Events
Upcoming Events
Tufts Alumni Arizona
OUR BIG EVENT OF THE
YEAR!
A CONVERSATION WITH
SOL GITTLEMAN
Join us at the new Camelback Ranch baseball complex as we welcome Sol
and Robin Gittleman to Phoenix. Sol will discuss "Teaching the
National Pastime: American History and Baseball in the Classroom".
Then watch from the Legends Deck as the Chicago White Sox take on the
San Diego Padres in a Cactus League game (1:05 PM).
ENJOY A CACTUS
LEAGUE GAME
Sol will examine "The National Pastime" both inside and outside
the lines, how it was played, and the place of the game in the American
psyche. He has been a lifelong fan and sees the game as a metaphor for
life in the modern world. "As you watch the evolution of American
values in the twentieth century, baseball is a metaphor for almost all
of the social and political change that went on in the last 100 years,"
he says. "Integration, American business practices, anti-trust
laws, crime, corruption - baseball has every aspects of American life."
Date/Time: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 11:30 AM (gates open at that
time. please note that Sol will begin speaking promptly at 11:45 AM
so that we minimize crowd noise during his discussion.
Location: Camelback Ranch, 10710 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85037
Cost: $25 per person, $20 for Tufts alumni from the classes of 1999-2009.
Tickets are limited!
RSVP: Please register online by March 15, 2010
Contact Info: For more information about this event,
please contact Elliott Lerman / 480-502-5010.
MEET YOUR FELLOW
TUFTS ALUMNI IN ARIZONA
The Phoenix Ivy Council
Tufts Alumni Arizona recently joined the Phoenix Ivy Council
in order to provide you with additional opportunities to meet and network
with alumni from other East Coast schools living in Arizona. Please
join your fellow Tufts alumni at the Phoenix Ivy Council's coming events.
The Phoenix Ivy Council aims to foster local social,
cultural, educational, and civic activities benefiting the development
of greater Phoenix. It represents nearly 11,000 alumni residing in Arizona
and includes such colleges and universities as Amherst, Barnard, Bates,
Bowdoin, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Colby, Columbia, Connecticut College, Cornell,
Darmouth, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law, Middlebury,
MIT, MOunt Holyoke, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Smith, Trinity, Tufts,
Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Wharton, Williams, and Yale.
FUTURE PHOENIX IVY
COUNCIL EVENTS:
The Phoenix Ivy Council Invites
Ivy League Alumni and Their Guests
The Ivy League
Quarterly Happy Hour
Thursday, March 25, 2010
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
District Lounge at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
320 N. 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 817-5400
Validated Parking Available
$5 cover at the door will help support Ivy Council operations
Greet and network with other area alums
No-host cash bar
Appetizers will be provided
For additional information or to RSVP,
contact Victoria Levin (Wellesley, '88) at 520-256-1793, valevin@azbar.org
or
Holly Ladd (Smith '87) at 480-951-1010, Holly.Ladd@azmoves.com
Special thanks to the following for their financial support of the Phoenix
Ivy Council in 2010: Mike O'Neil, O'Neil Associates, a national opinion
and marketing research firm based in Arizona www.oneilresearch.com and
Holly Ladd, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, www.HollyHomesAZ.com.
March 2010: Phoenix Theatre production of "The Light
in the PIazza"
June 2010: Phoenix Art Museum "Cezanne & American
Modernism"
Details to follow:
RECENT TUFTS AZ EVENTS:
Student Films for Social
Change
Monday, January 25
7:00 8:30 pm
Film can entertain us, but it can also tell a story in a powerful way
to make a point, to advocate for a cause and to move us to act. Students
in the Producing Films for Social Change class at Tufts have been learning
to use film in precisely this way -- to make a difference.

We welcomed Communications and Media Studies Director Julie Dobrow
to discuss her programs at Tufts and to view three short student films
Melanie's Legacy: a Grandfather's Fight against Drunk Driving
In 2003, 13-year-old Melanie Powell was killed by a repeat-offender
drunk driver in Marshfield, Mass. Melanie's grandfather, Ron Bersani,
has worked to use his family tragedy to create positive social change,
lobbying for stricter drunk driving laws. Ron's passionate fight against
the Mass legislature illustrates how one person's voice can make a difference.

Veteran's Day
U.S. armed forces veterans face many issues upon returning to civilian
life, including employment and mental health problems. This film explores
those problems and how vets and the government are coping with them.
Honkumentary: No Noise is Illegal
The Honkfest, held every year in Somerville-Cambridge, is an explosion
of music, dance, pageantry and politics. This documentary explores the
relationship between music and political expression.
Julie Dobrow is director of both the Communications and Media Studies
Program and the Media and Public Service Program at Tufts. She holds
an A.B. from Smith College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Annenberg
School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She has
been at Tufts since 1994, where she teaches classes through the Experimental
College and in the Department of Child Development.
Our thanks to Karen Larsen and her family for sharing their home for
this event. Attendance was light but those who did attend saw once again
how Tufts is able to inspire great work and creativity in its undergraduate
students.