Alumni Events Calendar

Do you remember what it was like to be a student at Binghamton, getting ready to graduate and looking for an internship or first job? It was probably one of the most challenging times of your life. The Binghamton students of today will need to navigate one of the most difficult job markets ever. As a Binghamton University graduate, you can make a difference in the life of a student. Please join us for a special event to learn how you can partner with the University to provide mentoring, internship and employment opportunities for Binghamton University students in your area and field.

Our special event, Hire Binghamton, will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va. Bill McCarthy, associate director of the University’s Career Development Center, will discuss recruiting, employer visits, internships, externships and how to share job opportunities with students and alumni. Following the presentation, there will be an alumni networking reception including elegant desserts.

Binghamton University has more than 3,000 alumni living in the Washington, D.C. area. This event will provide you with an opportunity to meet some of these alumni, expand your professional network and, most importantly, learn how you can give back to your alma mater by assisting current students in their career development. There is no cost to attend our event; please register online by Wednesday, Oct. 16.

If you have any questions, please contact the Alumni Relations office at 607-777-2424. We hope you’ll make the most of the opportunity to contribute to a strong Binghamton University network in the D.C. Metro area. Hire Binghamton is sponsored by your Alumni Association, the D.C. Metro Chapter and the Career Development Center.

Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader
October 24, 2013 | 6:30 p.m.
19 West 4th Street, Manhattan

Join Eating Asian America editors Robert Ji-Song Ku, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Anita Mannur and contributors Nina F. Ichikawa, Heidi Kim and Zohra Saed as they discuss their new book with Krishnendu Ray, MA ’95, PhD ’01 (Chair of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, NYU Steinhardt) alongside some of the most prominent figures in Asian American food.
About the Book

A collection of burgeoning new scholarship on the study of foodways and culinary practices, Eating Asian America brings into dialogue the proliferation of Cambodian doughnut shops in Los Angeles with the politics of school lunch in Hawai’i with the history of Kikkoman soy sauce with the rise of the Asian American hipster food trucks and more. In a refusal to yield to the superficial multiculturalism that naively celebrates difference through the pleasures of food and eating, the volume reveals the class, racial, ethnic, sexual and gender inequalities that pervade and persist in the production, distribution and consumption of Asian American cuisine.

This event is presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University and NYU Press and co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Asian and Asian American Alumni Council, the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, NYU Steinhardt, The Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University, and the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program in the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, NYU.

Register online at the A/P/A website. The registration deadline is Thursday, October 22. If you have questions, please contact Leah Joggerst.

Join us for a Binghamton University Law Alumni Networking Reception

Hosted by Alex Lycoyannis, Esq. ’98, Partner at Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., Brie DeChance ’04, President of Zenith Abstract, Rory Clark, Esq. ’05, Licensed Real Estate Broker at Halstead Property, the Harpur Law Council and the Binghamton University Alumni Association Metro New York Chapter

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
7-9 p.m.
The Hill, 416 Third Ave., Manhattan

Did you know that there are more than 2,400 law alumni that live in the Metro NY area?

Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while building your professional and social networks. Connect with fellow Binghamton University law alumni, hear updates from representatives from the Harpur Law Council Steering Committee and the Alumni Association Metro New York Chapter.

Register online by Monday, October 28.

Sponsors: The Harpur Law Council, the Binghamton University Alumni Association Metro New York Chapter, Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., Zenith Abstract, LLC, and Halstead Property, LLC.

One of the most critical skills for career success, and also one of the most anxiety inducing for students, is professional networking. In collaboration with many of our on- and off-campus colleagues, the Career Development Center is hosting a week dedicated to Career Exploration. For our pilot program, we will focus on careers in the science and health fields.

We will wrap up Science and Health Career Exploration Week with a professional networking event so students can connect and engage in meaningful ways with professionals in their fields of interests.

As a professional in the field of science or health, we would like to invite you to this networking opportunity to share your experience and advice, engage students in conversation, and encourage them to practice their networking skills in a fun and supportive environment. Your active participation will be much appreciated!

Please join us Friday, Nov. 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the Undergrounds Coffeehouse, located in Room B32 at the University Union on campus. Dress is business casual. Parking is available at the visitor’s paid lot, across from the Bartle Library Tower.
Included in this program:
* Networking time with Binghamton University students, alumni, faculty and staff
* Instructional handouts to remember important key points
* Light refreshments
* Live music performances

We hope you can join us for this networking program and lend your expertise to students eager to enter these fields. Please register online by Thursday, Oct. 31.

For the entire line up of Science and Health Week programs, please visit the Career Exploration Website.

Join us at our upcoming reception in Buffalo

Did you know more than 1,000 Binghamton University alumni live in the Buffalo area? We invite you to a special event where you can meet some of the Binghamton graduates who call Western New York home. Expand your professional network and enjoy elegant hors d’oeuvres provided by your Alumni Association in the company of other alumni, families and friends.

Thursday, Nov. 7
5:30 – 7 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel and Conference Center
Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo

There is no cost to attend this event; we will have a cash bar. Please register online by Tuesday, Nov. 5. If you have any questions, please contact the Alumni Relations office at 607-777-2424.

We hope you’ll make the most of this opportunity to make some new connections as well as renew the connection to your alma mater!

“The Future of Real Estate in New York City”
A panel discussion and networking reception for our alumni in real estate

Wednesday, Nov. 13
6 – 8:30 p.m.
SUNY Global Center
116 E. 55 St., New York, NY

Panelists:
* Paul Turovsky ’73, Principal, True North Management Group
* Jim Gricar, President, Halstead Property, LLC
* Peter Berti ’76, Senior Director, Cushman Wakefield

Moderated by Rory Clark ’05, Associate Broker, Halstead Property, LLC

Networking with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will begin at 6 p.m. The panel will begin at 6:30 p.m., consisting of a 45-minute question-and-answer discussion, followed by additional networking time with your fellow alumni and panelists. Guests will include builders, developers, landlords, real estate lawyers, commercial and residential real estate brokers, accountants, analysts and managing agents, among others. Our event is co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Alumni Association and Michael Kandrach of Wells Fargo.

Our esteemed panel will be covering current topics impacting New York City real estate, including the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the Midtown East rezoning plans, bidding wars in the red-hot residential market and more.

We’re sorry; this event is sold out. But, we invite you to join the official Binghamton University Alumni in the Real Estate Industry LinkedIn group.

Join us at a Pre-Holiday Happy Hour

Thursday, November 21
6 – 8 p.m.
Lyon Hall
3100 Washington Blvd., Arlington, Va.

Get into the spirit of the holiday season by gathering with fellow Binghamton University graduates for food, drinks and great conversation! There is no admission fee for this networking event. Just come on out and enjoy light appetizers and happy hour drink specials. Appetizers are sponsored by your Alumni Association. Cash bar.

We also ask that you bring a food item to the event. This will support DC Central Kitchen, America’s leader in reducing hunger with recycled food, training unemployed adults for culinary careers, serving healthy school meals, and rebuilding urban food systems through social enterprise. Items in need for Thanksgiving are canned green beans, canned apple sauce, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and $5 gift cards to Safeway, Giant or Target.

Lyon Hall is proud to be an alumni-owned establishment. Please check out our event on Facebook and let us know you’re coming. We can’t wait to see you!

If you have any questions, please contact Christina Ritter ’99 and Rachel Siditsky ’04.

Your presence is requested at a Tau Alpha Upsilon Alumni Society event

Thursday, Nov. 21
6 – 9 p.m.

Heartland Brewery/HB Burger
Times Square Location
127 W. 43 St., Manhattan
$35 per person

Come hang out with the brothers of TAU, and get an early start on the holiday season festivities. Full buffet and premium bar included.

Please register online by Monday, Nov. 11.

If you have questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at (607) 777-2424.

Women’s Basketball at the University of New Mexico
Friday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 30 at 5 or 7 p.m.
The Pit
Avenida Cesar Chavez and University Boulevard
Albuquerque, N.M.

The Binghamton University women’s basketball team is coming to New Mexico; don’t miss a rare opportunity to see the Bearcats in your own backyard. You’ll even get to watch the game from a suite, and this event includes a “meet and greet” opportunity.

Binghamton will face New Mexico on Friday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m., at The Pit, in the Thanksgiving Tournament. Binghamton’s game time and opponent for the following night depends on whether the Bearcats win Friday. The consolation game is 5 p.m. Saturday and the tournament final is at 7 p.m.

This event is free of charge. Tickets, parking and drinks will be provided by our event sponsor Joe Weiss ’96. Limited space is available – first come, first served. If you’d like to attend this special event, please contact Joe by Monday, Nov. 25 at [email protected].

This will be a great opportunity for you to support our student-athletes and meet other alumni. Binghamton has more than 200 graduates in New Mexico. We hope you will be able to join us. Please forward this e-mail message to a fellow Binghamton graduate in New Mexico. Go Bearcats!

If you have any questions, please contact Joe at the e-mail address above or the Alumni Relations office at [email protected]. In accordance with NCAA regulations, we unfortunately cannot allow parents of student-athletes to enter the suite.

Binghamton basketball is coming to Syracuse!

Get together with Binghamton alumni at a pre-game mixer.
Then cheer on the Bearcats at the Carrier Dome!

Saturday, Dec. 7
5 to 6:30 p.m.: Mixer at Sheraton Syracuse University (801 University Ave.)
7 p.m.: Tip-off for Binghamton vs. Syracuse at the Carrier Dome

The Bearcats don’t come to our backyard every season. Don’t miss a chance to see Binghamton take on the Orange in men’s college basketball action.

This evening of fun begins with a pre-game alumni reception where you can meet Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger. Hot and cold hors d’oeuvres will be served along with a cash bar. Then, head to the Carrier Dome to cheer on the Bearcats as they take on Syracuse!

We have two great packages to choose from:

1) Pre-game Alumni Reception Only
$10/per alumni; $15/per non-alumi guest

2) Pre-game Alumni Reception and Game Ticket
$25/per alumni; $35 per non-alumni guest. Our chapter will be seated in Section 317.

Please note: Game tickets MUST be purchased online by, Monday, Dec. 2. Game tickets must be picked up at the pre-game alumni reception. We’re sorry; we will not be able to grant refunds if you register but are unable to attend.

Questions? Please call the Binghamton University Alumni Relations Office at 607-777-2424.

Sponsored by the Binghamton University Alumni Association and our Syracuse Chapter.