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E-Trail: March 2016

Announcements

Welcome President Birge

We welcomed Dr. James F. Birge to our campus and community on his first day as the 12th President of MCLA on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. We look forward to President Birge's leadership and to working together as we go on to do great things!

To read more about President Birge, please click here.

 

Join The Challenge!

Our Spring Phonathon students issued a challenge to the entire alumni community asking you to help them raise $30,000 in 8 weeks! Since then, the alumni community has responded, donating $11,828 towards their goal.

Won’t you join your fellow alumni in helping our students accomplish this large, but very important goal, by making your gift today? Every gift of every size makes a difference.

Join the Challenge by supporting Spring Phonathon today.

 

Class Notes

Keep us and your classmates up-to-date on your latest accomplishments and life events by submitting your class notes through the Alumni Online Community portal or via email to alumni@mcla.edu. Class Notes will be featured in the August edition of our MCLA Alumni Magazine.

 

Month-In-Review

MCLA Alumni Association Board Update

The MCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors met on Saturday, February 27, 2016. Former Interim President Jim Clemmer ’86 provided a campus overview. The Alumni Association Board of Directors thanked him for his work and continued support of the College with a North Adams State College (NASC) sweatshirt.

Interested in NASC apparel? Visit our site for more information on how to get yours.

 

Massachusetts State University Alumni Event Washington, D.C.

Fellow NASC/MCLA alumni and other Massachusetts state university alumni gathered at a cocktail reception on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. This was a celebration of our state university campuses, and for MCLA alumni in attendance, an opportunity to meet President Birge. The event was sponsored by the Presidents of the Massachusetts State University System.

To view photos of the event, please click here.

 

Florida Alumni Event 

MCLA alumni, student athletes, and families gathered on Tuesday, March 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Tradewinds Restaurant at Bahama Bay Resort in Davenport, FL to celebrate the opening of the College’s baseball season. 

To view photos of the event, please click here. 

 

Upcoming Events

Hardman Lecture Series:
Seth Rogovoy

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 11 a.m.
Murdock Hall, Sammer Dennis Room (218)
Free and Open to the Public
Information: (413) 662-5185

Please join us for this year's Hardman Journalist-in-Residence lecture "Keeping the Beat: A Life in Journalism" with Seth Rogovoy - writer, editor, award-winning critic, book author, cultural journalist, lecturer, teacher, radio commentator, cultural programmer, marketing consultant, record producer, theatrical producer, talent buyer’s agent, artist manager, amateur photographer, and musician.

Click here to learn more about Rogovoy.

The Hardman Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of the Hardman Family Endowment.

Click here for information about our lectures.

 

Public Policy Lecture Series:
"Start Here, Succeed There: Stories of Entrepreneurship in the Berkshires"

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7 p.m.
MCLA Church Street Center,
Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public
Information: (413) 662-5185

Please join us for what should be a truly inspiring evening. This panel discussion, moderated by MASS MoCA Director Joseph Thompson, features Thomas Krens, former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and North Adams museum visionary; Mitch and Seth Nash, owners of designer-friendly gift manufacturer Blue Q; Julia Bowen, founding executive director of BART Charter Public School; Brad Svrluga, founder and general partner at Primary Venture Partners; and, Kathy Lloyd ’13, chef and co-owner of the How We Roll food truck in Pittsfield, MA, which was featured on LIVE with Kelly and Michael.

Click here to learn more about the panelists.

The Public Policy lecture series is made possible through the generosity of the Ruth Proud Charitable Trust.

Click here for information about our lectures.

 

Andover Alumni Event 

Join us for an alumni gathering on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the North Andover Country Club, 500 Great Pond Road, North Andover, MA, at 5:30 p.m.

Please join fellow alumni Pamela Kenny Connolly '82, Tony Dolan '84, and Dennis Ducharme '82.

$10 per person (All proceeds to benefit student scholarship aid)
Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar

R.S.V.P by April 7, 2016
advancement@mcla.edu or call (413) 662-5224

To learn more visit our Facebook event.

 

Dance Co. 15th Anniversary Alumni Reception 

Join us as we celebrate the MCLA Dance Co's. 15th Anniversary with an alumni gathering on Friday, April 29, 2016, at MASS MoCA's Rehearsal Hall, North Adams, MA, at 7 p.m.

Ticketed performance to follow at 8:30 p.m. in the Hunter Center. Performance tickets will be available soon at massmoca.org. MCLA alumni receive a discount on tickets. Use promotional code MCLA.

R.S.V.P. by April 22, 2016
advancement@mcla.edu or call (413) 662-5224

 

Upcoming Alumni Athletic Events

Save The Dates

MCLA Men's Soccer Alumni Game 
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Amsler Campus Center, gymnasium 
R.S.V.P.'s and questions: Men's Soccer Head Coach Adam Hildabrand, (413) 662-5007
 

MCLA Women's Volleyball Alumni Game
Saturday, April 16, 2016, 5 p.m. 
Amsler Campus Center, gymnasium
R.S.V.P.'s and questions: Women's Volleyball Head Coach Amanda Beckwith, (413) 662-5061 

 

MCLA Women's Soccer Alumni Game
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 11 a.m.
Shewcraft Field
R.S.V.P.'s and questions: Women's Soccer Head Coach Deb Raber, (413) 662-5355

 

MCLA Presents!
Emel Mathlouthi

March, 31, 7:30 p.m.
MCLA Church Street Center,
Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium

Whether she's singing Bjork's "All is Love," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", or her own lush compositions, Tunisian singer, songwriter, and composer Emel Mathlouthi's intricate sound demands your attention. Emel sings primarily in Arabic, but her emotive and plaintive voice transcends language. Moving between styles like rock, trip-hop, and electronica - all interlaced with classical Arabic tradition, her delicate and rousing songs express love, suffering, and longing for home in a deeply confessional style that verges on sacred Sufi music. 

To read more about Mathlouthi, click here.

For ticket information please click here.

Click here to view other MCLA Presents! performances coming this season.

Thank you to our premier sponsors for the MCLA Presents! 2015-2016 Season:

  

 

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Harmony Birch '17

A Future In The Nonprofit Sector

For Harmony Birch '17, a junior at MCLA, home is the place where you feel stable and secure, it’s the place where the people you love are. MCLA has been Harmony’s home since she first stepped foot on campus. 

“When I was touring colleges it was the only place I could actually see myself being, it’s the only place I’ve ever felt that I truly belonged,” Harmony said. To read more about Harmony's story, click here.

To help make opportunities available for other students, please support the Alumni Fund by making a gift today.

 

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Tess Favini ’14 

Tess Favini '14 of Fitchburg, MA, combined her Bachelor of Arts degree in arts management with her love of event planning and came up with her ideal job: she's the junior events producer for Design Museum Boston. As a MCLA student, Favini remained committed to her arts management major and found herself increasingly drawn to event planning as she took charge of events in her involvement with the Student Activities Council (SAC).

Read more about Tess's experience.

 

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This fall MCLA welcomed Jim Clemmer ’86 as Interim President of MCLA. He will continue in this role until the 12th President of MCLA is selected.
Clemmer served on MCLA’s Board of Trustees as its alumni representative for the last eight years and is a veteran executive with more than 25 years of varied business experience. Now retired, he is a member of the board of directors for Lantheus Holdings, Inc., of North Billerica, Mass. He most recently served as president of the medical supplies segment at Covidien plc in Mansfield, Mass., where he was responsible for managing operations and growth of a $2 billion global business, utilizing 15 manufacturing sites around the world. He has extensive experience in sales and marketing, manufacturing, and research and development. 
Jim is looking forward to spending time with our alumni community during the coming months. 
Click here to read more.
MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center is now in the running to bring a 10-week live music series to North Adams during the summer of 2016.
Sponsored by Levitt Pavilions, the national nonprofit behind the largest free concert series in America, MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center hopes to qualify as one of the 15 winning organizations competing in the Levitt AMP North Adams Grant Awards.
The Levitt AMP North Adams Grant Awards are an exciting matching grant opportunity created by Levitt Pavilions to serve small to mid-sized towns and cities up to 400,000 people. Fifteen nonprofits, or municipalities partnering with a nonprofit, will receive up to $25,000 each in matching funds to produce their own Levitt AMP Music Series—an outdoor, free concert series featuring a diverse lineup of professional musicians.
MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center submitted the proposal for North Adams. The proposed venue site is Colegrove Park. North Adams’s proposal is now posted on the Levitt AMP website for public voting. http://levittamp.org
A successful campaign for MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center depends on community participation to get as many online votes as possible to bring the concert series to town. Community support, as measured by the number of online votes received, will be one of the key factors when Levitt Pavilions selects the 15 winners. 
WE NEED YOUR HELP to choose the Top 20 finalists! Voting opens today November 2, so Spread the word and rally your friends, family, colleagues and neighbors to vote for 2016 Levitt AMP North Adams!
Supporters are asked to visit https://grant.levittamp.org/voter-registration-page/ to register and vote. Online public voting is now open and ends Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. The Top 25 finalists will be selected through online public voting. Levitt Pavilions will then review the proposals of these 25 finalists and the 15 Levitt AMP winners will be announced on January 5, 2016.
MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, the City of North Adams Office of Tourism and Community Events, and MASS MoCA want to expand access to high-quality, family-friendly music in North Adams.  We’ll use the Levitt AMP North Adams Grant to bring ten weeks of awesome music in August, September, and October 2016 to the newly renovated Colegrove Park in the heart of downtown North Adams.  
MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center asks supporters to start spreading the word to family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors and rally the community to sign up and vote for MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center’s proposal.
Learn more at http://levittamp.org.

 

Tony Dolan ’84  Service to the College Award; Sandra Jillson King ’65 Outstanding Educator Emeritus Award; Victoria Welch ’09 Young Alumnus Award; Sara Luczynski ’02 Outstanding Educator Award; Interim President James C. Clemmer ’86; Sharon and Carl Kingsley - the parents of Christopher Kingsley ’90 Distinguished Alumnus Award; and Cecelia Hamrock Kennedy ’78 Humanitarian Award.