The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City

October 2005 E-Letter

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

• Cocktail Party and Gala Auction (October 20)
• Young Alumnae Happy Hour (October 25)

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events on the Horizon

• Career Network: A Conversation on Social Entrepreneurship (November 17)

Career Corner

• OCEAN-the Career Development Office’s online system for job, internship and event information
• Tell Us What Career Events You Would Like

BMC Connections on the Horizon

• Bryn Mawr Book Club (November 10)

Personals

• Production Assistant Opening
• Charming 17th century French farm house available for yearly rental

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

Cocktail Party and Auction to Benefit a Bryn Mawr Bookspace in New York City

We will see you soon at our biggest party ever!  We look forward to seeing those of you who have RSVPed for the gala event at the Cosmopolitan Club just a little over three week from now.  So many people are coming, and we have so many interesting donations—it will be such a great evening.

If you did not receive an invitation to the event and would like to receive one, please contact Ann Schack with your mailing address on aschack@bellatlantic.net or 646 522 9287.  The form to donate goods for the auction can be found at http://www.alumnae.brynmawr.edu/newycclub/index.html where you can download the donor form (in Word).

Auction Update: Our closing date for the pre-auction catalog is OCTOBER 10!

Young Alumnae Happy Hour

The first Young Alum happy hour on September 20 was great!  Click here to see photos. Come meet up with us at the next one—look for the banner.

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events on the Horizon

Save the Date
A Conversation on Social Entrepreneurship on November 17, 2005 with:

Aparna Mukherjee ‘95, Journalist, will moderate.

RSVP information to follow soon.

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Career Corner

OCEAN-the Career Development Office's online system

Are you job searching? Job hunting? Did you know that you can search jobs posted to an online resource by Bryn Mawr and Haverford alumni?  As of August 31, 2005, Network News jobs are listed in OCEAN-the Career Development Office's online system for job, internship and event information for students and alumnae/i.  You will need a username and password to access information in OCEAN;  if you do not already have an OCEAN account, please request one at http://www.brynmawr.edu/cdo/alum/ocean.htm.

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We need your input!

What career events would you attend?
Please let us know what types of events you would like the Career Committee to sponsor by completing a short survey. Please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=19841273042

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BMC Connections on the Horizon

Bryn Mawr Book Club

Bryn Mawr Book Club is on hiatus in October and will meet next Thursday, November 10.  The selection for November is 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini.  The Club will be reading 'Heartburn' by Nora Ephron in December  and 'The Hungry Tide' by Amitav Ghosh in January. Elisabeth Holloway, erobinsonh@aol.com.

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Personals

From Megan Reynolds, ‘94
Production Assistant Opening
The New York satellite office of an international event production company is looking for a Production Assistant for a full time commitment from November 6, 2005 (Sunday) through mid-April, 2006 with the possibility of being hired permanently. This company specializes in large-scale corporate events, including
product launches, theme parties and incentive events.

We are looking for someone who is hard-working, reliable, extremely detail-oriented, thorough, creative, a self-starter, with an interest in pursuing a career in event planning. Applicant should have knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience in event planning is preferable but not required. There may be some travel involved.

Responsibilities include production support for two producers. To include office administrative functions such as filing, check requests, travel bookings and other general office manager responsibilities. In addition, there will be more production-related responsibilities such as managing vendors, negotiating contracts with vendors, scheduling, and research work.

Please email resumes and questions to Megan Reynolds at mreynolds@extraordinaryevents.net.

From Edith Kunhardt, ‘54
Charming 17th century French farm house available for yearly rental. Large living room, dining room, three bedrooms, two baths, garden guest house, pantry and kitchen, all fully furnished. The garden overlooks the Forest of Fontainebleau. Located in the tiny, unspoiled village of Recloses where no one speaks English. One hour from Paris. Please contact Edith Kunhardt on 212 472 0104.

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