Chatham University Alumni Association

#ChathamLoveStory You can submit your own Chatham Love Story at the link in our bio! Meet Christina Sahovey '11 and Patrick Smith I met my boyfriend, Patrick Smith, on August 28, 2015. While not on campus, we met *because* of Chatham! We met at 5801, the bar in Shadyside, as we were both there to wish a fond farewell to Cori Begg (former Director of Alumni Relations). Since I had been involved with Chatham’s Alumni Association and had become chummy with Cori during her time ...at Chatham, she invited me to her party; and since Patrick had worked with her at Beatty House/ Institutional Advancement (he worked in Chatham’s Advancement Office from 2013-2014 and had also become good friends with Cori), she invited him along with some other current and former Chatham colleagues. Patrick and I had met at a few alumni events prior to that when I attended as an alum, and he was staffing the event but had never chatted prior to Cori’s farewell party at 5801. We totally hit it off that night, and I sincerely doubt I would’ve met him had it not been for Chatham, an invite from Cori, and a last-minute decision on my part to go! Patrick and I have been together ever since, about 5 and a half years! (Moral of the story: stay in touch with the Alumni Association and attend alumni events, since you never know who you’ll meet there!) Submit a story:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chathamlovestory

#ChathamProud Jessica Byrd '09 was featured in TIME for the 2021 TIME100 Next list which is an expansion of its TIME100 franchise that highlights 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future. You can read Jessica's feature at the link below! "The best leaders of our time are the ones about whose visions people hear and say, 'That’s never going to happen.' They have a vision so big that when they proclaim it, you might think they’re out of their minds. But then you watch them get to workand succeed." - by Alicia Garza on Jessica Byrd. https://time.com/collecti/time100-next-2021//jessica-byrd/

#ChathamLoveStories Meet Carly Anne Hicks '11 and Caiden Fratangelo '14 "Caiden and I met when he was a first year, and I was a senior at Chatham. We have many fond memories together on campus; in fact, we both remember introducing ourselves for the first time at a Student Activities bingo night event. We were both members of the swim team, and Caiden would come visit me while I worked as a lifeguard. Almost 10 years later, we are engaged to be married in June 2021, having bo...ught our first home together in 2020. We are grateful to have found each other during the one year at Chatham in which our lives overlapped." Submit your own Chatham Love Story here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chathamlovestory Photo credit: @jasperkphoto Jasmine Peralta

Have you graduated from Chatham within the past 15 years (2005-2020)? Join us for our next Young Alumni Coffee Chat on Friday, February 26th at 11:30 AM! This Coffee Chat theme is "The Career Switch". Did you know many professionals start in one career but end up in a totally different career field than what they expected? Career switches are the new norm! Come chat about how the skills you’ve built can be transferable to various career paths. Register here: https://chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=28699

In honor of Valentine's Day, Chatham University Archives & Special Collections is taking a look back to September 1, 1951 when two sisters tied the knot in a double wedding at the heart of Chatham's campus. In what must be the single most romantic day on campus, Carol O. Thorne `46 wed William Collins King as her sister Phoebe Anne Thorne `50 wed William Birmingham with their sister and flower girl Marianne Thorne Wright '55 by their side. Chatham is grateful to Louise King Sturgess and Joan Birmingham Black for sharing beautiful photographs and video footage of this most special day in their family history.

Calling all NYC-area alumni! Join us on Thursday, November 12th at 4:00 p.m. to meet Lou Leonard, Dean of the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment at Chatham University. Dean Leonard will give updates on what's happening at the Eden Hall Campus and listen to what you value in Chatham’s sustainability mission and focus. After Dean Leonard's remarks, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion. Register here: https://chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=28462

Alumni Association Board #MemberMonday! Meet Meaghan Clohessy '14! Involvement while a student at Chatham: Assistant Editor, Minor Bird; Film Reviewer, The Communique, Creative Writing Club, Drama Club. Favorite Chatham memory or space on campus: The patio outside Café Rachel, where I would have my iced coffee and notebook open to scribbled, half-baked stories, staring out at an empty quad in the late afternoon. It is a calm space, cathartic. ... Why did you want to be involved in the Alumni Association Board? I want to strengthen Chatham’s alumni base in Washington, DC while helping draw more prospective students from the Midwest.

Congratulations to Marita Garrett who received the Governor's Award for Local Government Excellence for Promoting Community and Economic Revitalization! #ChathamProud

Chatham Connect Testimonial! Name: Tiffany Tupper '11 Degree: BA Political Science Location: Maryland... So often people get a job because of knowing someone or have a connection on the inside. Networking on Chatham Connect is a great way to help get those connections on the inside. As an alum networking is just as important for us in our careersnot to mention joining the platform is extremely easy! Both alumni and students can only gain from joining Chatham Connect. You can join Chatham Connect and read Tiffany’s full testimonial here: https://chathamconnect.chatham.edu/

Alumni are invited to join the PCWP on Monday, November 9th at 6:00 p.m. for their Virtual Post-Election Analysis panel where their expert panelists will discuss what the results of the 2020 election cycle tell us about the direction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the role of gender in the election, and the relationship between the President-elect and Congress. Click here to register: https://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?EventID=28466 PCWP Program Partner: The University of Pittsburgh Department of Political Science