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May 30, 2019

Sister Janet Eisner, SNDdeN 40th Anniversary Gala

Please join us for a very special evening as we pay tribute to Sister Janet Eisner, SNDdeN and forty years of extraordinary leadership as President of Emmanuel College.
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May 31, 2019 - June 02, 2019

Centennial Alumni Weekend

Join us for Alumni Weekend 2019—May 31–June 2, 2019—during Emmanuel College's Centennial year!
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June 01, 2019

Liturgy in Honor of Sister Janet Eisner's 40th Anniversary as President

Join us for a Liturgy celebrating Sr. Janet Eisner, SNDdeN's 40th anniversary as president.
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June 01, 2019

Liturgy in Honor of Sister Janet Eisner's 40th Anniversary as President

Join us for a Liturgy celebrating Sr. Janet Eisner, SNDdeN's 40th anniversary as president.
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July 15, 2019

Centennial on the Road: Cape Cod Luncheon

Join us on Cape Cod as we celebrate the College's Centennial with this Centennial on the Road regional alumni event.
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July 25, 2019

Centennial on the Road: Portland, ME Events

Join us in Portland, ME as we celebrate the College's Centennial with this Centennial on the Road regional alumni event.
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July 25, 2019

Centennial on the Road: Portland, ME Events

Join us in Portland, ME as we celebrate the College's Centennial with this Centennial on the Road regional alumni event.
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September 19, 2019

Centennial Convocation

Join us as we celebrate Convocation on the 100th anniversary of Emmanuel College's first day of classes in 1919.
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December 07, 2019

Concluding Liturgy

Emmanuel College will close our year of Centennial celebrations with a Concluding Liturgy.
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Your Memories

What is your favorite Emmanuel tradition?

"Celebrating at the annual Clambake. Especially the year Til Tuesday played! "
Beth C, ‘84
"I was the Black Student Union Vice President for one year. Being part of that club helped me to learn leadership..."
"Anything that involves family..."
Kathleen G, ‘16
"Midnight Madness"
Ashanti J, ‘15
"Social and political activism including anti-war, ERA and de-segregation efforts organized on campus."
Susan C, ‘74
"Wearing our robes all Senior year..."
Judi G, ‘64
"Loved the emphasis on service and community involvement..."
Kathleen G, ‘72
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100 Facts for 100 Years

#8
327 Barbaras
327 Barbaras have attended Emmanuel College since 1919.
#72
Grape Boycott
Emmanuel College students joined other area college students in 1967 to aid migrant farmers’ struggle for unionization by supporting the grape boycott, led by Cesar Chavez, who later spoke on campus in 1969.
#39
Historic President
Sr. Janet Eisner '63, SNDdeN is the longest serving woman president in U.S. higher education history. She was named Acting President in 1978 and inaugurated in 1979. She celebrates her 40th anniversary during the College's Centennial year.
#4
JFK Speaks
President John F. Kennedy—then a US Representative from the Eleventh Congressional District of Massachusetts—gave the 1949 Commencement Address.
#2
816 Wins
Coach Andy Yosinoff is the winningest coach in NCAA D-III Women's Basketball history.
#13
There She Is...
Four Emmanuel alumnae have been named Miss Massachusetts and competed for the national title of Miss America, including the first-ever Miss MA of color, Gabriela Taveras '17.
#82
450,000
450,000 bricks were used to build the new 18-story residence hall, which opened in Fall 2018.
#29
Enemy List
Journalist and alumna Mary McGrory '39 won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1975 for her articles about the Watergate Scandal. McGrory was on Richard Nixon's famed "enemies list."
#44
Molasses Flood
Emmanuel College opened the same year as Boston's Great Molasses Flood, when a holding tank burst and sent 2.3 million gallons of the sticky liquid sweeping through the streets of Boston.
#96
27.1
Campus was hit with 27.1 inches in the Blizzard of ‘78.
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