Events Archive 2004 - 2005: Stanford Club of New England

3rd Annual Toys for Tots Drive
Thursday, December 2
Join fellow PAC-10 Alumni from Cal, Arizona State, Stanford, Arizona USC and Oregon for a night of billiards, socializing, etc. Please bring at least one unwrapped toy to be delivered to the Toys for Tots Foundation. We will be gathering from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Boston Beer Works located on Canal Street near the Fleet Center and Sports Grille Boston. Directions by T: Green and Orange line to North Station. Please contact Yvonne Chao with any questions.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, December 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 Volunteers at The Home for Little Wanderers
Sunday, December 12
Saturday, December 18
Every holiday season, SCNE volunteers at the Home for Little Wanderers annual holiday gift drive. This year, we need volunteers on Sunday December 12th and Saturday December 18th from 11am to 3pm to work in the Toy Room. The Toy Room, which serves as the primary drop-off location for all donated gifts during the Holiday Gift Drive, operates out of the gymnasium at the Knight Children's Center in Jamaica Plain. Last year marked the first time that the Toy Room was entirely staffed by volunteers. Over 300 enthusiastic, hardworking volunteers opened their hearts last year and offered a much-needed helping hand by volunteering in The Home's Toy Room. The Home relies on volunteers to perform a variety of duties such as greeting donors, unloading and collecting donated items, sorting and stacking gifts and most importantly keeping the room organized and the process running smoothly. While the work is not particularly glamorous, volunteers are essential to the Toy Room's success. Volunteering in the Toy Room is a magical experience that reflects the true spirit of the holiday season. It is an opportunity to be a part of something that touches the lives of the thousands of children and families that The Home serves each year. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer and making a big difference this holiday season, please email Sarasina Sulijoadikusumo.

SCNE Board Meeting
Thursday, November 4
The next Board meeting will be on Thursday, November 4, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our new president Ben Malka so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, November 9
The next Book Club meeting will be held on November 9, 2004 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we will be reading "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market" by Eric Schlosser. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

Michael Holley Book Reading and Signing
Wednesday, November 10
The Stanford Club of New England and their guests are invited to talk football with Michael Holley, author of "Patriot Reign:Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion." Please join us for a reading and signing of his New York Times bestselling book on Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 PM at the offices of Gadsby Hannah LLP, 225 Franklin Street, 22nd Floor, Boston, MA. For more information, click here. The cost is free but seating is limited to first 100 alumni and their guests. Please RSVP to Catherine King.

Joint SCNE-Penn Club of Boston Happy Hour
Thursday, November 11
Come join your fellow SCNE alums and meet some folks from Penn Club of Boston for our 2nd Annual Joint Happy Hour. We are bridging the East Coast-West Coast gap over drinks (you pay) and appetizers (some provided) on Thursday, November 11th, at 6pm at Aqua at 120 Water Street near Faneuil Hall. Let's show those Quakers what the West Coast is all about!

Please contact Yvonne Chao '00 or Celeste Schmid '01 if you have any questions.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, November 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 Entrepreneur Forum
Thursday, November 18
Our breakfast forums begin again on November 18th with "Venture Capital: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Please click here for more information, or email Jeff Stoler.

SCNE Big Game Party
Saturday, November 20
The Annual Big-Game Party, co-hosted with CAL Alumni, will be held this year at Hurricane O'Reilly's. Please click here for more information. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow alums and cheer on the Cardinal football team. Go Stanford!

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, October 5
The next Book Club meeting will be held on October 5, 2004 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we will be reading "The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States" by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

SCNE Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 1
The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday, September 1, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP our new 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, September 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.

PAC-10 Pub Crawl
Friday, September 24
It's time once again for the Annual PAC-10 Pub Crawl! Come join fellow Stanford alums and PAC-10 alums for a fun evening. Last year there were over 40 attendees. This year we are hitting spots in the FleetCenter area. Below is the itinerary.

MBA Admissions Panel
Monday, August 2
Join the Penn Club of Boston and Kaplan on Monday, August 2nd (8/2/04) for an informative panel of admissions representatives from 5 top business schools: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Sloan, and Kellogg! Panelists will discuss several important topics for consideration when applying to business school.

Please register for this event by clicking here and follow the link to the event registration form. Please note, registration is mandatory, but there is no charge for this event as Kaplan is sponsoring your admission. The evening's schedule will be as follows:

6:00 PM - Doors open and attendees sign-in
7:00 PM - Panel discussion begins
8:00 PM - Questions from the audience for the panelists
8:30 - 9:30 PM - Breakout room with tables for each of the panelist schools

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

Young Alumni Duck Tour and BBQ
Wednesday, August 18
’s South End. There is no cost, but space is limited for the Duck Tour and preference will be given to alums who are new to Boston. Please RSVP by Aug 1st for Duck Tour and/or BBQ to Celeste Schmid.

SCNE Cape Cod Kayaking Trip
Saturday, August 21
Soin SCNE for some kayaking in Nauset Marsh, Cape Cod. We'll be using Goose Hummock kayak rentals. Bring a picnic lunch and we will stop to have a bite to eat while kayaking in scenic Nauset Marsh. Optional visit to ice cream store afterwards.

The cost will be approximately $25 for a single kayak, $35 for a tandem (i.e. you and a friend kayak together in the same boat). For additional price info, click here.

Please RSVP to Melissa Mills by August 1 and include your preference of kayak. Friends/significant others of alumni welcome, but priority given to alumni if we fill up.

If you would like to make a weekend out of this and need recommendations on lodging, please feel free to ask.

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, August 24
The next Book Club meeting will be held on August 24, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we will be reading "Bel Canto: A Novel" by Ann Patchett. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

Waterfire Providence, Rhode Island
Saturday, August 28
SCNE invites you to a "Behind the Scenes" party at Waterview Providence. Ride aboard 11 person Peace (aka War) Canoes and enjoy on the river experience in the midst of Providence's premiere event. WaterFire, Barnaby Evans' award winning fire sculpture installation on the three rivers in downtown Providence, has been praised by Rhode Island residents and international visitors alike as a powerful work of art and a moving symbol of Providence's renaissance.

Highlights of the event include:
· Waterfire lighting at 7:45 pm
· Peace Canoe ride
· Coffee and desert reception
· Meet the artist Barnaby Evans

The SCNE Waterfire Providence is a go and we may be a wee bit oversubscribed, so we are asking you to reserve your space by mailing in a check. Please email Howard Rosenberg if you have any questions.

About Waterfire:
WaterFire centers on a series of 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence. The string of fires illuminates nearly two-thirds of a mile of urban public spaces and parks, and residents and visitors gather to stroll along the river while listening to a memorable and eclectic selection of classical and world music that serves as a melodic accompaniment to the normal sounds of urban life. The fires are tended from sunset to past midnight by black-clad performers in boats who pass quietly before the flames.

WaterFire is an experience that surrounds viewers on all sides and impacts all five senses. The crackling flames, the fragrant scent of blazing cedar and pine, the flickering firelight on the arched bridges, the silhouettes of the firetenders floating by in their torch-lit vessels, and the extraordinary music from around the world engage all of the senses and evoke unique emotions from the many thousands who come to stroll along the river walks. WaterFire has captured the imagination of hundreds of thousands of people, transforming downtown Providence and enlivening the nights of the state's capital city.

SCNE Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 6
The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, July 6, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP Paige Arnof-Fenn so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome. We'll be having Board elections at this meeting, so if you'd like to get more involved in the organization, please email Paige Arnof-Fenn and see which positions are available.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, July 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 Book Club
Tuesday, July 13
The next Book Club meeting will be held on July 13, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we will be reading "The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

PAC-10 Volleyball Tournament
Saturday, July 17
Join fellow PAC-10 alums for a day at the beach. The ASU alumni group is organizing this annual event, to be held on July 17 at Revere Beach from 1-4 PM. We will be setting up in our usual spot, between the main grandstand and the restrooms. Come on out for a fun day at the beach!

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, June 1
The next Book Club meeting will be held on June 1, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we will be reading "The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, June 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.

PAC-10 Happy Hour
Thursday, June 17
Come join your fellow PAC-10 alums for our monthly PAC-10 Happy Hour. Stanford will be the host this month! Stay tuned for more details. Please contact Yvonne Chao if you have any questions.

From My Side of the Desk: A Conversation with Robin Mamlet, Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid
Wednesday, June 23
This year, Stanford could have filled its freshman class four times over with
applicants who had a 4.0 grade point average or entirely with students who had at least one perfect SAT verbal or math score. What's an Admission Dean to do? Join us for an insider's look at how Dean Robin Mamlet approaches the increasingly competitive world of Stanford admission at a special talk on Wednesday, June 23, at Suffolk University School of Law, 120 Tremont Street, Boston (near Park Street & Govt Center T stops). For more directions, please click here. The cost is $5 for SCNE members, $10 for non-members. The reception begins at 6:45 PM, with the program starting promptly at 7:30 PM. Please note that this session is intended for alumni and not high school students.

Robin Mamlet, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, has been at Stanford since October 2000. Before coming to Stanford, she served as Dean of Admissions at Swarthmore, as Dean of Admission at the Lawrenceville School and as Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Sarah Lawrence College. Dean Mamlet speaks regularly at national conferences, professional meetings, forums for guidance counselors, and colloquia on the future of college admissions.

Please RSVP by sending a check payable to the Stanford Club of New England by June 14 to the following address. Remember: $5 members/$10 non-members:

Aly Kassam-Remtulla

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, May 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.

Boston Pops Event
Thursday, May 13
SCNE was able to secure us tickets for Thursday, May 13 at the Pops' Gershwin concert with Keith Lockhart conducting. The seats are in the third price class at orchestra level, $37 each. Please contact Alexandra Fuchs if you are interested.

PAC-10 Happy Hour
Friday, May 21
Come join your fellow PAC-10 alums for our monthly PAC-10 Happy Hour on Friday, May 21, 6 PM, at Black Rhino on Broad St. near Faneuil Hall. We'll meet on the 4th floor roof deck if it's nice, otherwise downstairs Please contact Yvonne Chao if you have any questions.

SCNE Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 26
The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday, May 26, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP Paige Arnof-Fenn so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome. We'll be having Board elections in June so if you'd like to get more involved in the organization, come to the next Board meeting and see which positions are available.

Spring Speaker Event at the MFA Boston
Wanda Corn & Karen Haas to speak on Georgia O'Keefe & Ansel Adams
Wednesday, April 7
The Stanford Club of New England invites you to a gallery talk with Stanford Professor Wanda Corn and a viewing of photographs with MFA curator Karen Haas. Professor Corn will be speaking on Georgia O'Keefe and other American modernist painters, and Karen Hass, MFA Curator of Photography, will discuss the friendship between Georgia O'Keefe and photographer Ansel Adams. Cost will be $5 for SCNE members, $10 for non-members, and an additional $40 for those who would like to join us for dinner with Prof. Corn in the MFA's new BRAVO restaurant afterwards (seating at 8:00 pm). ATTENTION: All spaces for this event have been filled. To see if your name could be placed on the waiting list, please email Emi Usui.

For those attending the event, please plan on meeting an SCNE board member at the West Entrance to the MFA (the one across from the brick parking structure on Museum Road, NOT the one on Huntington Avenue) by 6pm to check in and get an entry ticket and directions to the Lane Gallery of American Paintings and the Morse Print and Photographs Study Room.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, April 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.

PAC-10 Happy Hour
Thursday, April 15
Join your fellow Stanford and other PAC-10 alums for a happy hour to celebrate (?) tax day at The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville (Davis Square), (617) 776-6896.

SCNE Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 21
The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP Paige Arnof-Fenn so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, April 27
The next Book Club meeting will be held on April 27, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we are reading "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" by Cynthia Saltzman. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

The Frog Pond skating rink, located in the Boston Common, will be open to us from 7:30 - 9:00 PM. Afterward we will head to Finale Desserts in the Theater District to warm up with some treats and hot toddies. Please contact Yvonne Chao if you have any questions.

Admission is covered, attendees skate rentals are $7 for adults and $5 for children (13 and under). Hope to see you there!

Stanford-Oregon Basketball Viewing Event
Saturday, March 6
It's the final game of the Pac-10 season - will Stanford Men's Basketball go undefeated? The #1 Stanford Cardinal take on highly regarded Pac-10 rival Washington this coming Saturday night. Cheer for Stanford in their quest for the perfect season.

The game starts at 6:00 pm Eastern and we'll be gathering at Brother Jimmy's in Harvard Square. Harvard Square is accessible on the Red line (Harvard) stop on the MBTA. Parking is limited but available in private garages in the area.

Please contact Ben Malka if you have questions.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, March 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.

Visit from Stanford Alumni Association President
Monday, March 15
Join SCNE and Howard Wolf, '80, president of the Stanford Alumni Association, for a casual happy hour next month. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP to Paige Arnof-Fenn, who will send you more details on the location and time.

SCNE Board Meeting
Monday, March 15
The next Board meeting will be on Monday, March 15, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP Paige Arnof-Fenn so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, March 16
The next Book Club meeting will be held on March 16, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. This month we are reading "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. See other books the club is interested in reading by clicking here.

SCNE Speaker Event:Luis Fraga on Race and the 2004 Election
Monday, March 29
Luis Fraga, Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford and currently a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, will be giving a talk to the Stanford Club of New England about the role of race in the 2004 election. The talk will be held on the evening of Monday, March 29 at (PLEASE NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE!) Pound 100, Harvard Law School. Light refreshments will be served at 6:30 PM with the lecture starting promptly at 7:30 PM. The cost is $5 for Stanford Club members, $10 for non-members. Please RSVP to Aly Kassam-Remtulla by Friday, March 26, 2004. For more details on the event, please click here.

February 2004

SCNE Book Club
Tuesday, February 3
The next Book Club meeting will be held on February 3, 2004 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Dado Tea Cafe, 955 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. We will be reading "The Feast of the Goat: A Novel" by Mario Vargas Llosa. Check out other books in the club's future by clicking here.

Stanford-Arizona Basketball Viewing Event
Saturday, February 7
It's time for the Stanford Men's Basketball team's home stretch run through the Pac-10 season. The #2 Stanford Cardinal takes on traditional rival, the University of Arizona Wildcats this coming Saturday night. It's the toughest game left on the schedule and should be one of the biggest games of the year in all of college basketball.

The game starts at 3:00 pm Eastern and we'll be gathering at Brother Jimmy's in Harvard Square. Harvard Square is accessible on the Red line (Harvard) stop on the MBTA. Parking is limited but available in private garages in the area.

Please contact Ben Malka if you have questions.

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, February 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.

Pac-10 Pub Night
Thursday, February 19
The next Pac-10 Happy Hour will be hosted by CAL on Thursday, February 19, 6:30 PM, at the Sunset Grille, located at 130 Brighton Ave, Allston, near the Green Line B Harvard Ave. T stop. Or, from from Harvard Square take the 66 bus and exit at the Harvard Ave/Brighton Ave stop. If you have any questions, please contact Yvonne Chao.

SCNE Board Meeting
Monday, February 23
The next Board meeting will be on Monday, February 23, at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP Paige Arnof-Fenn so that an accurate count can be made for dinner and paperwork. All Stanford alums are welcome.

Stanford-Oregon Basketball Viewing Event
Saturday, February 28
It's time for the Stanford Men's Basketball team's home stretch run through the Pac-10 season. The #1 Stanford Cardinal takes on highly regarded Pac-10 rival Oregon this coming Saturday night. Cheer for Stanford in the next tough step of their quest for the perfect season.

The game starts at 7:00 pm Eastern and we'll be gathering at Brother Jimmy's in Harvard Square. Harvard Square is accessible on the Red line (Harvard) stop on the MBTA. Parking is limited but available in private garages in the area.

Please contact Ben Malka if you have questions.

January 2004

SCNE Volunteers at Rosie's Place
Saturday, January 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.

January PAC-10 Happy Hour
Thursday, January 22
Come join your fellow PAC-10 alums for the first PAC-10 Happy Hour of 2004! It will be hosted by Stanford Club of New England on Thursday, January 22, at 7:00pm at Brother Jimmy's in Harvard Square. Brother Jimmy's is in the former home of the old House of Blues on 96 Winthrop St @ Eliot Street (617-547-7427, www.brotherjimmys.com). Please contact Yvonne Chao if you have any questions.

Interactive Networking Workshop
Tuesday, January 27
The Stanford Club of New England is delighted to present an Interactive Session on Networking exclusively for Stanford Alums as a part of its Professional Development Initiative. This special event will be held on January 27th, 2004, from 7:00-9:00 PM, at The Monitor Group, Two Canal Park, Cambridge, MA. Hors D'Oeuvres reception to follow. For full details on the event, please click here.

Tickets cost $10 for SCNE members; $15 for non-members.
Pre-registration is required. To purchase tickets, please click here.

Please contact Om Kundu'00 if you have any questions.