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Events Calendar
- Mar 17 - Baltimore Book Club Discussion
- Mar 22 - WDCSA Tour of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
- Mar 29 - WDCSA NBA Game: Washington Wizards vs Brooklyn Nets
- Apr 13 - Washington DC Book Club Discussion
WDCSA Softball Sign-up
February 14th - July 3rd
Join the Stanford Capitol Alumni Network (CAN) softball team this summer! The coed softball season typically stretches from April to July, with a tournament in August. We typically play at the West Potomac Park softball fields on Saturday mornings, although there are occasional weekday evening games. Register through this event to join the team email list and receive updates about upcoming games. No softball experience required and all are welcome!
WDCSA is subsidizing the season, so registration is free to paid-WDCSA members!
https://groups.stanford.edu/topics/9217/events/117244
Washington DC Stanford Association (WDCSA) 2025 Board Officer Election - Polls open through March 7th!
It is time to elect two of four Washington DC Stanford Association (WDCSA) Board officers!
WDCSA is led by four elected officers: a President, two Co-Vice Presidents, and a Treasurer. To maintain continuity and to avoid having an entire slate turnover at any point, we hold elections for two of the four board members every two years.
We have just opened the polls for WDCSA paid remembers (this includes young alumni whose membership fees are waived) to elect the following officers for a two-year term:
one Co-President and
one Treasurer
Please vote for one candidate in each category on this 2025 WDCSA Board of Directors Ballot. Voting will be open until March 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm EDT.
Both positions are uncontested, and you are free to write in and vote for another alum who you feel would serve our club with skill and enthusiasm.
Note: To safeguard our voting process, members received a unique number (on February 25, 2025) to include on the ballot. If you are not able to find your unique number, please contact Bill Pegram at bill@billpegram.com
Thank you so much for participating in this election of our next Co-Vice President and Treasurer. We look forward to seeing you at a future Stanford alumni event in the DMV to which all Stanford alumni are welcome!
https://groups.stanford.edu/topics/9217/events/118297
Upcoming Events
WDCSA Tour of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
Saturday, March 22nd 10:00 - 11:00 AM
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
701 21st St NW, Washington, DC
Come join WDCSA on a tour of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum! Director John Wetenhall PhD '88 and Ana Dimen '94 will give an overview of the history of the museum and its role on the GW campus. Afterwards, explore the centennial exhibition Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles which features iconic masterworks from The Textile Museum Collection including Chinese dragon robes, Peruvian tunics, palace carpets from Türkiye and more.
If you'd be interested in an informal brunch at Founding Farmers afterward, please email James Yan at jjyan@alumni.stanford.edu
https://groups.stanford.edu/topics/9217/events/117252
WDCSA NBA Game: Washington Wizards vs Brooklyn Nets
Saturday, March 29th 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Capital One Arena
601 F St NW, Washington, DC
Come join fellow alumni as we take in a Wizards game! The Wizards will be hosting the Brooklyn Nets, who have former Cardinal player Ziaire Williams. Williams played one season at Stanford before being selected 10th in the 2021 NBA Draft. He played three seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies before being traded to the Nets prior to the current season.
We will be getting tickets in the Upper Level Center. Purchase a ticket early to sit with WDCSA.
Tickets are refundable before 3/3.
https://groups.stanford.edu/topics/9217/events/118017
WDCSA Book Club Corner
Washington DC Book Club Discussion
Sunday, April 13th 5pm
Meeting at a private home in Silver Spring, Md.
The book for April is The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum; Penguin, 2010, 336 pages. Available as an audiobook or Kindle electronic book, as well as in paper and hardback editions.
In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner’s office, and corruption ran rampant. But with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918 (along with his toxicologist, Alexander Gettler), poisoning became detectable and their scientific detective work triumphed over criminals. The two became the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice. The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of scientific applications in a forgotten era. Each chapter focuses on a different poison and usually opens with the story of a death—sometimes a safety problem at work, sometimes an accident, sometimes murder. We follow along with the scientists as they learn how each chemical acts in the body and develop tests to prove how the chemicals work and to demonstrate their presence in a corpse. We also get the legal side of things—often Gettler’s testimony was the first time forensic toxicology was being presented in court, and the defense lawyers did their best to poke holes in the methods.
For further information, contact Don Bieniewicz, MS '75, at donbien@erols.com.
Baltimore Book Club Discussion
Monday, March 17th, 7:30 pm
Google Meet: Registrants will be emailed a link to join the meeting a few minutes before.
We are reading The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. What is the purpose of a map? This story explores one possibility by creating “a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings hold an incredible, deadly secret — one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family’s dark history.” This book “is an ode to art and science, history and magic — a spectacularly imaginative, modern story about an ancient craft and places still undiscovered.” (From book cover)
Our May 12th book is Blood on the Forge by William Attaway.
Questions/RSVP: text Helene Myers at 301-655-5871.