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Happy New Year from Beaver!We ring in 2011 with the publication of the fi rst issue of a new quarterly e-bulletin for Beaver alumni. We hope you enjoy it! We hope you enjoy it!

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Will Van Dyke ’02Will Van Dyke ’02 brought the sounds of Broadway to Bradley Hall during a release concert for his debut album Chasing the Day on Dec. 5. All the songs on the album are original compositions by Will. It features the vocals of Broadway talents who have been in productions of Wicked, Mamma Mia, RENT, and many more.

Performing with a small band, including two up-and-coming Broadway singers, Will shared songs from the album as well as from his original musical Pages. He also debuted a song from a new musical he is writing. Will credits Beaver teachers with giving him the freedom to explore many different types of art, which allowed him to hone his skills in both music and theater. In addition to writing and performing his own music, Will can currently be found playing keyboards in the musical The Addams Family on Broadway. For more information and a link to purchase the album, visit www.willvandyke.com.

Documentary photographer Carol Carol Beckwith ’63Beckwith ’63 received the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club at a dinner ceremony on Oct. 23 at the club’s headquarters in New York City. Carol and her longtime creative partner Angela Fisher were honored for their three decades of fi eldwork in Africa documenting vanishing tribal cultures. The award coincided with the publication of their latest book Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan.

Stephanie Sonnabend ’71Stephanie Sonnabend ’71 has launched a grassroots initiative called 2020 Women on Boards, a nonprofi t whose mission is to raise the percentage of women directors to 20% or greater (from 11% today) by the year 2020. As CEO and president of Sonesta International Hotel Corporation and a director of Century Bank, Stephanie knows fi rsthand the positive impact that female directors have on shaping corporate policy and governance. Studies have shown that companies with female directors are 42% more profi table. Helping to spearhead this grassroots campaign is Stephanie’s daughter, Antonia Ciccolo ’05Antonia Ciccolo ’05.

New York artist Andrew Bordwin ’82Andrew Bordwin ’82 (left) returned to campus on December 9 to speak at all-school assembly and guest-teach an intermediate photography course. An acclaimed multimedia artist, in-demand commercial photographer and part-time college teacher, Andrew credited former Beaver photography teacher Doug “Major” Cohen with kindling his interest in visual art.

Andrew recalled that when he was at Beaver he wanted to enter Kodak’s student contest and couldn’t decide whether to submit a traditional black and white composition or a self-portrait he made by xeroxing his face multiple times. Mr. Cohen nudged him to take a chance by submitting the xerox image,

and he ended up winning the contest. He urged students to take their own creative risks: “You should never limit yourselves in your imagination. There are an infi nite number of possibilities you can give shape to.” Andrew’s “Type A” collaboration has an exhibit at the Decordova Museum through Jan. 11.

Holly Battelle ’04Holly Battelle ’04 won a Fulbright Scholarship to research and pilot a solar energy project in Bangladesh. Holly, who majored in economics at Colby College, will spend 11 months in Dhaka, starting in January 2011.

Alice Binns ’07Alice Binns ’07, a junior at Boston University, was named the America East Goalkeeper of the Year and to the AE All-Conference First Team in women’s soccer as the BU team won its fourth AE regular season title. Alice fi nished the season with a 0.49 GAA and .884 save percentage and also was named to the New England Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Association’s (NEWISA) second team.

Andrew Bordwin ’82

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EventsAlumni

The annual Young Alumni PartyYoung Alumni Party in Boston on the Friday after Thanksgiving drew a large group to the swish Ames Hotel downtown.

Attendees included: Jonathan Arnold ’01, Warren Barnes ’06, Lexie Barza ’06, Serena Bartolucci ’03, Nadia Bartolucci ’00, David Berman ’02, Josh Bloomberg ’03, Brian Bonaviri ’01. Joevrose Bourdeau ’07, Jason Brown ’01, Mary Burke ’90, Alexis Canter ’99, Ben Clippinger ’02, Willy Clippinger ’06, Gena Comenzo ’90, Kathleen Drohan ’84, Henry Feldman ’85, Rebecca Finkelstein ’01, Krishna Gidwani ’89, Carl Gladstone ’85, Jamie Golden ’02, Anika Gregg ’90, Bryan Hale ’97, Kevin Hale ’01, Zach Hammer ’05, Avery Hunt ’08, Pete Jackson ’07, Sam Jackson ’03, P.J. Johnson ’05, Matt Judson ’07, Eduardo Juarbe-Pasternak ’02, David Katz ’03, Judd Katz ’00, Rob Kotzen ’05, Dan Kuncik ’04, Shira Lewin ’92, Dani Levy ’07, Dave Madan ’01, Geoff Merrill ’96, David Miller ’07, Kendra Mitchell ’00, Chelsea Mitchell ’02, Dayo Oyedele ’07, Scott Parker ’02, Yaritza Pena ’07, Imani Penn ’07., Isabelle Reining ’00, Conor Savoy ’01, David Schwartz ’06. Erica Seidman ’07, Chris Shields ’00, Lindsay Sommer ’02, Jake Soumerai ’01, Jon Tee ’01, Nicole Thornhill ’07, Sophia Tsakmaklis ’06, Chelsea Wakstein ’07, Zach Wallack ’05, David Weintraub ’06, George Williams ’06, Benja Wurzel ’06, Hillary Wyon ’98, Jason Zito ’07

Young Alumni Party at the Ames Hotel.See more photos at http://alumni.bcdschool.org

Matt Selman ’89Matt Selman ’89 generously hosted a party for Los Angeles Los Angeles AlumniAlumni at his home on Oct. 23.

Among those attending were:Heather Benfi eld ’86, Siri Stafford Bertig ’91, Joshua Comen ’91, Abby Eskin ’93, Brad Falchuk ’89, Emily Hagan ’00, Peter Hutton, Thompson Howell ’81, Shira Lewin ’92, Peter McCormack (former faculty), Sara Pleskow ’04, James Rosen ’75, Matt Selman ’89, Sylvia Thorndike Sheriff ’62, Meredith Vietor ’00, Nancy Zimble ’70

Los Angeles area alumni gather at Matt Selman ‘89’s house.

2011 Alumni EventsNew York City EventNew York City Event with speaker Susan Lyne ’68Susan Lyne ’68 (CEO of Gilt Groupe). March 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Location to be announced.

Reunion 2011Reunion 2011 Friday, May 6Friday, May 6 Luncheon honoring 50th reunion/Class of 1961, class visits and campus tours, alumni awards and faculty recognition ceremony, cocktail party

Saturday, May 7Saturday, May 7 Athletic Hall of Fame inaugural induction ceremony and class parties off campus for major reunions (years ending with -01 and -06)

Full schedule to be announced. Alumni of all years invited. Contact Shira Lewin ’92 at slewin@bcdschool.org for more information.

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