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Table for Eight: Dine with Davidson Women

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We’re delighted to introduce Table for Eight: Dine with Davidson Women, a series of alumnae-hosted dinners designed to bring Davidson women together for conversation, connection and community building.

Table for Eight brings together Davidson women across generations for a shared meal and meaningful dialogue around personal experiences, mentorship, career journeys and life within and beyond our Davidson connections.

Eight women. One table. Countless insights.

  • Lake Norman, NC (Davidson): 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, hosted by Eleanor Cross Young ’01 and Ginny Newell ’78 (two separate dinners). Both events are full.
  • San Francisco, CA: 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, hosted by Alison Hall Mauze ’84 
    and Olivia Ware ’79. Sign up/interest link coming soon.
  • Washington, DC: 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, hosted by Elizabeth Franklin Keeler ’89 
    and Annabelle Ross ’24. Sign up/interest link coming soon.
  • Charlotte, NC: 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, hosted by Ameesha Pandya Kansupada ’89 and Mary Margaret Cochrane Porter ’98. Sign up/interest link coming soon.
  • Atlanta, GA: 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, hosted by Judy Harris ’80. Sign up/interest link coming soon.
  • Norfolk, VA: 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, hosted by Gigi Cooke Tysinger ’91 and Mary Chester Wasko ’79. Please sign up here to express interest. 

Additional opportunities to participate will be posted on this webpage and pushed out via email to alums in each event’s respective area. 

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 ’91, senior major gifts officer, women’s 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.