Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club Newsletter

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1 Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club Newsletter Legendary Heritage - Limitless Future Upcoming Events September 21 Fall Open House October 9 Sunday Social October 19 Strategic Planning for GTFWC November 16 The Heeney Company Decorating like a Pro! December 7 Annual Holiday Party For details visit: Follow Us on FACEBOOK Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club Annual Open House First Lady Val Peterson and the GTFWC Executive Board cordially invite GT faculty wives and women faculty to gather Wednesday, September 21, :00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. The President s Suite Overlooking Historic Grant Field At the Student Success Center Please join us for socializing and a buffet lunch. There will be an opportunity for newcomers and current members to learn about our organization s upcoming programs, interest groups, and service projects for Directions to the Student Success Center: Driving Directions -- Head west on North Ave. The Visitor Parking Lot is just past the three-tier parking deck located next to the Alumni House. There is a parking fee. Park at the far end of the lot nearest the Alumni House, on the upper level. From here a skywalk is available over North Ave. with a sidewalk that leads directly to the Success Center. The Success Center is attached to the west side of the Football Stadium facing the Tech Tower. Carpooling is strongly encouraged. MARTA Directions Take MARTA to the North Ave. Station, located at the intersection of W. Peachtree St. and North Ave. Exit the station onto North Ave. and walk 31/2 blocks west along North Ave. The Success Center will be on the right. Please Note: The Student Success Center address is a Campus address and will not work with GPS or Google Maps. Enter the Alumni House address 190 North Ave. Atlanta, GA September-November 2011

2 gtfwc.gatech.edu Officers President Michaelle Arkin First Vice-President Judy Willis Second Vice-President Katrien Hemelsoet Recording Secretary Nancy Allvine Corresponding Secretary Marylou Foley Treasurer Senka Petrovic Committee Chairpersons Friendship Linda Stewart Interest Groups Sylvia Mallarino Membership Debbie Swant President s Corner We hope your summer has been enjoyable and relaxing! Our academic year has arrived and we look forward to seeing you at our Open House on September 21st. This is always a time to reconnect and to welcome newcomers to our campus and club. Our theme this year is "Legendary Heritage-Limitless Future". Indeed we have some legendary experiences to reminisce as we look forward to our future with excitement and the goal of recruiting more new members. Judy Willis, our 1 st VP, has a wonderful slate of events planned for this year. I want to personally thank all of you who have stepped up to host an event this year -your dedication to GTFWC is much appreciated. We have a new Interest Group that will offer Community Service projects throughout the year. We will also be increasing our scholarship award money in order to benefit more deserving students or to increase the amount of each award. Thank you for your generous contributions to this effort. Many exciting progressive improvements are being implemented to make our club more visible across campus. Our board has been busy this summer working to make our year a memorable one. I truly appreciate all the board members for their willingness to serve and participate in our organization's success. Sincerely, Michaelle Arkin, President GTFWC 2011/2012 Historian Elaine Horton Newcomers Jan Gaylord Scholarship Lynne Wepfer Website Judy Willis Share the Fun of GTFWC! Please invite faculty wives or women of the faculty who would enjoy all that our club has to offer to the Open House. With your help, we can include more women in our fun events, one invitation at a time! Membership forms can be downloaded at Follow us on FACEBOOK! September November 2011

3 GTFWC Newsletter Sunday Social October 9 TIME: 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. PLACE: Home of Fred and Nancy Allvine 9295 Martin Road Roswell, GA CO-HOSTESS: Peggy Colwell peggycolwell@earthlink.net Directions: Exit 7 from 400. Go East toward Norcross. At 4 th light, turn right onto Martin s Landing subdivision. Turn left onto Martin Road, continuing about ¼ mile will be on right, just beyond split rail fence. We have a GT Mailbox. If you get to the pool, you ve gone too far. All club members, spouses, and guests are invited to an informal and relaxing Sunday supper. Entrée and drinks are provided. Please contact co-hostess Peggy by October 3 rd to indicate if you will bring an appetizer, a side dish, or a dessert. STRATEGIC PLANNING For GTFWC Wednesday October 19 TIME: 10:00am 2:30pm PLACE: Student Success Center on Campus Room TBD PARKING: At the North Avenue parking lot. Carpooling is highly recommended. HOSTESSES: Michaelle Arkin Meesh49a@gmail.com Judy Willis mjwillisgt@bellsouth.net evaluated and we will engage in round table discussions to address the top 5 concerns regarding our club s future. A box lunch will be included at no cost. We will need RSVP s no later than October 12. Please send your RSVP to Michaelle at meesh49a@gmail.com We hope that you will attend and participate in planning our future. Michaelle Arkin and Judy Willis will host our event this October. Our guest facilitator will be Chet Warzynski, from the Office of Development at Tech. Chet will lead a workshop on Strategic Planning for our Club. Surveys with questions concerning our future will be sent out electronically during the second week of September. Hard copies will also be available at the Open House. The survey results will be

4 GTFWC Newsletter INTEREST GROUPS NEW for 2011 COMMUNITY SERVICE Decorating Like a Pro! - Time: 10:00am- 12:30pm Place: The Heeney Company 2333 Defoors Hills Road Atlanta, GA Wednesday 16 November Join other GTFWC members as we reach out into the Atlanta Community and help these organizations. Dates/ Program Monday SEPT 26 Meals on Wheels Saturday OCT 29 Heart Walk (5k) Thursday NOV 17 Food Bank DECEMBER Adopt-A Family FEBRUARY - Date TBA Atlanta Day Shelter Sunday se MAR 11 Hunger Walk (5k) APRIL date TBA Tech Beautification Day Wendy Kohn and Aruna Srinivasan are co-chairs. See your Yearbook for more details and contact information. Hostesses: Nancy Allvine and Lee Suddath Want to learn to decorate for the holidays like the professionals? Join GTFWC members at THE HEENEY COMPANY, a wholesale business that supplies wonderful decorative items to decorators and businesses through out the area. The Heeney artists will give a demonstration on how to achieve a great look in your home for the upcoming holidays as well as other seasons. Following the demonstration, members will be allowed to shop in the warehouse. Reservations are required with payment of $15, as Affairs to Remember will prepare pre-ordered box lunches - so please see website and Wednesday Notes for reservation information. More details to follow. This event is open to Members ONLY. Sign up and payment due by November 9. INTEREST GROUPS for members only! Like to hike? Speak French? Read? Do Community Volunteer work? Well then, join one of the GTFWC s ten interest groups. That s right there are TEN (10) interest groups. And if you can t find one that suits your fancy, feel free to start one! Any participating and paid club member is welcome. The groups meet once per month and it is a wonderful way to develop strong friendships while sharing a mutual interest. This year we are very excited about two new interest groups COMMUNITY SERVICE chaired by Wendy Kohn and Aruna Srinivasan, and an EVENING BOOK CLUB chaired by Lynne Wepfer. The full line up of interest groups can be found in the GTFWC Yearbook. Please remember that participation is open ONLY to paid club membersand dues are a mere $35 per year. For any Interest Group questions, please contact Sylvia Mallarino at sylviamallarino@mindspring.com

5 GTFWC Interest Groups BOOK DISCUSSION I 2 ND Thursday BOOK DISCUSSION II Currently FULL EVENING BOOK CLUB NEW WALKING CLUB 1 ST Tuesday INTERNATIONAL DINNER CLUB 1 ST Thursday LUNCH BUNCH 2 ND Monday NEEDLE WORK 4 TH Wednesday FRENCH CONVERSATION 4 TH Wednesday SYMPHONY MATINEES COMMUNITY SERVICE Interest Groups another new one Another new group this year is the EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION. The date and times GTFWC have not Newsletter been set yet, so please sign up at OPEN HOUSE or contact Lynne Wepfer lmwepfer@bellsouth.net to be sure you are on the list. Since one of our daytime book groups is totally full (home size often determines just how large a group may realistically be), the idea for a new, evening group came about, hoping to give those who work or have other responsibilities in the day time an opportunity to enjoy good books and good discussions. Lynne looks forward to meeting new members this Fall. At The Open House A new Digital Yearbook will be available to browse at the Open House. It is a fantastic collection of photos from our events last year. Judy Willis and Jan Gaylord have worked with Creative Memories so after you see it, you may want to buy it, and you can with 20% off during their September sale. If you have not yet paid your dues for , you may do so at the Open House and still receive your Yearbook Directory that lists members, events and more! Log On, Save a Tree! Consider receiving the GTFWC Newsletter by . Over ¾ of our newsletters are sent digitally, saving us a significant amount of money plus paper. Debbie Swant, debbiekayswant@yahoo.com, and let her know you would like to go green! Newsletter Friendship Notes GTFWC Newsletter If you know of a member who needs a note, a get well card, or a sympathy card, please notify Linda Stewart, lindstew@aol.com.

6 GTFWC Newsletter Join the FUN! Join GTFWC and enjoy our activities for ! We are looking forward to seeing you at OPEN HOUSE September 21 and at monthly events and interest groups. COMMUNITY SERVICE our newest action group WHAT: Meals on Wheels, Senior Connections; Package meals for delivery to seniors WHEN: Monday, September 26-9:00am til 12 noon WHERE: 5238 Peachtree Road, Atlanta Across the street from Chamblee MARTA station; plenty of free parking next to the building RSVP BEORE SEPTEMBER 23 Aruna Srinivasan or Wendy Kohn We want to fill the kitchen with GTFWC volunteers but the space can accommodate only 15 volunteers, so please sign up early! More details will be forwarded closer to the date. Questions? Please Wendy or Aruna.