Celebrating FWC 100th Year

Our 2018-2019 UCLA's Faculty Women's Club Section Chairs Annual Meeting was held on October 3rd at the Faculty Center. Here is the group photo of this meeting attendees.

From left: Shirley Ho (invited as President-elect), Elisabeth Furster (Spanish)
Zorana Ercegovac (VP Sections), Sandy Spolsky (B-days), Marjorie Friedlander (Writers)
Dorothea Federking (German), Diane Childs (German), Phyllis Amboss (Writers)
Dianne Homsher (Cooking), Simone King (Tennis), Marianne Tereszcuk (Bridge)
Helene DesRuisseaux (French), Marianne Afifi (Cooking)
Photo credit: Patti Nagy

The meeting included a lively discussion on a variety of issues. Zorana, Vice President of Sections, suggested that the sections be more open to the entire membership rather than to our own section members; this would be a wonderful opportunity to our new members. Examples could include Writers' contributions to be performed by Play-Readers; another could be discussions among Book sections (e.g., "Flaubert's Parrot" by Julian Barnes in the Book Section with French Reading and Conversation); yet another is Music Section annual Holiday SING ALONG which invites members from Book Section and Play-Readers. Possibilities abound.

We invited all attendees to watch Roma King's film which will be showing October 21st in Santa Monica.

Roma holding her book "Footsteps in the Snow" which provides the basis
for the documentary film to be showing at the Laemmle Film Center in Santa Monica
Photo credit: Zorana Ercegovac

International Cooking would be another Section of special interest to all :-)

With fifteen existing Sections, Faculty Women's Club has started off our new season. Section Chairs met to introduce and discuss their events and plans for the 2017-2018 year. Our kickoff meeting was in the Faculty Center Library/Billiard Room on October 4th.

From left: Rochelle Caballero (Play-reading), Sandy Spolsky (B-days), Dianne Homsher (cooking),
Zorana Ercegovac, Vice President, Sections (music), Diane Childs (German Co-chair)
Marianne Tereszcuk (all 3 Bridge sections), Dorothea Frederking (German Co-chair)
Phyllis Amboss (Writers Co-chair), Elaine Wise (French)
Mary Lou Ward (Galleries & Sights), Debby Kennel (books)
Photo credit: Zorana Ercegovac

For full overview of all FWC Sections and their programs, please read our UPDATE.

IMPORTANT: All FWC members are encouraged to visit any of our section meetings to see what we do. We publish contact information for individual events and meetings, so call section chairs ahead of time to reserve your "best seat in the audience."

For MUSIC SECTION, our informal October 1st get together was at the Royce Hall for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) 50th birthday. We always find our members and meet new ones, like in the photo below.

Jo Knopoff with Zorana Ercegovac, and our new member June Bulkacz

New photos and stories will be added here from forthcoming events and programs.
Our October General meeting will take place in the California Room, Faculty Center, on October 17th at 1:30 PM. Prior to the meeting, all Sections will be there to meet, greet, and showcase their respective programs. Bring your friend(s) with you, calendars, and enthusiasm for the Centennial Celebration. On our part, we will have membership and scholarship forms, friendly FWC members, and our featured speaker, Lieutenant Emada E. Tingirides.

Meanwhile, FWC has been one of the important advocates and financial supporters and donors in the process of founding the UCLA's Faculty Center. The Center opened its doors on February 16, 1959. To revitalize its original place as an intellectual and social hub for the UCLA faculty, the Faculty Center is catering the Reception for "WEAVING GENERATIONS TOGETHER: Evolving creativity in the Maya of Chiapas." The opening reception is on October 5th 2017 in the UCLA Powell Library Main and East Rotundas.

I took a few photos prior to this afternoon reception. Take a look.

Professor of Developmental Psychology at UCLA Dr. Patricia Marks Greenfield
curated the exhibit "Weaving Generations Together"

Professor Greenfield, who is at the helm of the UCLA's Faculty Center, wanted to learn how weaving affects the way girls think, and how weaving could answer questions about the psychological effects of social and economic change -- moreover, what is the role of mothers teaching children cultural traditions, the transformation from community creativity to individual creativity.