Pingry Reunion 2020

Thursday, May 14

5:00 p.m. EDT -- Class of 1960 Zoom Party
Access instructions were emailed to the class. Please contact Katrina Musto if you need the link.
 

Saturday, May 16

1:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Tom Keating
(CLOSED -- This class is now full) 

The legendary, charismatic, English teacher named Mr. Keating who inspires his students long after they've graduated and who has an interesting connection to his desk?  We're not talking about the lead character in the film Dead Poets Society.  We're talking about Pingry's very own Mr. Keating, a beloved faculty member since 1988 who continues to sit at a desk in the hallway in order to be more accessible for his students.  Here's your opportunity to spend a fascinating hour discussing three ethical dilemmas carefully selected from his extensive course list of 100 such dilemmas, some of which include: Should you use a so called "nanny-cam" without telling the person they're being recorded?  Should you represent the senior partner at your law firm for a DUI violation if you subsequently learn it's their fourth such arrest and a serious personal injury is involved? What are some of the decisions you make when faced with tough choices and ethical dilemmas? 
 

2:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Nigel Paton
(CLOSED -- This class is now full)  

A member of the Pingry faculty for 22 years, the Oxford-educated Mr. Paton is a member of both the English Department and the Visual Arts Department.  Mr. Paton's course load this spring includes both AP Art History and three sections (!) of Shakespeare, and his calming accent alone will melt all of your stress away. Join us for an interactive, "remote learning" version of his very popular AP Art History course and be prepared to start seeing art in everyday places you might have never expected. 


3:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Tom Keating 
(CLOSED -- This class is now full)  

The legendary, charismatic, English teacher named Mr. Keating who inspires his students long after they've graduated and who has an interesting connection to his desk?  We're not talking about the lead character in the film Dead Poets Society.  We're talking about Pingry's very own Mr. Keating, a beloved faculty member since 1988 who continues to sit at a desk in the hallway in order to be more accessible for his students.  Here's your opportunity to spend a fascinating hour discussing three ethical dilemmas carefully selected from his extensive course list of 100 such dilemmas, some of which include: Should you use a so called "nanny-cam" without telling the person they're being recorded?  Should you represent the senior partner at your law firm for a DUI violation if you subsequently learn it's their fourth such arrest and a serious personal injury is involved? What are some of the decisions you make when faced with tough choices and ethical dilemmas?
 

4:00 p.m. EDT -- Class of 1985 Zoom Party
Access instructions have been posted to your private class Facebook page and emailed to the class. Please contact Katrina Musto if you need the link.

5:00 p.m. EDT-- Retired Faculty & Staff Zoom Party
Access details have been shared by email. Please contact Maureen Maher if you need the link.

7:00 p.m. EDT -- Class of 1980 Zoom Party
Access instructions have been posted to your private class Facebook page and emailed to the class. Please contact Katrina Musto if you need the link.

8:00 p.m. EDT -- Class of 1995 Zoom Party
Access instructions have been posted to your private class Facebook page and emailed to the class. Please contact Jane Hoffman if you need the link.

 

Saturday, May 16

1:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Tom Keating
(CLOSED -- This class is now full)  

The legendary, charismatic, English teacher named Mr. Keating who inspires his students long after they've graduated and who has an interesting connection to his desk?  We're not talking about the lead character in the film Dead Poets Society.  We're talking about Pingry's very own Mr. Keating, a beloved faculty member since 1988 who continues to sit at a desk in the hallway in order to be more accessible for his students.  Here's your opportunity to spend a fascinating hour discussing three ethical dilemmas carefully selected from his extensive course list of 100 such dilemmas, some of which include: Should you use a so called "nanny-cam" without telling the person they're being recorded?  Should you represent the senior partner at your law firm for a DUI violation if you subsequently learn it's their fourth such arrest and a serious personal injury is involved? What are some of the decisions you make when faced with tough choices and ethical dilemmas? 
 

2:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Nigel Paton
(CLOSED -- This class is now full)  

A member of the Pingry faculty for 22 years, the Oxford-educated Mr. Paton is a member of both the English Department and the Visual Arts Department.  Mr. Paton's course load this spring includes both AP Art History and three sections (!) of Shakespeare, and his calming accent alone will melt all of your stress away. Join us for an interactive, "remote learning" version of his very popular AP Art History course and be prepared to start seeing art in everyday places you might have never expected. 


3:00 p.m. EDT -- Back to the Classroom with Mr. Tom Keating
(CLOSED -- This class is now full)  

The legendary, charismatic, English teacher named Mr. Keating who inspires his students long after they've graduated and who has an interesting connection to his desk?  We're not talking about the lead character in the film Dead Poets Society.  We're talking about Pingry's very own Mr. Keating, a beloved faculty member since 1988 who continues to sit at a desk in the hallway in order to be more accessible for his students.  Here's your opportunity to spend a fascinating hour discussing three ethical dilemmas carefully selected from his extensive course list of 100 such dilemmas, some of which include: Should you use a so called "nanny-cam" without telling the person they're being recorded?  Should you represent the senior partner at your law firm for a DUI violation if you subsequently learn it's their fourth such arrest and a serious personal injury is involved? What are some of the decisions you make when faced with tough choices and ethical dilemmas?  

Resources for Lifelong Learners

Pingry alumni pride themselves on being lifelong learners.  Given today's social distancing circumstances—and the extra free time now on our hands—we've broadened the "Back to the Classroom" definition this year to also include this wide selection of popular TED Talks, podcasts, virtual tours, and online courses.  Enjoy at your convenience!

FREE! Online Courses & eBooks:

• The Science of Well-Being -- In this Yale course, you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.
   
• Ivy League: The Onine Version -- Free online courses from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.
   
• IBM Technology Courses -- IBM Skills helps students, professionals, and organizations build critical technology skills for today and stay competitive tomorrow through thousands of online courses, free training programs, and custom enterprise offerings created in partnership with universities from all over the world.
   
• Open Classrooms -- An online platform offering free courses on a multitude of subjects. Since the launch of Open Classrooms in 2013, the goal has been to make complex ideas and skills accessible to all.
   
• Project Gutenberg -- Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education.
   

Podcasts: Arts & Entertainment

• This American Life -- Weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme. Mostly we do journalism, but an entertaining kind of journalism that’s built around plot. In other words, stories! Our favorite sorts of stories have compelling people at the center of them, funny moments, big feelings, surprising plot twists, and interesting ideas. Like little movies for radio.
   
• Call and Response -- Hosted by Felicia Fitzpatrick, this podcast explores the intersection of blackness and performing arts through interviews with Broadway performers, actors, dancers, musicians, directors, songwriters, producers, marketers, and more!
   
• The Bill Simmons Podcast -- HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members. 

 
Podcasts: Educational

• How I Built This -- Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
   
• Professor Buzzkill -- Professor Buzzkill is an exciting podcast that explores history myths in an illuminating, entertaining, and humorous way.
   
• Science VS -- There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Gimlet Media that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to. This season we tackle football concussions, heartbreak, 5G networks, sleep, magic mushrooms, free healthcare, police use of force, asteroids and more.
   
• Library Talks -- Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation’s cultural capital.

Podcasts: Family-Friendly

• Wow in the World -- Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them. We'll go inside our brains, out into space and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology.
   
• Stories Podcast -- Bedtime show for kids of all ages!
   
• Eleanor Amplified -- World-famous radio reporter Eleanor foils devious plots, outwits crafty villains, and goes after The Big Story. Eleanor's pursuit of truth takes her into orbit, out to sea, through a scary jungle and even to the halls of Congress! Eleanor will spark laughter and conversation the whole family will enjoy, while preparing kids to appreciate journalism and make smart media choices in the future.

 
Podcasts: Health & Wellness

• The Minimalists -- Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus discuss living a meaningful life with less. 
   
• Good Life Project -- Inspirational, intimate and disarmingly-unfiltered conversations about living a fully-engaged, fiercely-connected and purpose-drenched life. From iconic world-shakers like Elizabeth Gilbert, Brene Brown, Sir Ken Robinson, Seth Godin and Gretchen Rubin to everyday guests, every story matters.
   
• The Happiness Lab -- You might think more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations would make you happy. You’re dead wrong. In "The Happiness Lab" podcast, Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness. 

 
Podcasts: Pingry Content

• FYI SCI -- A student-run organization that draws directly from scientific journals and experiments to aid the community in forming opinions about science and society that are based on reason rather than speculation.
   
• Pingry Politics -- Making the often complex issues of modern politics more accessible to Pingry students. The podcast hosts a variety of students and members of the Pingry community to share on the political topics they are passionate about, inspiring civil discourse and further political understanding.
   
• Pingry Performance -- A collaboration between Pingry's Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning Departments.

TED Talks:

• What Makes A Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness -- Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger. What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
   
• How Great Leaders Inspire Action -- Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question: "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Wright brothers
   
• Complete List of the 25 Most Popular TED Talks of All Time

Virtual Tours:

• The Great Wall of China -- As China's most famous attraction, The Great Wall is an essential stop on all China tours. Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches more than 3,000 miles across several provinces of northern China, making it one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet.
   
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History -- The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.
   
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art -- This award-winning series of six short videos invites viewers around the world to virtually visit The Met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way. Created using spherical 360° technology, it allows viewers to explore some of the Museum's iconic spaces as never before.
   
• The Louvre -- The Louvre is not only one of the best art museums in the world, it’s also one of the biggest. There are 35,000 objects on display out of a collection of 380,000. This walking tour features Part 1 of the Louvre Museum in Denon Wing. First, a walk around before accessing the museum floor. Further on, a great display of the Greek and Roman antiquities and its famous statues; Aphrodite, Vénus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace and The Virgin and Child with four Angels . Followed by the decorative arts (paintings) area from Spain, France, Italy including the Mona Lisa.
   

Health & Wellness Resouces from Pingry

The physical and emotional health of the Pingry community during this challenging time is a top priority, and we realize that the ongoing uncertainty has been stressful for many. In an effort to mitigate some of this stress for our families, Pingry launched the Community Well-Being Collaborative to share resources with the community and leverage expertise in support of collective wellness. Visit Pingry.org/Well-Being for a wealth of information on: 

• Mind and Body Activities 
• Helping Your Community
• Pingry People LIVE! 
• Parenting and Emotional Health Resources

 

• Remarks from PAA President Woody Weldon '91
   
• Tribute to PAA President Woody Weldon '91
  
   
• Congratulations to Kevin Schmidt '98 who's been elected to serve as the next President of the Pingry Alumni Association!  Kevin will begin serving a two-year term effective July 1.
   
• Similar congratulations go to Liz Wight Seigel '03 and Kristin Sostowski '93 who've been elected to serve as PAA Vice Presidents!  Liz and Kristin will begin serving two-year terms effective July 1.
   
• We’re also excited to welcome two new members of the PAA Board: Alison Little '82 and Lauren Salz '06 who’ll both begin serving three-year terms starting July 1.
   
• Thank you to the following alumni who are completing their service on the PAA Board:
  John Anagnostis '04, Andy Gottesman '88, Lori Halivopoulos '78, Laura Yorke Kulkarni '98, Jason Kurz '03, Gwyneth Murray-Nolan '95, Christopher Newhouse '97, and Elizabeth Kellogg Winterbottom '87.
   
• Thank you to the following alumni who will begin serving new three-year terms on July 1: Maya Artis '09, Lauren Greig '00, Ben Lehrhoff '99, Kevin Manara '95, Ida Miguelino '86, Edie McLaughlin Nussbaumer '84, Adam Plotkin '94, Michael Roberts '99, Kevin Schmidt '98, Sumeet Shah '04, Kristin Sostowski '93, and Aaron Welt '67.

• Remarks from Director of Athletics Carter Abbott
   
• Welcome to the Athletics Hall of Fame: Liam Griff '04, Katie Scott Old '99, and Coach Mike Richardson. Since this weekend's celebration had to be postponed, we're already looking forward to the night when we can gather in the athletics center to properly honor Liam, Katie, and Mike with the full, in-person Athletics Hall of Fame extravaganza!
   
• Don't forget to visit the Digital Athletics Hall of Fame to search for the citations of every person and team in the Hall of Fame. You can also search the database for information on over 9,000 Pingry athletes and over 1,600 Big Blue teams! 

LinkedIn Networking Groups:

Have you joined our Pingry Alumni Relations Network on LinkedIn yet? We've also launched several other industry-specific networking groups listed below, so submit your membership requests today via LinkedIn and connect with 2,700+ Pingry professionals.

• Pingry Alumni Network

• Pingry Arts Network

• Pingry Entertainment Network

• Pingry Innovation & Entrepreneurship Network

• Pingry Law Network

• Pingry Marketing Network 
   
• Pingry Media & Communications Network
   
• Pingry Non-Profit & Public Service Network

• Pingry Real Estate Network

• Pingry Science Network

• Pingry Women's Network
   
• Pingry on Wall Street
   

Facebook & Instagram:

Don't forget to also check out our Pingry Alumni Facebook and our Pingry Alumni Instagram to connect with other alumni and stay informed about happenings on campus.

 

Never been to campus?  Maybe it's just been a while?  Check out the terrific panorama photos that are now available for just about every spot on both campuses:

• Basking Ridge Campus Tour (Grade 6--Form VI)
• Short Hills Campus Tour (K--Grade 5)

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