Wishing you a HAPPY, HEALTHY, and PRODUCTIVE New Year 2022

Faculty Women's Club Third General Meeting was held virtually, aka General Meeting Webinar, on January 18th 2022. The Meeting welcomed the featured speakers Dana Perel Katz and Jo Sornborger. They presented their work UCLA Health's Operation Mend outlined in the FWC UPDATE.

From FWC UPDATE Jan/Feb 2022, front page

The Operation Mend organization provides FREE comprehensive surgical, medical, and psychological health care services for post-9/11 era service members, veterans, and their families.

The main program of the General Meeting webinar also included Jo Knopoff and Julie Kwan 

Top row: Jo Sornborger is executive director and clinical director of the OPERATION MEND
Dana Perel Katz directs Community Engagement and Buddy Programs
Bottom row: Anne-Marie Spataru is FWC VP for General Meeting Programs

After the main program, Jo Knopoff presented a brief historical connection between the UCLA's Faculty Women's Club and the Faculty Club from the inception of The Club. 

Finally, Julie Kwan, Past President on the Board of Governors, briefed the attendees on the Faculty Club fundraising opportunities, major changes regarding FC's patios, landscaping, renovations of Morrison Room (formerly California Room), Main Dining Room, Cypress Bar & Lounge, and other spaces and staff offices. 

FWC leadership has approved funding drive for one fireplace, so that when the renovated Faculty Club opens its doors in Spring of 2022, the place will be proud to welcome old and new members!

FWC Sitting President Helene DesRuisseaux and Jo Knopoff
Julie Kwan, Past President on the Faculty Club Board of Governors

There is a new name of the Faculty Center. It is official -- from now on, it is UCLA Faculty Club

UCLA Faculty Club Floor Plan

The floor plan gives locations of the three fireplaces: the main Dining Room; the Morrison Room (formerly California Room); and the Cypress Bar & Lounge (lower level of the Faculty Club).

Our next GM Webinar and Business Meeting is scheduled for March 15, 2022. STAY WELL

Welcome to our new Season: great speakers, sections, the second century of the Faculty Women's Club

Our last General Meeting in 2021 was held virtually on November 16, 2021. The topic titled PHILANTHROPY AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Empowering the Next Generation of Philanthropists, was discussed by three panelists: Jennifer Lindholm, Charles W. Evans, and Angela Sanchez (see the photograph of the zoom General Meeting, below). We learned how the 2021 class researched a pool of 42 organizations, selected three finalists, and cooperated with their management to prepare and present grant funding proposals for specific projects. The students evaluated the proposals and voted to allocate the available funding of $80,000 among the three non-profits.

The attending audience participated in lively discussions with the panelists who shared their experiences with Honors Collegium course. 

For details about each of the presenters, see front page of the FWC UPDATE Nov/Dec 2021 issue.

Attendees and presenters at the November 2021 virtual General Meeting

Our first General Meeting speaker is Mary D. Nichols, professor-in-residence at UCLA's School of Law and this year's FWC Woman of Distinction. This zoom meeting will be on October 19th at 1:30 PM. 

If you missed the virtual meeting in October 2021, you can watch the meeting here 

Mary D. Nichols is our featured speaker at the 1st General Meeting Webinar

While many UCLA venues are open, most of our FWC meetings are conducted via zoom. Examples are our board meetings, many sections, and other programming and events.

September 14, 2021 Executive Board Meeting
Top left: Afifi, Ercegovac, Caballero, Frank
DesRuisseaux (president), Lippe, Nagy, Sherritt
Spolsky, Homsher, King, Franenberg; last line: Spartaru, Montoya

Faculty Club has been our preferred place for executive board meetings and other programs. However, the Club is undergoing major renovations, and we cannot wait to be back and celebrate all our events there. 

Faculty Club meeting was held on August 19th