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Windham Mountain Announces Plans for Exciting New Chapter at Historic Catskills Destination

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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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WINDHAM, N.Y., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Windham Mountain announced today major plans to further develop the ski resort, adding to its six-decade legacy as the premier Catskills leisure destination. Windham Mountain will invest further to continue making the destination a truly unique property, building upon an ambitious multiple-year investment focused on upgrading Windham's existing ski experience.

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  • WINDHAM, N.Y., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Windham Mountain announced today major plans to further develop the ski resort, adding to its six-decade legacy as the premier Catskills leisure destination.
  • Windham Mountain will invest further to continue making the destination a truly unique property, building upon an ambitious multiple-year investment focused on upgrading Windham's existing ski experience.
  • This investment will provide growth capital and additional resources to the current management team, allowing Windham Mountain to continue to evolve, creating a premium year-round family resort experience.
  • "We are grateful to help support Windham Mountain's evolution and the integral role it plays in the town and broader Catskills community."

K. Barry Sharpless, 1959 Alumnus of Friends' Central School, Wins Second Nobel Prize

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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WYNNEWOOD, Pa., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Only five scientists in history have won a Nobel prize twice, and among those five is K. Barry Sharpless, a Class of 1959 alumnus of Friends' Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

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  • WYNNEWOOD, Pa., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Only five scientists in history have won a Nobel prize twice, and among those five is K. Barry Sharpless, a Class of 1959 alumnus of Friends' Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
  • On October 5, the 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to scientists K. Barry Sharpless, Carolyn Bertozzi, at Stanford University, and Morten Meldal, at the University of Copenhagen.
  • The three were recognized for devising a method to "click" molecules together that has been described as working like "molecular Lego."
  • K. Barry Sharpless won his first Nobel prize in chemistry in 2001 for his work on catalyzed oxidation reactions, another type of chemical reaction used to produce drugs.

Beth D. Johnson '77 Appointed Head of Friends' Central School

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Monday, March 14, 2022
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WYNNEWOOD, Pa., March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- James C. Wright, clerk of the Board of Trustees at Friends' Central School, has announced the Board's unanimous approval of the appointment of Interim Head of School Beth D. Johnson '77 a respected leader at Friends' Central for nearly three decades and a beloved member of the School community since childhood as the 12th Head of School in Friends' Central's history, effective immediately.

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  • WYNNEWOOD, Pa., March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- James C. Wright, clerk of the Board of Trustees at Friends' Central School, has announced the Board's unanimous approval of the appointment of Interim Head of School Beth D. Johnson '77 a respected leader at Friends' Central for nearly three decades and a beloved member of the School community since childhood as the 12th Head of School in Friends' Central's history, effective immediately.
  • "In a very short time [as Interim Head], Beth has engaged and energized the School community and brought a vision that aligns with specific needs of the school," Wright said in a message to the Friends' Central community.
  • Johnson, who had been appointed Interim Head in January 2021, is the first Black educator, the first woman, and the first graduate of the School to serve as Head in the 177 years since Friends' Central's founding.
  • Friends' Central School is a Quaker, independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in Nursery through grade 12.