Don t miss the opportunity to attend this important annual event and take part in the vote on our Bylaw changes!

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1 Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club Upcoming Events March 5 Habitat for Humanity March 12 Tech Beautification Day March 16 PIRCH Event April 20 Spring Luncheon Spring Luncheon Committee: Karin Bridges Courtney Ervin Marylou Foley Sharon Garrison Carol Griffin Marie Johnson Please submit your favorite soup recipe to share with the Club before March 30 th. Send in an to Marie Johnson at mejdev@yahoo.com Watch for our evite to RSVP and select your menu item! M a r c h Join us for our annual Spring Luncheon! Getting to Know You Things are stirring at GTFWC! Join us in welcoming Jenny Souper Jenny Levinson as guest speaker at our annual Spring Luncheon! Jenny will share her stories and inspirations with GTFWC as actress, single mom, and owner of Planet Jenny, a collection of cafes geared to nourishing your mind, body and spirit! The reception begins at 11:00 am with punch and appetizers! You can get to know Jenny, browse display tables, and chat with friends before the program begins. Be there as we announce the winner of this year s Friendship Award and announce the student scholarship recipients. As always, we will vote on our slate of officers for , followed by our installation ceremony. Don t miss the opportunity to attend this important annual event and take part in the vote on our Bylaw changes! PROGRAM DETAILS When: Wed., April 20th Time: 11:00 am 2:00 pm Where: Ansley Golf Club 196 Montgomery Ferry Road Atlanta, GA Cost: $30/person Payable to GTFWC Mail to: Sylvia Mallarino-Bras 1067 Robin Lane, NE Atlanta, GA RSVP deadline: April 6, 2016 p1

2 President s Corner Dear Members, OFFICERS FOR President: Carol Griffin 1 st Vice President: Marie Johnson 2 nd Vice President: Elaine Horton Recording Secretary: Courtney Ervin Corresponding Secretary: Connie Sholl Treasurer: Sylvia Mallarino-Bras STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR Friendship: Kathy McDowell Historian: Jan Gaylord Interest Groups: Marcy Fortnow Membership: Ruth Chow Newcomers: Ciku Gachugi Tonette Melvin Online Presence: Gador Manzano Scholarship: Christina Choi Community Service: Sylvia Mallarino-Bras All I can think to say is Bravo! to all of you who helped make our last few months events such fun, interesting, and memorable experiences Senka Petrovic, Bonnie Daneker, Beth Finn, Marie Johnson, Karen Mayne, Ciku Gachugi, Jennifer Lux, Sheila Isbell, Sylvia Mallarino-Bras, and all of our community service volunteers. You are a terrific group of ladies and I applaud you! Be sure to view our Scrapbook next September to reminisce. But there is more to come, as there always is, in the GTFWC! Look for details in the following notices. This has been a very busy year not only with our usual activities, but also with the task set before us to update our Bylaws. With the help of an appointed Ad Hoc Committee, our Board Members, and Past Presidents, a proposal has been prepared and is ready for presentation for vote at the Spring Luncheon. I look forward to sharing a preview of the proposal at our March PIRCH event. My heart-felt thanks to all those involved in the process. Also at that time our slate of Officers will be presented. Join us at PIRCH to discover who they shall be! I wish to thank our Scholarship Chair, Christina Choi, who did an excellent job drawing student applications, and heading the committee to select our five recipients. Recipient names will be announced at the Spring Luncheon. One of the best experiences I have had in the Georgia Tech community has been serving as your President for the past two years. What a great Club this is, and the proof is in the pudding! Carol Griffin, President p2

3 It s Here! Time to come out and lend a hand. This Saturday March 5 Time: 7:30 to 3:30 Did you see the Evite sent out this week? Hostess: Sylvia Mallarino Bras, Community Service Chair Don t miss the opportunity this weekend to work alongside fellow GTFWC members doing construction related projects. Family Members 16 years and older are welcome! Wear comfortable working clothes and closed toe shoes. Lunch is provided. Questions? Contact Sylvia at SylviaMallarino@AtlantaFineHomes.com or cell It will be fun!! p3

4 Tech Beautification Day Saturday March 12. Warm up your ovens for baking cookies to serve to working volunteers at Tech at noon. If you do not have time to bake, we welcome monetary donations. Please contact Carol Griffin for more information. p4

5 PIrch Showroom There really is nothing else like it! Place: Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PIRCH Showroom, Lenox Marketplace (across from Phipps), 3535 Peachtree Road, #230, Atlanta, GA Hostesses: Iris Tien and Elaine Horton Cost: Just come hungry and bring your curiosity! This incredible showroom has every cutting-edge product for the home that you can imagine! It is FUN, it is FASCINATING and it is COMPLIMENTARY! After you get a special coffee or flavored water at the coffee bar, you will get a guided tour of the facility, including the boutique! Then their in-house chefs will demonstrate the preparation of our FABULOUS FOOD on some of their many exciting pieces of state-of-the-art equipment. Beer, wine and soft drinks will also be offered. Guests, Spouses/significant others more than welcome! Limit: 60 people. or call Iris Tien by March 9, 2016 for reservations: itien@ce.gatech.edu or This is a most unusual opportunity. The showroom is changing their policies for inviting guests to show off their products, so PLEASE take advantage of this complimentary event!! Their food is always DELICIOUS and the showroom is INCREDIBLE! We will also be sharing the changes in the Club s by-laws so that we will be in sync with Georgia Tech s having retired the use of the term general faculty. DON T MISS IT! Please call or Iris Tien TODAY! We already have around 20 people and there is plenty of room!! p5

6 FRIENDSHIP NOTES GTFWC extends sincere sympathy to the family of Christine Boteler, who passed away September 28, 2015, only a few weeks before her 97 th birthday. Christine was a longtime active member, and later, an honorary member of the Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club. Christine s widower, Winston Boteler, is retired faculty from Polymer, Textiles and Fiber Engineering. GTFWC also extends sincere sympathy to the family of Ellen Weatherly who passed away on November 17, Ellen was a longtime active member of the Georgia Tech Faculty Women s Club, whose husband, Thomas L. Weatherly, had been a faculty member of the Georgia Tech School of Physics until his passing in Memorial donations may be made in her name to the TL Weatherly Scholarship Fund, through the Georgia Tech Foundation. Congratulations are in order for Carole Teja upon the 30th anniversary of her presidency of the Georgia Tech Faculty Women's Club! Well done, Carole, as you are now an Honorary member of the Club! If there is someone you know in the Georgia Tech Faculty Women's Club who is celebrating a joy, mourning a loss, or needs a note of encouragement during a life challenge, we would be happy to send a note of support on behalf of the GTFWC. Simply send your request to Kathy McDowell, Friendship Chair, at kathymcdee@gmail.com. p6

7 Wanted! Your Photos Please remember to send photos from club events to She may use them in the annual club Photo Album. Thank you, we need your pictures for the yearbook! Remember to send in your Recipes!! The speaker at this year's spring luncheon is Jenny "Souper Jenny" Levinson. It should be a very interesting key note speech. In honor of the soup theme, we are asking members to submit their favorite soup or stew recipes. We will share these recipes with our fellow members at the Spring luncheon. We would like to receive at least recipes by March 30th in order to produce the booklet in time. Any stories behind the recipes would be an added bonus. Please submit your recipes to: Marie Johnson at mejdev@yahoo.com. Be sure to come to the Spring Luncheon! For more information, on GTFWC events, check out our club s website p7