SJCAA Celebrates Bicentennial Reunion: April 16-19, 2009

Reunion Report

SJCAA celebrated two centuries of women learners with an event-packed weekend on April 16-19, 2009. As news and photos come in, we will post them here.

• St. Joseph College Alumnae Celebrate Bicentennial Reunion
  Emmitsburg Chronicle, May 2009
  The SJC Alumnae Bicentennial Reunion was big news in Emmitsburg. Here's an account from The Emmitsburg Chronicle. Our thanks to Chronicle Publisher Lisa Elder for the great coverage.
• Read the reflections of Marie DeSando McFarlin on behalf of the
  Class of 1959, our Golden Jubilarians...
• Read the wonderful poem written and presented by Patricia Horn O’Brien at Reunion 2009 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1959...
• Review the Reunion 2009 report from the 2010 Spring Valley Echo...

Please check back for a full report on the activities, awards, and fun!

Special Honorees

Special Honorees for our 112th Reunion were all classes ending in “4” and “9.”

Bicentennial Women Learners Fund

To mark this historic year, the SJCAA established a Bicentennial Women Learners Fund. Thanks to your generous donations, on Friday, April 17, 2009, we dedicated a memorial sconce in the museum of the Seton Shrine Center along with a plaque in honor of 200 years of Women Learners in the Valley .