We are looking forward to welcoming the 3s and 8s for Reunion June 7-9, 2013! As new information becomes available, it will be posted here. In the meantime, check out the Reunion fun from last year!
Reunion 2012 Seminar Descriptions
What Emma Looks Like Today
Jeff Pilgrim, director of admissions
Friday 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Meet the Director of Admissions, Jeff Pilgrim, and hear what admissions and enrollment are like at Emma in the current environment and learn how you, as an Emma alumna, might be able to help the school’s recruitment efforts.
Bicentennial Book Discussion - Wrought With Steadfast Will: A History of Emma Willard School
Trudy Hanmer, associate head emerita
Friday 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Hear about the ongoing research into the history of your alma mater. Learn about her discoveries—some scandalous, some revolutionary, many triumphant as the school morphed through good times and bad. Learn about the famous and infamous graduates who preceded you.
The Personalized Journey of These Emma Women
Alumnae Panel Discussion
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
A panel discussion with four alumnae spanning different decades, places in their lives, and professional fields, sharing their personal journeys. There will be a ten minute Q&A session and an informal networking and resume sharing session following the panel discussion.
More information to come.
Building a Better Mousetrap: Emma and Educational Innovation
John Ball, assistant head of academic affairs
Bob Naeher, Newell Chair in Humanities
Meg McClellan, Margaret Wing Dodge Chair in Literature
Meredith Legg, Sara Lee Schupf Family Chair in Instructional Technology and Classroom Innovation
Saturday 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The discussion will be based on curriculum innovations (past, present, and future) and feature demonstrations of the best ways to engage our capable girls. We are also very interested in alumnae ideas about inventive ways to teach and learn.
Miss Representation Film Discussion
Meg McClellan, Margaret Wing Dodge Chair in Literature
Meredith Legg, Sara Lee Schupf Family Chair in Instructional Technology and Classroom Innovation
Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please join us for a thoughtful and provocative discussion on the award winning documentary, Miss Representation. Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence. The entire Emma community recently viewed the documentary and it sparked a lively discussion among students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and parents.
There will be several showings of the film throughout Reunion prior to the seminar, but know that it may conflict with other planned activities. A ten minute clip will be shown in the beginning of the seminar, but if you would like to view Miss Representation in its entirety, but do not want to miss out on any weekend activities, you can order the film online, find a screening, or rent it from your local library.
To find out more about the documentary, please visit the website.
About the film
Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation (90 min; TV-14 DL) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.
In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3 percent of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65 percent of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.
Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson, and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
