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Fulbright Scholars: Destination Turkey Erin Dalvini ’12 is the second Sweet Briar graduate in as many years to receive a 10-month Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Turkey. She is teaching at Amasya University in Amasya. Kat Alexander, a 2011 graduate in government, recently completed her assistantship in Trabzon, on the Black Sea in the country’s northeast. Dalvini, who graduated from Sweet Briar in the spring with a degree in anthropology, has returned to a country she fell in love with on two previous visits. Her most recent
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771 Bon Air Circle Lynchburg, VA 24503 amrsbc42@gmail.com Reunion was great, though I missed you! Even though I was the only one representing our class, everybody welcomed me into their functions. As always, the panels of faculty, administrators, students and other alumnae were fascinating. I hope all of you read the College magazine and keep up with all the additions and renovations. However, the overall look and feeling of the campus we love remains the same. Unfortunately, none of you have sent any news. I saw Sally Schall VanAllen at the Mother’s Day tea, given each year by her son Kent and wife Kay. Once in a while, I hear news from one of your grandchildren. Lucy Call Dabney’s granddaughter, Lucy, continues to do a good job running the dining facilities at the Craddock
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experience there was on an eight-week Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. State Department last summer. Dalvini sought the State Department scholarship because she wanted an experience that would allow her to learn a language while “fully immersed in the society that it belongs to,” she said. The intensive language instruction and cultural enrichment program, which she attended at Ankara University TÖMER, provided just that, and affirmed her affection for Turkey and its people.
Terry Hotel. Laura Graves Howell’s daughter, Laura Howell James, is an outstanding artist in Annapolis. I’m still in pretty good health, still live in my home of 50-plus years and enjoy my yard. I continue to go to SBC for the summer theater and Friends of Library. The new expansion is unbelievable. We mourn the loss of our dear friends, Virginia “Beasle” Thayer Boothby, Jessamine Boyce Morris, Nancy Goldbarth Glaser, Elizabeth Chamberlain and Mary Stone “Stoney” Moore Rutherfoord. I’d love to hear from you whether or not you have any news.
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She didn’t speak a word of Turkish when she arrived, and her host mom spoke no English. “It led to some pretty confusing, as well as hilarious, situations,” Dalvini says. “Despite the initial language barrier, we lived well together. She really took it upon herself to introduce me to her family and friends. These interactions allowed me to experience how open and hospitable Turks are with those who want to learn about their way of life.” Those eight weeks made applying for the Fulbright a no-brainer and, she believes, made her a stronger contender for the prestigious grant. “I loved the CLS experience — having to rely on myself and my new language skills to navigate through everyday life,” she said. “When I was in Turkey, every day was an adventure. Waking up in the morning and knowing that you are not going to understand most of what is being said around you is an experience like no other.”
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Our class numbers 52 today. Julia Mills Jacobsen, whose sight is impaired, ran her electric scooter into the side of the house a year ago. She nearly lost her leg and had a lengthy hospital stay. She hopes to visit SBC one more time—our 70th? Julie stays in touch with Peggy Wyllie. Anne Dickson Waldrop and her second husband are living in Salem, Va. In Roanoke she sees Edie Page Gill Breakell, who suffered a stroke in Jan. and is still recovering. Amanda Parsley Worth was widowed in 1991 after 43 years. She has 3 children, 3 grandchildren and 5 greatgrands. She reads, cooks, walks, knits and visits the beach. Mary Kathryn Frye Hemphill says: “Find a good retirement place, a good solution to your children’s worries about what to do with Mama.” Wyline Chapman Sayler (88) and
husband Henry (my brother, 91) still love St. Petersburg. They have their circle of travel, church and Racquet Club; she still drives. Of 4 boys, 2 are in town—one across the state and one in Ellijay, Ga. They have 10 grandchildren. Jean Ridler Fahrenbach had a busy summer with a cruise on the Great Lakes and trips to Portland, Maine for family reunions. She looks forward to a Rhodes Scholar Program at Glacier Park in Sept. She stays busy with Mah Jong, volunteer work and her computer/iPad. Betty Gray is in a retirement community. She keeps in touch with friends. Mary Haskins King sees her Lookout Mt. friends occasionally. Hilda Hude Chapin and her husband, Ed, are still in their home. Mary’s daughter is taking her to visit SBC in Oct. Frances Estes Seibels has 11 greatgranddaughters and another on the way—amazing after having 2 daughters and 2 sons. Hedy Edwards Davenport built a house on the brow of Lookout Mt. at age 72. She plays golf and bridge, travels and spends winters in her house in Fla. She goes to Spoleto in