Simonsays Banner November 2007
Brenda Mathisen ('03) leads local teen group
"Why am I sitting at a desk? How can I give back to the world?" These two questions propelled Brenda Mathisen to find work that made sense to her. As director of a brand new local teen program, she is doing exactly what she had in mind. Read more.
Composing an odyssey
Faculty member Laurence Wallach talks about his new piece of chamber music, which will be premiered at Simon's Rock in November. Read more about the Odyssey Quartet.
Yellow bikes, blue bikes, free bikes
They are scattered around the campus for students to use to get from here to there. Thanks to some Community Council funding, and a little elbow grease, the yellow bikes are in circulation. Read more.
Focus on New Orleans
Artist John Lawson has mounted an exhibit in the Liebowitz Gallery. Student Shanna Gregory ('07) used her camera to capture the construction of some of his pieces, as he and exhibitions coordinator Margaret Grant put it together. The exhibition is part of a larger focus on New Orleans coming in November. Read more.
SAVE THE DATE!
ALUMNI EVENTS THIS FALL

BOSTON
Friday evening
November 9 - 6:30 p.m.
at The College Club of Boston
Registration deadline is this Monday, Nov. 5th.

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Friday evening
November 30 - 6:00 p.m.
at the International Spy Museum's Zola Restaurant
Registration deadline is Nov. 16th.

Register online for either of these events at www.rocknet.simons-rock.edu OR contact cmirer@simons-rock.edu for more information.

Alumna Sara Katzoff has announced that Bazaar Productions, The Berkshire Fringe is currently accepting submissions of dynamic new works of theater, dance and mutli-media performance for its 2008 season. The fourth annual festival to be held in the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock, and will present 21 days of original performances, workshops, and discussions by and with emerging artists from across the United States.

http://www.berkshirefringe.org/


ROCKNET
is the online alumni community that can help you stay in touch with fellow alumni, faculty and what's happening on campus. An alumni directory, Class Notes and more are available at www.rocknet.simons-rock.edu. If you have not yet logged on to RockNet, you'll need a first time user ID. Cheryl Mirer can help. Send a message to cmirer@simons-rock.edu and Cheryl will send your ID promptly.

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES are available on RockNet
You can view all Class Notes, and/or post your own, by logging on at www.rocknet.simons-rock.edu/classnotes

You will be prompted for your user name and password and then linked to the Class Notes page where you can search for notes from the time period you want to view AND now you can search class notes by year! If you want to see just the notes posted since the most recent issue of Simonsays, search for 10/01/2007 - today.

Simon's Rock In The News
Click here to read about Simon's Rock students, faculty, and alumni in the press.
This semester at Simon's Rock: Calendar of Events
Our calendar of public events is online here. We try to update this calendar as soon as we learn of new events or changes to those already published.

Alumni Referral Program
Interested in helping with admission efforts? Do you know of a promising middle or high school aged prospective student? There is a fun and simple way that alumni, parents and friends of Simon's Rock can get involved in the enrollment process. For more information on this exciting program and ways you can get involved, please call 800-235-7186 or e-mail admit@simons-rock.edu. Happy referring!
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