Princeton Area Alumni Association

Newsletter: March 2013

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March 2013


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Global Net Night - Princeton Style
Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Global NetNight 2013
Making a Move: How to Navigate Career Transitions
One night.  One focus.  Princeton Regional Associations from around the world will host networking events for alumni interested in managing career transitions, maintaining a work-life balance, and reconnecting with fellow Tigers.
$10 cash or check payable at the door.

Panelists: Stephanie Harbour '05 and Rick Ober '65.

Career transition topics to be covered include:
  • Moving In: Landing first jobs in today’s challenging market; starting your professional network; managing new financial responsibilities and professional friendships
  • Moving Up:  Learning the skills required to succeed in a new, possibly career-transforming role; identifying the right opportunities while keeping work-life balance 
  • Moving Around:  Managing involuntary or unintended lateral moves and demotions
  • Moving On:  Diversifying and enriching your portfolio of professional/personal pursuits; preparing for post-full time career roles: boards, starting own company, volunteer work, etc. 

Stephanie Harbour '05
Stephanie Harbour (pictured below) is an investment banker turned entrepreneur and is passionate about careers, women and work, and mentorship. Stephanie currently consults for a number of start-ups in New York City on strategy, talent management and business development. She was previously President and Owner of Mom Corps NYC, a professional staffing firm that helps companies fill high-level, non-traditional roles. At Mom Corps NYC, Stephanie worked with clients including Whole Foods, Avon Products and Morgan Stanley, and built a database of over 10,000 highly-qualified job seekers in the New York City area. Prior to Mom Corps, she worked at Centerview Partners, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm based in New York. At Centerview, Stephanie advised on over $25 billion of transactions and worked closely with clients on corporate strategy and deal execution. Stephanie was also deeply involved in recruiting, training, mentorship and development at the firm. Stephanie graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in Economics and a concentration in Political Economy. She lives on the Upper West Side in Manhattan with her husband, Beau Harbour P'05, and 1 year old son, Luke. 

Rick Ober '65Picture of Richard F. Ober, Jr.

Rick Ober ’65 is General Counsel of Isles, Inc., Trenton, New Jersey, an award-winning nonprofit community development and environmental organization with a mission to foster more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities.  Rick Ober joined Isles in 2009 after 26 years as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of UJB Financial Corp/Summit Bancorp of Princeton and 3½ years as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of TerraCycle, Inc. of Trenton, an organic fertilizer start-up.  At UJB/Summit Mr. Ober led the Legal, Community Development and Compliance Departments as they helped grow the bank from $2 billion to $39 billion through 27 acquisitions while winning the first New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association Diversity Award.  At TerraCycle he managed the defense and successful settlement of a false advertising and trade dress suit by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the dominant competitor in TerraCycle’s space.  He has also served as Research Director on U.S. Senate and Congressional New Jersey campaign staffs.

Mr. Ober currently serves as a mentor for Yale Law Women, an Ombudsman for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and a mediator for Executive Mediator Services and the New Jersey Judiciary Foreclosure Mediation Program.   His previous civic activities included Co-Facilitator of Trinity Jobseekers, the oldest weekly job club in the U.S., Vice Chair of Special Olympics New Jersey, President of the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, Trustee and Secretary of Narcolepsy Network, Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Banking Law Section and Vice Chair of its Pro Bono Committee and Chair of the American Bankers Association Bank Counsel Advisory Committee. 

$10 per ticket.  Please bring cash or check.

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Global Net Night - Princeton Style ( Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 6:45 PM to 8:30 PM )
Location: AlumniCorps, 12 Stockton St., Princeton
Cost: $5 per alum
Organized by: PA3

Posted by Princeton AAA over 13 years ago.

First Friday Lunch with Jim Steichen, PhD Candidate in Music
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCH AT THE NASSAU CLUB - MARCH 1ST, 2013

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon buffet at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton PhD candidate presents his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!

This month, we will be joined by Jim Steichen, a PhD candidate in the Department of Music.   Jim's work focuses on theater and dance and he is working on a dissertation on George Balanchine.

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes the Nassau Club’s full buffet as well as a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink). Pre-registration is required. 

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, March 1st, 2013
Time: 12 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
For more information, contact Lydia Zaininger '83 . 

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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

JIM STEICHEN, PhD CANDIDATE/DEPT OF MUSIC, WILL PRESENT HIS WORK ON GEORGE BALANCHINE.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25 for dues-paying members; $30 for others
Organized by: PA3

Posted by lydia over 13 years ago.

First Friday Lunch with Jason McSheene, PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCH AT THE NASSAU CLUB - APRIL 5th, 2013

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon buffet at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton PhD candidate presents his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!

This month, we will be joined by Jason McSheene, a PhD candidate in the Molecular Biology Department.   Jason's work focuses on developmental biology.  His research focuses on the mechanisms by which embryos are able to generate the break in left-right symmetry and convert it into biochemical messages that influence heart morphogenesis.

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes the Nassau Club’s full buffet as well as a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink). Pre-registration is required. 

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, April 5th, 2013
Time: 12 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
For more information, contact Lydia Zaininger '83 . 

Lunch Reservation
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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, April 5, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

JASON MCSHEENE, PHD CANDIDATE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, WILL DISCUSS HIS WORK IN DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25 for dues-paying members; $30 for others
Organized by: PA3

Posted by lydia over 13 years ago.

PA3 Theater Event - The Winter's Tale


A Sunday afternoon at McCarter Theater

!!! Book your tickets now !!!
PA3's allocated seats will be released to the general public on Wednesday.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7th, 2013

Pre-Show Talk and Performance of

The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

PA3 is honored to have
Leonard Barkan, Class of 1943 University Professor
& Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature
join us before the performance to talk about the play.

SCHEDULE
1:00pm - registration at Lockwood Lobby of McCarter Theater
mingle with guests while enjoying dessert reception and cash bar
1:10pm - presentation by Professor Barkan
1:30pm - Q&A 
1:40pm - wrap up Q&A, have some more desserts, freshen up, take seats in theater
2:00pm - The Winter's Tale - curtain up

The theater is hosting a Dialogue on Drama session after the performance, to which patrons are invited.

TICKETS
McCarter Theater has reserved a block of seats for PA3 and are offering them at a discounted price.  Purchase tickets directly on McCarter's website for $40 each.  Be sure to enter Promotion Code ALUMNI for this rate and seating.  This price includes the PA3 Pre-Show Talk, desserts, ticket and post-show Dialogue on Drama.

QUESTIONS
Contact Lydia Zaininger '83 with any questions.

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The Winter's Tale at McCarter Theater ( Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM )

Leonard Barkan, Class of 1943 University Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, has graciously agreed to join PA3 prior to the performance to talk with us about The Winter's Tale.

McCarter Theater is hosting a Dialogue on Drama session after the performance, to which all patrons are invited.

* Ticket price includes: Pre-Show Talk, Dessert Reception and discounted Orchestra B seat and Dialogue on Drama.

Location: McCarter Theater, Princeton
Cost: $40/ticket *
Organized by: PA3 & McCarter Theater

Posted by lydia over 13 years ago.

PA3 Annual Dinner and Meeting
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Institute for Advanced Study
Simons Hall
1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ
RSVP below by Wednesday, April 17, please

Featured Speaker: Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study

5:30 PM Cocktails
6:00 PM Dinner and Annual Meeting
7:00 PM Talk by Robbert Dijkgraaf, followed by Dessert Buffet

$50 per person for Dues Paying Members and a guest
$20 for current graduate students
$30 for graduate alumni*
$65 per person for everyone else
$100 for Dinner Patron Ticket
$200 for Dinner Benefactor Ticket
*Tickets for graduate alumni are subsidized by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni's  Grant for Regional Association Engagement of Graduate Alumni.

Click here to pay dues (or check if you have paid for this year).
 
RSVP with PayPal below or send a check to:

Princeton Area Alumni Association
c/o Fouad Masrieh *69, Treasurer
1009 Barclay Blvd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Please indicate names and class years of attendees on the check. 

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Annual Dinner & Annual Meeting ( Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM )

ANNUAL DINNER FEATURING ROBBERT DIJKGRAAF, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
& PA3 ANNUAL MEETING

Location: Institute for Advanced Study
Organized by: PA3

Posted by Princeton AAA about 13 years ago.