The SEM Weekly

Faculty News Fall 2018

Erin Kelly, Managing Editor

September 10, 2018

SEM opens this fall with optimism and excitement about what the new year holds. SEM graduates Molly O'Connor Greene '98, Ann Goldman More '79, and Laura Munson '79 are thrilled to be joined by alumna Julianna Glauser Jordan '05 on the faculty and staff at SEM this school year. Julianna ...

Faculty News Fall 2018
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Naima Pearce ’05, SEM Commencement Speaker is a Producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd

Erin Kelly, Managing Editor

June 4, 2018

Naima Pearce '05 will give the keynote address at SEM's 167th commencement on June 12. Naima is a producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd. After graduating from Buffalo Seminary, she received an English degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Communication degree from the Annenberg Scho...

Naima Pearce ’05, SEM Commencement Speaker is a Producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd
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SEM Goes the Mini Maker Faire

Beth Adamczyk, Director of Technology

May 14, 2018

SEM freshmen presented 16 projects at the Buffalo Mini Maker Faire on Saturday at Park School. This year, we had six Coding, four Engineering, and six Maker entries. As well as appearing at the Faire, students had to narrate videos about their projects. It's an exhibition for the public but it's also a competition for the fre...

SEM Goes the Mini Maker Faire

Sara Barone, Field Hockey Defense is the Athlete of the Week

September 11, 2018 • No Comments

Junior Sara Barone is the SEM Athlete of the Week. Said Coach Leigh: She played a huge role in our opening three games of the season. Sometimes the glitz and glam doesn’t shine on defensive players, however without...

SEM Adds Water

May 21, 2018

This spring, SEM took to sailing and crew like... A duck to water. The SEM sailing team traveled to Hampton, Virginia on May 4 to compete in the...

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Residential Life

Res Students Love the Weekend

Jocelyn Yang, Contributor

March 5, 2018 • No Comments

Starbucks and Ashker's are good five-minute walk places for residential students to kickback over the weekends. But they are not the only two options. The residential program...

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A&E

Artie Award Nominations for SEM’s Theater Director

Erin Kelly, Managing Editor

May 21, 2018 • No Comments

May 21, 2018 The Artie Award nominations for Buffalo theater were announced today. SEM theatre instructor and director Susan Drozd has been nominated for a number of awards personally on a number...

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing Plays to Full Houses

March 19, 2018

Buffalo Seminary Theatre presented the 2018 spring play, This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing this past weekend. After a month...

New Blue of Yale Visits SEM

March 12, 2018

Yale's New Blue all-woman a cappella group shared a bill with the Semachords at SEM on Saturday night in the chapel singing to a packed house....

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Student Life

State of Service at SEM

Adapted from Kyle Hopkins's Community Service Awards address in Morning Meeting on May 30. The...

We Liked It, and Put a Ring on It!

Class rings are one of the most traditional and iconic aspects of someone's high school experience. Whether...

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News

We’re in this Together

Helen L. Marlette, Head of School

September 10, 2018 • No Comments

Welcome to the 2018/19 school year. Each year at this time I articulate my goals and general themes for the coming year and this year is no different - except this year, there is a little more. For over a year and...

Naima Pearce ’05, SEM Commencement Speaker is a Producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd

Erin Kelly, Managing Editor

June 4, 2018 • No Comments

Naima Pearce '05 will give the keynote address at SEM's 167th commencement on June 12. Naima is a producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd. After graduating from Buffalo Seminary, she received an English degree...

Artie Award Nominations for SEM’s Theater Director

Erin Kelly, Managing Editor

May 21, 2018 • No Comments

May 21, 2018 The Artie Award nominations for Buffalo theater were announced today. SEM theatre instructor and director Susan Drozd has been nominated for a number of awards personally on a number of plays. She has also...

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Opinion

SEM’s Trans-ition

Katie Gibbons, Contributor

May 21, 2018 • 2 Comments

If a student comes out as a gender other than female after being admitted to SEM, they should be able to continue their education here. Transgender students are well-integrated...

Message from Head of School

Dear SEM Community, I hope you had a good long weekend filled with family. I spent wonderful time with family but, as head of school, I also spent...

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Features

State of Service at SEM

Kyle Hopkins, Community Service Board Faculty Advisor
June 4, 2018

Adapted from Kyle Hopkins's Community Service Awards address in Morning Meeting on May 30. The state of Community Service @ SEM is good! And, there were a lot of new things happening! This year, with Katie Gibbons at the helm, the Community Service Board launched a new initiative - Service Tuesdays. For several months of the year, every Tuesday, SEM students would go to an organization...

SEM Squared: Sister-Sisters

Grace Heidinger, Contributor
June 4, 2018

What would it be like going to high school with your sister or even sisters? For the 2017-2018 school year, there are 12 sets of sisters who go to SEM together. Some who see each other all the time and some who only see each other when they pass each other in the hallway. They're sisters literally and they're sisters figuratively, as are all who have attended SEM. While seniors Brooke Pohlman...

When in Pittsburgh… And You’re Not on a College Tour

Grace Heidinger, Contributor
April 23, 2018

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also known as "The Steel City" and more recently "The City of Champions" is filled with everything from unique neighborhoods to tasty restaurants. As for the geographic aspect, three rivers flow through the city: the Ohio, the Alleghany, and the Monongahela. Where there are rivers, there are bridges and there are over 400 throughout the city - the most in one city throughout the...

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The SEM Weekly

Faculty News Fall 2018

Faculty News Fall 2018

Naima Pearce ’05, SEM Commencement Speaker is a Producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd

Naima Pearce ’05, SEM Commencement Speaker is a Producer for Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd

SEM Goes the Mini Maker Faire

SEM Goes the Mini Maker Faire

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