Featuring:

Kathryn Lofton, Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies, Professor of History and Divinity; FAS Dean of Humanities, Yale University

Please help us welcome back to Wisconsin a Shorewood High School graduate and current Dean of Humanities at Yale University.  Enjoy social time at The Brewery, followed by a scintillating talk from Professor Lofton on “How to Build an American Religion.”  

“Religion” is a word to describe how people organize themselves to worship something. In the rich history of religion in the United States, there have been a wide array of instances where social movements have altered how groups of people have structured their relationship to the world. In this talk based on a Yale lecture course, Katie Lofton, Dean of Humanities at Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will explore America’s religious history to provide “recommendations” on how one might launch a successful movement of this type.

(Include link:  

https://religiousstudies.yale.edu/people/kathryn-lofton)

Tuesday, June 11

5:30-6:30 p.m. Appetizers and cash bar

6:30-7:30 p.m. Professor Lofton and Q&A

Suggested contribution $25 (any amount will be accepted; funds in excess of costs will directly support future YAW events)

RSVP to Susan Callanan, swcallanan@gmail.com; Venmo @swcallanan

The Brewery (thanks to alum Matt Schmidt, ‘01!)

1101 N Water Street

Milwaukee, WI

Brewerymke.com

Leff's Lucky Town, 7208 W. State Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53202

Free to attend, with cash bar and cash food of the menu, and family friendly. In conjuction with our Harvard friends.

Craftsman Table & Tap, 6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave, Middleton, WI 53562

Free to attend, with cash bar and cash food of the menu, and family friendly. In conjuction with our Harvard friends.

Yale Day of Service 2023-Milwaukee

Local YAW stalwart Jeannine Ruby has been hard at work helping us organize YDOS events for the spring, and has finalized a service opportunity for our Milwaukee area folk to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Yale Day of Service (more info HERE):

Yale Day of Service 2023: Milwaukee
2-4pm on Saturday, May 13
Lake Park, Milwaukee
 
Join us outside for a joyful afternoon at Lake Park! We will be removing garlic mustard, an invasive weed. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own gardening gloves and knee pads or kneeling cushion if you would like. Come alone or with your family. In the event of inclement weather, all registered participants will be contacted by email to confirm if the event is cancelled. Park near Bartolotta’s Lake Park Bistro.
 

Roll up your pants and join us at Vilas Park Beach in Madison for a morning beach clean-up and seaweed removal. Rakes will be provided. Please dress warmly, and wear water shoes, waterproof shoes, or work/”junk” shoes. Bring a water bottle and work gloves, if you have them. Come serve our community with some spring cleaning at Vilas Park Beach and connect with other members of the Yale family! The address is 1501 Vilas Park Dr, Madison, WI 53715.

MKE Feb Club 2023 on Feb 17!

Feb Club started as a tradition in the late 1970's on the Yale Campus as a way for the students to socialize during the dreary month of February. As you may recall, February in New Haven means mostly grey skies, cold, and drizzle for weeks at a time. To fight back against the winter doldrums, the progenitors of Feb Club planned parties all over campus every night of the month for people to meet up. In the late 2000's, Yale saw this as an opportunity and asked local alumni groups to set up "Feb Club Emeritus" events for alumni during the month of February as simple social mixers without any agenda - just a chance to hang out with other Yale alumni. More information on the background and history of Feb Club and Feb Club Emeritus can be found HERE.

The YAW has hosted Feb Club Emeritus events every year since 2009 (except 2021) and they have always been fun! We get to enjoy hanging out with a great mix of older and younger alumni and graduates from all Yale schools. Several years ago we transitioned away from expensive events in hotels or restaurants and have gone with a more casual cocktail-party approach for our YAW event with great success.

My amazing wife Cristin and I are glad to invite you all over again to our home for this year's event - YAW Feb Club Emeritus 2023 will be Friday, February 17 once again at our home in Wauwatosa, WI - 6509 W Washington Blvd from 7-10pm. It's a simple cocktail party with other Yale alums and their invited guests. No agenda, no fundraising - just a chance to meet up and maybe meet some new Yalies!

Please RSVP if you plan to attend and find more event details HERE.
-OR-
JUST REPLY TO THIS EMAIL WITH YOUR HEAD COUNT OF ATTENDEES!!

Jonnie Bock '95
President, Yale Association of Wisconsin

Bucks vs Denver Nuggets at Fiserv Forum with the YAW 1/25/23

After a successful winter 2022 YAW outing to see the Bucks play last year against the Utah Jazz (and a private viewing opportunity of the NBA Championship Trophy!) we have had some inquiries about a 2023 season Bucks event for the YAW. Well - wait no longer! We have a discounted ticket block reserved for up to 50 of us to attend a game together this winter!

Here's the info:
When: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 7pm
Where: Fiserv Forum
What: Bucks vs Denver Nuggets YAW outing
Who: Any YAW member or invited guests are welcome to join our group

The Bucks sales team has blocked off a section of 50 seats together in Section 112 for us at $74 a piece - a significant discount from listed prices. I've already got my two seats! Jump on and buy some! All tickets must be purchased by 12/25/22!

Tickets are available here: Link - https://fevo.me/yalealumni2023 Code: ALUMNI

Join local Milwaukee alumni members of the Yale Association of Wisconsin and the Harvard Club of Wisconsin for a Milwaukee - area game watch of the 138th playing of the Yale-Harvard football game.

This year we'll be meeting up in the back room of Leff's Lucky Town, a classic Wauwatosa-based sports bar. We'll have the room to ourselves as long as we can bring 30+ people, so invite everyone you know! Please RSVP so we can give the Leff's folks a rough head count prior.

Cash bar and full menu of food available for order - check out their awesome food menu HERE. This event is otherwise free, family friendly, and open to anyone.

The Whiffenpoofs of Yale will be returning to Wisconsin once again this fall to do a performance for the Yale Association of Wisconsin. Many thanks to YAW Board member Margy Statton for her efforts to help arrange this. This year's group features the talents of current Pitchpipe and Milwaukee's own Ben Kramer!

Here are the details:

Yale Whiffenpoofs of 2023
At the Town Club (https://www.thetownclub.com/)
7950 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
7pm doors
7:30 concert
Cash bar
Hosted hors d'ouerves from the YAW

Tickets are $35 each and will be sold directly through the Whiffenpoofs at the following online link HERE:

OR

Cut and paste the following link into your browser:
https://whiffs.ticketbud.com/the-whiffenpoofs-in-milwaukee-wi-the-town-club-34656e94-b7ade320a380

It's highly likely that this event will once again sell out, so please get your tickets early!

And - if you are willing to help sponsor part of this performance cost to offset expenses for the YAW we would certainly appreciate it. You may mail a donation check made out to the Yale Association of Wisconsin to our YAW Treasurer at:

Kathy Carey
4914 N Cumberland Blvd
Whitefish Bay, WI  53217

Or, if you prefer, you may simply bring a check in hand and pass it off to myself or other YAW board members that are present.

And... If you are unable to join us on 10/25, the Whiffs will also be doing a public concert at UW-Milwaukee at Helen Bader Concert Hall at 7:30 pm on Friday Oct, 28th - Event info and ticket purchase for that concert can be found HERE.

Hope to see a great turnout on the 25th!

Jonnie Bock '95

President, Yale Association of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Yalies!!! Summer Service Event Opportunity This Saturday 8/20/22 at 8am!

Just a quick reminder of a service activity opporunity for this Saturday 8/20 at 8am at Globall Giving. Please join us at the headquarters where our team effort will be to pull out all baseball inventory, package, and send to Turn Two For Youth (http://www.turn2foryouth.com/) as they prepare for international distribution.  

Azita Hamedani '95, one of our YAW board members, and her family have become very involved with this charity over the last several years. Here's a summary of what Turn Two For Youth is about, taken from their website:
 

Turn Two for Youth is a charitable organization formed to collect baseball equipment and distribute it to active children who need a little help. It all started as a grassroots effort when two good friends and their families were vacationing in the Turk Islands and Caicos. Billy Owens and Eric Smith were visiting with a youth baseball coach there and saw that his players didn’t have the equipment they needed to play ball. They were sharing torn-up gloves and making due with makeshift equipment. This disheartened the two men and they decided to do something about it. Every kid should have their own glove.  

When Billy and Eric returned home, they organized a grassroots collection drive in their hometown of Charlotte, NC where baseball families supported the vision with great enthusiasm. Bats, gloves, uniforms, catcher’s equipment, batting tees and an assortment of other baseball necessities were collected at local leagues and schools. Most families were all too happy to clean out their closets. Once the gear was ready to go, Billy and Eric delivered on a promise they made to that coach and shipped a full seaboard container to the Turk Islands.  

That grassroots campaign became the model for a more formal non-profit organization. Turn Two for Youth now collects gear throughout the United States from teams, coaches, players and families, all who want to give back to the game they love. The equipment is cleaned, refurbished and then shipped to credible organizations for distribution. Turn Two for Youth has established a network of wonderful partners such as Major League Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association, Miracle League, various ministries and independent coaches. 

Turn Two for Youth is the official charity of the American Baseball Coaches Association and a proud supplier to Miracle League.

Please let Azita Hamedani know via email or text (azita1923@gmail.com or 608-695-7378) if you plan to attend this Saturday.

Event Location:

Global Giving
4100 W. River Lane
Milwaukee, WI 53209

Jeff Perzan '82 would like to invite the membership of the YAW to a social mixer on his downtown MKE apartment rooftop this Saturday evening 8/6/22 from 5:30-8:30pm. The rooftop space overlooks the lake and allows for an amazing view of downtown Milwaukee as the sun sets. What a great invitation! This is a rescheduled opportunity from June due to scheduling conflicts with the prior date we had selected.

The address is 1610 N. Prospect Ave and there is street parking available. Take the elevator to the 15th floor, proceed through the door across from the elevator and up the stairs to the rooftop. We'll be on the east side, overlooking the lake. Bring a bottle of your favorite beverage along to drink and/or share, and a snack or hors d'ourve if you can.

Please RSVP directly to Jeff if you plan to attend via email at jeffperzan@prodigy.net. Jeff's cell is 414-333-0606 - feel free to contact him directly with any questions.

Yale Day of Service Events 2022 - Back in Person!

We are happy to announce that we'll be once again having some in-person Yale Day of Service events on Satuday, May 7th - More information as follows:
 

Yale Day of Service

1-5 pm on Saturday, May 7th

Lapham Peak State Park

Join us outside for a joyful afternoon at Lapham Peak's popular Butterfly Garden; we'll be planting new plants, watering, and working on the surrounding greenery. Come alone or with your family! Children are welcome. Note that it is a 1/4 mile walk up a hill on a paved path to get to the garden. 

Park in the Homestead Parking Lot off of Hwy C (map)

*WI State Park vehicle admission sticker is required

In addition, we'll likely have an offering for a service event that AM in conjunction with our friends in the local Harvard Alumni of Wisconsin to assist in clean-up of Washington Park in Milwaukee that AM from 10-noon for those that prefer to stay more central to the city of Milwaukee. We'll have more information on that event in the coming month or so as we finalize those plans.

Hello again Wisconsin Yalies!

We are pleased to announce that we have finalized plans for our Spring 2022 admitted student yield event - this is a chance for local admitted high school students to meet alumni, ask questions, and learn about Yale. We encourage as many of you to attend as are able!

Please RSVP for our Yale yield event – our chance to help recruit admitted Wisconsin students to attend Yale.

The event will be Saturday, April 23rd, 1p-3p, at the Shorewood Village Center (3920 N Murray Ave, Shorewood, WI 53211), right next to the Shorewood Public Library.

Please RSVP at below link by next Wed 4/20, so we know how many people to expect.
https://forms.gle/uj498PndjbPNDHwBA

Thank you! And thanks much to Azita Hamedani '95 (Western WI ASC chair) for her help in organizing!

Jonnie Bock '95
President, Yale Association of Wisconsin