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50th Anniversary Yearlong Timeline

In addition to the Signature Weekend in February, we have a yearlong timeline of events in celebration of New College's 50th Anniversary!

Fall   2010: NCAA Anniversary Alum Directory Published

Oct.  2010: Start of New Topics/New College series, featuring alumni

Friday, Oct. 22, 2010: Founder’s Day Celebration Campus wide

Sat., Oct. 23, 2010: NCAA National Make a Difference Day alums, students

Nov. 2010: NCAA Celebration of Student Grant Program Day

Tentative: Dedication of Academic Center and Plaza

Unveiling of Four Winds Sculpture

Feb. 11-13,  2011: Signature Anniversary Weekend-Events Campuswide

Friday night: Dinner honoring distinguished founders, faculty, alums leaders.

Saturday: Academic fair atmosphere, tours, open houses for exhibits, panel discussions, mini-classes; food, sports, music. Culminating with concert   by  Sarasota Orchestra playing special alum-commissioned piece on bayfront, followed by fireworks display and bands.

Keep us updated!

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The 2010 Summer Nimbus is Here!

By mboecher - 8/25/2010



Splash into the 2010 Summer Nimbus and find:
  • Fond recollections of NCAA's 25th Anniversary
  • Candidate statements and ballot for NCAA's 2010 board election
  • Susan Sapoznikoff '83 on representation and elections
  • An interview with Career Education's Cathy Cuthbertson on a new job and internship website for alums and students
  • 50th Anniversary updates with '93 Josh Tickell's documentary and Make A Difference Day
  • A look back at alum chapter events this past spring



RSVP online for New College's 50th Anniversary Weekend, February 11-13, 2011!

By mboecher - 8/13/2010




Join New College in Making a Difference During Its 50th Year!

By mboecher - 8/11/2010



For the first time ever and as a part of New College’s 50thAnniversary yearlong timeline of events, the NCAA is working with James Birmingham ‘06 and Monica Tambay ‘07, this year’s Americorps VISTA Volunteer Coordinators, to get New College involved with Make A Difference Day on October 23rd. Make A Difference Day is a nation-wide opportunity for communities to offer their talents, skills and labor to help other people. We want to get New College alums in on this program in order to a) strengthen ties among alums and with New College, b) let our local communities know that we care and want to be involved, and c) take on awesome, creative projects to make our communities a little better.

With the help of Monica and James, NCAA has a plan for our Make A Difference Day projects in Sarasota, involving six categories of service (environment, hunger/poverty, education, homelessness, low-income housing, senior citizens assistance) and a competition among campus residence halls. In addition to service projects in the Sarasota community, we invite alums in cities across the country to organize volunteer projects of their choosing in their local communities, and we want YOU to be a part of that!

If you are interested in organizing a volunteer project or team for October 23rd in your town, please fill out either the individual or team registration form and contact Alum Coordinator Morgan Boecher at mboecher@ncf.edu or call (941) 487-4676. If you’re looking to volunteer in the Sarasota area or would like to join one of the residence hall teams, fill out the appropriate registration form and shoot Monica and James an email at VISTA@ncf.edu. Happy volunteering and hope to see you on Make a Difference Day!



New College's 50th Anniversary Documentary

By amccann - 5/18/2010

New College is proud to announce that alum & award-winning filmmaker Josh Tickell '93 will be directing a documentary on New College in commemoration of our upcoming 50th Anniversary. For biographical information on Tickell, see below. The documentary will be premiered during New College's 50th Anniversary Signature Weekend & Alumnae/i Reunion (February 11-13, 2011).

Tickell will be on campus this week for New College's 2010 Commencement and NCAA's 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend. He will be doing interviews with some of the key individuals from the College's history, including alums, emeritus faculty, former & current staff, and current faculty.

If you have any New College memorabilia - esp. images or films - you think should be included in the documentary, please send it to NCAA at either NCalum@ncf.edu or:

New College Alumnae/i Association
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243

Josh Tickell is the director of Fuel (2008), a documentary about biodiesel and the US energy crisis. The film, which won the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, focuses on Tickell's efforts in the past two decades to promote the alternative fuel, work that started while he was a student at New College. In 1997, he undertook the 2,500-mile Veggie Van Voyage, a tour of the US promoting alternative fuel in his biodiesel-powered Winnebago, named the "Veggie Van." He is author of two books on alternative fuels, and founded the Biodiesel America Organization, selected by President Bill Clinton to be part of his Global Initiative on Climate Change in 2005. See more here!