Upcoming Events
YAAC Community Conversation at the Cleveland Museum of Art - Collection Tour: Africa & Byzantium
WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TOUR OF AFRICA & BYZANTIUM
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS TODAY
Please join us for a tour of Africa & Byzantium at The Cleveland Museum of Art with Curator and Yale alumna Kristen Windmuller-Luna
Wednesday May 1, 2024 at The Cleveland Museum of Art
5:15–5:20 pm, Meet at the Welcome Desk in the Ames Family Atrium
5:30 pm–6:30 pm Walk-through of Africa & Byzantium
Register now to reserve your spot. Reservations are limited.
Spots are LIMITED and registration is required. Curator Kristen Windmuller-Luna will address the Yale Alumni Association visitors and lead the first group through the exhibition and Helina Gebremedhen, Leigh & Mary Carter Director's Research Fellow in African Arts will lead the second group.
Due to the large number of guests, we will not be coordinating a group dinner. Guests are welcome to make their own arrangements for dinner at the Provenance cafe or restaurant.
Exhibition tickets are complimentary. If you have any questions about the event or registration, please contact the Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland at yalecle@aya.yale.edu or 216 - 765 - YALE (9253).
For the full event details, information about Dr. Kristen Windmuller-Luna and to register click below.
Local Yale Day of Service Event: Greater Cleveland Food Bank
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Partner Distribution Hub at Coit Road
13815 Coit Road, Cleveland, OH 44110
(parking available onsite)
This year, we return to the Food Bank to help with their food packing efforts. In NE Ohio, one in seven people is food insecure- they may not know where their next meal will come from. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank seeks to bridge the meal gap, connecting individuals with the nutritious meals they need to succeed.
Volunteer tasks include:
Sorting and repackaging incoming perishable, nonperishable, and non-food donations
Backpacks for Kids Kits assembly
Packing Senior Boxes (Commodity Supplemental Food Program Box)
Relabeling and correcting labels on products to enable distribution
Volunteers must be 14 or older to participate and are required to wear closed-toe/closed-heel footwear (no crocs, flip-flops, sandals, etc.)
There is a limit of 20 people for this event.
RSVP: Please register with the Food Bank
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled shift.
YAAC Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland
Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner
***This year’s speaker will be Yale Professor Thomas Near, Head of Saybrook College***
When: Monday, May 6, 2024
Doors Open: 5:30 p.m.
Presentation: 6:15 p.m. - Dinner to Follow
Where: Nuevo Modern Mexican & Tequila Bar
1000 East Ninth Street, Cleveland Ohio 44114
(On the pier behind the Rock Hall)
Parking: There is a pay parking lot on the pier next to the restaurant
Pricing:
$60.00 - Members of the Yale Cleveland Community and Guests
$30.00 - Recent Yale Graduates 2014 to 2024
Includes a plated dinner and one drink ticket (wine or beer) followed by a cash bar
Registration Deadline: Monday April 29 by 4:00 p.m.
Donations: Help our young alums by donating $30 or more to offset the cost of this program
Yale Professor Thomas Near
Thomas Near was recently in the news for discoveries that changed the understanding of parts of the fish tree of life. He chairs the Yale Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is also the Henry Payne Bingham Curator of Ichthyology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, named for the Cleveland-born Bingham, 1887-1955, a noted amateur marine biologist who donated his oceanographic collection to Yale in the 1920s. Bingham's father was Charles William Bingham, Class of 1868, co-founder of the Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland, with many of his descendants still living in the Cleveland area.
Professor Near will speak on "The Evolutionary History of Fishes: Insights to Biodiversity and Human Health." Nearly half of all living vertebrate species are ray-finned fishes. Our understanding of the evolutionary history of this important group has only emerged in the early 21st century. Exploring the biodiversity of fishes not only reveals over 350 million years of evolutionary history, but also provides fundamental insights into human health and the potential for medical innovations. Professor Near will put this in the context of a broadened approach to scientific inquiry at Yale where the university's science strategy provides a roadmap for discovery and innovation across diverse academic disciplines. As the head of Saybrook College, Professor Near can also answer our questions about how student life at Yale has changed in recent years.
Local Yale Day Of Service: Cleveland Kid’s Book Bank
Saturday, May 11th, 1-3 pm: Cleveland Kid’s Book Bank
3635 Perkins Road Cleveland, OH 44114
(pdf with map and parking will be emailed upon rsvp)
We are excited to partner for the first time this year with the Cleveland Kid’s Book Bank!
The Book Bank’s aim is to foster literacy and a love of reading by distributing free books to children in need, through collaboration with community partners.
Volunteers will sort and package books for distribution. If you would like to donate books and bring them with you for the volunteer shift, information on donating books can be found here.
Please wear comfortable closed-toe shoes, clothes that you don’t mind getting dusty and bring a reusable water bottle as cold water will be available.
There is a limit of 20 people for this event; min. of 8 people needed.
RSVP: Please register through the Yale Day of Service site.
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled shift.
Local Yale Day Of Service: Lantern Court - Red Oak Camp
Saturday, May 18th, 10 am-12 noon: Lantern Court - Red Oak Camp
9203 Kirtland Chardon Road Kirtland, OH 44094
(directions to be emailed to those who rsvp)
We will be working with Eddie Lagucki, chief Horticulturist at Lantern Court at Red Oak Camp this year by planting perennials and assisting with a variety of gardening needs. These historic gardens are part of Holden Forests & Gardens, the nation’s 12th largest public garden.
Please wear fully enclosed shoes or boots, clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, and bring gardening gloves if you have them.
Event will take place rain or shine, unless thunder or hail.
Children are welcome. Please be prepared to supervise anyone ages 10 or younger.
Please refrain from bringing dogs or other pets.
We are hoping for a group of 10-15 volunteers for this work.
RSVP: Please register through the Yale Day of Service site.
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled shift.
Happy Hour
Memorial Day weekend fast approaching take a minute to spend with your fellow alum
Happy Hour
Enjoy a beer or two with fellow alum and then maybe order riesen oktoberfest brezen
(jumbo pretzel) with Sauerbraten or Wiener Schnitzel. It will be a fun time.
Local Yale Day of Service Event: American Red Cross, Sound the Alarm
American Red Cross, Sound the Alarm
3202 Fulton Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44109
We will work in teams of 3-4 to install smoke detectors in a Near West Side Cleveland neighborhood that Cleveland Fire has identified as having many homes in need of new, operable smoke detectors to save lives.
For full details about the event and to register click here
YaleWomen Happy Hour
YaleWomen will be hosting a happy hour from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Wednesday, March 13th, at LockKeepers (8001 Rockside Road, Valley View, Ohio).
We will be meeting in the bar area of the restaurant and appreciate your RSVP so that we can secure adequate seating. Although this event is sponsored by YaleWomen, everyone is welcome, including partners, guests, and those who do not identify as women.
Happy Hour
Take time out to relax, socialize and do a little networking with fellow alum at the Bourbon Street Barrel Room in Tremont.
Yale Student Summer Send-Off
Join us for our annual summer send-off for new and current Yale students! All alumni welcome. For more information and to rsvp, please contact Ella Martinez at ella.martinez@yale.edu by July 14. Include any food allergies you may have.
YaleWomen Happy Hour
YaleWomen is excited to host the second 2023 semi-regular happy hour on Thursday, May 25 from 6-8 p.m. at BrewDog in the Flats.
Come early, come late—we'd love to see you for however long you're able! (If you can, though, please register so we have a sense of our numbers in advance.) And although this event is sponsored by YaleWomen, everyone is welcome, including partners, guests, and those who do not identify as women.
YAAC Annual Meeting with President Salovey
Please join us at The Cleveland Museum of Art for the YAAC 2023 Annual Meeting with Yale President Peter Salovey.
YaleWomen Happy Hour
With the return of warmer weather, YaleWomen will be resuming its semi-regular happy hours next month, on Wednesday, April 12th from 6-8 p.m. at Collision Bend Brewing Company, in the Flats.
Come early, come late—we'd love to see you for however long you're able! (If you can, though, please register so we have a sense of our numbers in advance.) And although this event is sponsored by YaleWomen, everyone is welcome, including partners, guests, and those who do not identify as women.
Yale Community Conversation with Donna Yoo and Elisabeth Wangermann
Location
Severance Hall
6:30–7:30pm, Conversation with Dean Donna Yoo & Lisl Wangermann
Ginn Suite, Severance Music Center
Donna Yoo, Dean of Artistic Administration and Operations at Cleveland Institute of Music (MM, Yale School of Music, ’09) and Lisl Wangermann, Master of Music candidate in vocal performance (BA, Yale, ’21), will discuss how their music education at Yale influenced their path in the music industry and to Cleveland Institute of Music.
7:30-9:00 pm, Concert with CIM Orchestra
Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center
Join us in exclusive box seats at Severance Hall to hear the CIM orchestra, conducted by Carlos Kalmar. We are also kindly invited by CIM to a reception in the Ginn Suite during intermission.
PRANGCHAROEN Phenomenon (2004)
LISZT Totentanz, Soo Ji Lee, piano, student artist
TCHAIKOVSKY Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55
Cost is $20 per person, paid to the Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland.
Click to register below before February 1.
Reservations are limited to the first 40 registrants.
Donna Yoo, D.M.A. is Dean of Artistic Administration and Operations at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Originally trained as both a pianist and a horn player, she is a leader with deep commitment and passion for the classical music industry and higher education.
Yoo is a graduate and a longtime staff member of the Yale School of Music (YSM). While at Yale, she served as YSM’s inaugural Director of Alumni Affairs, Director of Communications, and most recently, Director of Admissions. Yoo is a recipient of the Board of Governors Excellence Awards by Yale University and Yale Alumni Association and the prestigious Cultural Leadership Citation from Yale School of Music, awarded for her extraordinary service to music.
Lisl Wangermann is a lyric soprano from Dallas, TX with a passion for bringing opera to life and making it accessible for all audiences.Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University and recipient of a 2020 encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Lisl graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2021 and is currently continuing her education at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studies with Ms. Dina Kuznetsova. She also serves as the Development Assistant for Apollo’s Fire.