The Biscuit | Alumni | Prescott College

This month I wanted to share with you some alumni websites that I recently came across. Laurel Eastman (RDP '98) opened a kiteboarding school, www.laureleastman.com, in the Carribbean, Ellery Kimball (RDP '99) runs Blue Heron Organic Farm in Massachusetts, www.blueheronfarmlincoln.com, and let's not forget Alexandra Eyer's (MAP '01) great portrait website, portraitsbyalexandra.com, featuring her beautiful paintings.

Do you have a website that you'd like to let other alumni know about? E-mail me your link, and I'll feature it in an upcoming Biscuit. Visit other alumni pages at www.prescott.edu/alumni/web_sites.html.

Rachel Yoder, Director of Alumni Relations
ryoder@prescott.edu
toll free 1-877-350-4100
local 928-350-4502

Amy Kirk (RDP '92) was recently awarded a $14,000 New Works grant from The Rhode Island Foundation to research and write a play about nonviolence, specifically about peace activists in the Ocean State. The project, entitled "Peace: Portraits of Possibility" involves civic dialogues, personal interviews, and creative workshops as part of the research process. A series of staged readings with local actors will be presented to the public in late 2004.

Zoe Shark (RDP '95), Vanessa Belz (RDP '98), Jen Cerovski (RDP '97), and Shana Maziarz (RDP '97) had a little hut trip reunion a few weeks ago.

James Pittman , M.A., O.S.R.C (RDP '97), was recently published in the book, Higher Education & the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice , published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Netherlands. His chapter is titled Living Sustainability Through Higher Education: a Whole Systems Design Approach to Organizational Change . The book can be found on http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-2026-0 and also contains an on-line resource section hosted by the Dutch Foundation for Sustainability in Higher Education (DHO). The link to this section is: www.dho.nl/SHE-resources.

Drew Dellinger (MAP '97 & RDP '94, MAP Advisor) was featured in the Spring 2004 edition of Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures. The article, Does Anyone Else Feel this Strange Music?, highlights Drew's work with "cultural historian' and new cosmologist, Thomas Berry, and includes poetry excerpts from Dellinger's Love Letter to the Milky Way: A Book of Poems. The article also mentions Prescott College.

We're happy to report that the update on Dick Hanna (RDP ’77) from Lisa Floyd-Hanna is that he recently received a kidney transplant, and he's doing great!

More publishing news from current RDP Arts and Letters instructor Robert Johnson: Robert's essay, "A Few Hills Over From Hollywood" is in the current issue of Ascent. His story, "Captain of the Drive," will be in the spring issue of Santa Clara Review.

Too Late, original 20.0 X 13.1 inches, is the most recent digital collage by Walton Mendelson (RDP '69). Cut and Paste Collage in the Digital World, a 13 page, non-technical, article in Adobe PDF featuring the assembly of a similar image, The Return of Arthu, is available free at wm-art.com. Click: Cut & Paste for article link. This article was written by the artist for publication in Artella Words & Art. Visit: wm-arts.com

Remember Ralph Bohrson...he passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 11. Ralph was President between 1983 and 1988 at which time the College "regained" its accreditation from the NCA Higher Learning Commission. Ralph was active in many community organizations during and after his years as President. While President, he served as President of the Prescott Chamber of Commerce and later as Chairman of Yavapai Regional Medical Center. You may remember the many wonderful gatherings Ralph and Marian hosted in their home for faculty, staff and townspeople. Ralph remained a friend and supporter of the College and was pleased to see the progress of recent years. In lieu of flowers, Ralph asked that donations be made to Prescott College. No services are planned at this time. The family can be reached c/o Wendy Bohrson, P.O. Box 501, Ellensburg, WA 98926.

Alumni Recruitment Update
Alumni are in the trenches recruiting for Prescott College, recruiting future alumni. Our trenches are gym floors, country fairs, and civic centers all over the country. Our targets are prospective students who are searching for a genuine and unique, well you know the scoop.

Here are our recruitment accomplishments so far:
Andreas Schmid (RDP '97) Great Barrington High School College Fair February
Annalise Hajer (RDP '00) Sommerville High School College Fair April
Brad Tito (RDP '00) Suffolk County College Fair May
Lisa York (RDP '99) August Maine NEACAC College Fair May
Josh Trager (RDP '98) Keen New Hampshire NEACAC College Fair May

Northeastern Alumni who are making phone calls:

Brian Drour, Tracey Finch, Ryan Sharp, Amy Rovine, Dan Tillemans, Geof Hancock, Grace Wicks Schlosser, Matthew Immergut, Tod Lessard, Keith Carvounis, Judy Greenberg, Amanda Giracca and many more.

Class Notes
Visit the new Class Notes website at to read about your former classmates and post your own message.

Morgan O’Brien, RDP ‘00

Hey Everyone -- Jane and I are happily married and living in Chattanooga, TN. I have spent the past three years teaching at the Baylor school here. Things are going well. I hope everyone reading this is doing fine as well. Please feel free to drop me a line at mcobrien2003@yahoo.com

Michael Acebo, RDP ‘72

Many memories -- Jay Dusard, Leonard Ossorio, Roy Smith, Ronald Nairn, Vern Taylor, Larry my horse, and more. Many trips later, length of Baja by kayak, across the Atlantic by sailboat, etc. Prescott College is always there. Proud father of two daughters: Kyle a junior at Williams College, and Paige in 9th grade. Happily married to Pamela who met me while skiing in Colorado, married me and moved to Maine so I could learn wooden boatbuilding. She has been my support through many relocations following a career in the marine industry. 55 and still at it, sea kayaking, sailing, iceboat builder and racer, http://homepage.mac.com/macebo. Prescott College, great people, great times. Thanks to all, drop a note.

Kara Plumb, RDP ‘01
Hi everyone! Here I am in Portland, Oregon living it up! I'm working at the world's largest independent bookstore, and creating community with an amazing non-profit group of folks. Come visit! Lots of room! goody@goodynell.net . The summer is *amazing* here.

If you know anyone who would be interested, we are putting on a 10-day Village Building Convergence! Natural building, visionary speakers, good food, world's most block parties in one day, and lots more...visit the City Repair website www.cityrepair.org , or write or call me. 503.235.8946 ex.2 vbc@cityrepair.org .

This spring I celebrate new life with the birth of our daughter, Autumn Sydney. Having a child has caused me to rediscover the details of life in every moment. Each morning she awakens smiling and with so much enthusiasm for life! I learn from my 9-week-old daughter everyday. Since leaving Prescott College my life has been centered on guiding children to understand the interconnection of life through exploring our natural world. I attended graduate school in Maine for education and have been a science/social studies teacher for 6 years already. I met my soul mate in Maine in 2001 and we moved to his home state of Virginia shortly there after. We married on a remote sea cliff in Phippsburg in 2002 and renewed our vows on our one-year anniversary with friends and family in Bar Harbor, Maine. My husband works for a small non-profit at the James River Association as the Director of Education and Outreach. I hope to secure my certification as a Montessori teacher and begin working at a new school opening in Hanover in 2005. Meanwhile, I will continue working as a public school teacher. Life is Grand!

We have had quite an amazing year. On October 27, 2003 we welcomed our son, Isaac Lyness LeBlanc, into the world. He is such a wonderful little boy; he keeps us laughing constantly. A year and a half ago we purchased a house in Hillsdale, New York, and we really enjoy home-ownership. Jeremy and I work together at a residential drug and alcohol treatment center in Canaan, Connecticut. I am Admissions Coordinator and Jeremy directs the Therapeutic Challenge Program. We are very happy to be able to bring Isaac and Vesba (some of you may remember our dog) to work with us everyday. The residents adore them both. We feel blessed to have an employer who is so supportive of families. So, life in the Berkshires is good. Wishing everyone all the best.

Since leaving Prescott I have found myself taken on a path that I would have never expected, but that makes it even more exciting! I am now living in Aalborg, Denmark and studying in the Master's Program of International Affairs, specifically, International Relations and Development. I am enjoying my study, becoming integrated into Danish society, terraces at the many cozy cafes, avoiding Parisian Fashion, viewing art without the hindrance of censorship, and most of all, finally understanding what Chip Stearns and Paul McKee meant in 2000 during our course throughout Eastern Europe: to travel doesn’t have to mean being a traveler. I am always happy to see what other alum are up to, and hope that more of my friends scattered around the globe drop a note, too. Also, I must thank all of the dedicated people over at the Art Department for making the second Art Auction such a success!!