October 10, 2023
On Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, the MCLA Alumni Association will hold its annual Alumni Awards Brunch to recognize distinguished alumni and friends of the College for their accomplishments. The event will run from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., on campus in Murdock Hall Room 218, with a special time set aside for photos of awardees from 1:30–2 p.m.
Members of the media and the public are welcome to attend the program, during which the following recipients will be recognized:
Kevin Pink ’09, 2023 Vanguard Award
Benjamin Lamb ’07, 2023 Service to the College Award
James Chapman ’15, 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award
Lindsay St. Pierre-McGinnis, M.Ed. ’08, 2023 Outstanding Educator Award
Laurie Dias-Mitchell ’81, 2023 Community Service & Citizenship Award
Arlene Wynn ’63, 2023 Outstanding Educator Emeritus Award (posthumous)
To purchase tickets and view descriptions of each award, please visit https://lnk.mcla.edu/snjc2.
About MCLA
At MCLA, we’re here for all — and focused on each — of our students. Classes are taught
by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
on every level of their lives. In nearly every way possible, the experience at MCLA
is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 129-year commitment
to public education, we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
MCLA has appeared on U.S. News’ list of Top Ten Public Colleges for nine consecutive
years – ranking No. 7 for Public Liberal Arts Schools in the nation for a third year.
The College's continued commitment to affordable education and economic prosperity
is reflected in its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Mobility since
the organization adopted this ranking in 2019; No. 1 in the state, No. 2 in the country,
and No. 22 for National Liberal Arts Colleges. These rankings measure how well schools
graduate students who receive Federal Pell Grants. Learn more at www.mcla.edu.
About MOSAIC
MOSAIC is MCLA’s community-serving cultural events program. MOSAIC brings people together
through acts of artistic and cultural exchange in order to learn about each other,
break through barriers to understanding, and build the commonalities that define communities.
MOSAIC presents public cultural events in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops,
readings, lectures, and discussions. Our events are inclusive, diverse, and accessible,
and focus on the exchange between communities, artists, faculty, and students.
About the Benedetti Teaching Artist Residency
The Benedetti Teaching Artist Residency is a nine-month Visiting Instructor/Artist-in-Residence Fellowship offered through MCLA Arts & Culture and MCLA's Department of Fine and Performing Arts. It is an annual residency, beginning in the Fall of every school year. Selected artists may work in painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, or mixed media. While teaching courses at MCLA they also work in the studio as one of Gallery 51's resident artists who will culminate their tenure with an exhibition in Gallery 51. These exemplary artists provide our students and the community with workshops and public programs and each teaching resident has an MCLA student who assists them and is mentored by the resident for the school year. The residency aims to bring new artistic perspectives to MCLA and contribute to the diversity, equity, access and inclusion on campus and in the community.
This residency is funded by a generous bequest from the estate of Alma Benedetti ’37. A beloved North Adams art teacher and life-long advocate and friend of the College, Alma Benedetti inspired generations of children with her keen sense of color, composition, and design.
