A few weeks ago, we shared with you the story of a Fall 2008 alumna, Jenny Sherman, who was chosen from countless entries to speak at Duke University’s Commencement Ceremony. This past weekend, Jenny delivered the winning speech and did a phenomenal job! You can listen to her speech below. Congratulations Jenny and the rest of our alumni in the class of 2014!
Category Archives: Alumni
Faculty Alumni Spotlight: Nathan Weathington!
Many of our Island School alumni had the privilege of being taught by former faculty member Nathan Weathington (Fall 2001-Spring 2005). Nathan taught math class, but I’m sure many of our alumni can attest that they learned the most from Nathan outside the classroom through his hilarious, true-life stories. Nathan recently put all those stories into writing and has published Where the Hell Were Your Parents?, a comic coming-of-age memoir about him and his twin brother growing up in rural Georgia. You can get your copy of the book here.
Nathan is living in New Zealand with his wife, whom he met while working at The Island School, Morgan Black, and their two sons Hudson and Hank. Congratulations, Nathan! We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy.
Island School Alumni Class Notes 2014
Our alumni have gone on to accomplish pretty amazing things since their Island School journey. Scroll down to read about what the past 15 years of IS students have been up to lately. A huge thank you to all the Class Agents for collecting and compiling all of these impressive updates. If you would like to send in your update or are interested in becoming a Class Agent, email alumnI@islandschool.org
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Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Sherman (F’08)
Fall 2008 alumna, Jenny Sherman, has been selected to deliver the student speech at Duke University’s commencement ceremony next month. She was chosen from 30 graduate and undergraduate students who also submitted speeches for the commencement committee’s consideration. “Our greatest gifts are not the things that make us extraordinary,” said Sherman, who plans to share some of the moments that shaped her own college experience. “Our greatest gifts are the things that make us human.” You can read more about how Jenny’s speech came to be selected and more about Jenny’s past 4 years at Duke here.
All are invited to hear Jenny speak at Duke’s commencement ceremony on Sunday May 11 at 10:00am. Congratulations and good luck, Jenny!
The Island School is on Google Maps Street View!
The Island School is excited to announce the launch of Island School Street View! You can now take virtual tours of The Island School, Cape Eleuthera Insitute, and Center for Sustainable Design campuses, as well as iconic locations around the Cape as if you were there! To move througout the tours, pan around the “photosphere” and click on the hovering arrows or circles located on the screen.
The Island School Campus Tour has six locations throughout the tour: The Flag Circle, Entrance, Boathouse, Dining Hall, Boy’s Dorm, & Boy’s Dorm Beach.
Cape Eleuthera Institute has four locations: CEI Entrance, The Wetlab, CEI Walkway, & Hallig House.
The rest (DCSM, The Sand Bar, The Offshore Aquculture Cage, Cathedral Rock, Scuba Class on the Cobia, and Weirda Bridge) can be found on main Island School profile page on Google Maps.
Spring Thaw Alumni Event in Boston and NYC
15 Year T-Shirts on Sale Now!
The Island School is celebrating its 15 year anniversary this year and a few weeks ago, we asked for your help in choosing the design for our commemorative 15 year celebration t-shirts. Thanks to your votes, and collaboration with Fall 1999 alumni Thatcher Spring and Barrett Summerlin, the t-shirts are now available for purchase online!
The t-shirts are being sold through Thatcher and Barrett’s startup, GearLaunch, which lets individuals and organizations design and sell custom apparel to their audiences with no upfront costs or distribution challenges. The shirts are from Recover Brands, the same company that prints and distributes our uniform t-shirts. All of their apparel is created from 100% recycled materials.
The shirts are only being sold for one month so act fast and help us celebrate 15 years of The Island School by rocking one of these limited edition t-shirts!
Alumni Spotlight: Charlotte Rand (F’01)!
Although it has been over 12 years since Charlotte Rand’s semester at The Island School, the Fall 2001 alumna’s current career path remains directly related to her experience on the Cape. After high school, Charlotte went to University of Colorado for her undergraduate degree and then got a Masters in Natural Resources from University of Connecticut. Afterwards, they hired her to start and run Natural Resources Conservation Academy, a program that gets young kids involved in environmental science, authentic research and land use planning in their own communities. NRCA is now in its third year of operation. The program is similar to The Island School in that their emphasis is on field-based experiential science learning. You can see some of the student projects here. Charlotte was recently accepted into an environmental law program so she will be leaving NRCA this coming summer. Congratulations, Charlotte!
Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Insular Caribbean (MTIASIC) Project video competition
Island School communications assistant and IS alumnus Will Strathmann (F’08) created this video on the invasive species of lionfish for the Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Insular Caribbean (MTIASIC) Project video competition. Please enjoy the video while we await results from the competition!
Alumni Newsletter
Every year we send out a newsletter to our Island School alumni, highlighting things happening on campus and alumni spotlights sent to us by our amazing Island School graduates. We sent out the winter 2014 edition of the annual Alumni Newsletter today–be sure to check it out!