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Great '08! Your class officers want to hear from the frontline warriors who are working tirelessly through COVID-19. To our healthcare and essential workers - POST NOW! We want to support you but need to know how (besides #staytheFhome). Let's do this!
Classmates - It's that time again! Send me news to include in an upcoming PAW issue. Email me or send a FB message--thank you!
Thank you to so many of you who sent news to share in the PAW! Keep the announcements coming! Again, any and all updates are welcome.
Hey everyone! Have something to share with fellow ‘08ers? Send me a message and a photo ([email protected]), and I’ll be sure to get your news out in the PAW. Feel free to share about life changes (marriage, kiddos, new job), but I would like for us to even share other fun stuff (cool travels, unexpected meetups, new pets). Send what you want to share—this is our way to stay connected!
Thanks in advance,
Andria, Class Secretary
We are less than a week away from the most wonderful time of year--REUNIONS! Will you be back??? If so, take a moment to review the following!
The P-rade starts at 2:00 p.m. sharp and once again this year, the Old Guard will lead the way. Please arrive promptly to cheer the Old Guard!
Class staging locations for The One and Only P-rade can be found on the staging map: https://reunions.princeton.edu/staging-map/
Check out the new 2019 Reunions website for a wealth of information including the schedule of events, travel information and other resources: https://reunions.princeton.edu/
You can also download the free Princeton Events app, via the iOS App Store and Google Play, for everything you need to know for the P-rade including, class staging, logistical information, and the Locomotive Cheer. Going live Friday, May 24!
Finally, be sure to include the hashtag #PrincetonReunions in all of your social media posts, and please also post pictures to our FB group.
Questions? Comment here, and we'll get back to you.
Remember, there's never an off year. ;)
Sincerely,
Your Class Officers - Bryant, Monica, Andria, & Jonathan
'08ers in the Chicago area: Check out this upcoming event that includes entertainment by our very own Mary Cait Walthall '08!
50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF UNDERGRAD COEDUCATION AT PRINCETON - SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019
Join fellow Tigers and friends for a very special celebration in the Windy City featuring Nancy Weiss Malkiel, a conversation with Mimi Pivirotto Murley '76 & Bob Murley '72 and Rishi Jaitly '04, lunch, interesting stories from esteemed Princetonians from 1970-2016, plus entertainment!
This April 25-28 weekend event is a unique celebration designed to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the April 1969 decision by the Board of Trustees to admit undergraduate women. Weekend events will begin on Thursday night 4/25 with the Princeton Club of Chicago's Annual Dinner featuring former ESPN sportswriter and legal analyst, Lester Munson '62, in conversation with Mary Newburn '97.
The focal point of the conference will be on Saturday 4/27 at the University Club of Chicago, with optional sightseeing and cultural events on Friday and a Chicago Architecture Center Foundation River Cruise on Sunday.
For more information and to purchase tickets, follow this link: http://www.princetonclubofchicago.org/store.html?event_id=502
The cost of this conference exceeds our special $50 Early Bird Ticket rate. THANK YOU for being a benefactor and supporting this special 50th Anniversary Celebration! Full Description
🐅🐅Class of ‘08: Remember to share life updates, cool news about classmates, and just fun times you’ve had recently with fellow ‘08ers with me (Andria)! Your submissions will appear in the monthly PAW magazine. 🐅🐅
P-rade Marshals Wanted!
At Reunions, dedicated alumni volunteers known as P-rade Marshals maintain order along the route in their distinctive orange "da Vinci" hats and blue blazers.
Alumni interested in serving should contact Heather Butts '94 ([email protected]), P-rade Grand Marshal, for more details.
To the Great Class of '08: News to share. The football team dominated this season and secured a bonfire on campus. The celebration begins at 7:30pm Sunday night: https://odus.princeton.edu/bonfire.
Your officers also wish to share rather sad news - our classmate, Elizabeth Ortiz, passed away in October after a long battle with Behcet's, a rare autoimmune disease. A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood on Sunday, November 18th at 3:00 p.m. To honor Elizabeth's memory, and to encourage future students, a scholarship has been established at the high school. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Mahwah High School, with the funds marked for the Elizabeth Ortiz Pride and Spirit Award. Please consider donating in honor of Elizabeth.
Shout out to our fellow classmate, Taofik! We are one amazing class #PtonGreat08
Tiger of the Week: At Princeton, Taofik Kolade '08's studies spanned from engineering to film. Today, he's a writer for two critically acclaimed TV shows, Atlanta and Barry.
Class of 2008 - tomorrow is a BIG day! Post thoughts and photos as you go to the polls. Keep it positive and keep it about voter turnout. Let's show how active our class can be! https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6ozAxsUHHV2Kmy7m/giphy.gif
More news about our terrific classmates! Diana Matheson '08 recently played her 200th game with the Canadian women's soccer team. Only one other player in the team's history has reached such a feat. Diana helped secure Canada's place in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France! Way to go, Diana! https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/olympic-hero-matheson-closes-200-caps-canada/ #PrincetonGreat08
Two hundred appearances for the Canadian women's team is a special milestone. So why doesn't Diana Matheson, who has 199 caps to her credit, sound more enthused about hitting 200? It's because she has bigger things to worry about at the moment.
Class of 2008 -- Get around Reunions next weekend with a special Reunions discount code from our from our friends at Lyft!
Hi 08!! Just a friendly reminder that if you are interested in serving as our new President, VP, Secretary or Treasurer for the next term, please email our current class VP, Chris Oglesby at [email protected] by Wednesday, May 9th to let us know what position you’re interested in. Serving as an officer is a great way to give back to the Great Class of 2008! Please also include a few sentences of a bio and why you are interested in a given position (up to 275 words). You can also include a picture if you’d like to have it included on the election survey.
We will then start the class election on Monday May 14th (at midnight) and it will last for two weeks until Sunday, May 27th (at 11:59p). Feel free to reach out to any of us if you have questions about the positions. See below for a brief description of the positions.
Your Class Officers,
Alana, President, [email protected]
Chris, Vice President, [email protected]
Regina, Secretary, [email protected]
Rohini, Treasurer, [email protected]
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PRESIDENT: Coordinates/delegates class events with both appointed and elected class volunteers. Assists with Reunions and emails the class about pertinent events
VP: Coordinates regional activities and assists with other miscellaneous class activities
SECRETARY: Writes columns for the Princeton Alumni Magazine each month, updates the class blog, and assists with Reunions
TREASURER: Manages class finances and receives class dues. Participates in planning for class events
Hey '08 - Only 7 days left until the March giving challenge is over, and now you can give on Venmo! Help win the challenge for our 10th and make a gift today. All new gifts matched up to $50, with $10K for the most new gifts in the period.
Princeton.edu/agvenmo
Annual Giving and Venmo #agtigers
Hi 08ers!! Early Bird registration for reunions is now open!!! You can register for both your ticket and on-campus housing through this link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-of-2008-10th-reunion-tickets-41929470174?aff=#tickets
Eventbrite - Princeton Class of 2008 Reunions Committee presents Class of 2008 10th Reunion - Thursday, May 31, 2018 | Sunday, June 3, 2018 in Princeton, NJ. Find event and ticket information.
Princeton Class of 2008
08 is back on campus to support Annual Giving (financial aid and thesis research)! Donate today so that we can hit our participation goal (80% for our 10th)! http://bit.ly/tenth08BC152 #08ersoftheLostArk #PrincetonBootcamp #080808
Hey '08, less than 30 hours remain to make your gift to Annual Giving! AG makes possible Princeton's generous no-loan financial aid policy. Any gift, no matter the size, helps. Make your gift here: www.princeton.edu/ag or call 1-800-258-5421. The phone lines will be open through midnight Monday. THANK YOU for your support.
2008 Tigers: we just hit 40% participation in this year's Annual Giving campaign, which is halfway to our year-long 80% participation goal! If you haven't supported Princeton yet this year, please join us in making it happen!
Registration for the Class of 2008's 6th reunion is now open!
Register here for discounted wristbands through April 11th:
http://www.princeton08.com/register/reunions14
Class of '08: We are 13 gifts away from the 5th reunion record for most gifts. If we reach it, an alum will give $10,000 on behalf of our class as a bonus.
The deadline for giving is TODAY. Give $5, $10, or $20 now and your gift could count for $10k. Let's do it, class of '08!
https://makeagift.princeton.edu/MakeAGift.aspx
We're on the verge of a record breaking Annual Giving campaign and the books close tomorrow.
There's still time to give: https://makeagift.princeton.edu/MakeAGift.aspx
On behalf of Princeton, and the generations of students yet to come, THANK YOU!
T-360 days to Reunions!
And now, back to real life with a big thank you to everyone who worked over the past year to make our 5th awesome: PJ Biggs, Alex Brousseau, Chris Breen, Mike Honigberg, Lisa Hamming, Chen Zhang, Andria Mirabel, Julianne Davis, Tim Boardman, Johnny Arigoni, Sarah Unger Biggs, Dorie Golkin, Grant Gittlin, Lauren Meehan, Joel Thompson, Hart Montgomery, Will Scharf, Brian Santana, Bryan Blount, Kerry Vaughn, Lauren Wang, Frances Dayton, Claire Henderson, Regina Lee, Meghan Howard, Jana Holt, Viola Huang, and Megan Petersack!
We're on tap! See you at the 5th!
Today's Reunions Schedule:
The registration tent is open between Pyne and 1901 from noon to 11 pm for you to get your wristband, grab your room key and linens, pick-up your P-rade costume, and drop off your community service items.
We'll be on tap from noon to 2 am.
DJ Gatsby will be spinning later on tonight.
See you at the 5th!
How are you getting back to campus? Here's the NJ Transit train scheduler to help you make it to the Dinky!
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TOMORROW! Do you know where your beer jacket is? Thinking about throwing a bathing suit in your bag with temps near 90 all weekend?
As you're getting your gear together, don't forget to pack any old electronics you have for our class community service project! This year at Reunions we will be collecting old electronics for our community service project. Donations will be given to the Student Volunteers Council, who will make use of the electronics for some of their great projects such as tutoring in the local community and music therapy! The leftover electronics the SVC doesn’t need will be donated to programs in need of them in Trenton, and rest assured they will be recycled properly. Best of all, they won’t take up much space in your luggage, and you’ll be making use of them to do good and help the environment! Ground rules - No Computers, Laptops, or Pagers - Bring your charger, connector, and battery, but no other accessories needed - iPods, iPhones, iPads, e-readers, old cell phones, cameras all OK, whether or not they are working - Remember to erase all personal info! (Remove SIM card and erase phone memory) We will collect them at the registration tent.
T-1 day to Reunions! We're so close!
There'll be a few posts today for the final schedule of events: 4) On Friday at 3pm in the 9/11 Memorial Garden (to the west side of Chancellor Green and East Pyne), we will be hosting a memorial service for our classmates who have died: Austin Taylor, Lindsay Jacob,Eliot Kalmbach and Peter Curtin. Please join us in honoring our classmates.
T-1 day to Reunions! We're so close!
There'll be a few posts today for the final schedule of events: 3) Miracles of Modern Science (MOMS), featuring '08ers Josh Hirshfeld, Evan Younger, Kieran Ledwidge, will be performing at Carbon Dating at Its Best: A Singles Mingle in Chancellor Green, Rotunda and Upper Hyphen from 8:30 to 11:30 pm on Friday, sponsored by the Class of 1983 and other outstanding Singles Mingle Classes. The event will include ice breakers, a performance by eXpressions, and libations.
T-1 day to Reunions! Almost there!
There'll be a few posts today for the final schedule of events: 2) Several members of our class will be speaking at the Alumni forums, including Laurel Lathrop, Nicole Valesco, Katy Digovitch, and Jennifer Epstein!
Books that Changed Your Life (Jadwin Hall, Room A10, Friday, May 31, 9:00-10:00am)
Laurel Lathrop - After graduating in '08, I spent a year teaching in Singapore and traveling throughout Southeast Asia. I then came to Ithaca, NY to get my MFA in Fiction at Cornell. After getting my MFA in 2011, I worked at Cornell as a lecturer, teaching a freshman writing seminar and a creative writing workshop. I've just finished my last semester of teaching, which is bittersweet, since I loved getting to run a workshop, but it's nice to have graded my last essay for a while! I plan to stay in Ithaca for another year, freelancing and doing odd jobs (I also work at a vintage clothing store) to give myself time to finish my first novel and work on getting published. In the long term I am hoping to write fiction and teach creative writing at the university level. I was thrilled to be invited to participate on the panel "Books That Changed Your Life," since like most writers, I have been building up a mental library of treasured books my whole life. And especially now that I'm out of grad school, it's a particular treat to get to talk about books to other book-lovers, all of whom are much more established writers than I am! I feel a little like Courtney Cox getting pulled up on stage to dance with Springsteen.
Electoral Politics: Running the Good Race (McDonnell Hall, Room A01, Friday, May 31, 10:30-11:30am)
Nicole Velasco - Since graduation, Nicole Velasco moved back home to Hawaii to work in the public sector. She gained work experience as an analyst in both the Finance Committee of the Hawaii State House of Representatives and the Hawaii State Office of the Auditor, which led her to run for elected office last year. Though...
T-1 day to Reunions! We're so close!
There'll be a few posts today for the final schedule of events: 1) Reunions Master Schedule
There is helpful campus information available in the Reunions Schedule of Open Events program, including a campus map and P-rade staging locations, water stations and restrooms along the route.
T-2 days to Reunions! Happy Memorial Day!
Take some time today to remember those who have served and do serve our country.
T-4 days to Reunions! One week until the P-rade!
Weather is looking hot for the weekend, with temps in the upper 80s Thursday through Sunday, and a chance of showers on Thursday and Friday, so plan your packing accordingly.
Also, you've seen the costumes so now get excited for the party by checking out our Reunions trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LXru1ToWI
Our 5th reunion is less than a month away. It's time to get excited to see old friends and re-live our past glory, Great Gatsby style.
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