Annual RJ Fellows Dinner

Come meet the RJ class of 2011, visit with classmates you haven’t seen in a while, and chat with RJ Fellows professors and the RJ Fellows Program founders, the Scheller family.  Our yearly formal dinner takes place on Monday, September 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Keneseth Israel Synagogue, across the street from Muhlenberg at 2227 W. Chew Street.

Sarah Sansolo (‘09) and David Cooper (‘11) are helping with planning, and it promises to be the best annual dinner yet!  Attendance is required.  Please RSVP to Susan Fredericks at sfrederi@muhlenberg.edu.

Change is not a spectator sport

Why a blog?  I’ve been thinking about an RJ blog for some time.  This summer, I was powerfully convinced of the potential of digital media to help draw community together.  I follow, as many at Muhlenberg do, the Facebook group, Stay Strong with Jacy.  I observed in awe the number of group members grow to nearly 700 virtually within days of its creation by fellow RJ, Les Polk.  I still believe online communication is no substitute for face-to-face interaction, but I cannot deny the potential of this medium to help build and sustain communities dispersed in space and time.  So I’m creating this blog to stay better connected to the RJ community, and to share news, ideas and opportunities of interest to students learning about change.  

This change in communication signals bigger changes to come for a program that, by definition and design, needs to keep evolving, keep innovating, be forward-thinking.  Ideas about change emerge in communication, so my hope is that this blog grows into a space of interaction, dialogue, debate.  This is not a one-way street:  everyone is invited to join the conversation, add your own reflections, ideas, inspirations, and creativity.  So speak up!  Change is not a spectator sport!