feuer '83 is a pediatric intensive care physician. She provides care for critically ill, injured, and medically complex children in academic medical centers, where she teaches medical students and physicians-in-training. She is also a leader of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety agendas for patients of all ages within the hospital setting and for local and national organizations.

Susan Messina '86, M.S.S. '90, M.L.S.P. '91 jokes that she does “death by day and birth by night.” She is the director of grants and special projects at the National Hospice Foundation (NHF), which is the fundraising arm of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. She has been with NHF since 2006, raising money to make end-of-life care better and more accessible. Since 2002, Susan has also run her own business teaching natural childbirth in the Washington, D.C. area.

Jane Brady '88. Dr. Jane Brady graduated from Bryn Mawr with an A.B. in Economics and received her M.D. from George Washington University in 1992. She worked as a resident and then in private practice as an ob/gyn from 1992 to 2003. In 2003 she joined Kaiser Permanente in Central California, and in 2010 became the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Kaiser Permanente in the Central Valley, which serves 250,000 members. The system consists of three hospitals, more than 30 ob/gyns, nine midwives, nine nurse practitioners, and more than 100 staff members.

3:30-4:15 p.m.
Goodhart Music Room 		Step Sing Rehearsal

Class songmistresses should attend this rehearsal, led by the head songmistress, to prepare for Friday night's Step Sing. All are welcome.
3:45-5 p.m.
Dalton 300 		Trailblazers

Hear from pioneering alumnae in the fields of marketing, film, and journalism in this panel discussion moderated by Eileen Kavanagh '75, President of the Alumnae Association.

Panelists:

Juliet Goodfriend '63 worked in pharmaceuticals right out of Bryn Mawr College and founded Strategic Marketing Corporation in 1979. By 1999, it had become the outstanding, international marketing research firm serving that industry. In 2002, Goodfriend created Bryn Mawr Film Institute, saving the historic Bryn Mawr theater and converting it into the premier film exhibition and education center of the region. It serves as a national model of how to create and program community-based, mission-driven, non-profit theaters.

Jessica B. Harris '68 is the author of twelve cookbooks documenting the foodways of the African diaspora. She has lectured at numerous institutions throughout the United States and abroad and has written extensively about the culture of Africa in the Americas. Dr. Harris is currently a professor at Queens College/C.U.N.Y. and consultant to the Ray Charles Program at Dillard University, New Orleans.

Dorothy Samuels '73 has been a member of The New York Times editorial board since 1984 and writes on a wide array of legal and social-policy issues. Prior to joining the Times, she briefly practiced corporate law, leaving there to pursue her interests in public policy and journalism. For four years, Samuels served as executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the largest affiliate of the national A.C.L.U. In 2001, in a change of pace, she published a comic novel, Filthy Rich.

Sheena Joyce '98 began her film career as an employee of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, marketing the region to the production industry for almost five years. In 2002, she formed the production company 91.4 Pictures with director and cinematographer Don Argott. Under Joyce's leadership, 91.4 Pictures has produced five critically acclaimed documentaries, including Rock School, Two Days in April, Last Days Here, The Atomic States of America (which Joyce co-directed), and The Art of the Steal, which chronicles the long struggle for control over the $30 billion Barnes collection of Post-Impressionist and Early-Modern art.

5-6:30 p.m.
Taft Garden 		'80s Reunion Opening Party

Celebrate good times with your fellow '80s decade alumnae at our Reunion Beer Garden! Specialty beers and foods will be served.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Merion Green 		Opening Reception

Gather on Merion Green to celebrate the start of Reunion Weekend.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Thomas, London Room 		AA Bi-Co Reception

6-7:30 p.m.
Haverford, Faculty Dining Room 		Bi-Co Shabbat Services and Dinner

6-8 p.m.
Pen y Groes 		50th Reunion Cocktails and Dinner

Celebrate your special milestone reunion with President McAuliffe at Pen y Groes. All members of the Class of 1963 and their guests are welcome.
6:30-8 p.m.
Merion Green Tent 		Opening Dinner

(All classes except for 1953 and 1963)
6:30-8 p.m.
Wyndham, Main Dining Room 		60th Reunion Dinner

8-10 p.m.
Wyndham, Ely Room 		Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Awards and Dessert Reception

GSSWSR alumnae/i are invited to join Dean Darlyne Bailey in honoring the recipients of this year's Alumnae/i Achievement Awards. The recipients' passion and commitment to lessening the impact of inequities in the populations they serve are evident in the work they have done and continue to do. We will close the evening with music from folk singer/songwriter Chris Connors, vice president for human resources, diversity, and inclusion at Berklee College of Music. Her music offers reflections on the joys and complexities of life with unusual depth and wisdom.

Award Recipients:

Thaddeus Mathis, M.S.S. '68, Lifetime Achievement

Carrie Jacobs, M.S.S. '83, Exceptional Leadership

Ann O'Brien Schmieg, M.S.S./M.L.S.P. '03, Collaborative Leadership

9-10:30 p.m.
Taylor, Senior Steps 		Step Sing

This special Reunion Step Sing celebrates a favorite Bryn Mawr tradition. Please feel free to bring your lantern.
10:30 p.m.-12 a.m.
Goodhart, Common Room 		'80s Bi-Co Post-Step Sing Party



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SATURDAY
7-9 a.m.
Breakfast

1943-1968 - Rhoads, Dining Room

1973-2008 - Erdman, Dining Room
8-9 a.m.
Schwartz Gymnasium		 Yoga

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Phoebe Anna Thorne School 		Reunion Camp Session I

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8:30-10 a.m.
Meet at Benham Gateway Porch 		Campus Grounds Horticulture and Landscape Tour

Ed Harman, assistant director of facilities for Grounds, will lead a vigorous walking tour of the core campus. Learn about our inventory of more than 3,000 trees and the challenges the College faces in providing for their long-term health and ultimate replacement. Visit the numerous gardens on campus, the labyrinth, and the pond affectionately known as “Lake Vickers.” The tour will traverse our many hills and stairs, so be sure to wear comfortable footwear. The morning tour will stop at the Karen Tidmarsh '71 memorial tree dedication. Subject to cancellation in the event of rain.
9-9:30 a.m.
Location TBA		 Tree Dedication in Memory of Karen Tidmarsh '71

9-10 a.m.
Schwartz Gymnasium 		Indoor Cycling

Get ready to sweat to the music of the '80s during this invigorating cycling class led by instructor Courtney Morris '99.
9:30-10 a.m.
Canaday Library, Class of 1912 Rare Book Room 		Taking Her Place Curator Tour

Taking Her Place is an exhibition dedicated to showcasing the history of women's education through the treasures of Bryn Mawr's collections of rare books, manuscript material, photographs, textiles, oral histories, and art and artifacts. It illuminates the story of women's access to the public world of employment and civic engagement through education, the key way 19th- and early-20th-century women expanded their spheres beyond the confines of their homes. Taking Her Place traces the early origins of educational debates, features the histories of famous alums, and shows how Bryn Mawr grew into the diverse environment for women's education that it is today. This is an interactive exhibition, and you will be able to link to further content online using smart phones or tablets. As part of Reunion Weekend, three guided tours are being offered by the co-curators, who will tell you more about their choice of objects and exhibition themes, and can answer any questions you have.
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Coffee with Faculty

Visit with your favorite professors and meet newer members of the faculty.
9:30-11:45 a.m.
Thomas, Quita Woodward Room		 40th Reunion Coffeehouse and Class Meeting

10:30-11:45 a.m.
 Class Meetings

ClassLocation
1943Wyndham, Blue Room
1948Wyndham, Ely Room
1953(Meeting starts at 10 a.m.)
Canaday Library, Coombe Suite
1958Rhoads, Lower Study Lounge
1963(Meeting starts at 10 a.m.)
Rhoads, Main Living Room
1968Radnor, Living Room
1973Thomas, Quita Woodward Room
1978Merion, Living Room
1983Canaday Library, Lusty Cup
1988Pembroke East, Living Room
1993Denbigh, Living Rooms
1998Denbigh, Back Smoker
2003Rockefeller, Living Room
2008Goodhart, Common Room

10:30-11:45 a.m.
Helfarian Lawn 		Bocce Social

First Spouse Dennis McAuliffe invites all spouses, partners, and guests to a friendly round of Bocce Ball, a game that dates back to the Roman Empire and remains a popular summer tradition in the villages of Italy and France.
11:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Goodhart, McPherson Auditorium 		Bryn Mawr: An Institutional and Financial Perspective

Join President Jane McAuliffe and other senior administrators for an overview of new developments at the College, as well as opportunities and challenges for the future. Speakers will include: Jerry Berenson, Chief Administrative Officer; Kim Cassidy, Provost; John Griffith, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer; and Laurie Koehler, Dean of Admissions.
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Merion Green 		Reunion Jubilee

Enjoy a delicious barbecue lunch at our first-annual Reunion Jubilee! There will be entertainment, games, and activities for all ages, along with a family-fun zone.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Thomas 110 Sponsored by the Class of 1963		 Why Books Survive

Julia H. Gaisser, Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and professor emeritus of Latin, gives this illustrated talk, which will consider the roles played by literary taste and book technology in the transmission and survival of Vergil, Catullus, and Apuleius' Golden Ass. We will look at the changes in book production from roll to codex and from codex to print, and conclude by thinking about the challenges to the survival of books presented by the final (?) transition from print to pixels.
2-2:30 p.m.
Canaday Library, Class of 1912 Rare Book Room 		Taking Her Place Curator Tour

See above for more details.
2:30-5:30 p.m.
Phoebe Anna Thorne School 		Reunion Camp Session II

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2:30-3:30 p.m.
Goodhart,McPherson Auditorium 		Center Stage with Lynne Meadow '68

We are thrilled to welcome to Reunion 2013 Lynne Meadow '68 to deliver remarks about her work as artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) over the last four decades. There will be questions and answers in an open forum to address such issues as women in leadership positions in theater, the evolution of theater and what writers are thinking about now, the current state of Broadway, and the role of arts education in schools. Most importantly, there will be a candid description of the seminal role that Meadow's direction of Freshman Show played in her meteoric rise in the theatrical world! MTC, over which Meadow has presided since 1972, is one of the country's most acclaimed and prestigious theater organizations. Meadow has directed or produced over 550 New York and world premieres and accepted every major theater award on behalf of the company, including Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Pulitzer Prizes. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including several for Lifetime Achievement. She was recently immortalized at the famous Sardi's restaurant, where her caricature now hangs in the pantheon of most acclaimed Broadway personalities.
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Thomas 110 		Shakespeare in Translation

Why would you go to a play staged in a language you don't know? How does a multilingual approach change how a story is told and what impact it has on an audience? Professor Katherine Rowe and Catharine Slusar will explore the answers to these questions, which emerged during an intensive exploration with a playing company of 10 Tri-Co students who studied the phenomenon of global Shakespeare performance. The students took their own production on the road this spring to a global Shakespeare festival in the United Arab Emirates. Expect a lively, interactive session.

Katherine Rowe is Professor of English, Director of the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center, and Director of Digital Research and Teaching.

Catharine Slusar is an instructor in theater in Bryn Mawr's Arts Program.
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Applebee Field 		2003 and 2008 Kickball Game

Who will prevail—the Class of 2003 or 2008? Watch our GOLD reunion classes fight it out for kickball bragging rights! All 2003 and 2008 alumnae are invited to participate in the game.
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Shillingford Field (upper field) 		1988 Archery Tournament

3:30-5 p.m.
Schwartz Gymnasium 		Athletics Open House

Join Kathleen Tierney, director of Athletics and Physical Education, and the Athletics staff for a gathering of alumnae who participated in and support Bryn Mawr Athletics.
3:30-5 p.m.
Meet at Benham Gateway Porch		 Campus Grounds Horticulture and Landscape Tour

See above for more details.
3:30-5 p.m.
Canaday Library, 2nd Floor 		Alumnae Art Show Reception

Since 1993, Toni Seymour Lofgren '63 and Jane Goldstone Hilles '63 have organized an art exhibit for members of all classes celebrating Reunion with their class. The fifth such exhibit can be seen in Canaday Library during Reunion library hours. A reception will be held Saturday between 3:30 and 5:00 p.m.

Artists showing include Ann Keay Beneduce '38, Lindsay Harper Makepeace '48, Judith McCulloch Heath '53, Enid Greenberg Bloch '63, Toni Seymour '63, Suzy Spain '63, Jane Goldstone Hilles '63, Judith Masur '68, Constance Beresin, M.S.S. '77, Brigid Manning-Hamilton '78, Suzanne Posner '83, Emily Schlesinger '83, Lynne Bowers '88, Meredith Montague '03.

Please note this is a partial list, and more exhibitors may display their work at Reunion.
4-4:30 p.m.
Goodhart, Music Room 		1978 Bi-Co Reading of the Names

4-4:30 p.m.
Canaday Library, Class of 1912 Rare Book Room 		Taking Her Place Curator Tour

See above for more details.
4-5 p.m.
 Affinity Gatherings


Pensby Center on Cambrian Row 		LGBTQA and Women of Color

Come share conversation with fellow Mawrters and hear about diversity initiatives taking place at the College.

Thomas, Quita Woodward Room 		Social Network Face2Face

Have you made virtual friends with Mawrters over the internet? If you've enjoyed chatting with your friends on the Athena's Web listserve or in Facebook groups, this is your chance to meet up face2face.

Thomas, London Room		 Travelers Program

Join globe-trotting alumnae/i and faculty who have enjoyed one of the Alumnae Association's many travel program trips. Connect with old friends, meet new ones, and find out how you can join in the adventure.
4-5 p.m.
Campus Center 		Knitting Circle

Bring your current project or the tools to start a new one, and join Alumnae Association President Eileen Kavanagh '75 for our first-ever Reunion Knitting Circle.
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Goodhart Atrium 		President's Reception for Slade and Taylor Societies

Members of the Slade and Taylor Societies are invited to join President McAuliffe for a special thank-you at Reunion. This reception is open to Society Members by special invitation. Membership in the Slade Society, Bryn Mawr's leadership giving circle, begins with a gift of $2,500 or more. For GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade), Slade membership equals the number of years since graduation multiplied by $100. The Taylor Society honors those alumnae/i who have participated in life- income arrangements, informed us of a bequest intention, or have made Bryn Mawr the beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
 Cocktails by Decade

ClassLocation
1940sWyndham
1950sRhoads, Lower Study Lounge
1960sRadnor Living Room
1970sMerion Living Room
1980sPembroke East Living Room
1990sDenbigh Living Rooms
2000sRockefeller Living Room

5:30-6:30 p.m.
Taft Garden 		1998 15th Reunion Cocktails

5:30-6:30 p.m.
Pen y Groes		 1988 25th Reunion Cocktails

Join President McAuliffe for cocktails at Pen y Groes to celebrate your special milestone reunion.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Thomas, London Room		 AA Bi-Co Reception

6-10:30 p.m.
Phoebe Anna Thorne School 		Reunion Camp Session III

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6:45-8:30 p.m.
Merion Green Tent 		Dinner

6:45-8:30 p.m.
Alternate Locations		 Class Dinners

ClassLocation
1943Wyndham, Blue Room
1948Wyndham, Breakfast Room
1953Wyndham, Ely Room
196350th Reunion dinner, Bryn Mawr Film Institute
(Bus leaves from the Arch at 6:45 p.m.)
1973Milestone 40th Reunion Bi-Co dinner,
Wyndham, Main Dining Room
1983Haverford, Dining Center

8:30 p.m.-12 a.m.
Haverford College Athletic Center, Dana Swan Room 		MegaMixer at Haverford

Travel back in time to relive memories of college mixers, and rock n' roll to hits of the '60s and '70s, featuring the musical talents of The Shameless Eclectic Duck, Dingo, and Tammany.
9-11 p.m.
Goodhart,Atrium and Teaching Theater		 '80s Dance Party

You can dance if you want to! From New Wave to New Kids on the Block, the sounds of the '80s dance party will get you moving…all night long. '80s clothing is welcome (but not required!), and be sure to stop by the photo booth with your friends for a fantastic reunion souvenir.
9-11 p.m.
Goodhart, Common Room		 Coffeehouse

9:30 p.m.
Haverford, Marshall Fine Arts Patio		 1993 Bi-Co Party



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SUNDAY
7-9 a.m.
 Breakfast
1943-1968 Rhoads, Dining Room
1973-2008 Erdman, Dining Room
8-9 a.m.
Thomas, Quita Woodward Room		 Mass
8:30-9:15 a.m.
Wyndham, Ely Room		 Meeting for Worship
9:30 a.m.
Gather on Erdman Walk.		 Parade of Classes
10-11:30 a.m.
Merion Green Tent		 116th Annual Meeting of the Alumnae Association
Award Recipients:
Liana Sterling '03, Young Alumna Service Award
Catherine Allegra '83, Distinguished Alumna Service Award
Ruth Kaiser Nelson '58, Lifetime of Service Award
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Wyndham, Ely Room		 Alumnae Association Executive Board Meeting
12:30 p.m. Dorms Close


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