Connection and support in the BicentennialEach month of the Society of Alumni bicentennial year focuses on a core theme. In March and in recognition of Women’s History Month, events and stories have been grounded in the theme of connection - the beating heart of the Society of Alumni. April focuses on support, highlighting the incredible ways the Williams alumni community lifts up and supports one another through acts of service and expressions of caring.
In the spirit of connection and support, alumni are invited to create teams for an ongoing, 10-part Puzzles in Purple competition. The puzzle hunt will run through August, with a new puzzle released every three weeks. Today also kicks off our two-month reading period of The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams ’97, an especially moving memoir about life in the face of death. Participation in the Purple Prose Book Club discussion forum is free; you just need a copy of the book.
And ICYMI
Alumni can access at any time past bicentennial event recordings, including:
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EPHS ON THE FRONTLIne: A Year Later
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March 18, 8:00 p.m. EDTWhat would it be like to jump into the future and tell people about this time? Theatre students examine this question with alumni to create a digital performance time capsule that will be opened (again) in 2041.
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March 23, 8:00 p.m. EDTJoin Jason Hehir ’98 and acclaimed sportswriter Tim Layden ’78 in conversation. Hehir is a seven-time Emmy-winning director and producer whose 2020 series The Last Dance chronicled the Chicago Bulls dynasty and Michael Jordan's career.
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March 25, 2:00 p.m. EDT
This webinar, part of our Williams@Work series, features advice from leadership experts Marty Linsky ’61 and Camille Preston ’93.
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March 30, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley ’75 and a panel of ’75 alumnae discuss their experiences as the first matriculating co-educational class at Williams.
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April 10, 8:00 p.m. EDTTest your Williamsiana knowledge with pub-style trivia commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Society of Alumni. This trivia event is organized by a hearty band of Eph alums and students, and all are welcome!
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April 14, 8:00 p.m. EDTHear Chair of the Department of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center Dr. Craig Smith ’70 discuss public health, empathy, and leadership in a pandemic with Professor Tara Watson.
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More alumni news
VOTE today! You have a say in who represents the alumni body on the Board of Trustees. Request your ballot and return it before midnight on April 2. Save the Date for Admissions 101The Admission 101 program, held this year on Tuesday, May 24, helps alumni families demystify the college search, application, and selection process, and provides tools for making informed decisions about their children’s next steps. The Results are In! Thanks to more than 13,000 alumni including 1,500+ class agents for making a difference and contributing to the Alumni Fund in time to meet the mid-March trophy deadline. See where your class stands. Thanks to all the class agents for their dedication and leadership! You can still join your classmates and friends in supporting the college, particularly the efforts to bring students to campus this year. The Alumni Fund continues through June 30.
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From the '68 Center for Career Exploration
Win/Win Could you use the help of an enthusiastic, creative and dedicated Williams student this summer?The ’68 Center for Career Exploration offers grants to currently enrolled students who secure no- or low-pay full-time internships. Post your summer internship on EphLink. Questions? Contact Dawn M. Dellea. Did you know...Identity and affinity groups on Ephlink are spaces for students and alumni to build community and participate in conversations about life during and after Williams, particularly how those experiences may be shaped due to identity?
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Spring is coming. Photo by Bradley Wakoff/Berkshirian Images
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News from the college
A New Watson FellowCongratulations to Crystal Ma ’21, recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship that covers 12 months of independent research outside the U.S. Ma’s project, Decolonizing the Dancefloor: Music Praxis of the Underground, will take her to Uganda, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Poland and Germany in search of underground, noncommercial music and its effects on local communities. Jonathan Deng ’21 was named as a Watson alternate. Faculty in FocusPerfect Landing “They don’t call it seven minutes of terror for nothing,” said Katie Stack Morgan ’08, deputy project scientist for the Perseverance mission to Mars, says in a Yahoo! News Q&A on the nail-biting anxiety of losing touch with the rover. which landed last month.
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