Yale Club of Washington DC

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All graduates of Yale University (undergraduate, graduate, and professional), Yale educators, students, and their parents are invited to take part in shaping the life and direction of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C.

Membership in the Club offers an exciting and unique opportunity to be part of the large, diverseand active Yale community in the greater Washington metropolitan area.

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Founded in 1874, the goals of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. are:

To promote the welfare of Yale University, to spread its influence, and to uphold its tradition of service in private and governmental spheres of activity.
To bring a knowledge of Yale to potential college students in the Washington metropolitan area, to foster a desire in them to attend Yale, to assist the University in selecting those to be admitted from this area, and to assist deserving students by providing a financial scholarship program.
To provide Yale alumni in the Washington metropolitan
area with a variety of educational, recreational, and cultural programs and to provide opportunities to meet together to reconnect and to participate in carrying out the purposes and objectives of the Club.
To provide opportunities through the Club’s social services offerings for alumni to serve those in need in the Washington metropolitan area.
To promote closer liaison between Yale University and its students and graduates with the Federal Government.

Events Calendar

The Club organizes an exciting calendar featuring a variety of continuing education and intellectual, community service, networking and professional, singles, young alumni, special interests, All-Ivy, sporting, and performing arts events.

A full listing of upcoming events

The 23rd Annual Congressional Forum

Thursday, May 17, 2012

8:00 a.m. (sharp!) - 1:30 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Hotel Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, District of Columbia

The Yale Club's Congressional Forum has become the most prominent policy seminar of its kind. Each year, the event features leading Congressional Representatives and Senators from both parties who discuss a wide range of tax, budget, and other policy issues facing the country, as well as the legislative and political outlook.

Confirmed speakers for this year's Forum include:

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI)

House Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH)

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND)

Senate Finance and Energy Subcommittees Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)

House Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)

House Judiciary Subcommittee Ranking Member Mel Watt (D-NC)

House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Greg Meeks (D-NY)

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

Senate Deputy Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (R-SD)

Senate Foreign Relations and Labor Subcommittees Ranking Member Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-TX)

House Energy and Commerce Committee member Doris Matusi (D-CA)

This event is co-sponsored by The Federal Policy Group and Baker Hostetler LLP.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be served.

$50 - Young Alumni (Yale College Classes 2001-2011)
$70 - Yale Club of DC Members and Guests
$110 - Non-Yale Club of DC Members

In this election year, don't miss this annual tradition. Hurry, space is filling fast!

Registration has closed. On-site registration will NOT be available. Please join us for next year's Forum.

PIERSON (and Friends) DINNER

Wednesday, May 30

You don’t have to be a Piersonite to come! Alumni of all the residential colleges and years are invited to attend our next gathering. The event will be held at a restaurant TBD (in the city, near a metro station), but we're taking suggestions. It is a great way to meet fellow Yalies in the D.C. area!

Interested? Contact Anant Raut '96.

Serve Your Fellow Alumni. Join the Board of the Club!

The Yale Club of Washington, D.C. invites alumni to submit self-nominations and regular nominations to join the Board of Directors. Board members represent the interests of alumni, support and enhance existing Club programs, and help foster innovative ways to facilitate interaction between alumni and throughout the broader Washington and Yale communities. The position requires ongoing engagement with fellow directors, alumni, Club staff, and the Association of Yale Alumni throughout the year.

The Board consists of 15 members who serve three-year terms. Attendance at monthly lunch meetings in downtown Washington is required. Terms begin in July.

The nomination period is now open and will contiue until May 26.

Click HERE to learn more about the Board or to submit a nomination.

Questions? Contact Robert Cole ’75, Chair of the Nominating Committee.

Ivy Singles Happy Hour

Friday, June 1 at 6:00 p.m.

Aria Pizzeria and Bar

Thirteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, District of Columbia

Join other Ivy alumni for a relaxing evening of good company over hearty appetizers and a cash bar. This spring mixer, organized by the Yale Club of Washington, will be held at this stylish downtown restaurant on the plaza of the Ronald Regan Building.

For more information, or to register, click here.

Suggest an Event!

Have you heard about an engaging event somewhere around town? An exhilarating performance? A great sporting event? A can't-miss exhibition?

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