Coz McNooz Issue #77
Spring 2018
Dear Johnston Alums!
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e’ve made it through another year and graduated a class of 52 students. Thanks to ongoing work with Admissions, we look to have another large incoming class in the fall. We’re looking forward to welcoming a class of about 50 – how fitting as we go into our 50th year! Current students have accomplished some wonderful projects this spring: an educational forum, the 3rd Annual Race on Campus Conference, contributions to the Redlands Review, awardwinning poetry, student-taught classes, Buff-Fest, myriad art and music projects, theses, work in the Johnston archive, and some facilitated conversations about the experiences of trans* students and students of color in Johnston and across the college… in short, we’re doing Johnston. This issue of the Coz updates you on current events and previews some of our upcoming projects for the 50th! I also want to thank Adam Ghovayzi, our outgoing Residence Hall Director. Adam graduated in 2012 and has spent 5 years contributing to our dynamic living-learning community. We’ll miss Adam’s IRA (Integrated Reading Association/Ireland for the Irish), Men Talk Laundry, and crosswords in Day Java. But we also have some good news! Through collaboration with multiple departments, we’ve restructured Adam’s position so that Admissions and Alumni goddess Maggie Ruopp (’16) can continue her work in those areas and also serve as the new Johnston Residence Hall Director. Join me in welcoming Maggie to the full time Johnston staff. If you haven’t met her yet, she’ll be the one with the blowhorn and whistle at the 50th renewal! Mark those calendars friends. We’ll set a place at the table for you on February 15-17, 2019. Cheers,
Julie