Pictured: some of our Mountain Day socials in Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco — featuring the same temporary tattoos offered to students at the top of the Mountain this year!
If you have additional photos, please share with us. We’re also interested in seeing your photos from your Mountain Days past at MHC for a future feature.
Hello Northern California Alums, and happy October! We have a hike in honor of Mountain Day today, October 1st! If you’re local and feeling spontaneous, please consider joining us at 9:30am at Redwood Regional Park. We had a lot of wonderful events in September and have a lot to look forward to in October, too.
In September we had Mountain Day. We had a wonderful turnout in Alameda, Oakland, Sacramento and San Francisco. It was wonderful to get a chance to connect with so many alums in the area. We also heard so many great ideas and interest in hosting, so we’re trying something new! Do you want to host an event? Fill out this form at least a month in advance to make sure we get the word out. Feel free to still email us with questions or interest, as well.
The day after Mountain Day, Ann Blake ’85 hosted a wonderful and enriching Sustainability Tea in her garden in Alameda.
Sustainability Tea at the home of Ann Blake ’85
L to R. Connie Ip , Ann Blake, Shaina Tantuico, Melody Wood, Tracy Zhu, and Peri Caylor
Pay Your Dues
Our new fiscal year has started. You can pay your dues for the 2023-2024 year or even become a Lifetime Member and never pay dues again! All dues payments and donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law – the Club is classified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and help keep our volunteer-run Club afloat.
Join the Board
We welcome alums from our entire Northern California region, not just the Bay Area. Our Board meetings are via Zoom, so location truly doesn’t matter. We would love to have representation from throughout our incredibly large region!
Please peruse the board descriptions and reach out to us by email. We’re always looking for fresh perspectives, new ideas, and look forward to hearing from you.
Check out our upcoming events below. As always, please reach out if there is programming you’d like to see, an event you’d like to host, or you simply want to say hello. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and join our Club’s Facebook Page!
Our very best wishes,
– The Board
Upcoming Events:
NorCal Book Club – The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, a “a deeply moving memoir and riveting exploration of the contradictions of black identity in the rural South–and in America today” by ornithologist, naturalist, writer, and MacArthur “Genius” J Drew Lanham
When: Wednesday, October 25, 2023; 7:00-8:00 pm PT
Where: Join us and register for the event on Zoom.
Cost: Free. This event is open to all alums.
Point person: Hannah Fairbanks ’03. Please note that virtual book club meetings will now start at 7:00p PST.
Jane Hammond ‘72. Solo exhibit at Berggruen Gallery
When: October 20th, 2023 (tentative date)
Where: Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
Jane Hammond ‘72 will be having a solo exhibition of her Botanical Collages at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco from October 19 – November 22. Join us as Jane gives a walk-thru, talks about her work and hosts a Q and A with some wine and other beverages. More info coming soon, save the date!
Barbara Creed – “Will The Court Come to Order?”
When: Thursday, November 16th, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. PST
Where: Zoom. Register here.
Cost: Free but registration is required.
Join us on Zoom as Barbara Creed presents her new program, “Will the Court Come To Order?” It will focus on the significant decisions of the Court’s current term and preview the important issues the Court will decide in the term that begins in October 2023. Please review this New York Times article for background information!
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Virtual Programming from the Alum Association
The College is offering a range of virtual programming and opportunities to connect. Learn more on the AA Events page.
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Let’s Get Social!
To hear the latest about our programming in-between our monthly newsletters, we encourage you to connect with the Club on one or more forms of social media. We hope to see you at an event soon!
- Join our Club’s Facebook Page
- Follow us on Instagram – don’t forget to tag your photos from our events with #mhcnorcal
- Share resources, your virtual events, and more, directly in the Club Facebook Group
- Bookmark our Club website
- Update your contact info in the Alum Directory using these instructions
- Connect with our growing professional network on LinkedIn
- Email us if you’d like to get further involved with the Club or share feedback
- Learn more about and consider joining the Board