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FACULTY SPEAKER THIS WEEKEND IN PALO ALTO
Saturday, June 17 @ 1PM
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Join fellow Smith alums for a faculty speaker event this weekend: Saturday, June 17 @1pm — our first in-person faculty event since Covid shut down this beloved annual club tradition.
Professor Jon Caris, Director of the Smith College Spatial Analysis Lab will join us in Palo Alto to educate us on his work in developing a drone code of ethics, and the history of drones at Smith College.
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About the Speaker
Many of Professor Caris’s initiatives build upon the notion of making invisible, visible. He enjoys creating conditions that afford opportunity to see through a spatial lens, prompting new questions and discussion. Primarily trained as a geographer and environmental planner, Professor Caris received a M.S. in Geo-Environmental Studies from Shippensburg University and a B.A. in Geography from SUNY Geneseo.
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BOOK CLUB
Wednesday, June 21 @ 7:30 PM
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At this month's meeting of the book club we will discuss Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, a visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.
Kindred is available at Kepler's in Menlo Park. Mention the Smith Peninsula Book Club to receive a discount for this book.
Upcoming books::
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July 19: Destined to Witness by Hans Massaquoi
- August 9: Annual Movie Night and potluck: “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren
If you're interested in joining the conversation this month, please contact the Book Club Coordinator Sally Smith '64 via email.
To get details about the monthly meetings click here to join the book club.
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HEY YOU LOVELY ALUM!
JOIN THE BOARD of the SMITH COLLEGE CLUB of the PENINSULA
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'Tis the season to get put the SCCP board together! EVERYONE is invited. Ideally, we would like to have a larger board including "at large" members who join the conversation once a month and help guide our efforts to connect alums, current students, and prospective students from the Peninsula Bay Area.
We need help with communications, high school recruitment fairs, event co-ordination, and any other talent you bring! Please consider joining the board at ANY level. COMPLETE THIS FORM to let us know that you're interested.
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HIKING AT CASTLE ROCK - Saturday, May 13 | |
What a gorgeous day for a hike! We met early at the Robert Kirkwood Entrance and enjoyed this mild-to-moderate 3-mile loop with some elevation, good shade, and amazing views. | |
BOOK CLUB - Wednesday, May 17 | | |
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Six of us gathered via Zoom on May 17 to discuss “The Years,” a memoir by Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux. This book is noteworthy for its format: no chapter divisions, the use of “we” or “she” instead of “I,” and an unusual style of depicting history that we variously saw as impressionistic, reportorial, archaeological, insightful, and boring. We appreciated the way Ernaux was anchored in her family as the world around her changed immensely, and admired many of her turns of phrase. | |
COUNTRY LINE DANCING WORKSHOP - Saturday, May 20 | |
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We danced, y'all! Our very own Appalachian princess Amy Gardner '92 taught us the Boot Scootin' Boogie, the Cowboy Hustle, Texas Two-Step and more! You can listen to the workshop playlist on Spotify HERE, and listen to the at-home practice playlist HERE.
This was our second dance workshop this year, including our K-Pop dance day led by Ellen Dong '22. Are there other dance styles you would be interested in learning? Drop us a note and let us know!
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Join the Fun! Become a Member!
As a paying member of the Smith College Club of the Peninsula, you will get proactive evites to every planned event, and the following additional perks:
- Discounted admission to Club events, including lectures by faculty from the College
- Evite invitations to fun programs geared toward the varying interests of local alums
- The opportunity to meet and form lifelong connections with intelligent, interesting alums
- A sense of satisfaction knowing that Club funds help Smith attract outstanding young women from the Peninsula and provide scholarship funds to enable them to attend the College
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Suggest a Group Event
We're always looking for new ways to meet up and connect. If you have great ideas for group events, there's a way to make those suggestions: Go to our website under the Events tab, or just click here, and you will be presented with a Google form to guide you through your event suggestion. Please complete the form, including as much information as you can. After you submit the form, someone from the club's events team will contact you.
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