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MISSED THESE JANUARY 2023 HIDDEN JEWELS?

HIDDEN JEWELS #2 - 2022-2023 We extended an invitation to our Cornell Sixties peer classes who experienced Beebe similarly to '66 "as we knew it in our time" and to the Cornell Botanic Gardens audience.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? - and Why Beebe Lake: Past, Present, and Future with Corey Ryan Earle '07, Historian Todd Bittner, Cornell Botanic Gardens Director of Natural Areas

At our 25th Reunion, the Cornell Class of 1966 endowed in perpetuity the new lawn created at the shore of Beebe Lake. President Rhodes accepted the gift on behalf of Cornell University, announcing its name, "'66 beebe beach - now and for all time." The last decade has seen a new "beebe beach." Where the lawn had once been, now stand woodlands and woodland trails. The rock bearing the 25th Reunion plaque still greets visitors, but with a new sensibility. We asked Cornell Botanic Gardens to talk about the changing habitat and its new needs. Corey Earle's wonderful archival photos and film clips open the evening.

Corey & Todd offer this preview:

"From hydropower to hockey, Beebe Lake has a fascinating history that predates Cornell University itself. Join the Class of 1966 for a stroll around the lake with this special program about Beebe's ever-changing habitat and yet its ever-permanent place in Cornell's social and natural environment. We'll hear from historian Corey Ryan Earle ’07 about the lake's past, including a stop at '66 beebe beach, and then from Cornell Botanic Gardens Director of Natural Areas Todd Bittner, who will discuss the lake's present and future, including its evolving ecology, recreational uses, and stewardship."

Click to watch RECORDING

MISSED IT?

HIDDEN JEWEL #3 - 2022-2023

This year, we jump-started our time together listening to a curated clip from the three hours of "conversations" shared last Spring between six of our '66 classmates and six West Campus Residential House undergraduates - "Campus Life, Then and Now." Our conversations flowed - and our individual memories - almost a bit of the beginning of an oral history... Same/Different memories for you?

Click to watch RECORDING

The original project was coordinated by C'66 vp/Membership Judy Kurtz Polcer, underwritten with support from our 50th Reunion Class Gift, "ThrivingRED."