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Join the PC Alumni Web Space
Reconnect with old and new PC Alumni
and feel free to invite others to join.
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Alumni Networking News
ASK (Alumni Sharing Knowledge) Career Network:
Career mentoring is underway. Both alumni and current PC students can connect with a career mentor.
Contact: msmith@prescott.edu
Alumni Recruitment Network: Alumni recruiters are gearing up for spring college fairs. Last fall they visited over 150 high schools, 75 college fairs, hosted 23 coffee house chats and saw over 2,000 prospective students. Applications for Fall 2008 are up 37% Great job!
Alumni Writer's Network: Articles are being submitted to The Raven and PC newsletters. If you are interested in submitting articles, poems, photographs, etc.. please contact msmith@prescott.edu
Over 100 alumni have joined the PC Alumni Social Network web space.
Join us at: pcalum.collectivex.com Once you join you can post photos, send private emails to other members, list events on the calendar and even initiate discussions! A job archive listing recent job postings is also available.
Highlight your business with other PC alumni professionals at
pcbusiness@collectivex.com
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I hope that you enjoy this month's e-newsletter. If there is something you would like to see in next month's issue or if you would like to submit an article, please let us know. Thank you for your continued commitment to and support of Prescott College.
Please send your submissions to msmith@prescott.edu
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Craig Childs--naturalist, adventurer, and frequent contributor to National Public Radio's Morning Edition--is a ’99 MAP graduate. His most recent publication, The Animal Dialogues, is already in its second printing.
For more Information Contact:
Eileen Chalfoun
echalfoun@prescott.edu
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I hope you received our Annual Scholarship Fund appeal in the mail and that your gift is on its way. If so, thank you for helping our students make a positive difference in our world. If you have not yet sent a gift, please do so today. You can write a check, give us a call to pay by credit card, or go online at www.prescott.edu/giving or
Your gift to Prescott College gives students the tools to make a difference in the world.
Graduating Society’s Leaders
for the 21st Century
Prescott College ? Development
220 Grove Avenue, Prescott, AZ 86301
877/350-2100 ext. 4505 (928/350-4505)
jlewis@prescott.edu
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Don't forget to check out full-time regular job opportunities
for students
AND alumni posted at:
https://workstudy.prescott.edu/
Some examples of jobs posted include: Massage Therapist, Environmental Education Program Coordinator, River and Destination Program Coordinator, and Sales Representative.
External Job Postings:
Sonoran Institute: Sun Corridor Legacy Program Director, Phoenix, AZ
Online Outreach Coordinator, San Francisco, CA
•Program Director & Executive Director, San Diego, CA
American Farmland Trust President, Washington, DC
For more information:
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Excerpt from a current student to alumni recruiter, Ethan Hipple, RDP '00
I was a high school student who attended your information session on Prescott College at the Lazy Lion Cafe a little over a year ago. I am now, thankfully, attending PC and enjoying every second of it. I just took the glassblowing class offered here through Antonius Studios, and though visual arts isn't my thing, it was certainly a valuable experience for me. I was doubtful when you mentioned how self-directed the college was if I could do well in an environment without so much of the structure that one encounters in a typical high school. Despite my worries, more and more I find myself compelled to outdo myself on every assignment, for I've found that the subject matter of the classes here matters deeply to me.
I don't know if I would have really cared about this place if it wasn't for the opportunity that your time gave me, and so I want to thank you for being around and talking up this school, because it certainly deserves all the talking up it gets. Prescott College has allowed me to find passion for many different aspects of our culture that I wasn't even aware I connected with so well, such as education and child development. Through the Ropes Course Facilitation and Experiential Education class I took last semester, I have begun to have a drive for helping the youth of this world and do whatever I can to improve my interactions on that level. I feel that, as someone who would like to find a career in the field of Adventure Education, I need to take every opportunity to better myself and my facilitation methods.
Thank you again for holding that talk, I'm eternally grateful to have found a model of education that I can get on board with. Thank you for reading this, and thank you for your time.
Zachary C. Schiewetz, RDP ' 11
 Erica Ann Flood, RDP' 05
We are Happy to Announce the Arrival of Ms. Amelia Marie Perry! Born on January 22, 2008 @ 9AM. She weighed 6 lbs/7 oz and was 19 inches in length. Mom, Dad and Amelia are home and settling in. Everyone is healthy, happy and very grateful for all your kind wishes during our pregnancy. We are excited to share this news with you all!
With Love, Erica Ann, Bill, & little Miss Amelia
Matthew Blake, RDP '00
Since graduating from Antioch University with a Masters of Science in Resource Management and Administration, I have spent the last three years working for a national environmental group called the American Littoral Society (littoralsociety.org) in NJ - somebody had to save it! I love my job and feel very fortunate. I get to defend lands important to Delaware Estuary and sea. My time is spent writing editorials on environmental issues important to the coast, fighting proposed developments in really bad places, getting towns to manage growth and identifying lands for preservation. There's no greater satisfaction than seeing an important tract of land saved from development, or in prevailing against the Wal-Mart Corporation's bid to locate a Supercenter within the federal acquisition boundaries of a national wildlife refuge. The hardest part of the job is the late night hearings and going up against slick attorneys with development plans for old-growth forest and scenic farms along the Bay. I feel honored to be working to help keep natural beauty in people's lives. Some parts of creation are worth fighting for. I learned this while attending Prescott College in the 90s. I learned that people have the power to stop environmental abominations by organizing, getting informed and working with the system we have. I will never forget the victorious efforts of the college environmental club in stopping a proposed gold mine in Yarnell Arizona. We joined forces with a small retirement community and managed to prevent a multi-national corporation from turning a 700 foot hill into a 400 foot deep hole. It really shows that there's still hope and it's worth fighting for. People often tell me we won't win some particular fight, like when the Army wanted to dump treated VX Nerve Agent into the Bay. Ten days after we filed our lawsuit, the Army pulled the plug. That so much can still be accomplished in a state like NJ, which many would assume should just be written-off, tells me there's great hope for conservation everywhere. If we can save roughly 30,000 acres of land in NJ per year (numbers accurate), the great dream of re-wilding our world is growing roots even in places like downtown Camden and Newark - it's happening. Remain positive, because nobody is inspired by pessimism and doom. Build on the great works of what's already been accomplished. The Delaware Bay was once the nation's great dumping ground and ran red. Now it represents perhaps the world's greatest restoration success story - from a toxic sewer to a protein-factory of global significance. I often miss being out West in big skies and rocky canyons among great friends. NJ is not the cultural experience of Prescott College or Arizona. At night I picture all the places we hiked together in classes as friends and reverent explorers. How it brings tears to my eyes still. Looking forward to hearing from old friends and new. matt@littoralsociety.org
Christopher Haydock, RDP '73
Thank you fellow alumni for making, keeping and reestablishing so many connections over the years. Laurel Wanek and I celebrate our 19th anniversary this month. Our son Graham will be graduating from high school this Spring. I'm just starting the 6th year of my journey into self-employment, see my company web site at www.appliednewscience.com. One easy way to get in touch with me is through the new Prescott College alumni group on CollectiveX.com . I'd especially love to hear from those of you who might remember me but aren't quite sure. Take a chance. Say hello. Its amazing what memories can come back.
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Greetings from the CESLL office. While these programs are still in the final arrangement phase, here’s what we are working on right now – details about all of these programs will be available soon, so please contact the CESLL office if you would like to be added to our distribution list.
Mother/Daughter Mother’s Day Horsemanship program – May 10 & 11th – overnight program that includes Moms and Daughters working, playing together, enjoying massages
3 – 6 night San Juan River Raft trips – we are working on two trips this Spring and each will have a special educational focus
Alaska this September with Walt Anderson – kayaking, hiking, gourmet food, all on a gorgeous small wooden boat in Prince William Sound
Hiking in the Swiss Alps this August 2008
Current Classes
Learn to Dance - Latin Social Dance for Absolute Beginners
February 13 - April 23, 6:30 - 8:30 PM *No class March 19
Have you watched "Dancing with the Stars"? Think you have two left feet? Delisa Myles, dance faculty at Prescott College, and dance instructor Earl Duque will help you learn Latin social dances in a supportive, community-based class setting. No partners necessary - we’ll all learn to dance with one another! We will teach the history and culture of the social dances and have the opportunity to practice as a group at the end of the session.
Sponsored by the Choreography in the Community course of Prescott College and The Center for Extended Studies and Lifelong Learning. Cost: $80 Instructor: Delisa Myles & Earl Duque. Location: Prescott College Granite Performing Arts Center, 218 North Granite Street.
The Essence of Flavor: Spices
Saturday February 16, 1 – 4 PM
Stimulate your own spicy creativity! Learn how to enliven cooking with spices. This hands on class includes an introduction to spices with recipes and ideas to stimulate your own spicy creativity. Covers baked goods, soups, cheeses, and spice mixes like East Indian curry, Cajun, Mexican, and Chinese, meat rubs and dessert spices. Includes tastings. Cost: $34 Instructor: Molly Beverly - Director of Prescott College Crossroads Cafe. Location: Prescott College Crossroads Cafe.
To register for any of the programs or to get on the mailing list, please contact:
The Center (928) 350 – 4110 or cesll@prescott.edu
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The Prescott College Office of Alumni Relations is pleased to invite you to a gathering of alumni, parents, and friends of Prescott College in Santa Fe, NM and Ashland, Oregon for a public lecture and conversation with Prescott College President, Dr. Daniel Garvey.
Dates:
Dr. Garvey's approach is rooted in the belief common within experiential education that all members of society, from student to public leaders, are resources for social transformation. "Prescott College has always challenged our students and faculty to think confidently and creatively about what it is we can do to make the world a better place," he explains. "Our students leave here with a solid grasp of the creative thinking and collaborative, practical action needed to make positive, lasting change." The lecture will inspire dialogue around:
What biases and assumptions do I hold about different generations?
How can I facilitate communication and cooperation across generations?
What are the problems our next generation will face?
How can we assist future generations address sustainability issues?
What part can I play in creating a sustainable future?
RSVP by April 5th to Marie Smith, Office of Alumni & Parent Relations,
msmith@prescott.edu or 877-350-2100 X4502
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