Upcoming Alumnae Events

February 2012

Richmond Area Chapter - Tuesday, February 21 at 6:30 pm

Reception to welcome Dr. Jo Allen ‘80

River Road Church, Baptist in Richmond, VA

For additional information or to respond, please contact the Alumnae Office at 919.760.8548 or alumnae@meredith.edu.

Hampton Roads Chapter - Wednesday, February 22 from 6 – 8 pm

Reception to welcome Dr. Jo Allen ‘80

Hosted by Franny and Bobby Beasley

For additional information or to respond, please contact the Alumnae Office at 919.760.8548 or alumnae@meredith.edu.

Denver Area Chapter - Saturday, February 25 at 11 am

Brunch Social at Margs Taco Bistro in Denver, Colorado

Please respond to Lyda Fontes Ellis ’01 at lfellis@gmail.com.

New Hanover County Chapter - Saturday, February 25 at 2 pm

Wine & Design Painting Party in Wilmington, North Carolina

Cost is $35/person. 

A local artist will help us each create a fantastic painting, with step-by-step help.  You will go home with a masterpiece that shows off your inner artist!  This location is owned by fellow alumna, Molly Timberlake Loflin ’06.

For additional information or to respond, please contact Christine Laughlin Hughes ‘98 no later than February 16th at ctlmc98@yahoo.com or at 297-1187.  If you’d prefer, you can register and pay on line at http://paintpartiesstudios.com/wilmington/calendar

March 2012

New Bern Area Chapter - Thursday, March 1 at 6 :30 pm

Reception to welcome Dr. Jo Allen ‘80

Hosted by Kim Smith Ball ‘80

For additional information or to respond, please contact the Alumnae Office at 919.760.8548 or alumnae@meredith.edu.

April 2012

May 2012

Alumnae Reunion Weekend - Friday, May 18 through Sunday May 20

All alumnae are invited to join us back on campus but classes ending in a 2 or 7 will be celebrating a special reunion.  For additional information, please visit the Alumnae Reunion Weekend site by clicking here. 

Durham, Orange, Chatham Chapter - Thursday, May 24 at 7 :30 pm

Wicked presented by DPAC

Tickets are $56/person. 

For additional information or to purchase your ticket, please contact Meredith Moody at 919.760.8070 or moorem@meredith.edu.

Alumnae Book Club 2011-2012

September: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
9-8-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
9-20-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room

October: Chosen for Destruction:  The Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Morris Glass and Carolyn Murray Happer
10-13-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
10-25-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room
*This selection was co-written by Carolyn Happer who is a Meredith College Professor Emerita of History.

November: Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
11-10-11  – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
11-15-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in Martin 144

December: The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
12-8-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
12-13-11 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room

January: Enrique’s Journey  by Sonia Nazario
1-12-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
1-17-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in Martin 144
*This selection was the Summer Reading Program book for the class of 2015.

February: Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress
2-9-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
2-21-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in Martin 144

March: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
3-8-12  – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
3-20-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room

April: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
4-12-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
4-17-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room

May: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
5-10-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Alumnae House Parlor
5-15-12 – Meet at 6:30pm in the Chapel Commons Room