Donald Odita’s Pan-Am (1999), from the exhibition Against the Wall: Painting Against the Grid, Surface, Frame at the ICA through Feb. 10.
Events of
interest—on campus and around the world.
Highlights for Jan/Feb 2002.
For more detailed listings, please see Alumni
Calendar.
REGIONAL EVENTS
Atlanta.
The Penn secondary-school committee will
hold its annual Regular Decision interview day on Saturday, Jan. 12. If
you are interested in interviewing applicants, please contact the SSC
chair Kathe Brown at (770) 955-3698 or <kathebrown@postmark.net>.
Southern California. The local Wharton club is holding a
post-holiday reception in late January. All Penn alumni living in or visiting
the Los Angeles area are invited join any of the Wharton-club events.
For more information, check out the Web site (www.whartonsocal.com),
click on Events.
Seattle Penn Alumni Club members will gather on Saturday, Feb.
2 for a snowshoeing trip near the Alpental Ski Area. And the club will
host a dinner party at Buca DiBeppo on Friday, Feb. 22. For more information,
contact Alexa Chiang at (206) 250-3020.
ALUMNI SOCIETY
Alumni
Trustees
Alumni
are invited and encouraged to suggest candidates, who must be degree-holding
alumni, for two At-Large Alumni Trustee positions. Appointees to these
positions will serve five-year terms, commencing in January 2003. Suggested
candidates will be given consideration by the Nominations Committee of
the University of Pennyslvania Alumni Society.
Alumni
Award of Merit
Alumni are also
encouraged to suggest candidates to receive next year’s Alumni Award of
Merit, to be presented during Homecoming Weekend 2002. The award is given
for outstanding service to the University of Pennsylvania and can be presented
to non-alumni. Suggested candidates will be given consideration by the
Awards and Resolutions Committee.
Names of candidates,
for both the Alumni Trustee positions and the 2002 Alumni Award of Merit,
should be sent by January 15, 2002 to: The University of Pennsylvania
Alumni Society, c/o Executive Secretary, E. Craig Sweeten Alumni House,
3533 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6226 or <alumni@ben.dev.upenn.edu>.
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Club of SoCal Throughout the evening, films will be playing on screens throughout the club, interspersed with musical acts on the main stage. The works of our talented alumni to be presented include a 2001 Academy Award Nominated Short Film, films broadcast on the Cinemax and Showtime Channels, and films showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. Musical acts include bands featured in film and television programs, including NYPD Blue, as well as bands that have opened for Harry Dean Stanton and Guster. Matt says, “The purpose of this exciting event is to provide our talented community with an opportunity to share their accomplishments and to form associations with other like-minded alumni.”
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