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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 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.
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