save the date Giving Day 2023 is October 25

Are you ready for Giving Day 2023? We definitely are! On Wednesday, October 25, Barnard will compete against Columbia University’s other schools and programs for 24 hours to earn challenge funds and achieve our primary goal — to support the Barnard community by having our most successful Giving Day yet!

Giving Day last year was one for the books. If the entire community joins together again this year — and brings the Giving Day spirit Barnard is known for — we can reach even higher.

Your participation, by donating any amount, encouraging your friends and classmates to give, and sharing your inspiring Barnard stories on social media, will help the College earn additional challenge funds to support financial aid, direct-to-student relief funds, campus improvements, classroom materials, and so much more.

Mark your calendars, set your alarms, and get ready for Giving Day!

To learn more about Giving Day 2023, and how you can help, contact annualgiving@barnard.edu

Features

16 Nostalgia and Optimism at Reunion Barnard alumnae gather to reconnect and reminisce

by Mary Cunningham

20 An Alumnae Awardee Check-In Young Alumna Award winners fulfill their early promise

by Merri Rosenberg ’78

22 A Milestone Year for the Writing Fellows Program

Erica Mann Jong ’63, Anna Quindlen ’74, and alumnae from many generations came together to celebrate Barnard’s successful peer-to-peer writing program

by Preetica Pooni

28 The SGA, Then and Today Archival history shows the power and potential of the SGA at Barnard by Stephanie Rodriguez

Departments

5 Dispatches

Commencement 2023 Headlines | Barnard-Columbia Chorus in Poland; Two Barnardians Win Rome Prize

9 Discourses Faculty Focus: Ellen McLaughlin Read Watch Listen | Books by Barnard Authors; Audiobook Alumnae; On the Road With Edie Carey; “Justice: A New Musical”

31 Noteworthy

AABC Pages: From the AABC President | Alumnae Awardees

Alumnae Adventures: Rachel Rinaldo ’94 Class Notes

Alumna Profile: Kathleen Noonan ’89

Sources | Class Agents at the Grassroots Obituary | Rebecca Acres ’83 In Memoriam

Last Word: Helen J. Doyle ’84

On the Cover

Ellen McLaughlin — playwright, actor, and adjunct associate professor in Barnard’s English Department — will portray King Lear in the classic tragedy this summer in Boulder, Colorado (page 10).

Photo by Jennifer Koskinen/Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

Back Cover

EDITORIAL

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nicole Anderson ’12JRN

CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Hopson

MANAGING EDITOR Tom Stoelker ’10JRN

COPY EDITOR Molly Frances

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Lisa Buonaiuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS N. Jamiyla Chisholm, Kira Goldenberg ’07

WRITERS Marie DeNoia Aronsohn, Mary Cunningham, Preetica Pooni

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF BARNARD COLLEGE

PRESIDENT & ALUMNAE TRUSTEE Sooji Park ’90

ALUMNAE RELATIONS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Karen A. Sendler

ENROLLMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

Jennifer G. Fondiller ’88, P’19

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Quenta P. Vettel, APR

Development

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNAE RELATIONS Lisa Yeh P’19

PRESIDENT, BARNARD COLLEGE

Laura Rosenbury

Summer 2023, Vol. CXII, No. 3 Barnard Magazine (ISSN 1071-6513) is published quarterly by the Communications Department of Barnard College.

Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices.

Postmaster: Send change of address form to: Alumnae Records, Barnard College, Box AS, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598

EDITORIAL OFFICE

Barnard Magazine, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598 | Phone: 212-854-0085

Email: magazine@barnard.edu

24 A Two-Way Street Alumnae-student duos thrive through Beyond Mentoring by Jill Grant ’05

Photo by Carrie Glasser

Barnard Magazine will be back in print this fall.

Opinions expressed are those of contributors or the editor and do not represent official positions of Barnard College or the Alumnae Association of Barnard College. Letters to the editor (200 words maximum) and unsolicited articles and/or photographs will be published at the discretion of the editor and will be edited for length and clarity.

The contact information listed in Class Notes is for the exclusive purpose of providing information for the Magazine and may not be used for any other purpose.

For alumnae-related inquiries, call Alumnae Relations at 212-854-2005 or email alumnaerelations@barnard.edu.

To change your address, write to: Alumnae Records, Barnard College, Box AS, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598 Phone: 646-745-8344 | Email: alumrecords@barnard.edu