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From the Homestead Williston Northampton School Alumni Newsletter

Greetings from campus!

Greetings from a (finally) quiet campus! The weeks leading up to our winter break were jam-packed with activities as Head of School Bob Hill and the Board of Trustees launched Williston Northampton's $70 million comprehensive campaign: Williston Builds: The Campaign for Our Community. From alumni holiday events to student performances and tournament games, close ties of our whole community were evident. Make sure to scroll through all the news below and click through to our Flickr galleries to see familiar faces. And keep your own ties strong by sending in a class note or attending an event (in person or online). Watch for ways to participate in this important moment as, with your support, Williston Northampton continues to move forward with accelerated momentum.

Jill Stern, Director of Alumni Engagement

Notes from Campus

The autumn 2021 issue of the Bulletin should have arrived in your mailboxes. If you haven't received a copy, please update your contact information so you don't miss this award winning publication.

Williston Scholars presentations from the fall trimester are now uploaded to our YouTube channel. The playlist includes all 26 presentations from Williston Scholars history, language, science, and math classes. Watch and learn!

Williston's Community Service Club organized a food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, which provides more than 2 million meals each year in Hampshire County. Motivated by a desire to help—and the spirit of competition among class years—students gave in a big way, beating the school's previous record by almost 4,000 meals for a grand total of 9,602 meals!

Our Cum Laude induction ceremony will be held on January 7, 2022. Cum Laude is an honor society based on Phi Beta Kappa, and highest-achieving seniors are inducted twice a year: in the winter and at Commencement. This year's event features keynote speaker Toluwalope Onafowokan '05, a Strategic Communications Officer at the Ford Foundation. Read more about her here.

Spotlight on: Catherine Saint Louis '92

Catherine Saint Louis '92 is the executive editor at Neon Hum Media, where she edits narrative limited-run podcasts. Her work has included Spectacle, The Sellout, Fake Priest, The Thing About Pam, and Infamous. She also created and taught Neon Hum’s Editors’ Bootcamp to get more people from underrepresented groups into story editing. Click here to find out how she transitioned from print journalism to podcasting and get her top 5 podcast recommendations from 2021.

Spotlight on: Matthew Kahane '08

“Driving is such a waste. It’s tiring, it’s dangerous, you don’t learn anything, you’re just putting yourself in danger.”

Read more about what inspired Matthew Kahane '08 to take a position as a senior embedded systems engineer for Cruise, a San Francisco-based company whose autonomous electric vehicles are shaking up both the self-driving and ride-sharing businesses, while trying to save lives and help the environment in the process.

Spotlight on: Victoria Gates '10

Victoria Gates '10 takes on the formidable challenges of transforming yesterday’s pot into today’s legal cannabis as Director of Operations at NisonCo PR, one of the country’s first and leading cannabis public relations firms. Read why she became interested in changing how society views adult-use cannabis.

Alumni Events

We had a great time with you at our holiday events! If you missed us in Northampton, Boston, or NYC, watch for spring events in California, Florida, DC, and maybe even a few surprise cities near you! The latest news about in-person and virtual events is always on the Alumni Events page.

WillistonConnects, our alumni networking platform, brings you advice from experts! Start the new year off with a solid financial plan with our January finance series with informative webinars from Mijanou Malise Spurdle ’86, Rich Wagman P'14, and Jai Chanda '88 with CEO and President of the National Philanthropic Trust, Eileen Heisman. If you'd rather spread frosting than study spreadsheets, tune in to a virtual private baking lesson with cookbook author and TV host Zoë Neal Francois '85. Click here for details and to register for these virtual programs.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Flickr to stay current on all that's happening across campus (Holiday parties, athletic team season finals, choral concerts and more! )
A powerful network just for alumni of Williston Northampton School

Wondering how the Williston Northampton professional network works? Read this story of a Wildcat connection with career-enhancing results. Next, search our alumni LinkedIn or join WillistonConnects to find alumni who share your professional and personal interests. On WillistonConnects, members of the community are ready and willing to offer advice and perspective no matter where you are in your career journey. And with nearly 1000 members and growing, the Williston Alumni and Alumni of Color LinkedIn Groups are your go-to resources for professional contacts. Tap into the power of your Wildcat Networks!

Make a gift to the Williston Northampton Fund before December 31 and help fuel the school’s momentum! Through your gift online or by Venmo, you can make a significant impact on an area that’s meaningful to you: Academics, Arts, Athletics, DEIB, Financial Aid.

Your gift to the Williston Northampton Fund is a gift to Williston Builds: The Campaign for Our Community. Thank you!

Questions? Comments? Ideas? We want to hear from you! Email us: alumni@williston.com

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