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August 2011 The Office of Alumni Relations offers a myriad of ways to help you stay in touch with your friends, make new friends, and give back to your community and to the College. Online alumni social networks help you stay connected to your classmates and network with fellow alumni around the world. Go to http://www.prescott.edu/alumni/index.html for more information on special Collegesponsored regional events bringing together Prescott College alumni throughout the year.

Upcoming Alumni Events in Connecticut and New York Saturday, September 10, 2011 11 a.m.

Day at Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Sea 11 a.m. at the Galley Room (at the Galley Restaurant) 75 Greenmanville Avenue Mystic, CT You are invited to join Prescott College President Kristin Woolever for an Alumni and Parent Gathering at the legendary Mystic Seaport. The Office of Alumni Relations will provide a catered lunch at The Galley at noon. For a minimal fee of $15 guests will receive lunch, admission to the seaport, access to numerous exhibits and galleries including a 19th-century coastal village, tall ships and vessels, the preservation shipyard, and more! Mystic Seaport is about 10 miles east of New London, Conn.

$15 per person RSVP Required at: http://mystic.kintera.org Please R.S.V.P. by September 2, 2011 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday, September 12, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Wine and Cheese Tasting Bar Carrera 146 West Houston in the West Village New York, NY You are invited to join Prescott College President Kristin Woolever for an Alumni and Parent Gathering at Bar Carrera in Manhattan. Enjoy up to five Spanish wines and artisanal cheeses, artisan breads, membrillo paste, tomato jam, dried fruits, nuts, and olives. A detailed document and tasting sheet will be provided for each participant along with a guided presentation.

$15 per person RSVP Required at: http://ny.kintera.org Please R.S.V.P. by September 2, 2011 Class Notes Please send your class note submissions to: alumni@prescott.edu Drew Dellinger '97, Living the New Story: Cosmology, Justice, Poetry and the Planet Sept. 23-25, 2011 at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, Calif.

Cindy Dick '87, is the Program Manager for EarthScope through the School of Earth Science and Planetary Exploration at Arizona State University.

EarthScope is a collaborative effort funded by the National Science Foundation that measures tectonic movement due to earthquakes and volcanic activities. Cindy can be reached at cindy.dick@asu.edu.

Rowen Holland '06, I just returned from two months in Bali, Indonesia catching babies in a birth center for low-income Balinese women called Bumi Sehat. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I can't wait to go back! After a decade of hard work, I am just about to finish my midwifery studies and sit for the National and California licensing exam this fall. Jasmine and I are living in Santa Cruz and doing quite well. She's entering high school this year and really thriving. If anyone is out here for a visit, please let us know. We'd love to see you! daisy@rowenholland.com Jack Rodolico '06, This summer I am working with WCAI, the NPR affiliate for Cape Cod, reporting on science and wind energy. There a many turbines here and a lot of marine research. This fall I will intern with Living on Earth – a weekly environmental news show.

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Sarah Silver '06, The University Centers of the San Migue (UCSM), based in Telluride, Colo., has named their new scholarship fund for its founder, Sarah Silver '06, in honor of her work in envisioning and creating the only independent nonprofit higher education center in the U.S. Sarah’s research and thesis in the socio-cultural foundations of education focused on her rural education community development project and its transition into the UCSM. While still a Prescott graduate student, Sarah served as the innovative organization’s first executive director. Under her leadership the organization built the initial local government and foundation funding support necessary for its continuing success in providing a three county area of rural southwestern Colorado with its first, and only, local access to accredited higher education programming. She remains an active advisor to the UCSM staff and board. Sarah serves Prescott College as a Limited-Residency Undergraduate Program Mentor and Instructor and as a master's program Advisor. Information about UCSM and its sustainability-focused Telluride Summer College is available at www.ucsanmiguel.org.

In Memoriam Bean "Edwin" Bowers '95, http://teton.outerlocal.com/climbing/bean-bowers-in-memoriam-outpost.

Queen of the Sun - A Film Review by Michael Belef '99 Queen of the Sun is a spectacular, colorful cinematic romp with bees and beekeepers from the glacier covered alps of New Zealand, France, and Switzerland, to the rooftops of New York, and London, and the infinite pink blossoming California Almond orchards. The documentary relates the frightening consequences of colony collapse disorder in economic terms and the impact in our grocery carts and human and ecological health. Read more at: http://SunQueen.kintera.org/.

For more information visit: http://www.queenofthesun.com/.

Faculty News Faculty member Vicky Young is featured in a story regarding Living Donation. Read it at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-living-donor-risks20110731,0,7795430.story.

Research Request Ph.D. student John Canan is working with faculty member Terril Shorb to complete an important research project for the Sustainable Community Development (SCD) Program. This research will assist in growing the SCD program and inspire future students with profiles of those alumni who successfully graduated from the program and continue to find ways in your lives to sustain healthy communities.

For more information and to complete the survey questions, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCDPS. Terril L. Shorb, Ph.D. Limited-Residency Undergraduate Program Faculty Founder, Sustainable Community Development Program

Job Postings Organic Farming Coordinator at Berea College http://www.berea.edu/peopleservices/jobs/20110712-staff-organicfarmingcoordinator.asp Director of Farm Program at Northfield Mt. Hermon School http://www.nmhschool.org/director-farm-program Early Education Teacher Position at New River Gorge Learning Co-op http://www.pcalum.collectivex.com

Prescott College Tucson Center News

by David Greenwood Since March, the Tucson Center has been hosting an ongoing “Brown Bag Lunch” for students, alumni, faculty members, and staff. Every fourth Tuesday of each month at noon, a group gathers informally for discussion and/or presentations – and the occasional apple for cookie trade. The “Brown Bag Lunches” are the brainchild of Sandy Paris, Tucson Center’s Office Coordinator and Lloyd Sharp, Master of Arts Core Faculty for Education. They handily borrowed the idea, they say, from a one-time visitor to the Tucson Center. “One day someone came in to the building and was looking around at the rooms and asked ‘Do you have brown bag lunches here?,’ and so we just started talking about the idea afterward and decided to do it,” said Sandy. They brought the idea forward at a faculty/staff meeting for the Tucson Center and it was eagerly and unanimously agreed upon. For Sandy “It’s an informal opportunity for students, faculty members, alumni, and staff to get together, get to know each other and hear what is going on with one another. It’s an hour a month out of our busy schedules to acknowledge and recognize our community.” The next Brown Bag Lunch is scheduled for August 23, 2011. If you are in the Tucson area grab you lunch and come by! Or give Sandy at call at (520) 319-

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9868, ext. 101 if you have a question or idea. For Sandy the best thing about working with students and hosting Brown Bag Lunches is that “It’s interesting meeting students or alumni and hearing about their areas of study. We have so many people from diverse backgrounds and different cultures. Meeting people. And getting to know them!”

Lifelong Learning Center The Lifelong Learning Center provides educational and service opportunities for learners of all ages.

These life-enhancing learning experiences connect the learner to self, family, community, the environment, and the diverse cultures of the world.

For more information and a schedule of classes visit: http://www.prescott.edu/lifelonglearning/about/index.html.

Seth Fairweather, Glass Artist Exhibit September 2 to October 1, 2011 Reception for the Artist Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Artist Talk in the Gallery, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 at 5 p.m. Always free and open to the public.

Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse, 232 N. Granite Street, Prescott, AZ 86301

Alumni Sharing Knowledge Career Network Alumni can benefit from working with a Prescott College Alumni Career Mentor!

The Prescott College Alumni Sharing Knowledge Career Mentor Program matches PC alumni with PC alumni mentors who can assist with career-related decisions.

Review Alumni Sharing Knowledge Mentor Biographies at: http://ASKPCMentors.kintera.org/.

Make sure we have your updated info!

We can’t stay in touch with you unless we have your current info – mailing address, e-mail, and phone number. You can update your info online at http://pcalumupdate.kintera.org/, by calling the Alumni Office at (928) 350-4502, or by returning the SAS postcard included in your alumni graduation packet.

Online Giving The Annual Fund for Academic Excellence is an investment in the future. Every dollar donated directly supports Prescott College in our mission to educate students in the Liberal Arts, the Environment, and Social Justice, by funding the College’s sustainable day-to-day operations and growth.

Please continue to encourage our students to make the world a better place by contributing to the Annual Fund for Academic Excellence today! http://www.prescott.edu/give/annual-fund/annual-fund-intro.html

Prescott College Alumni Social Networking Collectivex – http://www.pcalum.collectivex.com Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/9765820903/ Linked In – http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Prescott-College -Alumni-Group-956327?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

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