Waterman Annual Meeting
2025-05-21 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Detroit) | Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Bldg, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
All Waterman members are invited to attend the annual meeting before the final Town Hall luncheon of the year.

Town Hall: Francine Segan - "Chocolate!"
2025-05-21 11:30 - 13:30 | Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Bldg, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Francine Segan is a noted lecturer, food historian, and author who regularly appears on radio and TV, including the Today Show, the History, Sundance, and Discovery channels, as well as the Food Network and PBS. Returning to Waterman after her enthusiastically received Town Hall lecture in 2014, Ms. Segan has also spoken at many prestigious venues, including the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, the Smithsonian Museum, the Florida Film Festival, and the Virginia Fine Arts Museum. She has written six books on cooking and cuisine and interviewed such noted chefs as Jacques Pepin, Lidia Bastianich, and Mario Batali. Ms. Segan’s presentation on chocolate will guide us through the uncommon history of a familiar and favorite indulgence, revealing the background of this palate-pleaser, from Christopher Columbus and Casanova to Napoleon and World War II, up to the present day.

Waterman Board Meeting
2025-06-10 09:30 - 23:30 | Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, United States

Waterman Board Meeting
2025-09-09 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-11 10:30 - 12:30 | Ann Arbor District Library – Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48103

Town Hall: Brian Carpenter - "The Art of Aging"
2025-10-01 11:30 - 13:30 | WCC – Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Brian Carpenter is a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Co-Director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at Washington University in St. Louis. As Principal Investigator at the Clinical Geropsychology Laboratory, Dr. Carpenter focuses on improving the quality of life for older adults by developing resources that educate them about health conditions and tools that will help them talk with care partners and healthcare providers. His research is primarily concerned with the clinical psychology of aging, and the ways family members and healthcare professionals collaborate with older adults, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Dr. Carpenter’s presentation analyses the science of thought, and shows how our mind set, or thought patterns, exert a substantial influence on our physical health. He suggests specific strategies that we all can use to make minor adjustments in our thoughts and behaviors to improve the quality and length of our lives.

Town Hall: Barbara McQuade - "Law and Democracy in the Age of Disinformation"
2025-11-18 11:30 - 13:30 | WCC – Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Barbara L. McQuade received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan and is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Her interests include criminal law and procedure, national security, data privacy, and civil rights. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Ms. McQuade was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan (2010-2017). Barbara McQuade currently serves as a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Lawfare, Just Security, Slate, and on National Public Radio, and she has been quoted in The New York Times, Time magazine, Newsweek, Politico, and other publications. She has been recognized by The Detroit Free Press with the Neal Shine Award for Exemplary Regional Leadership, The Detroit News with the Michiganian of the Year Award, and Crain’s Detroit Business as a Newsmaker of the Year and one of Detroit’s Most Influential Women. Ms. McQuade is the author of The New York Times best seller, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America (2024).

Waterman Social Event at the Purple Rose Theatre
2025-12-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St, Chelsea, MI, 48118, United States
Join the Waterman Alumnae Group for the first social of the 2025-26 season at the Purple Rose Theatre to see the play Norma and Wanda by Jeff Daniels. It’s a tale of how two very different sisters get themselves into an outrageous pickle with an old high school boyfriend, a chaotic church social and a secret family recipe for Christmas sausage.

Tickets are $55 each. Guests are welcome! Visit this event registration page link to buy tickets. Please provide the names of guests attending. There are 40 seats available, so please register early, but no later than November 18, 2025.

Waterman Board Meeting
2026-03-10 09:30 - 11:30 | by Zoom

Town Hall: H. Luke Shaefer - "Ending Infant Poverty in the United States and Beyond"
2026-04-15 11:30 - 13:30 | WCC – Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Luke Shaefer, one of the nation’s leading scholars on poverty and social welfare policy, is the Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. Shaefer also directs Poverty Solutions, which partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Shaefer has presented his research at the White House, before numerous federal agencies, and testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. His work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and The Atlantic, and he has been featured on PBS NewsHour, Marketplace, 1A, All Things Considered, and CNBC’s Nightly Business Report. Professor Shaefer is the co-director of Rx Kids, the nation’s first citywide maternal and infant cash prescription program launched in Flint, Michigan in January 2024.

Annual Meeting
2026-05-12 10:30 - 23:30 | WCC – Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States

Town Hall: Orin Grossman - "George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess: The Great American Opera"
2026-05-12 11:30 - 13:30 | WCC – Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Orin Grossman has delighted audiences worldwide with his unique combination of performance and discussion of great American and European music. Dr. Grossman studied music at Harvard College, graduating magna cum laude and earned a Ph.D. in Music at Yale University. Dr. Grossman became Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Fairfield University in 1975 and he was named Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1991. After ten years as the Academic Vice President at Fairfield University, he returned to the faculty in the fall of 2009 as Professor of Visual and Performing Arts. Dr. Grossman now is a frequent star professor for “One Day University,” a premiere lecture organization, giving talks nationwide. He is in demand as an interpreter of George Gershwin’s music, playing his songs and classical compositions around the world. Dr. Grossman will explore the story of Porgy and Bess, its fascinating history, and conclude with a performance of beloved songs from Porgy and Bess in a special arrangement by the great American pianist, Earl Wild.

Waterman Board Meeting
2026-06-09 09:30 - 11:30 | TBD
