I am sleeping much better since Saturday. I had the privilege of witnessing “woman power” in action. Seven amazing, energetic, visionary women led the Emma Willard community in a discussion of women, power and possibility as they inspired us with their can-do approach to social change. The lyrics of the 1972 Helen Reddy song came [...]
Archive for September, 2008
The future is looking pretty darn good
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How can you tell an Emma girl from all the rest?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A parent of a recent Emma alum sent this anecdote along to Kent Jones, our college counselor. He passed it along, and it was so good I had to share it. Apparently, during this young Emma alum’s first class of History of Medieval Thought at Barnard, the professor asked who had read the first book of [...]
A Happening
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was packed. Standing room only. Greg Mortensen was giving a lecture at University of San Francisco; I was in town and Keenan Kelsey, an Emma alumna, had reached out to say, “will you come along?” Our faculty had been asked to read Three Cups of Tea for summer reading, and we have been trying [...]
Friends of a Different Sort
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Edith Hammond
Many of you have fond memories of the two old trees at the far end of the athletic fields, the ones that stand guard over the hilltop. Over the summer it became obvious to tree care specialists that there were significant structural issues with these trees. Being very intentional about such big decisions, we [...]
