From Deborah Wess, one of our class secretaries, who posted today on our Class Facebook group page:

Dear classmates, it's hard to believe that by the submission date of the next column, it will have been two years since many of us saw each other at our 25th! In the meantime, we know important things have happened in your lives: marriages, births, adoptions, second marriages, new jobs, old jobs, kids getting into schools and colleges, accomplishments, personal struggles, and all kinds of life events that your Smithie friends would like to hear about. The power of our network is due to our strong connections with each other and keeping each other updated. We value your updates, and there is no time like the present, so please do share what you're doing. Please send your news to Classof86Notes [at] gmail [dot] com by end of day Friday May 10th, 2013, for submission to the Fall 2013 Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Thanks in advance for connecting with us all! Deborah Wess, on behalf of your Co-secretaries, Priya Sanger, Ari Allan Autor, and myself.

From an email dated Feb 27, 2013 from Class Secretary Priya Seshachari Sanger:

Dear classmates, it's that important time of year when we update each other as to what we're doing - the much anticipated once-every-three-months submission of your latest news to the Smith Alumnae Quarterly! We know important things have happened in your lives: marriages, births, adoptions, second marriages, new jobs, old jobs, kids getting into schools and colleges, accomplishments, personal struggles, and all kinds of important life events that your Smithie friends would like to hear about.

The power of our network is due to our strong connections with each other and keeping each other updated. We value your updates, and there is no time like the present. Please do share what you're doing! Please send your news byte to me, Priya Sanger by end of day Monday March 4, for submission to the Summer 2013 Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Your other two co-secretaries, Ariadne Allan and Deborah Wess, and I look forward to getting your news. Thanks!

Priya Seshachari Sanger (Martha Wilson / Class of 1986)

It's that time again! If you have Class News you'd like to submit, submit it by Feb 10 to Deborah Wess for possible inclusion in the Quarterly. Remember, if your news doesn't make it into the Quarterly, we'll publish it here.

We raised the $1 million required to complete the Jill Ker Conway Challenge and we did it with 9 days remaining in the Challenge. Thank you all for all of your help. We could not have done it without you!

Congratulations to the Class of '88 who raised not only the most of all the classes and Adas but also more than 25% of the $1 million we needed. Thank you, Class of '88!

The website will be updated by end of business today but here's what it looks like so far:

We now only have $47,739 to go with 14 days remaining. If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so now so we earn the additional $2M for Smith. Thank you to all who donated!

Donate by Jan 31 by visiting www.smith.edu/conwaychallenge/ or by calling 1-800-526-2023, option #5.