Far Brook Alumni

Welcome Alumni!

You are important members of our community, connected to the School by our revered Traditions, deep friendships with peers and faculty, and by memories of Far Brook’s unique hands-on, experiential, and arts-infused learning. We’ve enjoyed seeing you on our recent Zoom Alumni events and look forward to when we can see you back on campus.

We would love to hear from you! Please update your current email address and other contact information so we can let you know of upcoming alumni events.

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Greg Bartiromo
Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Alumni Giving

ALUMNI EVENTS

ThuDec03

Alumni & Alumni Families Wine Event

8:00 PM –9:00 PM

TueDec15

Alumni & Alumni Families Book Club 2.0 with James Glossman BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM by Kate Atkinson

8:00 PM –9:00 PM

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM by Kate Atkinson

ALUMNI FACEBOOK

REPORTS MAGAZINE – DIGITAL

Reports Digital Editions: Spring & Summer 2020

REPORTS MAGAZINE – PRINT EDITIONS

Reports – Previous Print Editions

Alumni Features – Instagram

Meet siblings Arianna Papasikos Austin '96 ...

Meet siblings Arianna Papasikos Austin '96 (Pingry '00, UVA '04, UMDNJ '08, Roseman Orthodontics Program), and Jacy Papasikos '99 (Pingry '03, UNC-CH '07, UPenn '11, Temple Orthodontics Program).

Both pursuing careers in orthodontics, doctors Arianna and Jacy are the founding partners at Papasikos Orthodontics in Montclair, NJ. They reflected on their time at Far Brook:

“We loved the strength of community at Far Brook and how implicit it was to learn empathy for others, especially younger children, like caring for your younger partner in the Processional. Learning this value early in life helped shape the people we are and helped us in our career as we continue to care for and mentor children.” #FarBrookSchool #ProgressiveEducation #SchoolAsItShouldBe #ChildhoodHappensOnce #Empathy #LearnedValues #HelpingOthers #ItAllBeganAtFarBrook #FarBrookAlumni

Meet Erin Segal, Far Brook Class of 1991 (Pingry ...

Meet Erin Segal, Far Brook Class of 1991 (Pingry ’95, Amherst ’99, Columbia Graduate School of Social Work ’03, Catholic University Ph.D. in Social Work ’15). Erin is a Social Worker currently providing virtual support for clients in a senior wellness center. She is also a co-founder of Thick Press, a publisher of unusual books about care-giving, justice-seeking, and community-building. Thick Press was born out of Erin's desire to commemorate the stories she was hearing from the support group she ran for senior citizens raised in El Salvador. So, like any Far Brook grad would do, she started her own cross-disciplinary publishing practice!

Erin is also the lyricist of one of Far Brook’s favorite autumnal songs, “That’s Autumn.” Ever since Allen Artz set to music a poem Erin wrote in 1989, the Far Brook community has been singing it in Morning Meeting, especially at this time of year. We sang it just last week!

Erin reflected on her Far Brook experience: "Far Brook gave me a love for mucking around outside (I think of the Wetlands every time I smell skunk cabbage!) as well as an appreciation for the joys of mucking around in the arts, without any expectation of perfection. The Helping Others program that was part of the curriculum in the 1990s was my first exposure to community service--and it probably inspired me to become a social worker."
#ItAllBeganAtFarBrook #ProgressiveEducation #FarBrookAlumni #ChildhoodHappensOnce #SchoolAsItShouldBe #GivingCare #HelpingOthers

Meet Elizabeth Crowley (Mazzarisi), Class of 2005 ...

Meet Elizabeth Crowley (Mazzarisi), Class of 2005 (Brick Township HS '09, Kean University - BSN '13, Drexel University - MSN '18).

Liz is a board-certified emergency registered nurse at Community Medical Center in Toms River. In August of this year, she became a clinical nurse educator at the hospital, where she trains and mentors new nurses on best practices, leads experienced nurses, develops new policies and procedures, and conducts research with interdisciplinary teams to improve the care there. She also helps direct the nurse residency program. Liz has won awards for her service in both innovation and exceptional patient care and has been published in a national nursing journal. In 2018, Liz earned her Master’s degree in nursing innovation and entrepreneurship, with a post-master’s certificate in addiction therapy.

“Far Brook definitely helped shape my career choices. I believe that my empathy, compassion, strong resolve, and creative thinking are character traits that were nurtured at Far Brook. I
learned how to be a productive team player, and how to speak up for what is right. Without those lessons, I don’t believe that I would be where I am today. I am forever grateful for all of the
teachers I had at such a young age, and for an environment that allowed me to build strong self-esteem.” #ItAllBeganAtFarBrook, #ProgressiveEducation #FarBrookAlumni #ChildhoodHappensOnce #SchoolAsItShouldBe #NursesAreHeroes

Meet Whitney Brown '96 (Montclair Kimberley ...

Meet Whitney Brown '96 (Montclair Kimberley Academy '00, Kenyon College '04, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine '11). Whitney is a veterinarian in a mixed-animal practice and helps mostly dogs and cats, but also sees sheep, goats, and horses. She now lives in Port Orchard, Washington with her husband, Jeff, and 15 month old son, Alder. In Whitney's words, a Far Brook education, “teaches you to ask questions and put the puzzle pieces together. It introduced me to a type of thinking where the answers are not right in front of you. In my field as a vet, I have to find the answers since my patients can’t speak and tell me what is wrong. I have to put the pieces together and FB taught me how to think like that.”
#FarBrookAlumni #ItAllBeganAtFarBrook #FarBrookSchool #WeLoveFarBrookAlumni #ProgressiveEducation #SchoolAsItShouldBe #CreativeThought #CriticalThinking #ProblemsSolving #AskQuestions #LifelongLessons

Far Brook Photos Through the Years

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