Table for Eight: Dine with 91快播 Women
We鈥檙e delighted to introduce Table for Eight: Dine with 91快播 Women, a series of alumnae-hosted dinners designed to bring 91快播 women together for conversation, connection and community building.
Table for Eight brings together 91快播 women across generations for a shared meal and meaningful dialogue around personal experiences, mentorship, career journeys and life within and beyond our 91快播 connections.
Eight women. One table. Countless insights.
Opportunities to participate will be posted on this webpage and pushed out via email to alums in each event鈥檚 respective area.
Upcoming Events
Nashville, TN 鈥 Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026
Columbia, SC 鈥 Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026
Greenville, SC 鈥 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026
Fort Mill, SC 鈥 Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026
Wilmington, NC 鈥 Thursday, Feb. 18, 2027
San Francisco, CA 鈥 Thursday, March 11, 2027
Houston, TX 鈥 Wednesday, April 14, 2027
Northern Virginia / Washington, DC 鈥 Wednesday, May 5, 2027
鈥淭able for Eight provides a warm and welcoming opportunity to create connections across generations of 91快播 women.鈥 Here's what others had to say:
鈥淭here is something about 91快播 that attracts genuine, thoughtful and compassionate people. I loved hearing inter-generational stories of other women's experiences while attending 91快播 and felt immediately connected to my group. This type of intimate gathering is so special ... and so needed right now!鈥
鈥淚 felt so much synergy and warmth from just women sharing space. Even through our varied life paths, we still found so much connection, shared experiences and shared laughs about our time at 91快播 and life after. I am so honored I got to attend and the experience will stay with me forever.鈥
鈥淚 really enjoyed getting to connect with 91快播 women across multiple generations. It was fun to hear about everyone's 91快播 experience and talk about life phases, careers paths, family, and more. A wonderful experience!鈥
鈥淓ight women gathered around a shared table鈥 By the end, there was a sense of something both new and familiar taking shape鈥 an unmistakable feeling that this connection was worth tending, that friendships could grow here, and that the conversation was only just beginning.鈥
鈥淭his was my first time engaging so deeply with women from 91快播 who I hadn't been in school with, and it was clear that there was a real common ground and shared experience at the table. I was able to share things and absorb things so fully in a way that I rarely get to. It makes me feel extremely lucky to have gone to 91快播 and want to connect more with fellow women.鈥
鈥淛oining 91快播 women of all ages through the Table for Eight program was such a treasure. It provided the opportunity to step back and reflect upon the value of my 91快播 experience鈥 I left the dinner excited to reconnect further with 91快播 and so thankful for the opportunity to connect with other 91快播 women in the Hampton Roads community.鈥
鈥淩emember those conversations with your girlfriends sitting in the hallway of Belk or over the dinner table at Rusk? The ones that laid the foundation for what would become group chats and wedding parties and the relationships you treasure to this day鈥 Table for Eight is the best grown up version of that 鈥 with the added benefit of collective decades of wisdom and stories and generosity (and better wine).鈥
鈥淭his was a wonderful opportunity and all of the women were extremely welcoming and vulnerable which made for a very meaningful connection and conversation.鈥
Want to Host?
If you are interested in hosting a Table for Eight event in your area, please email Deidra Smith, senior director of alumni & family engagement, at desmith1@davidson.edu or Marya Howell 鈥91, senior major gifts officer, women鈥檚 philanthropy, at mahowell@davidson.edu.
Please note: Due to the intimate, small size of each dinner, attendees will be selected at random from all who express interest. This process helps us ensure a rich mix of class years and backgrounds is represented at the table. Everyone who expresses interest will be notified of their selection status.
The Table for Eight series is co-hosted by the Office of Alumni & Family Engagement and Women ACT.
Past Events
- Lake Norman, NC (91快播): Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, one hosted by Eleanor Cross Young 鈥01 and another hosted by Ginny Newell 鈥78.
- San Francisco, CA: Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, hosted by Alison Hall Mauze 鈥84
and Olivia Ware 鈥79. - Washington, D.C.: Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, hosted by Elizabeth Franklin Keeler 鈥89
and Annabelle Ross 鈥24. - Charlotte, NC: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, one hosted by Ameesha Pandya Kansupada 鈥89 and Mary Margaret Cochrane Porter 鈥98 and one hosted by Berkeley Harris Gardner '91.
- Atlanta, GA: Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, one hosted by Judy Harris 鈥80 and Allie Hay '24 and one hosted by Patti Phillips Clark '77.
- Norfolk, VA: Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, hosted by Gigi Cooke Tysinger 鈥91 and Mary Chester Wasko 鈥79.
- Medina, WA: Thursday, May 7, hosted by Beth McCaw 鈥92
- Denver, CO: Wednesday, May 20, hosted by Yvette Pita Frampton 鈥95.
- Washington, D.C. (DMV): Wednesday, May 27, one hosted by Frederique Campagne Irwin 鈥96 and another hosted by Ann Tutwiler 鈥80.
- New York, NY: Thursday, June 11 - one hosted by Cary Umhau 鈥82 and another hosted by Sallie Permar 鈥97
- Durham, NC: Wednesday, June 24, hosted by Whit Wampler Trumbill 鈥82, P鈥10
- Chapel Hill: Wednesday, June 24, hosted by Linda Jones Kopel 鈥77
- Raleigh, NC: Thursday, June 25, hosted by Jenny McDonald Willard 鈥91