alumni message
Reunion 2010 Chapter One Two Parsons alumni are already leading out the first official chapter of The New School Alumni Association. The Parsons DC chapter is made up of all the Parsons graduates in the Washington, DC, metro area and is led by co-chairs Dee MacDonald ’75 and Tom Grooms ’75. This group has already started organizing events, networking for career leads, and even fundraising to provide Parsons with scholarship dollars. Parsons DC is our first official chapter, and Joel Towers, dean of Parsons, addressed the group on September 16 as part of the launch. See image 7.
In response to alumni feedback, we have set the 2010 Parsons reunion for the fall. The 2010 reunion honors alumni who graduated in years ending in 0 or 5, with particular emphasis on classes from the 1970s and 1980s and those celebrating their 20th, 25th, or 30th reunion. We are looking to all alumni, though, for input on the format of and programming for this and future reunions and have prepared an online survey to capture your ideas and opinions. If you haven’t yet taken the survey, please visit www.newschool. edu/alumni/parsonsreunionsurvey and share your thoughts with us. Also make sure we have up-to-date contact information for you. Finally, stay tuned for “save the date” information coming in spring 2010; check www.newschool.edu/alumni/parsonsreunion regularly for updates.
1 Wendy Rosica ’85, Lisa Pensenstadler Mauro ’85, Martin Kozlowski ’79, Barry Sanders ’94, Steven Guarnaccia, George Bates ’90, Elisa Bates, Amy Bach ’81, and Yisun Rho ’86 2 Ian Roberts ’05 and Natalie Garber 3 Patrick Hughes, MA ’03, and Marino Isolani ’08 4 Komal Kehar, MA ’06; Brett Allcorn ’09; and Laura Cavaliere, MA ’07 5 Desmond Cheung ’09, Youn Jin Park ’09, Yi Feng ’09, Earlene Go ’09, and Hyosun Yoon ’09 6 Leonard Levine ’59, Blair Laden ’47, Fred Nold ’69, and DeeDee Nold 7 Tom Grooms ’75; Joel Towers, dean of Parsons; and Dee MacDonald ’75 8 Tricia Okin, MFA ’04, and Micheline Hess, MFA ’04 9 Fura Johannesdottir, MFA ’05; Cristina Dias; Jung Sin, MFA ’06; Catalin Lazia, MFA ’05; and Maria Ioveva, MFA ’05
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