Event Archive - Stanford Club of New England

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, September 10
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Frosh Send-off
Sunday, September 11
Join SCNE in wishing the class of 2009 the best of luck at a send-off party in their honor. The party will be held on Sunday, September 11 from 2-4 PM at the home of Carol and John Fine in Brookline. If you would like to help out or stop by and give entering frosh (and their parents) advice and perspective, please contact Hiral Parekh.

SCNE "Welcome to Boston" Potluck Picnic
Saturday, September 17
Are you new to Boston, or just out of touch with fellow Stanford alums? Join the Stanford Club of New England for a potluck picnic on the Boston Common on Saturday, September 17 from noon to 3 PM. We'll hang out, play games and munch on whatever appears. We'll be meeting on the Boston Common, by the corner of Beacon & Charlies Streets. Bring a picnic food and your favorite picnic games - frisbee, football, even a hoola hoop. Contact Celeste Schmid '01 with questions. Hope to see you on the Common!

UN Traveling Film Festival
Saturday/Sunday, September 24/25
SCNE is proud to sponsor Boston's 4th annual 2005 United Nations Association Traveling Film Festival, taking place at BU and Harvard, on September 24 and 25. The festival presents films from filmmakers all over the world, with the theme of "Faces of Hope and Courage: Connecting with Humanity." Tickets are $25 for a full day of film screenings, and $15 for a half day. There will also be a special event on September 23, a reception and screening of PeaceKeepers with Director Paul Cowen. For additional information about the festival, please visit www.bostonfilms.org. If you are interested in helping out at the festival, please contact Leigh Soutter.

SCNE Board Meeting
Monday, September 26
The next Board meeting will be on Monday, September 26, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, August 13
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Red Sox Event
Sunday, August 28
Root Root Root for the Red Sox with the Stanford Club of New England on a Sunday afternoon late in the season!

SCNE has secured a block of tickets in the bleachers for the Sunday, August 28 game against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM. This event is open only to SCNE members for the 2005-06 academic year. Each 2005-06 SCNE member will be allowed to purchase 2 tickets for this event.

To purchase tickets, please download the 2005-06 membership form and enclose the completed form/membership dues with your ticket request. Each ticket is priced at $23 (face value) with a shipping charge of $5 per ticket. For example, a pair of tickets will be $56 plus membership dues ($20 regular members; $15 for Young Alumni). Please make out checks to Stanford Club of New England.

Please contact Rob Lin at roblinear@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

Act quickly as this event will most likely sell out!

SCNE Board Meeting
Monday, August 29
The next Board meeting will be on Monday, August 29, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Softball
Friday evenings, June-July
Enjoy the summer and play softball with fellow Boston area alumni! We play on local fields on Friday evenings against other Ivy League schools. The battle against the dreaded Harvard team is an annual classic that ranks up there with the Sox/Yanks rivalry.

Last year, we came up just short in the Championship game. If the Red Sox can win it all, why not us?

Your participation is key, so please contact Rob Lin via email or 617-331-9222 if you are interested in playing. Check for schedule updates on our site. Go Card!!!

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, July 9
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 8
The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday, June 8, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

First Annual Pac-10 Alumni Golf Outing
Saturday, June 25
Show your school spirit by teeing it up in the First Annual Pac-10 Alumni Golf Outing on Saturday, June 25th at Brookline Golf Club. This is an event for everyone from the novice golfer to the skilled player, so come on out and enjoy a sun-splashed summer day with alumni from around the Pac-10.

Tee times begin at 10 AM that morning, and $65 covers your greens fees, shared cart, and a post-round party on the clubhouse patio. Brookline Golf Club is conveniently located in south Brookline, with easy access from Boston or Route 128 and the Mass Pike. Participating schools include Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC. This is sure to be a popular event and space is limited, so reserve your spot today by e-mailing Jeff Olen. Hope to see you out on the links!

SCNE Night at the Boston Pops
Thursday, June 30
SCNE cordially invites you to join them at a night at the Boston Pops on Thursday, June 30, 8 PM, at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. The cost is $52, which is the second price class; orchestra level. Space is limited, so please RSVP before May 9 to Alexandra Fuchs, '91, by email or (617) 638-9298.

1) via PayPal at www.paypal.com and use the SCNE account: stanfordclubne@yahoo.com

2) by check: Make your checks for $52 payable to SCNE and send to:
Alexandra Fuchs
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

More information about the concert:
As a conductor and pianist, Hamlisch entertains with his phenomenally adroit piano solos and frequent bursts of improvisational humor. Audience participation is a unique and utterly thrilling element to a Hamlisch-led concert-everyone joins in the fun and laughter triggered by his witty repartee. As a composer, Hamlisch has won every major award-three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, one Tony and three Golden Globes. His groundbreaking show, A Chorus Line received the Pulitzer Prize, and he is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including The Way We Were and The Sting. Such a successful yet accessible performer is a winning choice for the Boston Pops, with a show designed to highlight big hits from the Big Apple and beyond.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, June 11
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Book Party with "PREP" author Curtis Sittenfeld
Wednesday, June 15
New York Times bestselling author/Stanford grad Curtis Sittenfeld will read from and sign her nationally-acclaimed debut novel, PREP. Ms. Sittenfeld is a graduate of the Groton School (Form of 1993), Stanford University (Class of 1997), and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Please join us in celebrating her success (and find out if her next novel will be based on her Stanford experience!).

The first 25 paid attendees will receive a "Prep" fabric bookmark courtesy of Random House. All attendees will be entered in the raffle for "Prep" belts (just like the one on the book's cover--a $36 value) at the event. SCNE/Stanford GSB members are welcome to bring guests. Non- alcoholic beverages and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Space is limited to 80 people.

The reading will be held on Wednesday, June 15 from 6:30 PM-8:00 PM at the offices of New Directions, Inc., 66 Long Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, near the Blue Line Aquarium T-stop. Directions are available here.

Members are welcome to bring guests. Non-alcoholic beverages and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Space is limited to 80 people. RSVP or request further information from Catherine King

Admission is discounted for payment received on or before June 5: $10 for SCNE/Stanford GSB members and $20 non-members. For payment received after June 5, admission is $20 for members and $30 for non- members. Preferred payment is by PayPal: stanfordclubne@yahoo.com

Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event, courtesy of Wellesley Booksmith.

Read the first chapter of PREP here.

Interview with Curtis Sittenfeld by the Associated Press.

Her writing on Stanford GSB Professor Michael Ray and his "Creativity in Business" course appeared in Fast Company magazine in 2000.

More reviews of PREP here.

SCNE New England PawSox Baseball Event SOLD OUT
Sunday, May 1
Join SCNE at a family friendly event - watching the New England PawSox play the Scranton Red Barons on Sunday, May 1, at McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket Rhode Island. The stadium is located just off Rt. 95 just over the Rhode Island line, about 45 miles from Boston. We plan to reserve a block of tickets at $9 a piece for box seats. If you're interested, please email Howard Rosenberg, and send a check with the order form by April 5. Friends and family are welcome!

SCNE Entrepreneur Forum
Wednesday, May 4
The next entrepreneur forum will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 and features Hassan Ahmed, PhD '82, the CEO of Sonus Networks, Inc. Dr. Ahmed took over at Sonus, the high-flying telecom equipment maker, in 1998 and managed it through thick and thin and back again. Come hear him talk about his experiences and what's next.

The forum will be held from 7:30 - 9:00 AM at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street (State Street Bank Building), 22nd floor, Boston, MA 02110, near Downtown Crossing, Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Directions are available here. The price is $15 (SCNE members $10). Please RSVP to Jeffrey M. Stoler, '76, JD '80. For more information, please visit the entrepreneur forum home page.

SCNE Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 10
The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, May 10, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, May 14
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

Professor Diane E. Bailey at MFA
"New Math, Hot Cars: Science vs. Art in Automotive Design"
Saturday, May 14
The Stanford Club of New England, the Stanford Alumni Association, and the Stanford School of Engineering cordially invite you to a lecture and reception at the Museum of Fine Arts with Stanford Engineering Professor Diane Bailey, "New Math, Hot Cars: Science vs. Art in Automotive Design." This lecture complements the current Museum of Fine Arts exhibition "Speed, Style and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collections."

SCHEDULE:
12:00-12:30 PM Check-in at MFA Riley Room for lecture
12:30-2:00 PM Prof. Diane Bailey's lecture on Auto Design and the MFA "Speed, Style, and Beauty" Car Exhibit in the Riley Room
2:30-3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Reception at the MFA Bravo Restaurant
2:30 & 3:30 PM Optional, self-arranged tours of the MFA "Speed, Style, and Beauty" car exhibit

EVENT PRICING:
Faculty Lecture and Tea Reception:
$35 per person; $45 after May 5

Tickets to the MFA exhibit, "Speed, Style and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collections," must be purchased separately. The cost of the exhibit is $22 and includes admission to the Museum. MFA members should contact the Museum to inquire about complimentary passes. The MFA recommends that you reserve tickets soon as the exhibit is selling out quickly. Visit www.mfa.org or call (617) 423-6000.

The Stanford Club of New England has a limited number of exhibit tickets available for $22/each on a first-come, first-served basis. Please indicate with your response if you wish to purchase exhibit tickets through SCNE and reserve early!
RSVP required to Catherine King, as our MFA events usually sell out. Space is limited to 80 people.

Payment Options:
1) By PayPal: stanfordclubne@yahoo.com
2) By check (payable to SCNE, noting that it is for the May 14 MFA Event): SCNE/Stephanie Fine, 32 Gerry Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

SCNE Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 5
The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Entrepreneur Forum
Wednesday, April 6
The spring entrepreneur forum comes with an interesting twist - what happens when the venture capital and non-profit worlds collide? This breakfast forum will be held on April 6, 2005 and features George Overholser, GSB '86, SVP of Strategy, Capital One and Financial Co-Founder of North Hill Ventures.

The forum will be held onWednesday, April 6, 2005, with the presentation from 7:30 - 8:30 AM and a Q&A session from 8:30 - 9:00 AM, at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street (State Street Bank Building), 22nd floor, Boston, MA 02110, near Downtown Crossing, Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Directions are available here. The price is $15 (SCNE members $10). Please RSVP to Jeffrey M. Stoler, '76, JD '80. For more information, please visit the entrepreneur forum home page.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, April 9
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

Professor Stephen R. Barley Book Talk
Wednesday, April 27
SCNE invites you to spend an evening with Stanford Professor Stephen R. Barley discussing temporary/contract employment and its effects on you and your workplace, a subject he describes in detail in his upcoming book "Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy." Discussion of his book will be followed by a question and answer period and book signing.

The book talk will be held Wednesday, April 27, from 6:30pm-8:00pm at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street (State Street Bank Building), 22nd floor, Boston, MA 02110, near Downtown Crossing, Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Directions are available here.

Members are welcome to bring guests. Books will be available for purchase and signing, and non-alcoholic beverages and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Please RSVP via email to Catherine King no later than April 20 - space is limited to 80 people.

Admission is discounted for payment received on or before April 20: $10 for SCNE/Stanford GSB members and $20 non-members. For payment received after April 20, admission is $20 for members and $30 for non-members.

Payment Options:
1) By PayPal: gocard1@yahoo.com
2) By check (payable to SCNE, noting that it is for the April 27 Professor Barley Book Event): SCNE/Stephanie Fine, 32 Gerry Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Optional prix fixe dinner will follow, please email Catherine King if you are interested, as space for that is limited to just 12.

SCNE Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 8
The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, March 8, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, March 12
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

Stanford Basketball
Friday, March 18
Come cheer on your Stanford men's basketball team as they play in the NCAA Tournament for the 11th straight year! #8 seed Stanford Cardinal (18-12, 11-7 Pac-10) will be playing the #9 seed Mississippi State Bulldogs (22-10, 9-7 SEC W) Friday, March 18th around 9:45pm. A group of Stanford alums will be watching at T's Pub, 973 Commonwealth Ave (@ Pleasant St), Boston, MA, (617) 254-0807. The nearest T Stop is the Pleasant St stop on B line (2 stops after Boston Univ West if going outbound).

Note the starting time of 9:45 is an approximation, since the Stanford game is scheduled to be aired approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Duke-Delaware State game. Please e-mail Yvonne Chao if you have any questions.

"Inside a Stem Cell Laboratory" - Stem Cell Research Panel Discussion
Thursday, March 31
SCNE invites you to an exciting panel discussion between 4 post-doctoral fellows who work in one of the country's leading stem-cell-research laboratories--that of George Daley, a Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital hematologist and oncologist. Each scientist will describe the research project he or she is tackling and how, if successful, their work could lead to significant improvements in current medical practices.

The panel will be held on Thursday, March 31 from 6:30pm-9:00pm at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street (State Street Bank Building), 22nd floor, Boston, MA 02110, near Downtown Crossing, Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Directions are available here.

Members are welcome to bring guests. Wine, non-alcoholic beverages and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Space is limited to 80 people.

Admission is discounted for payment received on or before March 21: $10 for SCNE/Stanford GSB members and $20 non-members. For payment received after March 21, admission is $20 for members and $30 for non-members.

Payment Options:
1) By PayPal: stanfordclubne@yahoo.com
2) By check (payable to SCNE, noting that it is for the March 31 Stem Cell Event): SCNE/Stephanie Fine, 32 Gerry Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Our Panel:
Laurance Dahron earned a master's degree in cell biology from the University of Rennes, a Ph.D. from the University of Poitiers, and studied leukemia at Jefferson University before joining the Daley lab.

William Lensch received his Ph.D. in molecular and medical genetics from Oregon Health Sciences University, and his current fellowship as a developmental biologist and geneticist is sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Paul Lerou, who received an M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, was chief resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital for one year before beginning a fellowship in newborn medicine at Children's and embarking on research in George Daley's laboratory.

Shannon McKinney-Freeman, who graduated from Ripon College with majors in chemistry and biology, earned a Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine, and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the American Cancer Society.

SCNE Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 9
The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday, February 9, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, February 12
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Sports: Indoor Rock Climbing
Saturday, February 12
Ever want to learn to rock climb? Join your fellow SCNE members for an afternoon of climbing! Join us on Saturday, February 12 at 12 noon at MetroRock, located just outside Boston in Everett.

We'll start with a basic safety course taught by gym instructors, followed by some time to try out your new climbing skills. The $30 price covers admission to the gym, the lesson and all gear rentals.

Please RSVP to Rob Lin if you are interested in attending.

Michael Melcher's "Managing a Great Career Transition" Workshop
Thursday, February 24 SOLD OUT
Michael Melcher will conduct a workshop on “Managing a Great Career Transition.” Michael Melcher is one of New York’s leading career and executive coaches, as well as a published novelist and writer on business and legal themes. He received his JD/MBA from Stanford in 1994 and his BA from Harvard in 1986.

This workshop will be useful for individuals moving from entrepreneurial roles into larger organizations, those transitioning from corporations into entrepreneurship, consulting or alternative careers, people reentering the workforce after an absence, as well as satisfied careerists who want to continue growing. He will offer a simple but not simplistic methodology for defining goals, exploring opportunities and making sense of everything.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, February 24 from 6:30pm-8:00pm at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street (State Street Bank Building), 22nd floor, Boston, MA 02110, near Downtown Crossing, Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Directions are available here. Admission is $10 for club members (SCNE/GSB)/$15 non-members. Members are welcome to bring guests. Non-alcoholic beverages and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Please RSVP to Catherine King no later than February 14 as the space is limited to 50 people. PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

2005 Frog Pond Ice Skating Event for Boston-Area Alumni
Monday, February 28
The Stanford Club of New England cordially invites you to join your fellow Stanford alums and other local alumni for an evening of ice skating, mingling and fun! The Boston-area chapters of the Arizona State, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Penn, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, and Williams alumni clubs are co-hosting this event. Come meet new friends and relax with old ones.

Details: The Frog Pond skating rink, located in the Boston Common, will be open to us from 7:30 - 9:00 PM. Admission is covered, attendees skate rentals are $7 for adults and $5 for children (13 and under). Please contact Yvonne Chao if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

PAC-10 Happy Hour
Thursday, January 6
Come usher in the new year with the first 2005 PAC-10 Happy Hour! Stanford is hosting this month and we will be meeting from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the new(ish) lounge, Middlesex, near Central Square in Cambridge. Middlesex Lounge is located at 315 Massachusetts Ave (cross street: State St). From the Red Line T-stop at Central Square, walk down Mass Ave toward MIT/Charles River/Boston. Middlesex is just past the Miracle of Science. Please contact Yvonne Chao '00 or Celeste Schmid '01 with any questions.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, January 8
Once a month SCNE helps prepare and serve food at Rosie's Place. E-mail Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo or Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested in volunteering.

SCNE Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 18
The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, January 18, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.