July 8, 2011: Thanks again to Sabrina King ’01 for her stellar work organizing this year’s PA3 volunteer day at the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games on June 12. Her excellent summary is below, as are a couple of photos. The group picture looks like it was taken from the bottom of the swimming pool – but at least you can make out those awesome PA3 hats. The in-focus picture shows Amy Lai ’06 at the awards ceremony.

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The SONJ group consisted of Elizabeth Jacobson k10, Rachael Edelson, Amy Lai ’06, Elizabeth Henry ’88, her husband Keith Henry and daughter Lauryn Henry, Haiyan Bian, Doug Henn *83, Katherine Tenaglia ’07, and Sabrina King ’01.

Most of us were grouped with the aquatics awards, so after the athletes competed, they came up to receive their medals. Between lining the athletes up, organizing the medals, and escorting the athletes to the podium, we were kept busy. It was rewarding to see all the athletes come through, excited to be on stage with flowers in hand and medals around their necks! Other PA3 volunteers got pulled from the group to do security and aquatics timing. Thanks to everyone who came out for the fun day, and we hope more can join next year!

 Hi Everyone!

Last year the Princeton Area Alumni Association (PA3) in conjunction with Princeton Career Services hosted a "Careers Seminar and Reception" for undergraduates who were spending the summer at Princeton.  Over 50 students and alumni spent quality time discussing options for careers after Princeton. This year the PA3 is teaming with Satomi Chudasama at Career Services to do it again. Over 70 undergrad and grad students have signed up for the event!

 

Location:  Princeton University, Carl A. Fields Center, 58 Prospect Avenue
Date: June 20 (Mon.) 5:30-7:30 PM
What: 10-15 Alumni Panelists needed
Careers: Consulting, Education, Finance, Law, Marketing, Architecture, urban-planning, Medicine/Healthcare, Non-Profits, Volunteerism,  Science & Technology, the Arts and more
 
The event will feature roundtables of alumni from various fields, sharing their insights on how Princeton has prepared them for career options, success, and transitions. Our aim is to break into small groups by industry.  The goal is to provoke broad discussions about the vast career choices available to students after Princeton and  to exposue students to the diversity of people in them.
 
What’s in it for alumni?

· Perhaps you can recall when you were a student and how clueless you were about the decisions you were making and the careers you didn’t know about
· Perhaps you have a son or daughter in college

· Perhaps you have an interesting story to tell about your own career path
· Perhaps you are in career interruptus, but are nonetheless quite active

 

Satomi Chudasama, Kyriaki (Kiki) Karoglou *05 (Chair of PA3 Networking and Careers Committee) and I would like to invite each of you to join the discussion and remain afterwards for our reception.  Please let me know if you can be available for this event.  Many thanks in advance for your participation.

 

RSVP with brief bio by  Jun 15, 2011.
 
Cheers
 
Dr.Cheryl L. Rowe-Rendleman, '81
Princeton Area Alumni Association
Chair Student Liasion Commitee
Phone: 925 872 0691 (cell)
Email:  student.liaison@princetonaaa.org
Website: www.princetonaaa.org
Facebook: Princeton area Alumni Association

Thank you all for a successful event. Hope to see you at our next PA3 NetNight! 

May 27, 2011: The PA3 Committee on Community Service received the 2011 Community Service Award, given annually by the Alumni Council Standing Committee on Community Service "for recognition of outstanding contributions by groups of Princetonians in their efforts to address critical social, economic and environmental needs throughout our society, particularly in local communities." The award was presented by Mary Koger ’86, Chair of the Alumni Council Standing Committee on Community Service, at the Alumni Council Annual Meeting on May 27, 2011.

Cheryl Rowe-Rendleman '81, acting as the PA3 Student Liaison Committee Chair, ran a successful alumni faculty forum (AFF) at Reunions 2011.  The title of the AFF was "Women in Science: Why We Should Care."  The Daily Princetonian ran an article:  http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/05/27/28612/

Cheryl, in collaboration with the Graduate Women in Science and Engineering group (GWISE), has be busy over the last 1.5 years developing a mentoring program including alumni, graduate students and undergraduate students focused on fostering women in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields.  PA3 is thrilled to support Cheryl and GWISE's efforts!  

Please visit the GWISE website to find out more about this mentoring program: http://www.princeton.edu/~gwise/Mentoring.htm