WELCOME TO VIXEN WATCH WHICH INCLUDES NEWS AND ARTICLES ON SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, LIBERAL ARTS, STEM, STEAM, COLLEGE FINANCE, AND MORE.
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THANKSGIVING IS JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW. THEREFOR I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN FOR THE SWEET BRIAR FAMILY TO SHARE YOUR THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS OR MEMORIES. YOU CAN SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL MAKE SURE IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT VIXEN WATCH. JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE ‘THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS AND/OR MEMORIES SUBMITTED BY MEMBER OF THE SWEET BRIAR FAMILY‘ Section
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PLEASE CHECK THE NEW INFORMATION IN THE ‘ALUMNAE ALLIANCE SECTION‘ ON THE ATHLETICS AND RIDING HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 18.
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MANY ALUMNAE ARE CURRENTLY BUSY RECRUITING NEW STUDENTS TO STUDY AT SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE. HERE IS A GREAT VIDEO ANY ALUMNA OR FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE CAN USE TO RECRUIT STUDENTS.
WHY SWEET BRIAR?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTjJX_7U15g
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DON’T SKIP THE ‘SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SWEET BRIAR FAMILY‘ SECTION AS YOU MAY FIND QUITE A FEW INTERESTING CONTRIBUTIONS.
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DON’T FORGET TO CHECK THE ‘EVENTS‘ SECTION FOR CLUB MEETING, ALUMNAE ART EXHIBITS AND MUCH MORE.
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ONCE AGAIN A SWEET BRIAR VIXEN NEEDS YOUR HELP TO FUND A SUMMER MEDICAL INTERNSHIP IN AFRICA. PLEASE CHECK THE “VIXENS HELPING VIXENS” SECTION AT THE BOTTOM.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE IS STILL HIRING
FOR INFORMATION AND A LIST OF POSITIONS PLEASE VISIT
http://sbc.edu/human-resources/faculty-staff-job-openings/
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND START SAVING!
REUNION IS GOING TO BE JUNE 2 THROUGH 4 2017.
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PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO ALSO CHECK THE “EVENTS” SECTION AT THE BOTTOM.
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ARE YOU PLANNING A TRIP TO SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE? DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE EVENTS CALENDAR
http://sbc.edu/featured-events/
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR
SWEET BRIAR GO TO:
HTTP://SBC.EDU/ALUMNAE-DEVELOPMENT/VOLUNTEER/
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IF YOU PLAN A FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT SWEET BRIAR PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NEED APPROVAL FROM THE COLLEGE. ALL FUNDRAISING EVENTS ARE TIED TO OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESSES AND THEREFOR NEED THE APPROVAL. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ENTER THE SYSTEM:
HTTP://SBC.EDU/ALUMNAE-DEVELOPMENT/GEOGRAPHIC-CLUBS-AND-EVENTS/
AND
HTTP://SBC.EDU/ALUMNAE-DEVELOPMENT/FUNDRAISING-FOR-SWEET-BRIAR/
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTION PLEASE CONTACT DONNA DODD WHO IS THE CONTACT FOR ALL FUNDRAISERSDDODD@SBC.EDU
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HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SWEET.BRIAR.COLLEGE/
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SWEET BRIAR NEWS
Sweet Briar to welcome prospective students for season’s final open house
How three colleges work to close the STEM gender gap
November Gager Concert features classical pieces by renowned local pianist
OBITUARY
Posted on Facebook by Jean van Schrader Bryan
Beloved former dean dies, but his big, booming laugh lingers in memory
SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SWEET BRIAR FAMILY
Posted on Facebook by Rhoda Harris
Goodbye Medgar Evers College, Hello Sweet Briar
Posted on Facebook by Yoland Reid via Alumnae Alliance
Sikh documentary, ‘Under the Turban’ debuts at UN Association Film Festival
Submitted by Chris Longstreet
I notice that I have the Briar Wire available online, and I get a copy in the post. If we request recipients to opt out of the post mailing we will save a tree, some postage, and the smiling faces that prepare them.
So, if you already receive the Briar Wire in your emails consider opting out of receiving a hard copy as well. Please contact Clélie Steckel at cdsteckel@sbc.edu if you would like to opt out of a hard copy in the mail.
Posted on Facebook by Lydia Gullicksen and Sweet Briar College Business
Congratulations to Sweet Briar College’s cross country team for completing its first season. Great job, ladies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSNHxWcKhFs&feature=youtu.be
Posted on Facebook by Tusculum Institute at Sweet Briar College
Workers’ Wednesday: Jan Osinga (in 1976) the farm manager at Sweet Briar for many years. He also raised the cows and supervised the production of the much beloved Sweet Briar yogurt.
ALUMNAE ALLIANCE
Dear Alumnae,
Happy fall!
We are overjoyed to announce that there will be an Athletics and Riding Hall of Fame induction in April 2017. The Sweet Briar College Athletics and Riding Hall of Fame honors special achievements by alumnae who have been associated with athletics at the College. These individuals have helped bring recognition, honor, distinction and excellence to Sweet Briar College and the intercollegiate athletics program. If you would like to nominate and alumna for this recognition, kindly complete the nomination form found on the Sweet Briar Athletics website by November 18, 2016. We are always accepting nominations for this important honor.
If you have questions, contact Megan Behrle ’09, cross country coach and lacrosse recruiting assistant, at mbehrle@sbc.edu.
Thank you,
Sweet Briar Athletics and Riding
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TO MAKE A GIFT NOW, VISITSBC.EDU/GIFT.
To get the most out of Sweet Briar’s alumnae network go to
https://sweetbriar.alumnifire.com/
THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS AND/OR MEMORIES SUBMITTED BY MEMBER OF THE SWEET BRIAR FAMILY
Submitted by Monika Kaiser
A Sweet Briar Thanksgiving
During the Thanksgiving break in 1980 – or perhaps it was ’81 – a few students, including myself, decided to stay on campus. For most of us Thanksgiving break was just too short to pay for a trip home. The first two nights we were accommodated in the hostel, the place where male students who came to visit were supposed to sleep. It was one big room with plenty of beds and as I recall we had a lot of fun. After two nights we were divided into different houses for the rest of the vacation. I was placed along with Eman, Terry, Eman’s brother, and a few more students Lai (?), Vernice (?) in Dean Barlow’s house. I was also in charge of taking care of the Barlow’s German Shephard Zeda (?), which I remember fondly. Since we were from different backgrounds and each of us had a family recipe to share, we decided to opt out of the traditional turkey dinner and have a potluck instead. Terry was vegetarian – in fact the first vegetarian I had ever met – and Eman and her brother were from the Middle East. So we decided to have a roast leg of lamb (for the carnivores among us) which I prepared from a family recipe, Terry prepared a vegetarian dish, and Eman and her brother cooked up an array of Middle Eastern side dishes. We had a feast on Thanksgiving that I will never forget. The lamb which had been marinated days before was succulent and Terry’s vegetarian dish – which I recall included peanuts – was totally delicious and all the side dishes and dessert that the others had prepared were simply heaven. Today I often serve roasted leg of lamb for Thanksgiving, mostly, though, because nobody in my family enjoys turkey.
LIBERAL ARTS
Caution on reforming university course offerings
On liberal arts and helicopter parents
How colleges are failing liberal arts majors
Bowdoin College ranked best liberal arts college
Yes there is life after majoring in English
Loss of language programs a mistake for liberal arts
USD task force focuses on liberal arts education
Colvin – Technology makes liberal arts vital
STEM AND STEAM
A new prescription for saving America’s workforce by a different billionair developer
NASA shows how cool STEAM is with high-tech pumpkin contest
Nonprofit Spotlight – Sierra Nevada Journey – How do we meet the STEM workforce demand?
The importance of ‘wow’ in learning
South Allegheny class offers unusual mix – art history and robotics
WOMEN IN STEM
Meet 3 Latinas leading in virtual and augmented reality
BE WiSE and Carollo Engineers celebrate women working wonders with water
Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced?
STEM under the microscope – Where are the girls?
To boldly go — Sci-fi’s trailblazing women
Welcome to women in tech month
Are we perpetuating the STEM gap? Only half of U.S. voters believe it exists
What can you do to promote diversity and STEM careers?
‘Star Trek’ jokes in class make women feel ‘unwelcome’ says University of Washington professor
Phillippines – DepEd encourages more women to engage in STEM fields
IvWatch dispels myths of women in STEM related fields
How women in tech are making progress in Australia, and what the rest of the world can learn
When women are more like men, they still face STEM bias
STEM under the microscope – where are the girls?
Steinhardt study proves gender gap in STEM fields
STEM jobs and ideal ‘worker women’
Encouraging STEM careers for young girls
Is technology still a man’s world?
Here’s ‘Why can’t a woman be more like a man?’ in regard to STEM career
Stop blaming schools and universities for the lack of women in tech
Women in science – Athene Donald
Gender equity – Where do we stand?
Being more like men doesn’t help women in STEM careers
UK – 49% of UK women wish they had pursued a career in STEM
Study finds female faculty are underrepresentd in genomics
Why are women who put their careers first just as unlikely to get jobs in STEM?
How one engineering program used storytelling to recruit more women
Herstory – Five of the biggest stories about women in STEM in 2016
Middle East – Let’s close the Mideast gender gap in less than 129 years
STUDENT RECRUITMENT, ENROLLMENT, ETC.
William and Mary feels enrollment shift
Public liberal arts colleges work to attract exposure, enrollment
Veterans in the Ivy League – Students seek to up their ranks
Data analytics in higher education – a mixed bag
SAAB advises admissions officers
ICE created phony university for massive immigration sting
International students share experiences at USD, offer insight into recruiting strategy
COLLEGE FINANCES, GRANTS, ETC.
Postcard campaign urges state to fund MAP grants
Saving cash in college – Thrive and be thrifty
A few hundred dollars in aid can make all the difference to some college students
WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Afghanistan – Girls gain ground in Kandahar culture wars as education prospects improve
Where PhD’s work and what they earn
Zimbabwe – Celebrating women in leadership – Hope Sadza
Iraq – Controversy over reported dress code for female university students in Iraq
Ladies put the glass down – a gender gap we don’t want closed
Women encouraged to tell their story on higher education
Korea – (Foreigners who loved Korea) Mary F.B. Scranton – Fostering education for women
Hispanice women will wait 232 years for equal pay, if current trends continue
Women’s college in Connecticut considers enrolling men
Women’s college in Connecticut considers enrolling men
Agnes Scott alumnae and students participate in “Scotties Give Back” during October
OTHER
The are the best (and worst) N.J. colleges for poor students
ReKTUniversity launches a global esports platform around students, universities and colleges
Higher education should be public good, not a private commodity
EVENTS
Sweet Briar alumna and artist Jill Steenhuis will be touring the US this Fall. Here is her schedule:
November 8
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December – January
Explorations in Color, at Artspace Herndon, 750 Center St., Herndon, VA 20170
Dec. 7-Jan. 8
Opening Reception on Saturday, Dec. 10 7 –9pm
Arts Club of Washington, D.C., 2017 I St. NW, DC 20006
Jan. 6 – Jan. 28
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30. – 8:30 p.m
VIXENS HELPING VIXENS
A request posted on Facebook by Natalie Tacke
Lovely ladies!! My beautiful adopted vixen this year is trying to raise money to support a summer internship to Africa to help further her dreams of becoming a surgeon! She has created a go fund me page in an attempt to raise the funds necessary to make this happen!! Let’s show her some love and help make her dreams come true!!!
https://www.gofundme.com/fund-for-africa-medical-internship-2vku6qs
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