Obviously not a math major...

This was posted by a Smithie, class of '07 on the Daily Jolt Alum Forum today:

"...someone who graduated in '99 seems old enough to be my mother..."

....awesome.

Who You Know

So this is a little behind, but it is still very exciting. Earlier this summer Ernessa Carter co-wrote and co-produced a promo for a series called Who You Know. She and her co-writers/producers entered the promo into a FX Channel competition to find the best pitch for a new series. Back in June they found out they were in the top 20. (YAY!) Result of the contest were announced on FX at the end of June (sorry about being so behind Ernessa). While they did not win, Ernessa's promo placed in the top 5. Congratulations Ernessa!!!!!!

Check out Ernessa's blog to see what she is working on next... I love the the movie reviews.

Some Very Sad News

I am very sad to report that Megan Moritz was killed in a car crash on June 1, 2006. Megan was a resident of Morris House and biology major at Smith. After Smith she went on to the University of Iowa Medical School and was in the surgical residency program at Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix at the time of her death. Further details are here.

If anyone would like to send a card to her parents please send me an email and I will send you their mailing address.

The 29-Year-Old Virgin

It's rare that I receive any news in my daily "Smith in the News" digest from the publications office that causes a double take, but today I did. Sarah DiMuro ('99) has caught the attention of everyone from Llyod Grove's Lowdown to Salon's Broadsheet to the Alumnae Association news feed. Sarah has paired up with Jane Magazine to help her lose her virginity before her 30th birthday. She is keeping a blog of her dates on the Jane website and anyone can log onto to nominate potential suitors.

Sarah's Blog
Jane's Interview with Sarah
Salon's Broadsheet commentary
Llyod Grove's Lowdown mention
Sarah's IMBd listing

Smith and the college rankings...

The rankings are out...

US News & World Report
#19 among the Best Liberal Arts Colleges

Printon Review Best 361 College Ranking
#1 for Best Dorms
#15 for Best Acceptance of GLBT Students
#19 for Best Overall Quality of Life

Congrats to Karen Boehnke!

Alumna Named Director of Annual Support, an Important Source of Financial Aid
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Smith College alumna Karen Boehnke will soon return to campus to assume the post of the director of annual support and volunteer engagement in the Office of Advancement.

Boehnke, a member of the class of 1999, will start Sept. 15, the first day of the college’s annual conference to celebrate the work of its alumnae volunteers.

“Karen brings tremendous talent, energy and commitment to working with Smith volunteers and staff to increase support of the college,” said Debra Thal, class of 1977 and chair of the Alumnae Fund. “We are delighted to have found an alumna with both strong volunteer and professional experience in annual giving.”

Viviat Acemdia Vivant Professores!

Apparently the randomness of my brain locked on Smith this morning, because I started humming Gaudeamus Igitur while commuting to work. Why this most impossible, at least for me, to sing tune popped in my head I will never know, but I thought I would share it with everyone.

Some interesting Wikipedia notes:
It has been known as a beer-drinking song in German and Dutch (and also United Kingdom and even Australian) universities by many generations of students. In Belgian universities, where drinking and singing is actually a common activity for students, it is one of the 'official' songs which are sung as the opening of these singing activities. The lyrics reflect a joyful embracing of the bacchanalian mayhem of life (especially life as found in fraternities and sororities) while simultaneously retaining the grim knowledge that one day we will all die. The song contains humorous and ironic references to sex and death, and many versions have appeared following efforts to bowdlerise this song for performance in public ceremonies. In private, students will typically sing ribald words.

• The Smith College Lyrics and music are in PDF form here.
• The Full Set of Lyrics in latin and translated.
• University of Stuttgart performing. (MP3)

New Email Address for Submitting Alumnae Quarterly Updates & Class Secretary Contact Info.

Hi, guys.

Just wanted to give you a quick "heads up" and let you know that there is a new and improved email address for submitting Class of 1999 Alumnae Quarterly updates. Please send all updates to: smithcollege99@gmail.com

Also, if you've recently sent any updates to the old yahoo account, please note that they cannot be retrieved at this time and therefore, going forward, please forward all Quarterly submissions to the address, above.

Additionally, please note that the next deadline for Alumnae Quarterly submissions is noon on Monday, August 14th. The updates that are submitted before this deadline will be submitted for publication in the Winter issue, not the upcoming Fall issue.


Smith College Alumnae Quarterly Submissions Requirements and Procedures

General Submission Guidelines

1. The Alumnae Quarterly will not publish any references to engagements, plans for adoption, pregnancies, etc. or any contingent/future events. These notes will be deleted from submissions. Only events that have have already taken place will be published.

2. The Alumnae Quarterly will not publish classmates’ personal or business contact information, including website addresses, unless such information is related to official class business. Please note, the Quarterly does not consider mini-reunions, etc. to be official class business.

Photo Submission Guidelines

1. All people in the photo must be identified by their undergraduate (and married names, if any), as well as their class year.

2. Photo submissions should include a brief photo caption.

3. Should you wish to submit photographs along with your updates, they can either be sent to the gmail address, above, or directly to the Smith College Alumnae Quarterly Associate Publications Editor, Cherly Dellecese, at cdellece@smith.edu

4. The Alumnae Quarterly prefers e-mailed photos (JPEGS, ideally at 300 dpi).

Class Secretary's Contact Information

In other news, should any of you wish to reach me, I can be contacted via the address, above, or via my personal email address, ingrid.howard@gmail.com I can also be contacted by phone at 917.364.8899. Feel free to give me a holler with any concerns or questions that you might have.

Peas,

ingrid