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Party at PIE to toast Reed Switchboard
Time flies when you’re incubating a fabulous idea! You may recall that last summer Reed Switchboard, the networking site created to share Reed love, was given a boost by Wieden & Kennedy as part of the ad firm’s Portland Incubator … finish reading Party at PIE to toast Reed Switchboard
We heart Reed Switchboard
This season of fresh starts and affectionate missives is the perfect time to announce our exciting new partnership with Reed Switchboard—an online forum for Reedies to connect with one another about jobs, housing, and other goods and services. Like Craigslist … finish reading We heart Reed Switchboard
Thomas Lamb Eliot Award
What do Richard Danzig ’65, Barbara Ehrenreich ’63, and Gary Snyder ’51 have in common (other than being Reed College alumni)? They are the first three honorees of the college’s Thomas Lamb Eliot award (Danzig was the first recipient in … finish reading Thomas Lamb Eliot Award
Reed Offspring at Orientation
New Reedies with alumni parents (or other relatives) qualify as members of a prestigious organization fondly referred to as O.R.G.Y (Offspring of Reed Generations of Yesteryear). They, along with family members, were invited to join other Reed legacies for… Continue reading
The great griffin float emerges!
Dearest Comrades: I have always wanted to write one of these letters, and they're finally letting me! And yes, it has been censored so you will have to use your decoders to get the real message…. Continue reading
Reed’s Rose Festival Float
With Reed students' propensity for recombinant construction and conveyance, it is no surprise that the college entered a float in Portland's Rose Festival Parade as early as 1936. While the details are murky, we have this one photo,… Continue reading
Pop-Up Oyster Bar!
Jon Rowley '69 rousted ten dozen Totten Inlet oysters out of bed in Olympia to bring to Reed's "Working Weekend," February 3-5. This "pop-up oyster bar" appeared in the library lobby late afternoon on Saturday and was met with much… Continue reading
Reed Alumni Holiday Party 2011
More rapid than owls, his coursers they came. And he whistled and shouted, and called them by name; Now Diver! Now Doyle! Now Chittick and Ladd! On Foster! On Scholz! On Quincy in plaid! So up to the holiday party… Continue reading
Call for Paideia ’12 classes led by alumni
A word from Reed's Paideia czars:We are students coordinating Paideia, and we are interested in offering a greater variety of classes this year. We would like to invite alumni to apply to teach a Paideia class on any subject you… Continue reading
The evolution will be mapped
"Mateo Burtch '82 has mapped out Reed's dominance of a corner in Eastmoreland since 1950." (John Sheehy '82)Enjoy viewing this history of the Reed College campus 1950-present, as told through maps. The maps from 1950 to 1996 were collected and… Continue reading