Schedule of Events
June 2004
Thursday, June 17th
- 3:00 pm - Residence Halls open
- 3:00 pm - Reunion Registration
- 5:30 pm - '54 reception followed by dinner
- 6:00 pm - All-class dinner
- 8:00 pm - '99 Late Night Trivia
- 8:00 pm - '94 Bowling Night
- 8:00 pm - '89 Welcome to Reunion Party
Friday, June 18th
- 7:00 am - Recreation Center open
- 7:30 am - Reunion golf
- 8:00 am - ’54 Reunion Table Talks
- 8:00 am - Laurence McKinley Gould Library open
- 8:00 am - '54 group interview, Oral History Program
- 8:00 am - Registration
- 8:30 am - Open Houses: Admissions, Archives, Career Center
- 8:30 am - Bookstore open
- 9:00 am - "The 21st-Century Library" - a tour
- 9:00 am - “The Middle East: Ancient and Not So Ancient”
- 10:00 am - “Then and Now” campus tour
- 10:00 am - Alumni Art Exhibit
- 10:15 am - “A Japanese Garden in Rural Minnesota: Ancient Rocks and Fresh Blossoms”
- 10:15 am - Common Reading
- 11:15 am - Common Reading discussion groups
- 11:30 am - Heywood Society luncheon
- 12:00 pm - All-class lunch
- 1:00 pm - "The Arb Today" a walking tour
- 1:00 pm - "The 21st-Century Library" - a tour
- 1:30 pm - '64 discussion: "Transitions and Renewal" - Kris Serum McGrath '64
- 1:30 pm - "59 panel: "Artistic Creativity: Four Paths"
- 1:30 pm - ’54 panel: “Ethical Issues in Genetics”
- 1:30 pm - "Dysfunctional Foods" - talk by Margaret Adamek '89
- 1:45 pm - "From Anatomy to Viagra: Understanding the Essentials of Men's Health"
- 2:30 pm - Reception for classes of ’24 through ’49
- 2:30 pm - ’74 wine tasting
- 2:45 pm - Gallery talk by Grant Webster ’54
- 2:45 pm - "Advanced Lab IV: Beer" - Gary Nicholas '94
- 3:00 pm - "Reflections on Learning as Teachers" - Discussion
- 3:00 pm - '79 25th Reunion Group Oral History Interview
- 3:00 pm - Reception
- 3:00 pm - Films and videos by the Class of 1989: Past and Present
- 3:00 pm - "Reflections on Learning as Teachers"
- 3:15 pm - "Life and Retirement" - '59 class discussion led by Trish Sloan Herbert
- 3:30 pm - "Inside Washington" discussion with Dave Beckwith '64 and Jim Ulland '64
- 4:00 pm - "A Conversation with Chuck Carlin" - Reception
- 4:00 pm - Tour of Gould Library
- 4:30 pm - '84 "Happy Hour" at the Cave
- 5:00 pm - '64 Wine Tasting
- 5:00 pm - Retirement Party - Betty Bray
- 5:00 pm - '69 Picture
- 5:15 pm - Aerobics class
- 5:15 pm - Shabbat service
- 5:30 pm - ’79 Reception
- 6:00 pm - Individual class dinners and Jewish Alumni Reunion dinner
- 6:40 pm - '79 Picture
- 8:00 pm - ’99 Talent Show
- 8:00 pm - AA meeting
- 8:00 pm - The Applebaum Jazz Piano Duo
- 8:00 pm - ’69 Discussion: “In Loco Parentis,” and reception
- 8:00 pm - Alumni Art Exhibit open for viewing
- 8:30 pm - Slide-talk by Artist Donna Dennis '64
- 8:30 pm - "An Evening at Reynolds House"
- 9:00 pm - All-class Ice Cream Party
- 9:00 pm - '94 night at the Cave
- 9:30 pm - Dance to the rock and roll sounds of Terry and the T-Birds
- 10:15 pm - Reunion Fireworks
- 10:30 pm - "Galaxy Gazing"
- 10:30 pm - ’64 bonfire
Saturday, June 19th
- 7:00 am - Breakfast
- 7:30 am - '79 Morning Run
- 7:30 am - “The Arb Today” walking tour
- 8:00 am - “Out After Carleton”
- 8:00 am - Gathering for multicultural alumni and friends
- 8:00 am - Jazzercise Body Sculpting
- 8:00 am - Table Talks
- 8:00 am - Laurence McKinley Gould Library open
- 8:00 am - Registration
- 8:00 am - '54 Group Interview, Oral History Program
- 8:00 am - Recreation Center open
- 8:30 am - Alumni Art Exhibit open for viewing
- 8:30 am - Bookstore open
- 8:30 am - “Beyond Web Searches: Conducting Research at the Gould Library”
- 8:30 am - “Ian Barbour on Science and Religion”
- 9:45 am - Parade of Classes
- 10:30 am - Alumni Convocation
- 12:00 pm - Picnic Lunch
- 12:00 pm - ’54 Lunch
- 12:15 pm - Lunch for Alumni Association award recipients and guests
- 12:15 pm - ‘C’ Club Hall of Fame luncheon and induction ceremony
- 1:00 pm - Reunion “R & R”
- 1:30 pm - Jewish Alumni Reunion panel: “Interfaith Social Activism”
- 1:30 pm - “Grant and Lee at Petersburg: Thoughts on leadership in crisis”
- 1:30 pm - Architectural tour of campus
- 1:30 pm - ’69 panel discussion: “Ready for Prime Time: Pursuing Our Passions”
- 1:30 pm - “The Big Bang and Beyond: The Evolution of Cosmology in the Past 50 years”
- 1:30 pm - The Carleton Tunnels: Open house
- 2:00 pm - ’89 recreation
- 2:00 pm - '59 panel: "Learning and Living the Law"
- 2:30 pm - Alumni and faculty authors booksigning
- 2:30 pm - Reunion tea for the classes of the ’30s and ’40s
- 3:00 pm - ’94 vs. ’99 Ultimate Frisbee Challenge
- 3:00 pm - ’69 memorial program and concert
- 3:00 pm - ’64 play: “Barrymore’s Ghost”
- 3:00 pm - Israeli folkdancing
- 3:30 pm - ’84 career panel discussion
- 4:00 pm - Alumni choir rehearsal
- 4:30 pm - All-Class Reception
- 5:00 pm - ’54 Reception
- 6:00 pm - Individual class dinners
- 8:00 pm - The Cave: open house
- 8:00 pm - AA meeting
- 8:00 pm - '84 Off-Campus Studies Program mini-reunions
- 8:00 pm - Folkdancing
- 8:30 pm - All-Reunion Entertainment
- 8:30 pm - Alumni recital
- 10:00 pm - ’89 bonfire
- 10:00 pm - Class of ’99 “Gimme Some Luvin’ ” party
- 10:00 pm - ’79 bonfire
- 11:30 pm - Dance party “From Springsteen to Saturday Night Fever”
Sunday, June 20th
- 6:30 am - Breakfast
- 8:00 am - Key desks open for check-out
- 8:00 am - ’49 breakfast and class memorial program
- 8:30 am - ’94 and ’99 breakfast
- 8:30 am - ’54 class memorial program
- 9:00 am - Open house
- 9:00 am - Laurence McKinley Gould Library open
- 9:00 am - ’59 class memorial program
- 9:00 am - Jewish Alumni Reunion group interview, Oral History Program
- 9:30 am - Alumni choir rehearsal
- 9:30 am - Bookstore open
- 10:00 am - Jewish Alumni brunch
- 10:30 am - Alumni Memorial Chapel service
- 12:00 pm - Check-out
