Alumnae Association

Club of Pittsburgh Annual Meeting (Tarentum, PA)
2016-05-22 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Unnamed Venue, 419 E. 2nd Avenue, Tarentum, PA, 15084, United States
Please join the Mount Holyoke Club of Pittsburgh for a Japanese Garden and Teahouse Tour, with refreshments and a short Annual Meeting, hosted by Beth and Dr. Mike Rabkin.

The building, a schoolhouse built in 1892, now houses Rabkin Dermatopathology Lab, P.C.
The extensive outdoor Japanese Garden adjacent to the lab includes ponds, waterfall, rock gardens, and cottage – the only garden of its kind between the East Coast and Chicago and an amazing outdoor space.

Details:

Bring a camera, sketchpad, etc., to capture images of the beauty, or just relax and meditate, or walk the many stone paths in the garden.
Dress casually and plan to spend time enjoying the converted schoolhouse with a very comfortable indoor meeting space.
Family members welcome!

Parking:

The parking lot in the rear of the building, off East 3rd Avenue, has space for 18 cars and a ramp for handicapped access to the building.
Parking is also available in front of the building on East Second Avenue with a few steps up to the front door.

RSVP: Please let Beth Rabkin know by May 14 how many people she can expect and any special dietary restrictions, or if you must decline.

Club of the Peninsula Wildflower Hike (Redwood City, CA)
2016-05-21 10:00 | Russian Ridge Trail, Russian Ridge Parking Lot, Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, Redwood City, CA, 94062, United States
We are winding up our Chapter year with an exploration of the South Skyline, one of the Peninsula’s greatest unfound treasures.
Janet Schwind ’65, author of The South Skyline Story, will lead a 1.5-mile hike (can be extended to 2.2 miles) along the Russian Ridge. I am sorry but dogs are not allowed on this one. There are some hills, up and down, on good trails. Long range views of both bay and ocean and hopefully some nice wildflowers. Also, if enough people are interested, we can recuperate at Alice’s Restaurant on Skyline after the walk.
We will meet at the main parking lot for the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve at 10:00 a.m. It’s on Alpine Road just west of the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Page Mill/Alpine Roads.
Getting there:
From Interstate 280 in San Mateo County, exit CA 84/Woodside Road (exit #20). Drive west about 6 miles to the junction with CA 35 (Skyline Boulevard), and turn south (left) onto Skyline Boulevard. Drive about 7.5 miles to the junction with Alpine Road/Page Mill Road. Turn right onto Alpine Road, and almost immediately, turn right into the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve parking lot.
Please RSVP by May 18 to Trudy Levy.

Reunion II (South Hadley, MA)
2016-05-20 - 2016-05-22 | Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
The Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College cordially invites the classes of 1941, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1986, 2001, and 2011 to join classmates for Reunion 2016, a time to reconnect with old friends and forge new relationships with sister alumnae.
From Back-to-Class sessions to the alumnae parade, to cocktail parties and festive dinners, find out what’s happening during Reunion by visiting the Reunion page on our website.
Register online today!

Club of Boston Free Meetup with Lauret Savoy (Cambridge, MA)
2016-05-19 19:00 | Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA, 02140, United States
Please join the club of Boston and fellow MHC alumna to hear Mount Holyoke College professor, Lauret Savoy, discuss her new book Trace, at Porter Square Books in Cambridge.
Look for alumna Michelle Moon wearing MHC gear.
Visit here for details.

Club of Richmond All Ivy and Seven Sisters Dinner (Richmond, VA)
2016-05-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Brio Tuscan Grille, 9210 Stony Point Pkwy, Richmond, VA, 23235, United States
The Harvard Club of Virginia invites all Ivy League and Seven Sisters alums and their guest(s) for dinner at Brio Tuscan Grille at the Stony Brook Fashion Park in Richmond. We welcome noted Harvard psychology professor and researcher, Richard McNally who will speak on “What is Mental Illness?”
Reservations: Dinner will be off Brio’s group dinner menu and will be ordered from and paid directly to Brio. Dinner includes Brio Chopped Salad, plus choice of Pasta BRIO (gluten free) or Chicken Milanese. Cost is $25.95 plus tax and gratuity. Drinks can be ordered off the drink menu. The Harvard Club does not charge admission for this event, but you must RSVP by Sunday, May 15 at midnight on the Eventbrite website. We need to know how many meals to order.
Questions? Email Kim Chaffee, president of the Harvard Club of Virginia.

Club of Louisiana Book Club Meeting (New Orleans, LA)
2016-05-18 18:00 | Monkey Monkey Coffee & Tea, 4641 S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join us for our first MHC Common Read book club meeting with acclaimed author and local alumna Katy Simpson Smith ’06 at Monkey Monkey Coffee & Tea. We will be discussing MHC’s 2015 Common Read selection Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
RSVP today!

Club of Southeast Florida Art Museum Tour (Coral Gables, FL)
2016-05-17 18:00 | MA
Please join us for a free private tour of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. Our tour will be guided by Museum Director and MHC alumna Dr. Jill Deupi ’91.
After the tour, join is for food and drinks (each pays own) at Titanic Restaurant and Brewery, 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, Florida.
Please let us know whether you can attend. RSVP by Friday, May 6.
Looking forward to seeing you!

Club of Atlanta Book Club Meeting (Atlanta, GA)
2016-05-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Private Residence, Atlanta, GA, 30342, United States
Please join other Atlanta Mount Holyoke alumnae (whether you have finished the book or not!) for a discussion of The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg at the home of Judy Tse.
Bring a light finger food or beverage to share. For directions and to RSVP, email Judy.

Club of Southern California Book Club Meeting (Santa Monica, CA)
2016-05-15 17:00 | Private Residence, Santa Monica, CA, United States
Our January 2016 meeting was postponed so at the May meeting we will discuss TWO books. Read one, or both (or neither! and join us.
Book 1: BRICK LANE by Monica Ali
Book 2: H IS FOR HAWK by Helen Macdonald
Location: Jennifer Symington’s ’87 home
Food and drink: All are asked to bring an item to share for a casual potluck meal. Attendance is generally eight to ten.
New members are always welcome so if you have an MHC friend, please pass this along and encourage her to join us.
RSVP to Jennifer Wirth Symington ’87, book club chair

Club of Kansas City Luncheon (Kansas City, MO)
2016-05-14 12:00 | Avenues Bistro, 338 W 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO, 64113, United States
Please join The Mount Holyoke Club of Kansas City at Avenues Bistro for our May luncheon.
Please RSVP by May 7 so we can reserve enough space.

Club of Britain Laurel Lunches (UK)
2016-05-14 | Various Locations, United Kingdom
The MHC Club of Britain will celebrate the momentous Laurel Parade tradition and the induction of a new class of MHC women to the alumnae association with informal lunches in various cities across the UK. Even though we cannot be in South Hadley, we can still capture the Laurel Parade spirit! This annual national event is a great opportunity to get to know other MHC alumnae in your area.
We hope you will join us!
Cambridge
Brown’s Brasserie and Bar
23 Trumpington Street CB21QA
12:00 p.m.
Host: Antonina Kruppa ’07
London
Brown’s Brasserie and Bar
82-84 St. Martin’s Lane WC2N 4AG
1:00 p.m.
Host: Chrissy Kleespies ’09
Oxford
Branca Restaurant
111 Walton Street OX2 6AJ
12:00 p.m.
Host: Laura Askonas ’10
Please RSVP to Laura Askonas by Friday, May 13, 2016 so we know how many people to expect.

Club of Puget Sound Annual Meeting (TBD)
2016-05-14 | TBD, United States
Join us for our annual meeting and elections. We’ll be joined by We’re thrilled to be joined by guest speaker Amy Carter ’93 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She’s worked for the Foundation for the past eleven years in roles ranging from working directly with the CEO, reproductive & maternal and child health, and supporting the family interest grants program. We’re excited to learn more about her career path and how her MHC education influences her work. Keep your eyes open for more information!

Club of Chicago On the Table: Lunch Conversation (Chicago, IL)
2016-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Unnamed Venue, 105 W Adams Street, Chicago, IL, 60603, United States
Please join us for Equal Pay Day Chicago’s On the Table conversation. During the week of May 9 thousands of Chicago-area residents will pull up a chair at gatherings like mine to discuss the future of our communities while sharing a meal together. We will be one of thousands of locations across the Chicago region hosting similar events where community residents from all ages and backgrounds will come together to put real issues and solutions “on the table” and share their commitments to helping shape our collective future.
The theme this year is Unity and Direct Action. Let’s gather, eat, and talk about how we can improve our community! Please bring a bag lunch. Girl Scout cookies will be served.

Club of Chicago Loop Lunches (Chicago, IL)
2016-05-13 11:50 | Chase Auditorium, 10 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Come eat lunch with other MHC alums! We’ll meet in the Chase Auditorium (10 S. Dearborn) at 11:50 a.m.
RSVP to AmyJo (Schuppert) Conroy ’98

Class of 1964 Mini-Reunion (South Hadley, MA)
2016-05-13 - 2016-05-15 | Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
The class of 1964 is invited to an on-campus mini-reunion to help celebrate our 2014 Bridges class’ second reunion. Please join us for the following activities:
Friday, May 13
Back-to-Class sessions, morning and afternoon
Dinner with the class of 1964
Saturday, March 14
Alumnae Parade: March with the class of 2014
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, afternoon guided tour
Social Hour with the class of 2014
Dinner with the class of 1964
Lodging
Hampton Inn, Chicopee, Massachusetts. When booking, please ask for Mount Holyoke room block.
To sign up for the mini-reunion or be on the list for more information, please contact Mary Lee Warren.

Club of Boston Career Event (Boston, MA)
2016-05-09 18:30 | Non Profit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, MA, United States
Please join the Mount Holyoke Club of Boston for the Build Yourself Workshop with Mia Scharphie at the Non Profit Center of Boston.
For the latest details please visit the club’s website.

Club of Pugent Sound Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA)
2016-05-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Please join the MHCPS board and your local MHC freinds for our Annual Meeting, featuring a conversation with Amy Knight Carter ’93: From South Hadley to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amy will share reflections and stories about her time on campus as an international relations major to her arrival at the Gates Foundation in 2000, where she has worked in the Global Health and US Programs, and the Executive Office.

Club of Fairfield Villages Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, and Rowayton Neighborhood Potluck (Darien, CT)
2016-05-06 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Darien, CT, 06820, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, and Rowayton Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Yakut Akman ’80
For more information and to RSVP, email Yakut.
Don’t miss this Fairfield tradition! This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club or Portland Book Reading (Corvallis, OR)
2016-05-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, Oregon State University, 128 SW 9th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97333, United States
Mount Holyoke College Professor Lauret Savoy from the Earth and Environment Department will be reading from her new book Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape. For more information, please visit Professor Savoy’s website here.

Club of Fairfield Villages Greenwich Neighborhood Potluck (Greenwich, CT)
2016-05-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Greenwich, CT, 06831, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Greenwich Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Sharon Phillips ’73.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Sharon.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club of Maine Bowdoin Talk and Tour (Brunswick, ME)
2016-05-04 16:00 | Bowdoin College Special Collections and Archives, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library 1 College Street, Brunswick , ME, United States
The sun is finally out with some reliability and I am happy to write with another opportunity to come together with the other Seven Sister’s clubs in Maine.
Join us on Wednesday, May 4 beginning at 4:00 p.m. with a talk at 5:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Library in Special Collections at Bowdoin College for What to Eat and How to Cook It: A Celebration of the Esta Kramer Collection of American Cookery.
Organized by Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, Smith ’07, outreach fellow for the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives for the Library, who will give us a gallery talk about the exhibit.
Special Collections & Archives is located on the third floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (1 College Street, Brunswick ME). A parking lot designated for visitors is available across from the Library; alternatively, you may park in any space or lot on campus regardless of permit designations (except for handicap and service vehicle spaces).
Please RSVP by Monday, May 2 if you plan to attend!

Club of Portland Book Reading (Portland, OR)
2016-05-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway Street, Portland, OR, 97232, United States

Club of Portland Book Club Meeting (OR)
2016-05-01 13:30 - 16:00 | MA
Book discussion beginning at 2:00 p.m. for American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, at the home of Helen Black ’81. Details, including location, can be found on the event’s website.
Please RSVP by Friday, April 29.

Club of Mid-Hudson Valley Olana Tour and Picnic (Hudson, NY)
2016-05-01 12:00 - 15:00 | MA
The Mount Holyoke Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley wants you to SAVE THE DATE for a tour and picnic at Olana, the spectacular home and studio of artist Frederick Church in Hudson, New York.
$40 per person; $30 for club members
Included is a tour of Olana’s park-like grounds with lovely views of the Hudson River, a 60-minute guided tour of the home’s main floor and studio wing, and box lunch from The Cascades restaurant in Hudson.
We will have exclusive use of a conference room at Olana for lunch from noon until 1:15 p.m. in case of inclement weather.
RSVP to our club’s events manager, Sarah Ellen Rindsberg ’81.

Club of Houston Annual Meeting (Houston, TX)
2016-04-30 15:00 | Beviamo Heights, 1024 Studewood, Houston, TX, 77008, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Houston invites you to our Annual Meeting to be held at a newly opened, elegant wine bar, Beviamo Heights, located at 1024 Studewood. We will be hosting Professor of Astronomy Darby Dyar, who will be speaking about her fascinating work with NASA and the Mars rovers. We will also be voting on our new club officers and club bylaws.
The cost of the event will be $10 per person, which will include a glass of wine and light appetizers. To help our host venue plan for food and drink, we ask that you please pay in advance through the club’s PayPal account, including your name and the names of any guests you are paying for. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available, and additional glasses of wine will be available for an extra cost. If you have any questions, please email Nicole Shanklin.

Club of the Peninsula at the Menlowe Ballet (Atherton, CA)
2016-04-30 14:00 | Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA, United States
Collage springs to life at Menlowe Ballet!
A block of seats have been reserved for Mount Holyoke alumnae on April 30 at the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance of Collage, Menlowe Ballet’s spring season, to be staged at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center. A post-curtain discussion of the program and company will take place following the performance.
Collage features three world premieres by choreographers Val Caniparoli, Gregory Dawson, and Michael Lowe. The company also announces the addition of former leading Silicon Valley Ballet dancers Maykel Solas, Junna Ige, Amy Marie Briones, and Akria Takahashi.
For more information or to purchase a ticket in the reserved area, please contact Executive Director Lisa Shiveley ’88. Kindly reserve your seat by April 18.

Club of Portland Volunteering with Dress for Success (Portland, OR)
2016-04-29 11:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
We will be volunteering for Dress for Success Oregon during their annual fundraising auction, dinner and fashion show Celebrate Success at the Portland Art Museum. There are also some volunteer opportunities from 3:30–5:00 p.m. on the same day if you would like to help and that time period would work better for your schedule. We understand that the timing of this volunteer shift may be tricky for some of you, but we are hoping to fill a time slot that has a high need for volunteers. Please RSVP to let us know if you are able to help out this great organization with us!

Club of Fairfield Villages Westport, Weston, and Fairfield Neighborhood Potluck (Westport, CT)
2016-04-28 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Westport, CT, 06880, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Westport, Weston, and Fairfield Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Catherine Onyemelukwe ’62.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Catherine.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club of San Diego Accepted Student Reception (San Diego, CA)
2016-04-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Casa Sol y Mar, 12865 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of San Diego invites you to our 2016 accepted student reception at Casa Sol y Mar. Come share your experiences with students interested in attending Mount Holyoke.

Appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be hosted.
RSVP’s appreciated to Mayra Garcia ’94.
We hope to see you there!

Mount Holyoke Club of Fairfield Villages Wilton and New Canaan Potluck (New Canaan, CT)
2016-04-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, New Canaan, CT, 06840, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Wilton, New Canaan Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Cathy Irwin ’80.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Cathy.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!
