Alumni Welcome

List of 3 news stories.

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  Stephanie Grove '15 and Ben Iorio '17 speak to CK Economics Club

  Stephanie Grove '15 and Ben Iorio '17 shared their personal and professional journeys from CK graduation and undergraduate degrees in economics and mathematics, to working at the Federal Reserve System. They spoke about their passion for economics and desire to make an impact with their work, which led them to pursue doctoral degrees in economics at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business, respectively. Stephanie and Ben inspired the students in CK's burgeoning economics program, which recently earned a State Championship distinction in a National Economics Challenge (NEC) event. Thank you to Stephanie and Ben for joining the students, and congratulations to the club students and club advisor and faculty club advisor Christopher Schotten for their recent success!
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  CKAA Annual Meeting May 7

  Local alumni are invited to join the CKAA for their Annual Meeting and Alumni Gathering on May 7 from 6 - 8 p.m. This year's event will be held at Gran Castor 2950 Rochester Road in Troy.
  
  This will be a very special evening to celebrate some longtime faculty and former faculty, including special guests John Twedt, David Mogill and Jo Jo Macey. The CKAA is  are grateful to Gran Castor proprietors Curt Catallo '85 & Ann Stevenson, and Managing Partner Erich Lines '83 for their support of this event.
  
  RSVP for this event by emailing alumni@cranbrook.edu with your name, the number of guests attending, and your class year.
  
  From the membership of the CKAA.
  
  Officers:   Alex Paul '07, Ekta Lobo Wilcox ‘89, Grant Drzyzga '10, Jennifer Cook '99, Latonya Riddle-Jones '97
  Directors:  Priscilla Crockett-Femster '96, Sharell Elam '99, Marilyn Franklin '96, Paul Gamble '82, Liz Groth '99, Rebecca McLaughlin Haines '07, Jen Miller Heath '00, Rob Kremhelmer '96, Carl Klemmer '89, Symone Jackson Kumar '07, Robert Li '15, Tarian Marks ’97, Christian Ohanian '04. Ian Perkins '05, Emme Reasoner '13,  Nicola Reasoner '11, Scott Weinberg '80
  
  Emeritus Members: Kenneth Bassey '86, Dave Baumhart ‘62, Laurie Frankel '79, Ann Osborn Hartzell-Kneen ‘54, Bill Hill '80, Sarah Levine Jacobs '82, Wade Mezey '76, Helen Billig Reasoner '82, Jan Mittenthal Rosen '83 
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  Portland CRAN visit to Japanese Garden, Breakside Brewery

  More than 50 Portland alumni and guests turned out for a special visit to the Portland Japanese Garden April 13. They joined with alumni from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and guests from the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research "Day Away" tour for an all-Cranbrook afternoon of exploration and discovery.

   

  Alumni were welcomed to the garden by Sadafumi Uchiyama,  the Portland garden's Curator Emeritus. Uchiyama for the past six years has been working with the Center to design and plan the rejuvenation of our own Japanese Garden.. He set the stage for the visual delights to come as alumni enjoyed their tours.
  
  Following the garden tours, all of the groups gathered at Breakside Brewery in town for a special sampling of craft beers curated by Portland Brewmaster Ben Edmunds ’00.
  
  

  Special thanks go to Greg Wittkopp, Director of the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research for connecting the group with Mr. Uchiyama and enhancing the day with his insights on the connections between the two gardens. We are also grateful to trustee Chase Brand '79 for sponsoring tickets to the garden for our Cranbrook tours.