H a rt f o rd Smith College Club

H a rt f o rd Smith College Club November 2008 Vol. II Board Members 2007-2008 P R E S I D E N T Elizabeth F. Salsedo 02 860-202-8292 esalsedo@smith.alumae.et CO-VICE PRESIDENTs Valerie Love 02 860-466-0551 vjlove@gmail.com Amy Mago 87 860-561-2314 amy87@smith.alumae.et TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Elizabeth Krause 00 860-808-8450 elkra@smith.alumae.et S E C R E TA RY Ae Guersey 01 718-614-2466 aguersey@smith.alumae.et ALUMNAE ADMISSION C O O R D I N AT O R Heather Page 00 860-236-0762 heather00@smith.alumae.et BOOK AWARDS CHAIR Heather Page 00 NEWSLETTER CHAIR Ae Guersey 01 Hartford Area Alumae Spotlight Peggy Jacobso Elizabeth Krause 00, Treasurer ad Membership Chair The Club is pleased to commece a ew ewsletter colum profilig Hartford area Smith wome. N A M E: Peggy Jacobso N A M E W H I L E AT S M I T H: Peggy Jamieso C L A S S Y E A R: AB 1973, MAT 1974 H O U S E: Gillett as udergraduate, Gardier (Head Residet) as graduate studet M A J O R: History FAV O R I T E S M I T H M E M O RY: Academic: Professor Louis Coh-Haft s Semiar o Helleistic Greece both the fasciatig discussios ad the professor s hospitality toward the class, hostig everyoe i his home for d i e r. N o - a c a d e m i c : Caoeig with frieds o Paradise Pod i the fall. T O W N O F R E S I D E N C E : Machester FA M I LY: I m married with 3 grow childre. W H AT D O Y O U D O P R O F E S S I O N A L LY A N D/O R W H AT A R E Y O U I N V O LV E D W I T H I N T H E G R E AT E R H A RT F O R D C O M M U N I T Y? Taught for 5 years at high school level, the practiced law for 20 years, ow teach as Adjuct Professor at Goodwi College. Serve o the boards of the Cheey Hall Foudatio, Oak Hill for People with Disabilities, Machester Ecoomic Developmet Commissio, Machester Scholarship Foudatio, ad Defese Orietatio Coferece Associatio. W H AT H A S B E I N G I N V O LV E D I N T H E C L U B M E A N T T O Y O U? It has give me the opportuity to help Smith by iterviewig applicats ad helpig with fudraisers, ad it has eabled me to develop friedships with iterestig wome, oe of whom became my mother-i-law a year after she itroduced me to her so. 1

Hartford Smith College Club Meetig, Sprig 2008 Admissios Update Heather Page 00 Welcome to the 2008-2009 Recruitig Year! Greetigs Smith College Alumae! It is autum oce agai, ad the Hartford Smith Club to gearig up to work with the Office of Admissio to recruit taleted youg wome from Coecticut for the Class of 2013. First of all, may thaks to all of the alumae voluteers who have helped with our efforts i the past. A alumae coectio ca make all the differece for a prospective Smithie. Secod, if you are iterested i participatig i our recruitig efforts this year, there are may ways for you to get ivolved. The fall ad witer are our busiest seasos for recruitig. We curretly have over 200 youg wome from the area who have laded o the Office of Admissio s radar as prospective applicats, ad i the comig moths we are goig to try to recruit eve more. We are lookig for alumae to atted college fairs, iterview applicats for admissio, ad coduct outreach to these youg wome, whether i t s by phoe, e-mail, or i perso. If there is a re c ruitig task that you are particularly iterested i, please let me kow. Also, if you have ay questios about the admissios process, please feel free to call (860-236-0762) or e-mail me. You may also wat to check out Smith s website for alumae admissios voluteers, which ca be foud at www.smith.edu/aac. The user ame is smithaac, ad the password is sophia. This website cotais may useful thigs, like suggestios for iterview questios, otices for upcomig evets, ad a o-lie form for orderig college fair materials. Please let me kow if you would like to participate this year. Thak you for all you do for Smith! 2008-2009 Hartford Chapter Book Club Come joi us for ay or all of these moths! Here s our schedule: October 21, 2008: M Y A N T O N I A C U RTA I N by Willa Cather {588 pages, fictio} November 18, 2008: I N F I D E L by Ayaa Hirsi Ali {353 pages, o-fictio} Jauary 20, 2009: THREE CUPS February 17, 2009: K I N D R E D FA N by Octavia Butler {287 pages, fictio} March 17, 2009: T H E B L U E S T E Y E by Toi Morriso {247 pages, fictio} April 21, 2009: B R O K E N P R O M I S E S, B R O K E N D R E A M S by Alice Rothchild {280 pages, o-fictio} May 19, 2009: THE MADONNAS Jue 16, 2009: U N A C C U S T O M E D E A RT H by Jhumpa Lahiri {252 pages, fictio} OF T E A by Greg Morteso {349 pages, o-fictio} OF L E N I N G R A D by Debra Dea {240 pages, fictio} We meet at member s houses. This year we will be meetig o the 3rd Tuesday of each moth at 6:00 p.m. The hostess will provide driks ad light sacks. Please RSVP to Amy Mago via email at amy87@smith.alumae.et if you d like to joi us for ay of these books or if you d like to host. 2

H A R T F O R D S M I T H C O L L E G E C L U B Holiday Ope House & Cookie Swap Take a break from your holiday shoppig ad joi the Hartford Smith College Club for our aual Holiday Party. To spice thigs up (with ciamo ad giger), we will be doig a cookie swap. Do t forget to brig a batch of cookies whether you make them yourself or buy them from a store. After our exchage, we ll sit back ad relax ad ejoy hot cider or a glass of wie. It s the seaso for givig ad spedig time with frieds! Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:00-5:00 pm at the home of Elizabeth Krause 00 138 Robi Road, West Hartford, CT 06119, 860-808-8450 $10 for 08-09 paid members ad o-members D i re c t i o s From 84 take exit 43 West Hartford Ceter; at the light, tur right oto Park; at the ext light, tur left oto Troutbrook; follow Troutbrook across its itersectio with Farmigto; take the secod right oto Warwick; tur left oto Robi. Elizabeth Krause s house is o the right side. Look out for a white coloial with black shutters. To RSVP, please sed checks to Valerie Love 02 by December 1, 2008: 19C Mt. Vero Drive, Vero CT 06066. All checks should be made out to the Hartford Smith College Club. Please be sure to iclude your telephoe umber so that we ca call you i the evet of iclemet weather. Registratio is also available o-site. complete form below ad retur with paymet NAME: PHONE: E-MAIL: # ATTENDING: 4

HARTFORD SMITH COLLEGE CLUB The Alumae Associatio of Smith College 33 Elm Street, Alumae House Northampto, MA 01063 No-Profit Orgaizatio U.S. Postage PAID Northampto, MA Permit No. 1 save the date! Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:00-5:00 p.m. Holiday Ope House & Cookie Swap at the home of Elizabeth Krause 00 138 Robi Road, West Hartford, CT 06119 Cost is $10.00 ad a batch of cookies Please sed i your registratio to Valerie Love by DECEMBER 1, 2008 Preserve Our Club s History Ae Guersey 01 Smith s College Archives holds a impressive collectio related to the history of the istitutio. But, did you kow that the archive icludes a cosiderable amout of material related to the Hartford Smith College Club? Our Club is oe of the oldest re p reseted as it was fouded i 1896. The Hartford Smith College Club is documeted i the archive i a variety of ways. There are ewsletters, postigs, evet flyers, ad ephemera that rage i date from 1896 to 1920 ad from the 1980s to the 1990s. The collectio holds great historical sigificace for Smith alumae ad the geeral public alike. For this reaso, the Hartford Smith College Club started a collectig iitiative for both curret AND past Club material i 2006. But, ufortuately, there have bee few doatios. This summer Naci Youg, Smith College Archivist, cotacted our Club i the hopes of fillig more gaps i their documetatio. Ms. Youg is particularly iterested i procurig material cocerig the Club s fudraisig efforts i the early 1950s. As see i a advertisemet of the May 1953 Smith Alumae Quarterly, the Hartford Smith College Club offered for sale a Smith College chair (both straight ad armed). These chairs were black with gold pipig ad had the College isigia o the frot. Ms. Youg is lookig for fiacial ad/or fudraisig files that still exist. If you have ay Club material, please cotact your Club Secretary at a g u e r s e y @ s m i t h. a l u m a e. e t or Naci Yo u g at y o u g @ e m a i l. s m i t h. e d u.

H A RTFORD SMITH COLLEGE CLUB 2008-2009Aual Membership Form Name: Class Year: Name as udergraduate (if differet): Address: Preferred e-mail address for Smith ews: Home Phoe: ( ) Other Phoe: ( ) Job Title/Occupatio: ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES Classes before 2005 $25.00 (oe year) $40.00 (two years) Classes 2005-2007 $15.00 Class of 2008 $0 Book Awards Cotributio Additioal Cotributio Scholarship Fud Cotributio TOTAL ENCLOSED: Please make check payable to Hartford Smith College Club. The Hartford Smith College Club is a taxexempt orgaizatio ad cotributios to the orgaizatio may be tax deductible uder sectio 170 of the Tax Code. Cotributios made out to Smith College will be forwarded directly to the Scholarship Fud at Smith College ad may be tax deductible. Visit our website for ews about upcomig evets! http://smith.alumae.et/homepages/clubs/smithcollegeclubofhartford Please sed this form alog with your check(s) to: Elizabeth Krause 00 138 Robi Road West Hartford, CT 06119