A publication of the . :\V ColJege J\lutnna vi Association No. 55 Spring 2007

On pages 14 and NCAA PRESID ENT'S LETTER 15, Ginger Lyon '70 Dedicating the Palm Court goes back to the to New College alumnae/i archives to tell the In the time since I last wrote to vard or Yale. Construction of the you, there have been some major new dormitories is moving along story of the 1971 developments both at our college nicely and the dorms will hopefully and in our association. be ready for occupancy in time for takeover of New New College continues to garner the entering class of 2007. national attention, and this is Our Mentoring, Faculty Develop­ College President reflected in our growing admissions ment and Alumnae/i Fellows pro­ numbers. The college has also grams under the able leadership of John Elmendorf's achieved a higher per capita produc­ Adam Kendall have been reener- tion of Fulbright fellows than Har- continued on p. 2 office by the South Hall22.

In this issue

3 Social networking and the new ' CAA Web site

5 College receives two extraordinary donations

6 How alumnae/i fellow foster educational diversity

11 Dr. Mike speaks out New College's iconic Palm Court, once described as a pelftct e.:rpression ofthe on college growth college's Apollonian and Diony. ian elements, will be dedicated to alumn~te/i 17 Class Notes under the CAA's Palm Court Initiative. Contributions will be used to establish NCAA Palm Court Scholarship Endowment continued from p. 1 recognition at the dinner/dance. gized and are flourishing. Adam is There'll be a reenactment of Student collaborating do ely with Provost Court, sailing on the bay, a barbecue, Samuel M. avin to define program­ a Palm Court Party, a Wall and matic guidelines and establish goals more. Don't miss this one or you'll and metrics so that we can evaluate be sorry you did! program effectiveness. You can con­ In conjunction with reunion, we tribute by volunteering to be a men­ hope you'll join us in welcoming the tor or by applying for an Alumnae/i graduates of 2007 to our ranks. The Fellowship. Please contact Jessica graduation speaker promises to be Rogers in the NCAA office or Adam remarkable. Amy Goodman, creator Kendall for further information. and moderator of the radio and tele­ The all-new alum Web site will be vision show Democracy Now! and launched this summer, thanks to the author of numerous books-most tireless efforts of Adam Rivers and recently, Static: Government Liars, the members of the Web ite Com­ Media Cheerleaders, and the People mittee. We've listened to your com­ VVho Fight Back-will give the ments and suggestions and have keynote address to the graduating made many improvements to the class. look, feel and functionality of the Many of you will remember that Bill Rosenberg, NCAA pre.~ident site. during a recent appearance on The Just a couple of the new features Colbe1t Report, Ms. Goodman made of the revamped NC Alum site are reference to New College, and was announce that New College Alum­ personal e-mail addresses and social about to go further \vith it until Mr. nae/i Association has undertaken a networking. You can claim your free Colbert changed the subject in mid­ special campaign to raise $250,000 [email protected] e-mail for­ sentence. We will now have the over and above our normal annual warding address and check out the opportunity to hear her unabridged giving to dedicate Palm Court on ease with which you can develop remarks to the new grads. behalf ofNC alums. The money extended networks of friends and Thanks to your generosity, the raised will trigger state matching as ociates. Watch for further percentage of alum giving is on pace funds for a total of $375,000. This announcements. to exceed last year's number of 31 money will be used to establish the Our regional get-togethers are percent. And in addition to our New College Alumnae/i Association bigger and better than ever before, annual fund drive we have perhaps Palm Court cholarship Endow­ with events being held in many loca­ the most extraordinary opportunity ment, thus benefiting New College tions around the country. These ever to contribute to the success of students in perpetuity. events are a great way to stay in New College students! With the Your contributions to the endow­ touch with other alums in your area many construction projects current­ ment will enable each of you to have and to keep up with happenings on ly under way on campus, there are a permanent recognition in Palm campus. I hope you'll plan to attend number of new naming opportuni­ Court. Contributions of $100 to or sponsor one soon. ties. One of them is a place near and $499 will be recognized by an Reunion this year will be spectac­ dear to all of us: Palm Court. engraved brick in the wall around ular! Ginger Lyon, reunion planner Palm Court bas always symbol­ Palm Court. Gifts of $500 to $1,499 extraordinaire, with help from many ized the spirit and character of New will be acknowledged by an engraved others, has put together a calendar College, so what better place on paver in Palm Court. Gifts of $1,500 full of parties and special events. campus to dedicate to Novo Colle­ to $4,999 qualifY for a gold paver in Bob Benedetti will be the guest of gians past, present and future, than the court while gifts of $5,000 and honor, and we will give him special Palm Court? I am pleased to continued on p. 3

2 1MB S · Spring 2007 New NCAA Web site built around idea of social network, including career development by Adam Rivers '97 online community for alumnae/i help graduates find other alum­ built around the idea of the social nae/i at specific organizations or in Internet use has changed drasti­ network. The NCAA has teamed up specific fields, and the site maps cally over the last three years. with Affinity Circles, a dynamic Sil­ your connection to that person Rather than being a one-way con­ icon Valley company, to offer this through mutual friends and can list duit for information, the Web has secure online community. The com­ whether that person has signed up transformed into an interactive pany already provides services to 87 as a mentor. medium that allows users to gener­ colleges and universities, ranging There i also an extensive listing ate content and communicate from large schools like UC Berkeley of jobs from alumnae/i of New Col­ directly with one another. to smaller schools like Caltech and lege and alumnae/i at other schools The Web site of the NCAA, Dartmouth. that use the software from Affinity www.newcollege.org, has not kept At the heart of the system is the Circles. Career development is an up, but that will be changing in the social network. Each person has his important goal for the alum associ­ coming months, with a redesigned or her own profile where he or she ation and the new Web site will public face and a large alumnae/i­ can share pictures, contact infor­ enable alumnae/i to help each only community built around let­ mation, personal updates and other. ting alums share photos, com­ more. Users can link up \vith peo­ For years we have been request­ ments, jobs and men to ring oppor­ ple they know and share informa­ ing permanent e-mail forwarding. tunities with each other. The NCAA tion that they choose to share. This Our new service allows alumnae/i also will offer alums permanent e­ is a great way to informally contact to create an e-mail address that for­ mail addresses that can be forward­ old friends or meet new Novo Col­ wards to an e-mail account they ed to any e-mail account in the legians. The site also has interactive already use. You can change jobs, future. features standard to most alum­ schools or Internet service Redesigned by Rob Oates, New nae/i Web site , including a discus­ providers and continue to use the College's Web designer, the new sion forum and an events calendar. same address. Web site will be cleaner, with a This online community lets Using the service will highlight more integrated look and more alumnae/i start groups based on New College and show your con­ intuitive organization. For the first shared social or professional inter­ nection, because the e-mail \vill end time, the college will be hosting our ests. It also has a number of other in "@alum.ncf.edu". We will be pro­ site, a change that should provide a features to help users find jobs and viding this service to alumnae/i more reliable, up-to-date Web site. receive career advice from other when the new Web site is officially The biggest change is our new alums. Detailed search functions launched. We know that the Web site is the most frequent way many alumnae/i interact with New College. These Show your commitment to NC improvements should make your connection to the college more use­ continued from p. 2 community our commitment to the ful and, we hope, entertaining. We above will be recognized on a brass college we all care about so much. are looking for volunteers to try out plaque in Palm Court. You will be Each of you can take great pride the site before its official launch, so receiving full details about the proj­ in what we have accomplished over if you're interested please contact ect in the coming days. the past year. We couldn't have done the Alumnae/i Association. I've pledged my support to the it without your time, expertise and Palm Court Initiative, and I'm plan­ continued generosity. Let's continue Rivers is chair of the NCAA Web ning to stretch in order to give the to strive to do even more in the Site Committee and is a PhD candi­ most that I can possibly afford to this years ahead. date in biological oceanography at signature project. I ask you to do the Until next time, I wish all of you MIT and Woods Hole Oceanograph­ same and show everyone in the NC health, happiness and prosperity. ic Institution.

NIMBUS · Spri ng 2007 3 NEW COLLEGE NEWS

Fulbrights set record Academic All-Star Team, the technician in the Bat Lab in annual list of America's 60 best Brown's Department of Neuro­ Six soon-to-graduate students undergraduates, and won a 2005 science working on several behav­ and one alumna of New College of Udall Foundation Scholarship. ioral and anatomical studies of the Florida have received 2007-2008 big brown bat. Fulbright Fellowships for a year of Three New College graduates­ research and teaching in the inter­ Two win NSF fellowships William J. Werner (in Germany national exchange program for this year as a Fulbright Research U.S. students. A senior student and an alumna cholar), Timothy H. Sanchez The seven 2007-2008 Fulbright of New College of Florida have and Julia A. McReynolds­ awards nearly double the four each received 2007-2008 Gradu­ earned honorable mentions from received last year and bring New ate Research Fellowships from the the National Science Foundation. College's total to 31 Fulbrights National Science Foundation, and Though they do not receive fellow­ earned by tudents in the past 13 three other New College alumnae/i ships, the designation is consid­ years and to 35 since New College received honorable mentions from ered a significant academic was founded in 1960. NSF. achievement. In 2005, New College placed The nationally competitive third nationally among all liberal awards support outstanding grad­ arts colleges for Fulbright recipi­ uate students who can contribute Breidbord wins Gates ents by per capita percentage. New significantly to research, teaching College was also the only public and innovations in science, tech­ Jonathan Breidbord, a thesis liberal arts college on the Chroni­ nology, engineering and mathe­ student at New College of Florida, cle ofHigher Education's list of matics. About 1,000 fellowships, is the state honors college's first leading Fulbright-recipient institu­ which carry a stipend of $30,000 recipient of a Gates Cambridge tions in 2005-2006. for a 12-month tenure period, will Scholarship and one of only 48 Receiving Fulbrights were: be awarded by the NSF this year. college students in the nation to be Trevor Caughlin, who will study All awards are for a maximum of selected for the prestigious Gates the link between seed-dispersing three years usable over a five-year Cambridge Scholarships, awarded animals and tree-population period. annually to highly talented men changes in the Huai Kha Khaeng Trevor Caughlin, a senior the­ and women around the world. Wildlife Sanctuary of Thailand; sis student who will graduate from The scholarships, established by Karlye Dilts, who will study barri­ New College in May with a double the Bill & Melinda Gates Founda­ ers to formal market entry in Peru; major in biology and environmen­ tion in 2001 \vith a $210 million Michael Powers and Alia Schultz, tal studies, will do graduate study endowment to the University of who will teach English as a foreign toward a doctorate in ecology at Cambridge, provide for graduate language in Germany; Meghan the University of Florida with his study at the distinguished English Rimelspach and Eleanor Vekert, NSF fellowship. Before beginning university, one of the world's who will teach English as a foreign his graduate study, however, he oldest. language in South Korea; and will first do research in Thailand The scholarships, which cover Bryson Voirin, who will research under the Fulbright Research all expenses plus round-trip air­ ferret-like steinmartens and Grant he also received this spring. fare, are valued at about $40,000 baummarders, animals that nor­ Sarah A. Stamper, a May 2006 a year. Gates scholars may pursue mally nest in trees but, drawn to graduate of New College, also one- or two-year master's pro­ car engines, gnaw on electrical received an NSF Graduate grams, a second bachelor's degree wires and other components. He Research Fellowship. Stamper will or a three- or four-year PhD. also will do field work at the Uni­ pursue a PhD in experimental psy­ The seventh contingent of Gates versity of Ulm, Germany. Voirin chology at Brown University, scholars, including Breidbord, will was named to USA Today's 2006 where she currently is a laboratory continued on p. 5

4 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 New College to gain almost $10 million from Searing and Pritzker gifts by Michael Milton '98 ment policies of new endowments a major donor to a variety of Sara­ vary, endowment gifts like these sota institutions, including the New College of Florida received have an enormous impact on the John and Mable Ringling Museum two extraordinary donations last experiences of current and future of Art and the Florida State Uni­ fall: a $2 million gift from The students. versity Asolo Theatre and Conser­ Libra Foundation to establish the Every $1 million of endowment vatory. Rhoda Pritzker Endowed Fund for used for academic purposes can, Her gift comes in the form of a Academic Excellence and a $2.7 for example, pay the salary of an charitable remainder annuity million gift from Ulla Searing to assistant professor, fund three trust, a popular planned-giving establish the Ulla Searing Fund substantial out-of-state scholar­ and estate-planning vehicle in for Academic Excellence. Both of ships, fund 13 or more full-tuition which funds are placed in an irrev­ these gifts will trigger matching in-state scholarships, or fund the ocable trust that pays income to funds from the State of Florida, research of more than 50 stu­ the donor during her lifetime, with effectively doubling their size. dents. the remaining principal passing to Endowment funds pay a small The Libra Foundation gift, the charity upon her death. portion of their value to the col­ which was announced on Sept. 12, Planned-gift donors enjoy mem­ lege every year and grow over time was made in honor of Rhoda bership in the New College Foun­ to keep pace with inflation. For Pritzker, a longtime friend and dation's Four Winds Society. Indi­ the donor, these gifts represent an benefactor of the college. One of viduals interested in planned gifts opportunity to make a permanent the campus's five new residence should contact the New College impact on New College of Florida, halls will bear Mrs. Pritzker's Foundation at 914-487-4800. with every new generation of stu­ name in honor of her support. dents benefiting from the income The gift of another longtime Milton served as the director of generated by the funds. For the supporter of New College, Ulla annual giving for the New College college, the gifts provide a stable Searing, was announced on Dec. Foundation dU1-ing 2004-2005 income stream that increases the 12. When matched by state funds, and is a new member of the NCAA institution's independence and this gift will be the largest in the bom·d. He CU1-rently works for One ensures its ability to achieve aca­ college's history. to One Gulfcoast, aji1·m specializ­ demic excellence. Mrs. Searing is the widow of ing in nonpTOjit annual fund-rais­ Although the specific disburse- the financier Arthur Searing and ing.

NEW COLLEGE NEWS (continued) continued from p. 4 autistic children. studies in medical sciences, a year­ begin study at Cambridge in Octo­ Combining his interests in long program to be completed ber. chemistry and childhood develop­ within Cambridge's Department of This spring, Breidbord, who is mental disorders for his senior Psychiatry and at its Autism from Livingston, N.J., is complet­ project, he designed and is synthe­ Research Centre. ing his New College senior thesis sizing a compound that is expected After Cambridge, Breidbord's before graduating in May. In his to bind tightly to copper and goal is to complete medical school study of neurochemicals, Breid­ thereby reduce its levels-a poten­ before ultimately doing clinical bord found evidence in the scien­ tial therapy for autism. and research activity as a develop­ tific literature of relatively high At Cambridge, Breidbord plans mental pediatrician in a university levels of copper in the blood of to begin master of philosophy setting.

NIMBUS · Sp1;ng 2007 5 Alumnae/i Fellows foster educational diversity by Chris Pettit '98 ic career by my time at New College. are able to give back to the New I wanted to help contribute to the College community by offering their When I was a student at New building of educational foundations scholarship on topics that may not College, I had the opportunity to for the students who came after me. be normally broached by current take classes with then alumnae/i I thought that the Alumnae/i Fel­ New College faculty. fellow Dan Harrison. Taking class lows program might be a great way For instance, with the retirement from a New College alumnus who for me to give something back to my of the venerable Professor Eugene knew the New College experience alma mater while continuing to Lewis, students will not have the and understood us as students was enhance my lecturing experience. opportunity to joust with the bril­ a great opportunity. Alumnae/i Fellowships give liant doctor over issues of constitu­ After graduating from New Col­ alumnae/i the chance to return to tional law and civil liberties in lege, I went on to get degrees in New College as lecturers to offer preparation for a possible advance­ law, travel the world and begin my tutorials, ISPs and mod or full­ ment into the law school ranks. lecturing career at the University of semester courses. The fellowships Since a large percentage of students Cape Town. I decided that I wanted serve a very important role in keep­ from liberal arts colleges head to to return to arasota and settle ing the educational diversity of law school, it seems as though down for a bit. New College thriving by ensuring offering a few law classes for stu­ As I contemplated my future as that unique and useful courses not dents would be a great idea. As an an academic or legal practitioner, I offered in the normal course of alumni fellow lecturing in law, I can realized what a fantastic foundation administration can be made avail­ only hope that I am contributing in had been laid for me in my academ- able to the student body. Alumnae/i continued on p. 7

ALUMNAE/I fELLOWSHIPS: THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE

by Benjamin Wolski '04 tainable Development Law, offered personal opinion and perspective. in spring 2006, and Basic Founda­ This is necessary because the This past year I have been privi­ tions of Law and Rights, currently courses being offered tackle diffi­ leged to take two courses offered being offered in spring 2007, both cult and novel ideas and argu­ by an alumnus, both of which have taught by Chris Pettit, I can attest ments with very practical applica­ proved to be unique and crucial to to the relevance and uniqueness of tions. This approach differs from the comprehensiveness of class alumnae/i fellowships. mo t philosophy courses, in which offerings. I feel it is very important Since I and many of my fellow I have had a difficult time connect­ for current students to have access students have entertained the idea ing back to the real world, and to successful past students, giving of applying to law school, it is nec­ from economics and political sci­ real-life examples of paths avail­ essary that we be exposed to law's ence courses, in which both the able after college. It is undeniable scholarly foundations and profes­ students and the professors have that we Novo Collegians graduate sional alternatives. Law theory also fairly obvious predetermined opin­ with a different outlook on life provides very relevant historical ions and biases. from the general population. We context for those of us studying Thank you very much for pro­ need some friendly guidance as political science, economics and viding students with alumnae/i much as anyone. other philosophy-based disci­ professors through the founda­ Wide gaps in the curriculum, plines. tion's program. These courses are such as in law and rights theory, As an alum, Chris Pettit under­ increasingly necessary for a com­ can easily be fi lled with outside stands the importance of conduct­ prehensive New College course expertise. Having taken both ing discussion-led classes where schedule. I sincerely hope the pro­ Foundations oflnternational Sus- students are encouraged to offer gram continues.

6 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 To protect college's unique qualities, possible drawbacks to growth must be examined by John F. McDiarmid distinguishes the college from other can legitimately be determined by an excellent liberal arts institutions. I individual faculty member advising Last summer, Nimbus printed an remember that in the fall ofl983, my an individual student. Obviously in "Open Letter on NC Growth Pro- first semester of teaching at the col­ these circumstances a great deal of po als" from Michael Campbell, lege, I asked Jay Moseley, then chair responsibility rests on individual fac­ Alexis Simendinger and Lawrence of the Humanities Division, for his ulty members to represent their dis­ Vernaglia. It has been on my mind take on what New College students ciplines comprehensively and rigor­ ever since to respond to this, but the were like. I Ie said something like, ously and genuinely to pursue what task kept getting pushed back "Well, they're the kind of students is best for students. That responsibil­ because of other commitments. I you would expect to be attracted to a ity was not always fulfilled But New hope it's not too late now to offer a place like this," by which he meant College's distinctive identity, I think, comment students who valued having a lot of has much to do with trying to induce I start off from my sense of what independence in planning and pur­ individuals to regulate them elves, suing their studies. and trying to deal individually with I found this to be true, and I also cases where they won't, rather than Continue support valued the independence faculty trying to set too many rules. were given- for instance, to try out I only gradually discovered what for alum fellows new courses. The contract system is for me is the other distinctive charac­ also part of this, with its basic tei; tic of New College: the degree of continued from p. 6 assumption that what constitutes a mutual respect and regard of stu- a manner that lives up to the New semester's worth of college education continued on p. 8 College tradition of excellence. I encourage the entire New Col­ lege community to continue to sup­ port the Alumnae/i Fellows and the alumnae/i who come back to con­ tribute. It has been a great privilege for me to lecture here, and I look forward to filling a niche as a fellow in the semesters to come. I hope that alumnae/i continue to step forward to contribute to the unique educa­ tional experience that is New Col­ lege, and that the fellow hip contin­ ue to receive the support and fund­ ing it needs from the foundation and alumnae/i association.

Pettit is teaching Basic Founda­ tions ofLaw and Rights this semes­ ter as an adjunct professor of jurisprudence. He has previously offered the courses Sustainable Development Law and Human Rights in Islamic Law. You can reach him at [email protected] or At the Boston, Ma~s., alum gathering March 31: left to right, Trinallofreiter 941-284-6733. '97, Lua Pytka '01, Sarah Stamper '02, and .David Johansen '98.

1MB S · Spring 2007 7 Could growth threaten individual autonomy? continued from p. 7 community distinguish New Col­ as an advisor, I got to know, or at dents and faculty. lege, would increasing its size least know a good deal about, most Students at New College in my threaten these characteristics? of my faculty colleagues and what experience were typically "kids who It certainly would if class sizes or they taught, including in other divi­ did well in school," kids for whom advising loads get larger. 'frying to sions. I could give students good chool itself was important, a source guide students to exercise autonomy advice on whether a particular of not just intellectual but personal productively takes a lot of time and course or instructor would be good growth and affirmation of their attention. It's hard to know, respect for them at the point where they worth. They came to the college hop­ or like individual students if they were in their studies. Within my dis­ ing to respect and be liked by their come at you as members of an cipline, all of us on the faculty knew teachers, and most New College importunate crowd. all the students who were concen­ teachers responded with a highly In particular, the advising func­ trating in it pretty well, and could unusual amount of concern. tion at New College is supposed to consult and advise one another about There can be problems here too, be, and often in fact is, something them. With a larger faculty and stu­ but one of the most refreshing things quite different from what it is at dent body, these possibilities might about the college is that there is not other colleges (for instance, the be diminished or losl too much of the tired, boring, "us form-signing function my advisors On another and perhaps less against them" di tance and amused performed when I was an under­ important level, my most rewarding cynicism that often appears between graduate at Swarthmore), and it committee service at the college was students and faculty at other institu­ would lose its quality if faculty mem­ on the PAC. I doubt that this college­ tions. bers had too many advisees. wide committee could develop the If an extraordinary degree of Even if the line is held on classes kind of knowledge and give the kind individual autonomy and an and advising, I'm not sure that of intensive, nonroutine attention to extraordinary degree of mutual growth might not be harmful in individual cases that it did in my respect among the members of the some ways. At least in my first years experience if the faculty were too large. The feel of governance at the college would alter. I appreciate the advantages of growth. Students I knew suffered, in both their undergraduate and post­ graduate careers, because, for instance, the college was too small to support even one faculty member in theater. Faculty members sometimes felt they had to postpone vitally needed research assignments because they had too few colleagues to carry on the instructional program in their absence. I hope, though, that the possible drawbacks of growth, at least to 1,20 0 students, are also being closely examined. I love New College; it was the best academic experience of my life. I wish the very best to it and to my friends who are still there.

Ilostsfor March 25 O,t'IUtrd, Calif., alum gathering John Mallinckrodt antl McDiarmid is associate professor Carol Holder '61,. emeritus oflitemture.

8 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 NC can grow without sacrificing uniqueness by Chris Pettit '98 the student population has crept preparing students for graduate higher, we have seen shortages of studies, law school, government With the opening of the new classes for first years, students and private internships and other USF Sarasota/Manatee campus, wanting to pursue a wider variety post-NC endeavors by bringing in which has moved most of USF's of academic focuses, and further specialized faculty and associations students and campus activities off evidence of the need for the hiring with various institutions in aca­ the New College campus, the con­ of academics \vith certain special­ demic areas currently underrepre­ struction of New College's new ties that are required by students sented on campus. dorms, and the hiring of new facul­ l~oking to enter graduate educa­ Alumnae/i fellows, adjuncts and ty, the suggestion of expanding tion. Our unique community has student chairs are currently doing New College's student body, facili­ changed as we have become inde­ a fantastic job filling some of the ties, and faculty has begun to be pendent ofUSF but more depend­ gaps in the makeup of the faculty, debated and analyzed. ent on Tallahassee for funding, but in order to truly guarantee the Concerns about maintaining the resulting in a slightly more rigid, highest quality of education for the uniqueness of New College, ensur­ political and conservative New Col­ students, as well as the best possi­ ing that the school does not come lege administration at times. ble preparation and foundation for to be run like a business and main­ The nostalgic NC that we future endeavors, NC will need to taining the education of students remember as alumnae/ i and for­ develop and bring in more scholars as our highest goal are at the fore­ mer faculty has been altered with and affiliations without compro­ front of the position articulated by time, but has not lost its soul due mising the core of what it means to those skeptical of the possibility of to the quality of our faculty and be a Novo Collegian. We can then growth. student body as well as the pres­ look forward to future generations These concerns are not to be ence of Novo Collegians in key of students having the education taken lightly, but if we as the New positions on the admissions staff. If and connections to be able to leave College community meet this chal­ we continue to re ist bringing in a lasting impression on our chang­ lenge with our talents and ingenu­ too many outsiders to make us ing world in many areas of study. ity, it seems as though the more business friendly or political­ The NC personality and lifestyle inevitable growth ofthe school can ly correct, we can maintain the can have a positive influence on the be managed and the uniqueness of unique community that drew most world and make it a better place the community preserved. of us to the west coast of Florida for all future generations. In order In the end, we should keep in for our higher education. There has to increase the impact of that mind the best interests of present not been a call to do away with the unique personality on the commu­ and future generations of students Walls, PCPs, alternative events, nity at large, we need more stu­ and their ability to get the best evaluation systems or any number dents and faculty, while ensuring education instead of substituting of other aspects that make NC the enough of a more nostalgic NC our own self-interested ideas of community that it is. influence to guarantee that the being a profitable business entity A responsible expansion of the uniqueness is preserved and nur­ or maintaining a high ranking in a faculty, student body and campus tured. subjective publication such as U.S. would ensure that these aspects are News eJ World Report. maintained while moving NC for­ If we ensure that present and ward into a position where stu­ Pettit is teaching a Ba,sic Founda­ future generations of students are dents would be guaranteed a high­ tions of Law and Rights this semes­ guaranteed the highest level of quality education in more areas ter as an adjunct professor of education, the rankings and prof­ than are currently offered. The jurisprudence. He has previously itability should follow. In order to administration has worked up a offered the courses Sustainable do this, New College must be able \vish list of scholars and academic Development Law and Human to adapt to a changing academic areas they would like to add. New Rights in Islamic Law. You can climate. College would have the ability to reach him at [email protected] or In the past couple of years, as function better in the area of 941-284-6733.

1MB S · Spring 2007 9 President Michalson on money and other issues

Susan Burns, coeditor ofNimbus, was associated with food, housing that we parse out [the funds] in recently talked to New College of and disciplinary stuff being imposed three stages of $1.8 million per year. Florida President Gordon "Mike" by "the Man." Now we have a dean of That's a cumulative amount of $5.4 Michals on Jr. about what it's felt like students, Wendy Bashant, a PhD mi1lion that's added to a base budget having USF offcampus, increasing and an experienced faculty member of around $20 million. That's like the size ofthe student body and the as well as a student affairs profes­ the income of an extra $100 million challenge ofattracting out-of- tate sional, and our efforts are enhanced in endowment. students. further by designing these new Q. How many students do we dorms with small classroom seminar have currently? Q . Even though New College settings. A. We have 761 but we'll be going became independent of the Univer­ When John Cranor and I go to to 800 in two or three years. The sity of South Florida in 2001, we're alurnnae/i groups around the coun­ new dorms will hou e 80 percent. coming to Lhe end of the first year of try, we emphasize to people that if We could have that number right having the campus to ourselves. they haven't been back to campus now but we need to refurbish the Pei What has that been like? for a while, come back. First of all, dorms and we need to add faculty. A. The reality of independence USF \vill be gone, and second of all, This is my biggest headache right didn't fully sink in until the moment you'll see these transformations now. We originally designed the we were physically independent. occurring on the east campus, and bond issue for the dorms with some Just in terms of dealing \vith quality they're not just buildings. They're excess cash so that the money could of life issues like finding a parking manifestations of a concerted effort refurbish Pei and Ham Center. Since space, the effects have been great for to link in-class and out-of-class the bonding occurred, the price of morale and day-to-day convenience experience so people understand materials has gone up 30 percent, so and great for our sense of institu­ better why they came to a residential our major fund-raising effort right tional purpose. liberal arts college. now is based upon getting people to On the other side of campus, the Q . How does the 2007-2008 pay a million and a half dollars to specter of five dorms going up is a budget look? have their names on each of the dramatic indication of how we're A. We're succeeding the second three dorms that are not named. moving forward and transforming year in a row in having the state leg­ One dorm, of course, is named after student life. The physical transfor­ islature add $1.8 million of recurring Ulla Searing and the other after mations symbolize strategic initia­ money to our base budget. The Rhoda Pritzker. It's not a bad deal, tives to link academic life and stu­ Board of Governors in its draft leg­ by the way. There have been anum­ dent life more closely, to show that islative budget request for 2008 has ber of asks out and there have been learning is seamless, whether it's already put us in for our third a number of no's that have come in. part of a class or part of a donn dis­ installment. These installments We've been slow to make progress cussion or part of a disciplinary inci­ come out of a consultant's [MGT on that. I'd be hopeful there'd be dent in the residential-life setting. America] report. We asked them to something to announce at the next For a variety of reasons, which study how funding for New College foundation board meeting later this have a lot to do with our connections would have gone if we had started in month. There is a need for a more with USF in the past, we haven't a deliberate, planned way like Flori­ national approach to fund-raising. been able to capitalize on that. The da Gulf Coast University instead of We're a national liberal arts college, biggest historical problem in that being split from USF in the middle in the national rankings. It's no regard is that the director of student of the night before the end of the secret we've been parochial in our affairs here for years and years legislative session of 2001. We were fund-raising. reported to the USF dean. Student short-funded by close to $6 million. Q . You've rolled out the contro­ affairs seemed like part of the USF We conferred with the legislative versial idea that we should look at bureaucracy. There was no heritage staff and members of the chancel­ growing the student body to 1,200. at New College associated with link­ lor's staff and said, "Look at this What's your argument? ing student life with the academic report; and they agreed it was a A. No official recommendation mission of the school. Student life compelling study and recommended continued on p. 11

10 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 No pressure from state for college to get bigger

continued from p. 10 Growth of New College," summer has been made to grow beyond 800. 2006] are exactly the kinds of issues If one was to reread my State of the I wanted to have brought forth by College Report of 2005 when I thoughtful people. Our campu mas­ raised this, I said the whole point of ter plan consultants met with us last broaching the subject of growing to year, and based upon their prelimi­ an enrollment past 800 now is that nary assessment of the size of our we're nowhere near the point in time campus and the nature of us as a when we're in a position to make residential liberal arts campus, they that decision, so let's have a robust said we could physically sustain at discussion-debate, if you will­ least 5,000 students. I about fell out about the issues in the absence of of my chair and thought right away, the need for a decision because this "Of course, we'll never be that num­ will allow for a freer-flowing, less­ ber. That would destroy New Col­ pressurized discussion. lege." And then I realized the num­ In my 2006 State of the College ber 1,200 has a similar effect on Report I emphasized that with the other people and it just matters pressures we're now facing to get where your buttons are. these new dorms up, were we to rush At the same time, my ingle most to a judgment about going beyond important reason for wanting it big­ New College President 800 any time soon, like in the next ger is to add more faculty. You'll Gordon "Mike" MiclwUion :fr. three or four years, the first thing have a deeper, 1icher curriculum, we'd have to do would be to start yet fewer students leaving because their more dorms or else back off on our interests change or because they recommendation out of the blue, sense of what percentage of students can't get along with the one person just based upon some number, with­ we want to have on campus. People in their field, and more opportuni­ out some formal process for getting would lynch me if I said, "Guess ties for collegiality and professional the greatest views. what? We're going to add dorms." It growth for the faculty. We've had zero, I repeat, zero would be the wrong pressure to Q. How will this decision be pressure on us from the Board of impose on this school at this time. made? Governors, the legislature or any We need to get our student-faculty A. When we have these new statewide entity to get bigger. When ratio to 10:1. It's between 11:1 and dorms up and running for a year or I've had informal discussions with 12:1 now. We're adding four tenure­ so the administration, presumably the chancellor and others about track lines right now, two in Chinese the president, whoever that is at that potential enrollments down the language and culture, although we've point in time, would administer road, the attitude basically is, "You only successfully hired in one; one in some more formal modes of con­ guys decide because no matter how cultural anthropology with an stituency-wide discussion about the big you might decide it \vill never be African specialization; and a new line pros and cons of a larger enrollment. big enough to affect our access issues in developmental economics with a There would be some structured way in the state of Florida. New College specialization in Latin America. We of having everybody who had a stake is in a class by itself." may not have the one Chinese stud­ in the matter participate in discus­ Q . You mentioned earlier that a ies person by this fall. We're going to sions prior to any formal recommen­ future administration may be deal­ redo the search. We had three people dation that went to the Board of ing with this issue. Do you have we wanted, but all three had high­ 'Ihlstees. The endgame is a Board of future plans that you need to discuss powered professional spouses who 'Ihlstee action. It's not going to come with us? couldn't find the right situation in a vacuum. It will come as a rec­ A. No, it was an indirect way of quickly enough. ommendation from the administra­ saying that discussion, that deci ion, The is ues brought forth in Nim­ tion. I can't imagine this or any is probably so longer term that it bus ("Three Alums' Thoughts on the future administration cooking up a continued on p.l2

NIMB S · Spring 2007 11 Luring students: The 'loosey-goosey' factor continued from p. 11 come into a situation where com­ affairs- we've added additional may be a subsequent admini tration mitments were made for four years. staffers-is to develop a clearer pro­ that undertakes them. My immedi­ The reality is it's hard for us to file for not just the student but the ate goal is to get the discussion recruit out-of-state students without student's family so that coming here going. making it very affordable. Out-of­ rather than going to Bowdoin, Q. How have the high-profile state tuition is about $18,000 now; because Bowdoin is sending so ran kings by U.S. Ne:ws eJ World in-state is about $3,400. much money to them, doesn't seem Report, Princeton Review Kiplinger Q. Is money the biggest factor in crazy to them. The trick is not to sell and Lauren Pope' book, Colleges attracting out-of-state students? our soul by eliminating the loosey­ That Change Lives, affected admis­ A. It's the biggest. New College is goosey element that makes us what sions? How competitive is New Col­ not for everybody. It can be harder we are, but by showcasing the loosey lege and what is our long-term out­ to articulate the fit for that student goosey element to illustrate that this look statewide and nationally? who is some distance away. The kind of education really turns into A. One good argument for not parental factor is important, and one something, that it's transformative growing beyond the 800 is that we reason we're investing in public education. could make admissions more com­ petitive. Applications last year, for fall of'06 class, went up 31 percent. I think it was mostly due to our Reasons to come to reunion first-time appearance in U.S. News eJ World Report. This year we went by Mwy Ruiz '73 you will see me there. Dr. Robert from No. 3 to No. 1 and applications Benedetti is joining us. are only up 11 or 12 percent, but Memorial Day Weekend (May Those of you who entered in '72 coming on the heels of a 31 percent 25- 27) is a fine time to head to the will remember seeing Bob on his increase, we're happy that they went 2007 New College reunion because bicycle as a new political science up at all. Our biggest concern is the it coincides with graduation. At this professor. Those of you who volatility of yield of out-of-state stu­ very moment, New College seniors entered in '82 saw Dr. Benedetti dents. We would like to get back to are deciding whether to walk half­ appointed as provost in '83 after a 50-50 ratio ofin-state, out-of­ naked or fu Uy costumed in medieval the six-month tenure of his prede­ state. ltight now in-state is in the garb to accept their diploma. Count cessor ended. Before Provost high 70s, pushing 80 percent, on us raising a glass to these newest Benedetti left New College in '89, because of the success of Bright members of the New College Alum­ he took great pains to found and Futures [the State of Florida's schol­ nae/i Association. foster the New College Alumnae/i arship program that pays full or We are welcoming alums from Association in '85. partial tuition for high-achieving every entering class but especially Yes, it is a fine time to head to students]. A lot ofthe increases last those from years '67, '72, '77, '82, '87, the 2007 New College reunion for a year in that 31 percent and the '92, '97 and '02. If you have any lot of reasons. I am looking forward increase in applications this year doubts about whether it is a good to seeing you and thanking Bob for was in out-of-state students, and idea to come back, I submit to you believing in us as students and as we've been targeting that, but we're that your Zoo College classmates are alums. not getting a very accurate yield on very likely the only people who real­ them. I think Kathy Killion [New ly understand you. There is also the College dean of admissions] inherit­ prospect of enjoying the bay, the Ruiz serves as president and CEO of ed a financial aid and scholarship water, the sun and the beaches of Manatee Glens, a $25 million non­ packaging program which may have subtropical Florida with these same profit in Bradenton, Fla., that helps diverted too much of our aid money people. families in crisis with mental health to students with Bright Futures. There is yet another reason to and addictions services. She is also Kathy has astutely decided that is come to the New College reunion the founding president ofthe New not money well spcn t, but she's this year. I confess it is the reason College Alumnae/i Association.

12 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

What an exciting time to be from Boston to San Francisco. New College alums! New College As we begin to wrap up the has gained much national recogni­ spring season, our last major event tion over the past year and the for the 2006-2007 year will be NCAA has been working hard to taking place on the New College increase the ways in which you campus. Alumnae/i Reunion stay connected. Weekend May 25-27 is one you do Over the past year, the NCAA not want to miss! leadership has set goals for gaining There will be a New College more alumnae/i involvement. This Campus Master Plan panel discus­ summer, the NCAA will be launch­ sion on Saturday led by Jono ing an entirely new Web site Miller '70. Don't miss this oppor­ geared to keeping you informed of tunity to find out more about the the great things happening at New future plans of New College from College and the programs that we New College professors, staff and offer. It will also give you as alum­ students. nae/i the opportunity to network Come early on Friday and take 'jessica Rogers, with each other through profes­ part in a tour of the new dorm con­ NCAA e;recutive director sions and interests. Please see struction on the east end of cam­ Adam Rivers's article in this issue pus. There will also be tours offered out more about the Palm Court for more information. of the Jane Bancroft Cook Library Scholarship Initiative President This year, the NCAA has and the Pritzker Marine Lab. Bill Rosenberg outlines in his let­ organized a record number of New College Political Science ter in this issue. chapter events across the United Professor Emeritus Bob Benedetti I would like to take this oppor­ States. The purpose of these will be honored at this year's fes­ tunity to say a special thank-you events has been to provide infor­ tivities. Larry Vernaglia and Dave to the 398 alumnae/i who con­ mation about current initiatives, Smolker will hold an organization­ tributed over $55,000 in the past give updates on programs and al meeting for New College Alum­ year through our student-led create an atmosphere where nae/i in law professions on Sun­ Phone-a-Thon. Your contributions alumnae/i can reconnect with day. The law meeting will follow continue to support the NCAA's their classmates. Since our last the NCAA State of the Association core programs and help us provide issue, we have had 11 gatherings meeting on Sunday, where you you with continued benefits like in cities throughout the country will have the opportunity to find the Nimbus and the Web site.

Ultimate Frisbee team a New College first

NimlnLS reported in its fall 2006 and spring of 2001. Today the team wins at least a couple of games in issue that NC's Sailing Club was in has about 10 to 15 regular players any given tournament and nearly line to be the first intercollegiate and competed recently at University upset Georgia's B Team. team in New College's history. The of Florida's Florida Winter Classic But, as the name implies, the ultimate Frisbee team, New College Tournament. team's principal objective is to have Fun, begs to differ. New College Fun is competitive fun and hopes to play another sea­ New College Fun was founded in against smaller schools and larger son ofleague and additional tourna­ fall 2000 by Mike Cenzer and Chris schools' B teams. This year the Fun ments this semester if it receives Limburg, both fourth years at the has been rebuilding with mostly funding from the New College Ath­ time. The team competed in the fall first-year students, but the team still letic Reserve Committee.

NlMBUS · Spring 2007 13 FROM THE ARCHIVES: 1971 South Hall22 Takes Over NC President's Office There are archives, and there are memories. Memories and viewpoints differ from person to person, and jostle with the passing of time. In telling the story of an event that rocked the campus long ago, I gathered all these elements . Readers, you will add your own. It's all part of the story that we call New College. Ginger Lyon, NC '70.

Protesters, including Ly a Anders on, C '69 (back row, center), camping out in the President's outh Hall office.

In 1971 , the Women's Liberation movement was gaining team. The VietNam and Civil Rights movements had just peaked. The ew College campu wa , in the word of Pre ident John Elmendorf, " mall, i olated and inten e", one that was- particularly in contra t to the campus of today- decidedly rna culine in tone.

Robin Morgan, editor of the anthology, Si terhood i Powerful, came to campus as a vi iting in tructor. Invigorated by her presence and teaching, a group of women tudents rai ed i ues. Their concerns, they felt, were ignored. There was al o a cultural clash between the aggre ive stance of Robin Morgan and the more laid back, paternalistic style of the New College of that day. A group of femini t student presented Pre ident Elmendorf with a set of demands, including availability of birth control, inc rea ed lighting and security, provision of. elf-defen e classc , hiring of more women professors, and payment of a minimum 2 per hour wage for female per onnel working on campu . n ati fied with the Pre ident' re pon e, the group returned to hi office, and remained there for 5 days. The group was determined to stay in the President's office until they got a reply to their demands. Dr. Elmendorf said, "The girl can tay indefinitely, but their tactic arc hurting the very cau e they e pou e." John Elmendorf likened the school to a premature infant, "ahead of its time, full Balcony of South Hall. The fist-in-female of promise, and facing great challenges''. ymbol was fir t widely cen on the cover of isterhood is Powerful.

The prote ters, oon known as the South Hall 22, lepton the Pre ident's couch and Oriental rug , and ate food brought in by runners. Mary Elmendorf, the President' widow and C Honorary Alumna, recalls John Elmendorf being grateful that they were not destructive of his per onal belongings, although he hrewdly took the tep of di connecting the phone, Ie t any long di tance calls be made.

In the student body, there were mixed reaction : amu ement, support for the i ues, di dain for the tactics, and hurt feeling that such a divi ivc action was taken in a etting that saw it elf a family.

Newspaper, TV and radio reporter poured in. The Sarasota community--- the prime source of financial and intellectual upport to the College--- reacted har hly.

14 NIMB S · Spring 2007 The di ruption and media attention inten ified. Acting on her own, student Sheila Roher, C '70, petitioned the Student Court to bring an injunction again tthe prote tors for interfering with education. A Town Meeting wa held in Hamilton Center, and the student body voted overwhelmingly in favor of the injunction. TI1e it-in ended.

But the repercu sions did not. The protesters faced anger and ostracism: many did not continue at New College. The president seemed haken, despite the generally good reaction to the way he handled the cri i . Robin Morgan came to be ecn as a somewhat misleading figure, one who stirred thing up then departed with nary a backward glance.

An alternative women's negot1atmg group was formed, taking up many of the issues the outh Hall 22 had rai ed. Voice were rai ed for gay liberation. A cycle of ocial change had begun. The South Hall 22 knocked down doors that others later walked through.

Ly a Ander on recall the year of the sit-in and its aftermath "to be a time of awakening, and good practice for when I have had to stand up for my elf, unafraid of my own voice." Laura Breeze, NC '70, a supporter of the prole t who served a a messenger during the sit-in, peak of "learning that I could be part of a collective action without losing my individuality." Protc ter Colleen Clark C '70 (mother of Selena Clark Lee, NC '98), recalling both the pain and the empowerment, states, "The deepe t le on wa that true independence i built with trong, loving, interdependent connection with other -women and men."

Music Room, library (now College Hall). In a press con!erence held after the sit·ln, activist Kim McCutcheon reads a statement from lhe group.

For more information on the sit-in and the community respon c, go to www.ncf.edu/novaklgwebi/Ar hi e/. it.htm

Thank you, Gail ovak, of the ew College Library for a embling and po ting the archive . New College Reunion, 2004: AI lhe dedication of the Keating Center, home ot the NCAA, Mary Elmendorl (second from left) gathers Ginger, Laura and Lyssa under her wings.

NIMBUS · Spring 2007 15 OBITUARIES

where he hosted the HighwaymenT­ 3161 Calle Cedro, Santa Barbara, CA Julian Clancy Frazier '98 Nf's cocktail bar dressed in his tra­ 93105. ditional costume of a red union suit Julian Clancy Frazier '98, 29, and teddy bear slippers.

1() NIMBUS · Spa;ng ~007 CLASS NOTES

1964 the weekend crochet expert. They'd love to see New College knitters and crocheters as well as the merely Carol Davis writes, "My maiden curious. Their Web site is name is Braginsky, the name my www.atangledskein.com. classmates will remember. I retired from the U.S. government service after 33 years, most of it as an intel­ 1969 ligence analyst. I am now working on a history project." John Lentini writes, "Forensic scien­ tist specialist in fire investigations. Spent 32 years in Atlanta, then relo­ 1965 cated to the Florida Keys. Traveling and speaking often on the subject of Tom Sorrellmul his dog, Tseyi Cheryl White Hoffman and fires and standardization in forensic lawrence Paulson have opened A sciences. Don't believe what you see Tangled Skein, a yarn store at U.S. 1 on CSI. Married the lovely judy Kaye a painting trip through the Midwest and Gallatin Street in Hyattsville, ('68-'72) and the proud dad of Julia and West last May." Md., just a few miles north of the and Jerald. Jerald is a double legacy D.C. line. Edna Walker Paulson is who will graduate NC in 2007. Julia is lawyer in Springfield, Mass." 1972

Seth Reiss is married to Patricia OBITUARIES 1970 Reiss, nee Podevin, and has two children, Dominic, 15, and Angela, continued from p. 16 William Conerly writes, "A native 12. He is a lawyer with Godbey Grif­ She was the statewide coordina­ Oregonian since 1984! Working for fiths Reiss Chong LLP, a Honolulu tor for the Florida Kinship Center at myself as economic consultant, after firm specializing in intellectual the University of South Florida a lot of grad school, a little teaching, property, Internet law and civil liti­ School of Social Work and formerly and lots of corporate work. Married, gation, www.lex-ip.com and a senior health educator with the two boys (one in college, one nearly www.lawhi.com. HRS Health Department in Perry, there). Web site: www.ConerlyCon Fla., where she was the teen-preg­ suiting. com." nancy-prevention coordinator and 1973 was very active in community out­ To m Sorrell writes, "The second edi­ reach with teens. She was also the tion of my textbook Organic Chem­ Julian Kaplan writes, "Still living in former chair of the Taylor County istry was published last year. This NYC. Recently celebrated our lOth Health Department's Step Up Flori­ year, I plan to retire from my posi­ anniversary with my partner oflO da program. tion as professor of chemistry at the years, Walter Mullin. Working as At New College, which she University of North Carolina at general counsel of Siemens Real entered in 1992, she was a psycholo­ Chapel Hill after 30 years. I am Estate Inc. and as a private gy major. She was also New Col­ moving to Toledo, Ohio, and intend investor." lege's first "super RA" and was well to pursue a second career as an known on campus for her bubbly artist after getting married on 07- personality. 07-07. Attached is a photo taken at 1974 She moved to Tampa from Perry Badlands National Park of me and in January 2005 and married Bill my dog Tseyi (pronounced 'shay'; William Dudley, former advisory Carver there on March 11, 2006. Navajo for 'in the rock'). We were on director of Goldman Sachs & Co.,

NIMB S · Spring 200 7 17 CLASS NOTES (CONTINUED) became the executive vice president first San Francisco branch library. A ding anniversary. They are the par­ for markets for the Federal Reserve Lib-rary Book, Koloski's first public ents of eight children: five biological Bank of New York on Jan. 1, 2007. art commission, is an accordion-fold sons, aged 21, 18, 16, 13 and 10; two book with eight massive pages that is adoptive daughters from India, aged suspended from the 25-foot ceiling of 20 and 18; and a two-year-old bio­ 1975 the reading lounge in the Mission logical daughter. Because of their Bay branch library at Fourth and personal experiences with their lonnie Draper is still practicing Berry Streets in San Francisco. adoptive daughters, whom they medicine part time while he works Koloski has been a San Francisco were shocked to discover had been as the founding CEO of Avocare. r ident since 1985. He and Claudia stolen from their Indian parents This company invented an ATM Willen '75 celebrated their 20th and processed through a money­ machine that dispenses prescription wedding anniversary in March. hungry, myth-driven, politically medicine directly to the patient in a Koloski's art has been shown powerful international adoption sys­ pharmacy, doctor's office or ER. The throughout the United States and tem, David and Desiree have company also developed the soft­ have been acquired for private and become active in the movement to ware that runs the Regional Health corporate col1ection . For more infor­ reform international adoption. Information Exchange. Lonnie was mation, see www.vincekoloski.com. Their Web site, www.adoptinginter the gracious host of the Tallahassee nationally.com, contains their adop­ alum gathering on March 7 honor­ tive daughters' story as well as links ing Keith Fitzgerald. 1976 to David's scholarship in the area of international adoption regulation. Vince Koloski writes, "Still doing David Smolin, a professor of law at sculpture using neon, LEDs, and Samford University's Cumberland other illuminated materials." Koloski School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., 1977 recently created and installed an and Desiree Howell Smolin '78 enormous illuminated book for the recently celebrated their 25th wed- Gregory Dubois-Felsmann and his wife, Beverly, are the proud parents of twin daughters, Eleanor Rose and Miranda Lily, born on Dec. 13, 2006.

1978

Thomas Hill writes, "Retired Army, continuing to work at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Married 26 years to Karen, with two daughters, Amanda and Leslie."

james j. McDonald jr., managing partner of the Irvine office of the national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP, has been named to the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. McDonald has practiced labor and employ­ ment law exclusively for more than Vince Koloski's illuminated book hangs in a San .Franci

18 NIMB S · Spring 200i treatise Mental and Errwtional Mexico .... Spend 3-5 weekends a Donal. During my time at NC I Injuries in Employment Litigation year visiting friends in Maui ... became a close friend of Soo Bong (BNA Books 2001) and author of work like ... well, work like a typi­ and also his lovely \vife. In 1993, I more than 50 published articles on cal software slave who's left the Bay got married at NC outside Cook labor and employment law. He is Area. I miss San Fran." Hall, and Soo Bong was my best former chairman of the board of man at my wedding. Sadly, Soo directors of the Irvine, Calif., Cham­ Bong died four months later. I have ber of Commerce and currently 1985 dedicated my fine art Web photo serves as vice chair and general gallery to the memory of oo Bong, counsel of that organization. Meg Davis writes, "I finished my BS as he was my mentor, friend and at Florida State in 1988 and earned guru and hero. Here is the Web site: my PhD from the State University of www.imagenoir.neL I hope that you 1979 New York at Albany School of Public will be able to make fellow alumni Health in biomedical science. I am aware of my dedication to Soo Bong Eric Walzer writes that he is cur­ currently a scientist at the National Chae." rently the finance director for the Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Caribbean and Latin America for Md., doing research in neurophar­ Avaya Inc. macology and brain development." 1986

Eric Gottshall writes, "Recently Donal Martin writes: "I just wanted Karen Williams (Stasiow ki) writes, posted to London doing technology to inform you that I have dedicated "Justin and I have a beautiful baby surveillance in Europe for the Office my fine art black-and-white photo­ girl, Lyora Bryanna, who was born of Naval Research. Had drinks with graph gallery Imagenoir to my dear on May 2, 2006. She is a precious May Wu Gibson '79 recently and deceased friend [Professor of Math­ miracle baby who survived four motivated to contact old friends." ematics] Soo Bong Chae. I was a months of bed rest for Mom to student at New College from come into this world an absolutely Dublin, Ireland, and it was becau e amazing bouncy baby." 1980 of Soo Bong that I went to NC as one of the first exchange tudents Molly Olah (Malloy) writes, "I am a Ron Rostow writes, "Personal status from Ireland to visit NC. I was one professional violini t and violist is: Gratefully Single. One son, Sam, of two Irish students, both named who teaches and gigs in the Raleigh, fifth grade age 11 (born 1995). CFO of a not-for-profit organization, a skilled nursing facility in We tchester County, N.Y."

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Elisa Carlson writes, "I have two kids, 10 and 13, and a husband. I am a senior librarian at East County Regional Library in Lehigh Acres Fla. I run, and home school one kid for now."

Mine Ogura writes, "I'm living in LA, the town I swore I'd never move to. I remember a few jokes about earthquakes and beaches in New Professional mu3ician Molly Olah (center) plays in the Rakigh, NC., area.

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N.C., area. I'm married to a fellow Corey Remile writes, "I am current­ yet. Ed Edsten '89 is going to be my professional musician who plays the ly a sociology professor at Wake best man. trombone, and we have two cats, Forest University. My wife Kather­ Cletus and Clementine. I have ine and I have a three-year-old attached my photo- I'm the one in daughter named Natalia." 1990 the middle with the violin. We have a Web site, www.olahs.com." Nicolas (Nic) Cook and wife Jill had Scott Pesetsky writes, "Hi. I just got a boy, Lars Leonard-Cook, in late engaged to Jennifer Marshall. We December 2006. Nic still works have poker games with New College 1987 deep in the salt mines of the Con­ alums Seth Clou , Agne Farr and gressional Research Service, where Devin Coleman-Derr." he covers Africa issues for the U.S. Arlynda Boyer has had quite a year. Congress. He's sometimes let off­ In an episode that aired March 29, leash to travel to the continent. E­ 1991 she appeared as a contestant on mail him at [email protected]. Jeopa1·dy! The month before, she David Bryant writes, " ince leaving read her tribute essay, "How Dale the New College Alumnae/i As oci­ Earnhardt Made Me a Better Bud­ ation in May 2005, I mo ed to dhist," on National Public Radio's Tampa and now work as member­ sports show, Only a Game. She is ship manager at the Florida Aquari­ development operations manager of um (www.flaquarium.org). It's a the American Shakespeare Center great place to work ... we have pen­ in Staunton, Va. guins! My wife and I had a beautiful baby girl named Jackie on Decem­ Chelsea Jones has settled into the ber 9, 2005. She's the cutest baby ever." position of international documents Nic Cook and son Lars librarian at the University of Florida. Mary Osburn writes, "Since gradu­ ating from NC as a 'SOTA; I have Larry Vernaglia is a partner and 1989 been a public assistance specialist member of the health care industry and a psych rehab counselor, then a team at Foley & Larnder LLP, in We don't know if it's coincidence or family/crisis intervention counselor, a conspiracy, but two New College Boston Massachusetts. He is mar­ in Northern Florida. I retired in '05 ried to Liz Rudow Vernaglia '87 and alums appeared on Jeopardy! in after the death of my spouse and is the past president of the New Col­ shows that aired in March. Carla returned to SRQ. I found a home in lege Alumnae/i Association. Ea tis, assistant professor of sociolo­ the Tampa Bay area, moved again, gy at Catawba College, appeared in a and am currently exploring the joys show that aired March 8, three of retirement, single living, and con­ 1988 weeks before the airing of an episode sidering what to do with the many featuring Arlynda Boyer '87. 'blank pages' in my redefinition Kristi Coulter writes, "I'm living in process." Seattle and working as head of edi­ torial for Amazon's books and media Malcolm Maclachlan writes, "I'm a Graham Strouse writes, "I could tell businesses." reporter and photographer covering you, but then I'd have to kill you. California politics for a paper called Again." Jennifer Whitten is an artist, board the Capitol Weekly. My girlfriend certified art therapist and profes­ Hanh and I are also getting mar­ Richard Butgereit has become the sional clinical counselor. ried, though we haven't set a date GIS administrator for the Florida

20 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 Division of Emergency Manage­ dsviJle, N.C., back in October and Michelle Wolper writes, "I am an ment after 14 years with the Florida are operating it as a museum and assistant director of a nonprofit Department of Environmental Pro­ getting ready to cater to weddings organization with a concentration tection. Located at the tate Emer­ and functions this summer. There's in development and implementa­ gency Operations Center, Richard more info on our website www.chin tion of community restorative jus­ leads a team of GIS analysts plan­ quapenn.com." tice programs. I am married-new ning for and responding to the last name is Lanier." state's emergencies. He continues to work on the side with his own GIS 1993 consulting company, recently under­ 1995 taking projects with submerged cul­ Dave White has a PhD from the tural resources within the Florida University of Missouri-Columbia Julia McReynolds received her MA Keys National Marine Sanctuary in Latin American studies at UT. and is a founding member and play­ and heritage-park planning in the McReynolds is now starting a PhD wright-in-residence of Generous Bahamas. When interviewed for his program in sociology at the Uni­ Company, a not-for-profit corpora­ new job at DEM and asked to versity ofWisconsin-Madison. tion dedicated to creating a gener­ de cribe himself in three words, he quickly responded, "hard drinking ous, collaborative environment for womanizer," demonstrating that the development and production of 1996 despite his professional success, new works for the stage. Dave has nothing else much has changed. worked as the literary manager and Gabrielle Finckbone writes, "I can't dirrctor of educational outreach for seem to stay in one place very long the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center ... my latest home i the Columbia 1992 in Waterford, Conn., for the 2004- City district of Seattle where I work 2006 seasons. He works as a play­ as a public Montessori elementary Lisa Yamoaka writes, "My husband wright, dramaturg, director, produc­ teacher." and I bought Chinqua Penn in Rei- er and performer; his work has been seen in New York and on regional Danny Gonzalez writes, "Recently and university stages around the moved to the Miami Project to country. Cure Paraly is. It' incredible. Check us out at viemmonlab.com!"

1994 Erik Maki writes, "Just a few months shy of getting my license, I Alison lomaka writes, "My hus­ decided to join the global educa­ tion program Up With People. I band has made a career change was scheduled to tour just after into the video game industry, so graduating from NC in 2000, but we've relocated to Seattle. I drove they closed their doors in January all 3,600 miles-fortunately with 2001. This year they resumed their the company of Kelly Samek '94! tours. Since July of 2006, I have I'm working from home as a soft­ been touring with over 80 people ware engineer for St. Pete-based (ages 17-30) from over 23 different Freedom cientific. We're enjoying countries. We have traveled exploring the Pacific Northwest through the Midwest U. .; we are and have also recently caught up currently in Japan for six weeks, with alums Adam Clark '94, Kim and we will be spending six weeks Heiman '96 and Meike Nieder­ in Europe. Please check out hausen '94, all of whom live in www.upwithpeople.org if you are Lisa Yamoaka and son Oregon." interested in more information

NIMBU · Spring 2007 21 CLASS NOTES (CONTINUED) about the program. Or you can College thesis. In my spare time I health and human services for email me. Take care y'all." have a keen habit of searching for Florida Governor Charlie Crist. lost children on the Internet and Mario Rodriguez writes, "Hi! I'm counseling them. I am so Adult an entering doctoral student at the Contemporary Industrial. I am 1998 Annenberg chool for Communi­ harmles . Please don't hesitate to cations at the University of Penn­ call or write ... 941-284-6054, Jane Klevin writes, "I am currently sylvania. I was a general studies [email protected]." serving in Peace Corps Senegal. My major at N , and wrote on the address here is PCV Jane Klevin, Catalyst for over two years. I al o Shannah Smith writes: "I'm a civil B.P.83, Boki Diawe, enegal, West have a master's in journalism from rights lawyer in North arolina Africa." UF. If anyone would like to talk (graduated from UNC Chapel Hill about a potential future in the chool of Law in 2004). I got field of communications, whether engaged in November 2006. Web Jessica Frasure writes, "I am cur­ that be as an academic or as a site: www.my pace.com/shannah rently attending the University of journalist, I'd be happy to discuss smith." California at Berkeley, pursuing a it with you! In particular, I'm master's degree in public health in interested in fostering forms of the epidemiology and biostatistics online democracy, surveillance, 1997 program. I am living in a commu­ and qualitative research methods. nity in San Francisco and am I also love writing fiction, and Karen Halperin has been named blessed to have such a strong and wrote science fiction for my New the deputy policy director for loving support network."

Shawn Yuskaitis writes, "Since leav­ ing New College I have lived and managed businesses throughout Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. I would love to reconnect with old classmates and professors."

Steven Wheeler is currently doing postdoctoral research in computa­ tional organic chemistry/computa­ tional biochemistry at UCLA.

Marylee Bussard writes, "I moved here to Chicago to pursue music. I am recording an album of original music and playing in a Brazilian jazz duo (www.sonicbids.com/ bo saaureo ). I'm also teaching Pilates, and will likely/hopefully start working for the Old Town School of Folk Music (which I John Mueller '70 mul John Cranor '64 at the March 31 alum gathering in wrote about in my New College Bo. ton, Mas.~. thesis) within a few weeks."

22 NIMBUS · Spring 2007 Heather Normandale is currently a 1999 musician and kid's club teacher at a sports club. Sarahjayn Kemp writes, "I currently teach fifth grade at Tampa Bay Katie Solli writes, "Proud owner of a Boulevard Elementary School. I pair of cowgirl boots!" have applied for national board certification this year, so I feel like David Savarese writes, "Going to the a real teacher now. I have two cats New School. Working at the Long named Hamlet ("Hammy") and Term Care Community Coalition. Schminkie. I am really afraid of Matt Mazzuckelli Living the Dream." becoming 'the crazy cat lady.' I am and Kate Pritchett still working on my art, and I have started an online political discus­ 2000 2001 sion group: http://groups.yahoo .com/groupjabetterwaytampabay/. Nathaniel Burbank writes, "I'm cur­ Amelia Bird is currently attending I also moderate an online teaching rently working in software develop­ the University of Iowa Nonfiction group in Tampa: http:/ /groups.yah ment for the Harvard Business Writing MFA Program. oo.com/group/teachersintampa/, School." but I seriously doubt anyone's lawrence Bowdish is a PhD candi­ interested in that." date following the successful Megan Rimelspach writes, "I gradu­ defense of his master's thesis about ated and moved ten time zones Alicia Windsor-Svanstedt is an women and credit policy. away, but somehow I got sucked American human rights lawyer liv­ back to the 'center of the universe; ing in London. She writes, "Love to Sascha Mohr is a PhD student of where, daily, I try to fulfill my role talk to alums from all years but economics at the University of as a sketchy alum/NCF coordinator sorry- I am not a free place to stay Edinburgh. of student volunteering." in London."

Katie Helms writes, "Jeff Huber '04 and I are living in Richmond, Va. lie is working towards a master's degree in acupuncture at Tai Sophia in Maryland. I am studying for a master's in art education and am working as the assistant editor for Art Education Joumal. We'd love to hear from any NCers who are passing through RVA!"

Matt Mazzuckelli writes, "I am still working at Motricity as a mobile-device specialist, but have gone back to school and obtained CompTIA and Microsoft certifica­ tions. I am currently pursuing additional security and Cisco certi­ fications. I am living \vith Kate NC President Mike Michalson (lift) chllt.~ with Pwzeet San.lllw a prospectil>e Pritchett '98." 8tudent, an.ll her parents in Tampa Feb. 25.

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