Yes, the site has been somewhat neglected of late, but we'll be updating the information shortly for the new year. Thanks for your patience!
2009-12-12 15:07:01
Yes, the site has been somewhat neglected of late, but we'll be updating the information shortly for the new year. Thanks for your patience!
The DC Journalism Networking Group is hosting John Noble, the Director of Career Counseling at Williams on Tuesday, May 9 for a discussion on a number of new initiatives launched by him since he took over OCC last summer.
I can tell you from experience that John is an entertaining as well informative speaker who uses slides to introduce what he calls his Route 2 Program. It includes plans for linking alumni career groups with students on campus plus a new winter study program to link student apprentices with alumni in various career fields.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Law Offices of Wilmer Hale, 1801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 12th Floor conference room. (1801 Pa. is across from the World Bank)
WHO: Any interested Ephs, hosted by Josie Hearn '99 and Kevin Delany '50
Please RSVP to delany.kevin@gmail.com. The conference room at Wilmer Hale holds a maximum of 40 persons so attendance will need be limited to that. Please mark the date.
BIO
John Noble has 16 years experience in directing and redesigning career service operations at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and at Duke University. In both places he engineered the turnaround of career services operations.
John is the author/editor of 10 books and numerous articles on careers and job hunting. He is also a leader in designing and developing online service technologies.
He is a 1975 graduate of Harvard University and has an M.S. degree in education from Bank Street College ? 1980.
The latest Williams in Washington bulletin is now available in .pdf format. Give it a look!
Williams Math Professor Colin Adams will be speaking at an event at American University on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 pm in Ward Hall on the campus of American University. Following the speech and a short question and answer period, there will be a reception with refreshments. The event is FREE as is the reception. All alumni and friends are invited to attend this program. For more information go to the webpage: http://www.mathstat.american.edu/bacon.
WHAT: Opportunity for Williams alumni to get involved in hurricane relief work in the Gulf Coast.
WHEN: March 18 - April 2, 2006.
WHERE: Biloxi, Miss.
WHO: Open to all alums, friends and family. Sponsored by the Williams Alumni Office with Hands On USA, a well-run disaster relief organization with Williams ties. [In addition to Pete Kirkwood '93 and David Campbell P'98, both of whom are on the Board of Directors, a number of alums and undergraduates have volunteered with Hands On USA.]
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please contact:
Chelsea Pollen '05
Alumni Relations Intern
Williams College
75 Park Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
Chelsea.Pollen@WILLIAMS.EDU
Ph: (413) 597-3058
OR
Ari Schoenholtz '05.
05ars@williams.edu
(Ari volunteered with Hands On USA in December and is happy to convey his first-hand account of his experience.)
Thursday, Feb. 16th, 5:30-8pm
Buffalo Billiards
1330 19th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-331-7665
Dupont Circle Metro, South exit
Free appetizers and the following drink specials:
Bud and Miller Lite $2.50
Selected Drafts $3.00
House Wine $3.00
Rail Drinks $3.00 & $3.50
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We hope to see you there!
Our DC Alumni Networking Groups now have official email listservs! We encourage you to sign up for any and all that interest you. Each listserv will be a convenient way for alums working (or hoping to work) in a specific field to communicate with one another. They're also the best place to find out about group happy hours and other networking events.
We currently have groups for the following fields: Education, Environment and Public Health, Finance, Government and Public Policy, Journalism, Law, Nonprofits, and Technology.
Instructions on how to sign up are below.
Questions? Please contact Jen Doleac '03 for info about the Association's Networking Initiative or with technical questions about the listservs
To subscribe to a networking listserv, send an email to No subject line is required. In the body of the message, write the list name (see below), your name, and your class year.
For example: dc-education-ephs-l Ephraim Williams '98
The list names are:
(Note: The last character in the list names is a lowercase letter "L", not the number one.)
Once subscribed, you can send an email to the entire list by addressing it to dc-education-ephs-l @williams.edu, substituting your list's name for "dc-education-ephs-l" as appropriate.
Hot off the presses is our band new Fall Issue in pdf format.
Be sure to go give it a look!
The Association welcomed Professor Laurie Heatherington, Department Chair and Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of Psychology, in August to speak about relationships. Her dynamic presentation on all sorts of relationships -- marriages, child/teen, boss/employee -- resonated with the class. A full house gave Prof. Heatherington a great set of questions that led to an interesting discussion, followed by a strong round of applause!
Thanks to Education Chair Sarah Rispin '96 for organizing and to the Advisory Board Company for hosting. Photos will be posted soon!
Looking ahead, our October Forum, The New Urban Right, will be led by Prof. Steve Sheppard of the Williams economics department and Mike Curtin '86, speaking on urban renewal, gentrification, and the effects on low-income urban residents.
On Saturday, August 6, a group of Williams alums and their friends and families took a scenic steam train trip across the historic mountains between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad! We had our own car, and were acknowledged by the guide as we passed through the mountains. Good times were had by all, and all who RSVPd actually made it up to Cumberland on-time for the departure! We have already had requests for a repeat performance . . . perhaps next fall when the leaves are changing...