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Emory Everywhere
Blue and Gold Make Green: Dozens of students like Orli Berman 15C (center) joined in Emory Cares International Service Day, which involved more than forty projects-from park cleanups to sorting donations to holiday card making-in Atlanta alone and hundreds more around the US and the world.
Photo by Kay Hinton.
They Care: Hyun-Hwa Lim 10C and Jennifer Prats 10C were two of the many volunteers who participated in the November 12 Emory Cares International Service Day project Shake-A-Leg in Miami. This non-profit organization provides adaptive water sports on Biscayne Bay for people with disabilities and disadvantaged children and their families.
Surgical Presentation: At the November 17 Faculty within Your Reach program at Emory Midtown Hospital, Emory Alumni Board member and lawyer for the Piedmont Law Group Isabel Garcia 99L moderated the evening's discussion on "The Interchangeable Body." More than fifty Emory participants enjoyed a presentation on the Emory Transplant Program and learned about Emory's first hand transplant conducted earlier this year. Surgeon Linda Cendales 12G (above), assistant professor of surgery in the School of Medicine, fielded questions and shared her personal insight and expertise with attendees.
Name in Lights: Emory alumni in Los Angeles rolled out the red carpet for the Entertainment Forum at the Sony Pictures Studios backlot in Culver City, California. Los Angeles chapter president Ron Bruno Jr. 96OX 98B moderated the panel discussion for fifty participants, featuring David Buckholtz 96B, vice president and divisional chief information officer for Sony Pictures Entertainment; Ellen Cohen 85L, vice president of business affairs for Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group; producer and director Mark Goffman 90C; and talent agent for the Gersh Agency, Alex Yarosh 98B.
Big Apple Alumni: About seventy alumni and guests gathered November 7 in New York City at law firm Proskauer Rose in Times Square for a panel discussion by distinguished alumni-including (from left) event moderator and National Public Radio national desk correspondent Mike Pesca 94C, owner of the Institute of Culinary Education Rick Smilow 78C, MetLife board chair and Emory Trustee C. Robert Henrikson 72L, Tony Award-nominated theater producer and lawyer for Baker Hostetler Doug Nevin 05L, and Estée Lauder Senior Vice President of Global Communications Geri Schachner 85C.
As the New Year officially gets under way, you may be armed with a fresh list of resolutions. I’d like to propose a different kind of resolution this year—one that gives back. Resolve to get involved with Emory.
As one of our 114,000 alumni, you are vital to the success of Emory University. Your unique insight and experience are invaluable to your fellow graduates and current students alike. And opportunities to volunteer abound.
Nearly a quarter of Emory alumni volunteered their time for Emory last year, and alumni donations totaled more than $39 million. Your contributions do make a difference by providing crucial student and program support at Emory while building a strong alumni network. If you already contribute to Emory, thank you. If not, please do consider taking a proactive step toward invigorating your alma mater with your energy.
Through the Alumni Career Network, you can lend your expertise to career panels, networking nights, and seminars. Respond to students’ career questions on Facebook. Take part in the interviewing process to cultivate future Emory students, or get involved with this year’s class reunion at Homecoming. Lend a hand at an Emory Cares event, or share your energy with one of Emory’s chapters and interest groups in forty cities around the world.
Learn more information on the myriad ways you can volunteer.
