Meet President Maurie McInnis, connect with members of the Yale community in southern California, and learn about the people, programs, and ideas that expand Yale’s potential to improve and enrich lives.
This event is being co-sponsored by the Yale Club of Orange County and the Yale Alumni Association.

Details are as follows:

• When: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 6:30 – 10:00pm

• Where: The Westin Anaheim Resort || 1030 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA

• Cost: Free

• To learn more about the event and to register, visit the For Humanity Illuminated website.

Get ready for an unforgettable night of alumni, rivalry, and fun! Join us for a high-energy event where you’ll have the chance to mix, mingle, and relive the glory days with alumni from Harvard, Yale, Cal, and Stanford—before we dive into a thrilling face-off.

Our current venue will only allow us a total of 60 people or 15 per school, so reserve your spot now! More details, including a registration link, below!

• When: Thursday, Feb. 20, 6:00-9:00pm

• Where: Yale alum private residence in Newport Coast; address will be shared with participants prior to the event.

• Cost: $20/person. Your ticket includes heavy apps and drinks.

• Important: We only have 15 spots for the Yale OC community, so get your spot now!

• Questions? Email yaleOC@aya.yale.edu

It's FEBRUARY! Which means it's time for FEB CLUB EMERITUS, a get together for get together's sake.

Join us for our 2025 Feb Club Event: Eat, Mingle, Love K-BBQ: It’s Yalentine’s Day!

Show off your BBQ skills as you grill items table-side and enjoy all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ.

• When: Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00pm

• Where: Star BBQ | 8295 W Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92844

• Cost: $35 (+ Ticketbud fee), which includes all-you-can-eat K-BBQ for one person, beverage, tax and tip

• Dress Code: Casual. Yale gear always welcomed!

• Parking: Plenty of free lot parking

• Questions: Teresa Lee | ocyaleclubtreasurer@gmail.com

• RVSP Here!

Important: Please buy your tickets early! We have a private room at the restaurant with capacity for 45 people.

How can we best support each other in the wildfires’ wake? Or understand and face the loss and grief, when we feel so alone? How are you experiencing this loss? We can find some solace and hope in shared experience.

Join us for by Zoom for an evening with distinguished clinicians with expertise in clinical disaster engagement, stress and recovery. 

• Rajita Sinha, PhD (YSM ’93) is the Foundations Fund Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, Founding Director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center at the Yale School of Medicine, and Professor of Neuroscience and of Child Psychiatry.

• Melinda Ann Marmer, PhD, MFT brings extensive experience in clinical disaster relief engagement, including in the Loma Prieta earthquake and Tubbs Fire.

• Eleanor Pepples (YC ‘86), MBA, Yale Club of SF Board Director, YANA SF/Bay Area Chair will moderate.

Sponsored by the Yale Club of San Francisco, Yale Club of Los Angeles, Yale Club of Orange County, Yale Club of Sacramento, and Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance.

Join The Yale Whiffenpoofs for an evening of drinks and music at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar!

• When: Friday, January 17, 2025 || 5:30 - 7:00pm

• Where: 608 Dahlia @ Sherman Library & Gardens || 2647 Pacific Coast Highway, Corona Del Mar

• Cost: $30 + $2.69 fee. Your ticket gets you access to The Yale Whiffenpoofs concert and drinks (no food).

• RSVP Here!

• Parking: There are two free parking lots available: one at the Garden’s back entrance (off of Dahlia Ave + 3rdAve) and additional parking in a small lot at the intersection of Dahlia Ave, Fourth Ave & PCH. Nearby street parking is also an option. Upon arrival, enter through the back entrance off the parking lot. Please note the front entrance off of PCH will not be open.

• Note: The venue is open to the elements, so we encourage people to dress warmly. Blankets will be provided.

The Yale Club of Orange County is kicking off the new year with a talk about galaxies, black holes, and astrophysics, oh my! Please join us on Thursday, January 9 from 6-8pm to hear from Professor Meg Urry, Yale's Israel Munson Professor of Physics.

More details on who / what / where / when are included below.

• When: Thurs., January 9, 6:00-8:00pm

• Where: Newport Harbor Yacht Club | 720 W Bay Ave, Newport Beach, CA 92661

• What: The Sky Is for Everyone, a talk by Professor Meg Urry
  Prof. Urry will describe recent results from the James Webb Space Telescope that show an excess of compact galaxies less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang. She will explain the lively debate about whether these objects host massive black holes in their first growth spurt. She will then talk about why there are still too few women in science and how she became an astrophysicist at a time when there were very few role models. There will be plenty of time for Q&A—on these topics or anything else about astrophysics or being an outsider in science.

• Cost: $30/person. Your ticket includes heavy apps and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages available for purchase.

• RSVP HERE

• Questions? Email YaleOC@aya.yale.edu

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The YAA-Redpath Speakers Program, sends current Yale faculty and administrators to speak to alumni at club luncheons, receptions, annual dinners, and other special events.