Barnard Magazine
Alumnae Stories
“I know this isn’t the Reunion we all expected,” said Rona Wilk ’91, chair of the AABC Reunion Committee. “I know this isn’t the Reunion we wanted. It is the Reunion we have, to celebrate the amazing Milestone classes and gather together the global community that is Barnard. Barnard strong means helping each other through this.” To stay connected with classmates, access the Summer issue's Class Notes.
Barnard recognized eight extraordinary alumnae whose professional achievements and contributions to the College embody the Barnard spirit. Because Reunion couldn’t take place in person this year due to COVID-19, we’ve honored them with an interactive book. To learn more about our incredible alumnae community, read the Class Notes in our digital only Summer issue.
Since starting her scholarship fund, Lida Orzeck ’68, founder and CEO of the lingerie company Hanky Panky, has played a critical role in the education and lives of numerous Barnard students, as her recent scholarship recipient Aliza Amsellem ’20 can attest. The two women filled us in on their close friendship and how the scholarship aid has created a sense of community while championing the next generation of strong Barnard women.
The graphic artist and art director gives us a glimpse into her creative process and talks feminist zines, fine paperstock, and sketching under the magnolia tree
A proposed dress code for students ignited protest — and the activist spirit — on the Barnard campus in 1960
Almost 70 years after making history as the first Nepalese woman to attend college in the U.S., Bhinda Malla Shah '56, Nepal's first woman ambassador, shares her story with granddaughter Aarya Shah '23.
Three Barnard alumnae — Brenda Aiken ’77, ’81PS, Maryam Banikarim ’89, ’93SIPA, ’93BUS, and Jolyne Caruso- FitzGerald ’81 — were among 10 alumni honored with a 2019 Columbia Alumni Medal at the University Commencement on May 22.
The AABC Fellowship for Graduate Study has been awarded annually to outstanding graduating seniors and alumnae by the Fellowship for Graduate Study Committee of the Alumnae Association of Barnard College.
Our alumnae community got a little bigger and bolder with the graduation of the Class of 2019.
Barnard recognized nine alumnae at Reunion for their career accomplishments and dedicated service to the College and its graduates