Susan Stamberg, whose distinctive
voice is something of a trademark on National Public Radio, was on campus
Thursday to narrate segments for a PBS special titled, “It's An Age Thing!”
Stamberg spent the afternoon in the
computer lab at Olin 110 while students taking Data Structures worked in the background on
programs they were downloading into robots. Their lab instructor, Ginit Marten,
was featured in a number of shots as was the College's web site.
Stamberg said she was taken with
the beauty of the campus, and also by the fact that Marten was teaching in what
the NPR host thought was a male-dominated field. She also was grateful to
dining services: “This is my first cup of Starbucks in a week,” she said.
The 13-part series, which focuses
on how seniors can age well through education and other life-enriching pursuits,
is to air locally on WMHT, Channel 17, starting on March 26. The series,
produced by Stephen Honeybill of WMHT, will air nationally starting June 1.