SAIS Alumni NEWS No. 75 | February 2013
Welcome to SAIS Alumni NEWS, the monthly e-newsletter for SAIS alumni and friends.
1) Happening Now
2) Recent Publications
3) Community Activity
4) Get Involved
Happening Now:
SAIS Lobby Transformation
The SAIS Nitze Building Lobby has taken on a new, modern, international look. We welcome alumni to return often to SAIS, and when you do, you will find yourself in a lobby with updated furniture, prominently displayed photos of SAIS speakers from the Dalai Lama to President Clinton….and flags from around the world. Come visit us and enjoy our new look.
Last Chance!
Participate in the 3rd Annual “Show Your SAIS Pride” Photo Contest! We would love to see how you are showing your SAIS pride. Send us a photo of you and the SAIS logo! The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 8. Click here for more details.
Recent Publications:
Aminta Arrington B’98, ’98 is author of Home Is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family’s Journey in China (Overlook Press, July 2012). When Arrington moves from suburban Georgia to a small town in China, she brings her Army husband and three young children, including an adopted Chinese daughter. Arrington hopes to understand the country with its long civilization, ancient philosophy and complex language so that her daughter Grace regains some of the culture she lost while growing up in America.
Feroz Hassan Khan ’91, a 30-year professional in the Pakistani Army who played a senior role formulating and advocating Pakistan's security policy on nuclear and conventional arms control, tells the compelling story of how and why Pakistan's government, scientists, and military, persevered in the face of a wide array of obstacles to acquire nuclear weapons, in his new book, Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2012).
Community Activity:
New York: HNC Alumni Chinese New Year Dim Sum
Saturday, February 2 at 11 a.m.
HNC New York Alumni will host a dim sum gathering to celebrate the Chinese New Year at The Golden Unicorn, 18 East Broadway. Sara Gavryck-Ji N’05; Yongyong Ji N’05, ’08; Maggie Lewis N’98; and Nicholas Sheets N’03, ’05 will be there to greet you. Click here to R.S.V.P.
Washington, D.C.: SAIS China Forum With David Shambaugh ’80
Wednesday, February 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The SAIS China Forum invites alumni to an event with David Shambaugh ’80, professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, on “China Goes Global” in the SAIS Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Click here to R.S.V.P.
New Delhi: Meet Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels
Wednesday, February 13 starting from 7 to 9 p.m.
Gather with fellow SAIS and JHU alumni, parents, supporters and friends as they welcome JHU President Ronald J. Daniels on his first visit to India. Acting Austrian Ambassador, Raimund Magis ’96 generously offered the Austrian Embassy in New Delhi for our gathering at EP-13, Chandragupta Marg, Chanakyapuri. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Click here to R.S.V.P.
New York: Amici di Bologna Winter Reception 2013
Wednesday, February 13 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Join SAIS Dean Vali R. Nasr, Bologna Center Director Ken Keller and your fellow alumni in New York City at the Penn Club from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for cocktails and conversation. Space is limited. Click here to R.S.V.P. by February 8.
Los Angeles: Join the Conversation
Saturday, February 16 at 4 p.m.
Participate in a gathering with fellow SAIS and JHU alumni, parents, friends and speakers Katherine S. Newman, Ph.D., the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School, and David W. Andrews, Ph.D., the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, who will lead an important dialogue on the role of the university as a catalyst for revitalizing America's cities and schools, at JW Marriott Santa Monica Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica. Light appetizers served. Click here to R.S.V.P.
Los Angeles: Cocktails and Conversation With Professor Eliot Cohen
Monday, February 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Enjoy an evening with fellow alumni and Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, who will give a talk on “A Dangerous Gift: The Questionable Art of Foreign Policy Advice” at McCormick & Schmick’s, 4th and Hope Streets (adjacent to 400 S. Hope Street). Cash bar. Light appetizers served. R.S.V.P. to Stephen Chien ’06, who will be there to welcome you.
Brussels: Lunch Presentation and Discussion With Professor Erik Jones B’89, ’90, Ph.D. ’96
Tuesday, February 19 at 12:30 p.m.
Get together with SAIS alumni and Erik Jones B’89, ’90, Ph.D. ’96, director of the European Studies Program and the Bologna Institute for Policy Research, who will give a talk on “The EU's Key Challenges for 2013” at Fipra International, Rue de la Loi 227, 1040 (near Place Schuman). Cost is EUR 7,00 for members, 10,00 for non-members. Click here to R.S.V.P. by 6 p.m. on February 15.
Washington, D.C.: Fourth Annual M.I.P.P. Alumni Reception
Thursday, February 21 at 6 p.m.
Mix and mingle with M.I.P.P. alumni, current students and faculty in the SAIS Herter Room, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Dean Vali R. Nasr will be there to welcome you with remarks. Click here to R.S.V.P.
Washington, D.C.: Lecture By Peter Ackerman
Thursday, February 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Join SAIS Dean Vali R. Nasr for a lecture by Peter Ackerman, founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, on “No One Saw It Coming: Civil Resistance, the Arab Spring and the Conflicts That Will Shape the Future,” in the SAIS Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Click here to R.S.V.P.
Barcelona: Conversation With Professor Robert L. Thompson
Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
SAIS alumni invite you to participate in an informal gathering with special guest, Robert L. Thompson Ph.D., Visiting Scholar for the Energy, Resources & Environment & International Programs. Attend this event with Víctor Mesalles B’65,’66, Denise Senmartin ’03 and Neus Arqués B’90, ’91 at Belvedere (Pje. Mercader, 3 - 932 159088). Click here to R.S.V.P.
Washington, D.C.: Breakfast With Professorial Lecturer Charles Stevenson
Wednesday, March 6 from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Charles Stevenson, a professorial lecturer in the American Foreign Policy Program, will give a talk on "New Team, Old Problems: Obama's Second-Term Foreign Policy” over breakfast in the SAIS Rome Building, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Click here to R.S.V.P.
Manila: Happy Hour
Tuesday, March 19 at 6 p.m.
Join fellow SAISers, current students on spring break and newly admitted SAIS students at Wine Bar, Cafe 1771 (second floor), El Pueblo, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Edi Sian ‘04 and Jacob Young ‘05 will be there to welcome you. R.S.V.P. to Jacob Young.
Washington, D.C.: Breakfast With Laura Germino ’91 on “Ending Modern-Day Slavery in the U.S.”
Tuesday, March 26 from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Laura Germino ’91 coordinates the Anti-Slavery Campaign for the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community organization of more than 4,000 migrant farm workers. Since the early 1990s, CIW has investigated numerous violent slavery operations in the agricultural industry of the Southeastern United States, resulting in federal prosecutions of ringleaders and liberation of more than 1,000 workers. Join us for a breakfast discussion in the SAIS Rome Building, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Click here to R.S.V.P.
SAIS Bologna Alumni Weekend 2013
Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28, starting on Friday at 5 p.m.
The SAIS Bologna Center will hold its annual Alumni Weekend event on April 26-28. Registration for the event is available online, where alumni can find information about the program and anniversary class dinners. SAIS Bologna looks forward to welcoming alumni from all class years back to the city and the center. Early-bird pricing is available through February 28.
Get Involved:
Professional Development Skills Courses Open to Alumni
Career Services is offering a non-credit skills courses in Financial Modeling this February on the Washington, D.C., campus. Taught by the firm, Training the Street Inc., the course will meet the weekend of February 23 and 24. Cost to attend is $200. Alumni may also take five online courses: Financial Accounting, Finance, Spreadsheet Modeling, Quantitative Methods and IT for Management. These online courses are offered through Harvard Business School Publications and are designed for independent study. Contact Martina Leinz for more information or to register.
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