UPCOMING EVENTS & PAST EVENT PHOTOS

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SAVE THE DATE

Spring Luncheon

Installation of Officers

Program

Monday, April 21

12:00 ~ 3:00 pm

More information coming soon

Desert Sunset Logo

Annual Meeting & Program

Wednesday, March 19

10:00 am ~ 12:00 pm • Brunch

Event Details

BNC ONLINE EXHIBIT

The Brandeis Archives and Special Collections has launched an online exhibition of Brandeis National Committee materials such as conference programs, membership brochures, and other ephemera dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. This collection provides insight into the founding days of Brandeis and the role the BNC had in fundraising for the university and the library.

Take a trip back in time and enjoy looking at this collection! If you have materials you wold like to donate to the archives, please email [email protected].

Invitation to the First Regular Meeting of the Chicago Chapter, October 1949
Invitation to the First Regular Meeting of the Chicago Chapter, October 1949
1960 Annual Conference
1960 Annual Conference
Brandeis Bookmobile, ca. 1960
Brandeis Bookmobile, ca. 1960
Millionth Book Celebration, 1996
Millionth Book Celebration, 1996

EVENT PHOTOS

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Book & Author 2025

A Brunch was held on January 17 to thank the Table Captains, who put together one or more tables of their friends to sit together at Book & Author.

Thank you to the co-Chairs: Hillary Kaminsky, Ruth Lerner, Susan Sacks and Linda Ullman, to Barb Schwartz for the delightful decorations and a special thank you to Donna Heller, for sharing her beautiful home with us.

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UNIVERSITY ON WHEELS • January 10, 2025

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Attendees at University on Wheels enjoyed a delicious Brunch and heard a fascinating talk from Dr. Avital Rodal of Brandeis University, co-chair of the new program and BNC's current campaign, Engineering the Future: The BNC Professorship in Engineering Science

L-R: Michelle Fischler (co-chair), Professor Rodal, Ronee Siegel and Beth Messer (co-chairs), Joyce Steinberg (co-president) and Ingrid Schorr, Interim BNC Executive Director

The day after University on Wheels, Ingrid Schorr, the Interim BNC Executive Director, and fellow Brandeis members went on a hike.

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A colorful word that is written in the shape of west.

Welcome Back Fiesta

At Aunt Chilada's in Phoenix

Event Chairs: Carrol Gottried and Pearle Marr

Event VPs: Wendy Cohen and Ellen Kirschenbaum

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Photos: Gale Gradus

A colorful illustration of people and a giant flask.

Spring Event/Installation of the
2024-2025 Chapter Board

A collage of people holding boxes and posing for the camera.

Event Chairs:
Carol Kadet, ​
Marilyn Reinfeld,
Hillary Kaminsky

Three women standing next to a podium.
A group of people sitting around tables with cakes.
A group of women sitting at tables with plates.
A collage of women posing for pictures at an event.

Volunteering Words of Wisdom

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
~ Sherry Anderson

Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in. ~ Anonymous

We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill

We thank, honor and appreciate all our Board members and other Chapter volunteers, without whom this chapter could not exist.

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A group of people in a room with chairs.
A close up of the newspaper page with an ad for chart beat.
Two women standing in front of a wooden door.
Three pictures of a woman and man at the podium.

THE ANNUAL MEETING WITH FRED BRONSON

A group of men sitting in front of each other.

Event Chairs: Stephanie Klopper, Joyce Steinberg
Collage Photos: Gale Gradus

A group of people standing in front of a wall.

University on Wheels

Left to right: Chapter Presidents Ellen Widoff and Leith Baletin, Event co-Chair Gale Stam, Speaker Zachary Albert, Event co-Chair Barbara Stern, Brandeis National Committee President Merle Carrus

Event Chairs:
Ken Walter, Jeff Lerner, Rich Kleiner