Jane Bihldorff graces the cover of Milton Academy’s fall 2021 magazine. The cover photo captures Bihldorff (class of ’65) standing on her family’s 450-acre farm in Canton, Massachusetts, U.S. She looks calm, open—at peace. And perched in her hands is a white chicken, one beady eye staring down the camera.

“We all loved the photo pretty instantly,” says Marisa Donelan, Associate Director of Communication at Milton and Associate Editor of the magazine. “It’s a statement.”

The issue was part of Milton Academy’s winning submission for CASE’s 2022 Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year Award. This is the first time an independent school has received the honor for alumni magazines. According to the awards judges, “Milton Magazine does what print magazines do best: it offers a thoughtful, intellectual, and engaging departure.”