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Celebrate Tuftonia's Day and help us kick off the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Tufts University Alumni Association. Join your fellow Jumbos around the world as we come together to raise a glass to our alma mater.

Date: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 5:30 PM

Location: Old Town Tortilla Factory

6910 East Main Street

Scottsdale, AZ

Light appetizers and a drink ticket good for beer or wine will be provided, and a full cash bar will be available.

Admission is free but you must register by April 29th so we'll know you plan to attend. Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to St. Mary's Food Bank

Register online at http://tuftsalumni.org/events-reunions/detail/tufts-alumni-arizona-act-52-tuftonias-day-around-the-world

Contact information: For more information on this event, please contact Elliott Lerman, E65, E94P at LermanE65@aol.com

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:

June 2010: Phoenix Art Museum "Cezanne & American Modernism"

Details to follow:

RECENT TUFTS AZ EVENTS:

A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR SOL GITTLEMAN

35 alumni and guests turned out for a beautiful day at the new Camelback Ranch Spring Training Facility in Glendale. Sol Gittleman, Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor and former senior vice president and provost, spoke on "Teaching the National Pastime: American History and Baseball in the Classromm.

Sol 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 20th Century, baseball is a metaphor for almost all of the social and political change that went on in the last 100 years - integration, American business practices, anti-trust laws, crime, corruption - baseball has every aspect of American life."

As the sole occupants of the Legends Deck, we had the opportunity after Sol's talk to interact with Sol and to get to meet the other alumni attending - which included alumni from as far away as San Diego and from Tucson and Douglas, Arizona

Oh yes, a Cactus League game also took place and the San Diego Padres beat the host Chicago White Sox.

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.



Events	Events Upcoming Events Tufts Alumni Arizona Celebrate Tuftonia's Day and help us kick off the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Tufts University Alumni Association. Join your fellow Jumbos around the world as we come together to raise a glass to our alma mater. Date: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 5:30 PM Location: Old Town Tortilla Factory 6910 East Main Street Scottsdale, AZ Light appetizers and a drink ticket good for beer or wine will be provided, and a full cash bar will be available. Admission is free but you must register by April 29th so we'll know you plan to attend. Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to St. Mary's Food Bank Register online at http://tuftsalumni.org/events-reunions/detail/tufts-alumni-arizona-act-52-tuftonias-day-around-the-world Contact information: For more information on this event, please contact Elliott Lerman, E65, E94P at LermanE65@aol.com 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: June 2010: Phoenix Art Museum "Cezanne & American Modernism" Details to follow: RECENT TUFTS AZ EVENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR SOL GITTLEMAN 35 alumni and guests turned out for a beautiful day at the new Camelback Ranch Spring Training Facility in Glendale. Sol Gittleman, Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor and former senior vice president and provost, spoke on "Teaching the National Pastime: American History and Baseball in the Classromm. Sol 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 20th Century, baseball is a metaphor for almost all of the social and political change that went on in the last 100 years - integration, American business practices, anti-trust laws, crime, corruption - baseball has every aspect of American life." As the sole occupants of the Legends Deck, we had the opportunity after Sol's talk to interact with Sol and to get to meet the other alumni attending - which included alumni from as far away as San Diego and from Tucson and Douglas, Arizona Oh yes, a Cactus League game also took place and the San Diego Padres beat the host Chicago White Sox. 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.
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