Alumni Welcome

List of 3 news stories.

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  Senior Pageant 2024

  The Jester arrived at Page Hall and summoned the crowd gathered there to the dining hall, just as he had in the winter of 1929 when the first Pageant was held at Cranbrook. Seniors were the guests of honor, and a majority of the class of 2025 was present. The twenty alumni who are parents of members of the class of 2025 were well represented.
  
  With the string quartet playing in front of the fire as the guests arrived, the dining hall provided the perfect setting for the beautiful voices of both the Madrigals and the MasterSingers, led by Jim Gabriel, who was honored that night for his many contributions to our performing arts programs.
  
  The "Mummer's Play" was performed by a troop of students from the Boys Middle School, directed by Ryan Ernst. The group provided rich entertainment for the head table, with Upper School Head Noël Dougherty at the helm. The Boar's Head was served as well as the Plum Pudding, and the whole dining hall toasted to the Chartwells staff, who went above and beyond to put on a fabulous dinner.
  
  Click here to view photos from the Pageant
  Click here to view video of the Mummer's Play
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  Colorado Alumni Gather in Denver

  The 2024 regional alumni outreach calendar wrapped up with a wonderful gathering in Denver, Colorado. Denver alumni representing seven decades came together for an evening at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Denver.  The event provided an opportunity for alumni in the area to connect, enjoy good food and conversation and get to know new alumni that have moved to the region.
  
  A big thank you goes out to CRAN representatives Betsy Rumley ’72, Gregg Barker ’80, Missy Christie de Koning ’80, Meg Richard ’92, Diana Lawrence ’75, and Jamie Loucks Cowan ’95 for all their hard work in promoting the event and getting a great group representing generations to come together! If you are interested in getting involved in our Denver regional network, or any of the other regions where we have a high volume of alumni, please reach out to Mackenzie Friedman, Associate Director of Alumni Relations at mfriedman@cranbrook.edu.
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  Exploring Cranbrook Kingswood with the GMS

  Students in the Exploring Cranbrook Kingswood class at the Girls Middle School had the opportunity to tour campus with their instructors Loren Roumell ’99 and Shannon Howell Johnson ’00, touring seven different campus buildings and doing a deep dive into four different campus landscapes that included Kingswood Lake and Japanese Garden, the Cranbrook Quad and Mini Golf at Cranbrook Art Museum. The students finished their semester with a study of the different flags of Cranbrook with Center for Collections and Research curator Kevin Adkisson, who also led many of their tours.
  
  Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation the students created to share with their Kingswood alumni pen pals, with whom they have corresponded over the course of the semester. The PowerPoint contains many of the facts the students found most interesting. Did you know the study of flags is called Vexillology?
  
  Go to the Alumni Welcome Page 
  
  Email alumni@cranbrook.edu if you would like to serve as an alumni pen pal for a future Exploring Cranbrook Kingswood class!