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Barnard
Alumnae Reunion 2002, May 30-June 2
[Click
here for the full
schedule and registration information. Online registration
deadline is 5 p.m., Monday, May 27; after that you must
call the Office of Alumnae Affairs at 212-854-2005 to register]
New
York, NY, May 17, 2002—Barnard College’s 2002
Reunion Weekend will take place Thursday, May 30 through
Sunday, June 2. Thursday’s early registration runs
from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Vagelos Alumnae Center and
registration is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday in the lobby
of Barnard Hall.
Featured events include an address by President Shapiro,
readings by a number of renowned Barnard authors, a report
on families with small children living near Ground Zero,
and Barnard’s first-ever Reunion Gala, including jazz,
cocktails and dinner.
A number of new events have been added to this year’s
program, including an alumnae film series (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Friday and Saturday), a trip to Broadway, neighborhood tours
and family programs. The film series will show Blue Vinyl,
a 2002 Sundance Festival award winner co-produced by Julia
Parker ’92; Tender Mercies, a 1983 film nominated
for five Academy Awards and winner of the Best Actor (Robert
Duvall) and Best Original Screenplay (Horton Foote) produced
by Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel ’47; Voices From a
Locked Room, by Dina DeLuca Chartouni ’82; and
clips from the Barnard film archives.
May 30, 7 p.m.: After early registration, Thursday
evening offers a trip to Broadway to see Mamma Mia!,
The Producers, Oklahoma!, or The Graduate.
May 31, 12:30 p.m.: During the Annual Luncheon and
Meeting of the Alumnae Association, a number of awards will
be given.
Distinguished Alumnae Awards will be given to Susan Baer
’72, general manager of Newark International and Teterboro
Airports, and Dr. Ruth Levy Gottesman ’52, Professor
Emerita, Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine and Former Director of Fischer Landau Center
for the Treatment of Learning Disabilities.
The Award for Service to Barnard will be given to Ethel
Greenfield Booth ’32 and the Young Alumna Award will
go to CNN correspondent Deborah Feyerick ’87. Graduate
Fellowship Awards will also be presented to Elta Smith ’01,
Amy Boutell ’98, Susan Park ’98, Miriam Greenblatt
Weidberg ’97 and Katie Graves-Abe ’02.
May 31, 2:30 p.m.: Guests can choose between a panel
discussion and faculty lecture. The panel discussion, titled
How can we save public education?, will be moderated
by Joyce Purnick ’67, columnist for The New York
Times.
The faculty lecture, titled Transforming Urban Spaces,
is to be given by Karen Fairbanks, chair of the Barnard/Columbia
Department of Architecture and co-principal, Marble Fairbanks
Architects.
June 1, 8:45 a.m.: Two neighborhood tours, led by
Big Onion Walking Tours, are being offered, one of historic
Harlem and another of Morningside Heights. Both tours meet
at the Barnard Gates, historic Harlem at 8:45 and Morningside
Heights at 9 a.m.
June 1, 10 a.m.: The first of two panel discussions
on Saturday, titled Are you getting the full story on
homeland security?, will be moderated by Suzanne Bilello
’77, International Consultant on Media and Civil Society
Institutions in Latin America.
The faculty lecture, Beyond Mama’s Boy and Daddy’s
Little Girl – how children’s relationships with
their parents affects their interactions with their peers,
will be given by Tovah P. Klein, assistant professor of
psychology and director of the Barnard College Center for
Toddler Development. The lecture features a report on families
with small children living near Ground Zero.
June 1, 11:15 a.m.: The second panel discussion,
So many roles, so little time—how do we juggle life’s
demands on us?, will be moderated by Fran Sussner Rogers’67,
CEO of WFD (formerly Work/Family Directions).
June 1, 1 p.m.: The new children’s activities
will feature Jerry Joy Music, whose program of music, dance,
puppetry, storytelling, balloon design, face-painting and
mask-making is open to children 3-12 and their parents and
care-givers.
June 1, 3 p.m.: Also new this year is the Barnard
Literati program, which will include Belva Plain ’37,
Anne Bernays ’52, Sigrid Nunez ’72, Tama Janowitz
’77 and Galaxy Craze ’92 reading from their latest
works. Books will be available for sale and signing.
June 1, 6 p.m.: The main event of the weekend, the
Reunion Gala, features jazz, a performance by Bacchante
and cocktails on the Lehman Lawn. After that, will be the
Gala Dinner, with remarks by President Shapiro, the presentation
of the Woman of Achievement Award to Fran Sussner Rogers
and the class gift presentation and awards ceremony.
All alumnae and their guests are welcome to all Reunion
events. For a full listing of events, please visit the Alumnae
Affairs web site.
Contact:
Roberta Albert, Office of Alumnae Affairs, 212-854-0574
Petra Tuomi, Office of Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
James Griffith, Office of Public Affairs, 212-854-7583
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