Mushing Bearcats
Cali King ’07 shares her experience as a dogsled girl in Alaska’s
backcountry.
For Our Alumni
What’s
coming up?
If you
have questions or would like more information on any of these
events or if you are interested in helping plan events like
these in your area, please contact the Office of Alumni &
Parent Relations at alumni@willamette.edu
or 1-800-551-6794 or 503-375-5304. You can also visit our
website at www.willamette.edu/alumni.
Opening Days Dinner
Saturday, Aug. 28
If you live in the Salem area and would like to host an Opening
Days Dinner in your home Saturday, Aug. 28 or in future years,
please contact the Office of Alumni Relations as soon as possible.
In its fourth year, this dinner connects local alumni with
Willamette’s incoming first-year students during new
student orienta-tion (Opening Days) and has proved to be an
annual highlight for both students and alumni alike.
Pi
Beta Phi Reunion (Classes 1954-1961) Saturday, Sept. 18
Join the Pi Phis initiated from 1951-57 (class years 1954-61)
for an afternoon of getting reacquainted and fellowship. Hosted
by Carol (Pfaff) von Schmidt ’57, the lun-cheon will
start at her home at 11:30 a.m. in Portland, Ore., and will
last into the afternoon. For more information, please contact
Carol at 503-774-3856 or cbvs@easystreet.com
Juneau Reception
Thursday, Oct. 7
Join alumni, parents and friends for an evening cocktail reception
at 6 p.m. with heavy hors d’oevres and refresh-ments
at the Baranof Hotel. Cost is $20. To RSVP, please call 503-370-6552.
Anchorage
Reception
Friday, Oct. 8
Alumni, parents and friends are invited for an evening cocktail
reception with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski ’79, JD’85
at the down-town Sheraton Hotel at 6 p.m. Cost is $20. To
RSVP, please call 503-370-6552.
Maryhill
Museum in the Columbia Gorge
Saturday, Oct. 16
Travel by private motor coach along the beautiful Columbia
Gorge to the Maryhill Museum and soak up all that fall has
to offer in our “backyard.” This castle-like cha-teau
overlooks the Columbia River on 26 acres of park-like gardens.
Permanent exhibitions such as “Lewis & Clark at
Maryhill,” “Theatre de la Mode” (fashion
ensembles from 1946), Auguste Rodin Gallery and a special
exhibition, “A Passion For Plants: Before and After
Lewis & Clark,” are just a taste of what the museum
has to offer.
Studies
in Florence 2005
May 17 – June 13
Once again led by Roger Hull, professor of art history, and
Adele Birnbaum, emeritus profes-sor of English, this extremely
popular trip will feature 22 nights in Florence and four -nights
in Rome. Students and alumni will enjoy the fabulous art and
history of Florence and will benefit greatly by Hull and Birnbaum’s
experience with previous groups. Cost TBA after Oct. 1. If
interested, contact Linda Nelson at 503-370-6136 or ljnelson@willamette.edu.
Shakespeare
in Ashland 2005
June 16-19
Alumni Director Jim Booth ’64 and Dr. Pat Alley ’73
will again lead a group to Ashland for three days of plays,
which will likely include Richard III, Twelfth Night, The
Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Love’s Labour’s
Lost and one or two others. The trip will include transportation
from and back to Salem, three excellent meals, accommodations
at the new Plaza Inn & Suites, and plenty of free time.
Cost will be approx. $775 for double occu-pancy and $975 for
single. Deposit $100 by March 1, 2005, to hold your place.
For more informa-tion, contact the Office of Alumni Relations
at 503-375-5304 or email alumni@willamette.edu.
Homecoming
2004
September 24-26, 2004
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!
Reunion Classes ’49, ’54, ’59, ’64,
’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’94 and
Half Century Plus
Have you registered for the Online Alumni Community yet?
If not, it’s a great way to reconnect with your classmates.Go
to www.willamette.edu/alumni to register
today!
Reunion Chairs for
Homecoming 2004
Class of 1954
Jim Bergmann ’54 jimnjo@cmc.net
541-593-8384
To the more than 3,500 Willamette University
alums who have signed up to volunteer for the Career Network,
the Alumni and Career Services Offices extend a sincere thank
you. In turbulent economic times when some alums are looking
for new posi-tions due to mergers and downsizing while new Bearcats
are looking to find their first professional job, the offers
of informational interviews and pointers from fellow alums can
make a huge difference in the sense of hope and direction for
those in transition. Your willingness to help other alums hearkens
back to Willamette’s motto: Not unto our-selves alone
are we born.
Willamette Encore
Willamette
alumni, parents and friends attended the first-ever Willamette
Encore, a day of academic and social stimulation in Seattle
in March. Held at the Hotel Monaco in down-town Seattle, attendees
participated in a variety of academic breakout sessions with
Willamette faculty members Joe Bowersox (politics), David Douglass
(rhetoric and media studies), Ken Nolley (English), and Sharon
Rose (biology). Following the afternoon of open door sessions,
attendees enjoyed dinner with the faculty and other staff including
University President Lee Pelton and dean of the College of Liberal
Arts Carol Long. Evening entertainment included members of Willamette’s
vocal jazz group, the Willamette Singers. Look for Willamette
Encore to go on the road over the next year with stops in Portland
and San Francisco.
Young Alumni Events
Willamette’s Young Alumni
Networks have been busy lately! Young Alumni in the San Francisco,
Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York and Portland have been hosting
regular young alumni networking happy hours in their respective
cities. The Portland Summer Party welcomed more than 150 young
alumni to celebrate the beginning of summer and welcome the
graduating class of 2004 to the Portland area. Upcoming young
alumni events are being planned for all of these cities along
with Denver and Boston in the coming months. For information,
visit www.willamette.edu/alumni. Most young alumni events invitations
are sent via email, so make sure we have your address by sending
us an email at alumni@willamette.edu.
Young alums Chris
Jernstrom ’03 and Sonja Dorrance ’03 shared
Bearcat stories with senior alumna Marj Durham ’32.
Several young alumni
caught up with each other while watching a Mariners game
in Seattle. Pictured left to right: Dennis Ayres M’02,
Kim Weil M’02, Greg Jones ’02, Sonja Dorrance
’03 and Chris Jernstrom ’03.
Strike Up the Band
More
than 100 alumni returned to campus in early April for the Willamette
Band Reunion celebrat-ing 65 years of bands at Willamette. The
weekend reunion included Jazz Night, Chamber Music brunch, a
day full of rehearsals with alumni and current students and
a din-ner and program celebrating the legacy of Willamette’s
band tradi-tion. The reunion culminated with the Spring Band
Concert in which alumni and current students shared the stage.
Past band Directors Maurice Brennen and Richard Stewart were
on hand along with current Director Martin Behnke to direct
the alumni bands and enjoy the festivities.
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Hallie Ford Museum
of Art Announces 2004-05 Exhibitions
A wide variety of innovative
exhibitions have been planned for 2004-05 at Willamette’s
Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Major exhibitions scheduled for
the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery include:
June 12 - Aug. 21 – “Tom Fawkes: Terra
Cognita” features the work of this highly regarded
Portland painter who creates landscapes and wood constructions
of the southern Mediterranean countryside;
ept. 4 - Oct. 30 – “Keys to the Koop:
Humor and Satire in Contemporary Printmaking,”
features the work of 16 printmakers who find humor and satire
in contemporary art, fashion, food, and popular culture, drawn
from the extensive collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and
his family foundation;
Nov. 13 - Jan. 8 – “Mary Henry: American
Constructivist” features the work of this highly
regarded Washington painter who creates large scale, abstract
works based on geomet-ric shapes and patterns;
Jan. 22 - March 19 – “Charles E. Heaney:
Memory, Imagination, and Place” is the most
comprehensive exhibition ever organized for this important
Oregon painter and print-maker (1897-1981) and features a
wide range of work drawn from public and private collec-tions
in Oregon and Washington;
April 2-May 14, 2005 – “Senior Art Majors”
annual exhibition that features the work of senior
art majors at Willamette University;
April 2-May 14, 2005 – “Heidi Preus Grew:
Porcelain and Other Stories” is an exhibition
of recent ceramic sculptures by this popular Willamette University
teacher and artist.
Smaller exhibitions scheduled for the Study Gallery
include Myra Wiggins: Still Lifes (May 29-Aug. 14);
Carl Hall: World War II Drawings (Aug. 21-Oct. 23), and Between
the Wars: American Printmaking in the 1920s and 30s (Oct.
30-Dec. 23); Marie Watt: Everything is Drawing (Jan. 8-March
5, 2005), and Melville Wire: Oregon Impressionist (March 12-May
7, 2005).
Willamette
alumni, parents and friends attended the first-ever Willamette
Encore, a day of academic and social stimulation in Seattle
in March. Held at the Hotel Monaco in down-town Seattle, attendees
participated in a variety of academic breakout sessions with
Willamette faculty members Joe Bowersox (politics), David Douglass
(rhetoric and media studies), Ken Nolley (English), and Sharon
Rose (biology). Following the afternoon of open door sessions,
attendees enjoyed dinner with the faculty and other staff including
University President Lee Pelton and dean of the College of Liberal
Arts Carol Long. Evening entertainment included members of Willamette’s
vocal jazz group, the Willamette Singers. Look for Willamette
Encore to go on the road over the next year with stops in Portland
and San Francisco.
More
than 100 alumni returned to campus in early April for the Willamette
Band Reunion celebrat-ing 65 years of bands at Willamette. The
weekend reunion included Jazz Night, Chamber Music brunch, a
day full of rehearsals with alumni and current students and
a din-ner and program celebrating the legacy of Willamette’s
band tradi-tion. The reunion culminated with the Spring Band
Concert in which alumni and current students shared the stage.
Past band Directors Maurice Brennen and Richard Stewart were
on hand along with current Director Martin Behnke to direct
the alumni bands and enjoy the festivities.