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May 2013
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June 2013
Thursday, June 20th
6:30 am
- Recreation Center Open (12 hours, 30 minutes)
- Climbing wall (age 16 and older) and bouldering cave (age 10 and older) open 1-5 p.m. Call 507-222-4487 to confirm hours.
- Recreation Center
- Recreation Center Open (12 hours, 30 minutes)
8:00 am
- Gould Library Open (9 hours)
- Gould Library
- Gould Library Open (9 hours)
8:30 am
- Bookstore Open (8 hours, 30 minutes)
- Sayles-Hill
- Bookstore Open (8 hours, 30 minutes)
9:00 am
- "Carls Help Carls" - Career Center Open House (7 hours)
- "Carls Help Carls" - learn how alumni are vital to the success of the reconceived Career Center.
- Sayles-Hill 050 (lower level)
- "Carls Help Carls" - Career Center Open House (7 hours)
12:30 pm
- Cycling Through Conspicuous Consumption hosted by '83-Bike Ride Starts (5 hours, 30 minutes)
- Join the 30th reunion class for a 30 mile round trip bike ride and tour of the Veblen Farmstead. Advance registration required.
- Myers - Depart for Veblen Farm
- Cycling Through Conspicuous Consumption hosted by '83-Bike Ride Starts (5 hours, 30 minutes)
1:00 pm
- Carleton Open Golf Tournament (4 hours)
- All-Class annual golf tournament. Check-in opens at 11:30AM.
- Northfield Golf Club, 7th and Prairie Streets
- Carleton Open Golf Tournament (4 hours)
1:45 pm
- Cycling Through Conspicuous Consumption hosted by '83- Shuttle Departs (3 hours, 15 minutes)
- Join the 30th reunion class for a tour of the Veblen Farmstead, located 15 miles southeast of campus. Advance registration required.
- South Entrance of Cassat Hall
- Cycling Through Conspicuous Consumption hosted by '83- Shuttle Departs (3 hours, 15 minutes)
3:00 pm
- Reunion Campus Housing Open
- Wristband Table Open (5 hours)
- Alumni and guests from the 5 and 10 year reunions can show IDs and receive wristbands to show proof of age at alcohol events.
- Sayles-Hill Great Space
- REGISTRATION OPENS (limited overnight service) (7 hours)
- Sayles-Hill Great Space
- 50th Reunion Registration Open in Watson (5 hours)
- Watson Hall
5:00 pm
- Rediscover Northfield (4 hours)
- Food, beer and wine tasting, and entertainment in Northfield.
- Bridge Square, 4th and Division Streets
- '88 Burton Beach Welcome Reception (7 hours)
- Gather on the Burton Patio to kick off your 25th Reunion.
- Burton Patio
- Rediscover Northfield (4 hours)
5:15 pm
- '63 Reception (1 hour)
- Gather at Watson Hall to kick off your 50th Reunion.
- Watson Lounge/Tent
- '63 Reception (1 hour)
6:00 pm
- All-Class Pizza Party (5 hours)
- Featuring Basil's (Bill's Original) and other local pizzas, and live bluegrass music 7-10 p.m. (Wine and beer service included.)
- Chapel West Tent
- '38-'58 Dinner (1 hour)
- Language and Dining Center
- All-Class Pizza Party (5 hours)
6:30 pm
- '63 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Great Hall
- '63 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
7:00 pm
- Reenactment of the First National Bank Raid by the James-Younger Gang (30 minutes)
- 4th and Division Streets
- Reenactment of the First National Bank Raid by the James-Younger Gang (30 minutes)
8:00 pm
- '08 Game Night and Karaoke (3 hours)
- Gathering for slideshow, social hour, photo booth, and instant feed for pictures!
- Goodhue Hall Superlounge
- '58 Nourse Patio Party (3 hours)
- Join your classmates for good conversation and socializing in our class lounge!
- Nourse Hall Lounge
- '73 Music and Refreshments (3 hours)
- '73 hangout in the lounge!
- Cassat Lounge
- '63 Social Time (3 hours, 30 minutes)
- Join your classmates for good conversation and socializing in our class lounge.
- Watson Lounge/Tent
- '68 Social Time (3 hours, 30 minutes)
- Join your classmates for good conversation and socializing in our class lounge, and potentially an informal jam session and/or book club.
- 3rd Davis Lounge
- '08 Game Night and Karaoke (3 hours)
Friday, June 21st
6:30 am
- Recreation Center Open (12 hours, 30 minutes)
6:30 am
- Recreation Center Open (12 hours, 30 minutes)
- Climbing wall (age 16 and older) and bouldering cave (age 10 and older) open 1-5 p.m. Call 507-222-4487 to confirm hours.
- Recreation Center
- Recreation Center Open (12 hours, 30 minutes)
7:00 am
- All-Class Breakfast (2 hours)
- Coffee available at 6:30 a.m.
- Language and Dining Center
- '78 19.78K Bike Ride (2 hours, 30 minutes)
- Advance Registration Required.
- Meet at Recreation Center
- All-Class Breakfast (2 hours)
7:30 am
- 1988 Meditation and Yoga (30 minutes)
- Join classmates in an early-morning opportunity for quiet reflection.
- Cowling Dance Studio
- Bird Walk (1 hour)
- 1988 Meditation and Yoga (30 minutes)
8:00 am
- Gould Library Open (9 hours)
- Gould Library
- Gould Library Open (9 hours)
8:00 am
- All-Class Breakfast (2 hours)
- Coffee available at 7:30 a.m.
- Burton Dining Hall
- REGISTRATION OPEN (limited overnight service) (11 hours)
- Sayles-Hill Great Space
- "Lighten Up" Community Garage Sale (11 hours)
- Hosted by Acting in the Community Together (ACT).
- West Gym
- '98 Arb Walk (1 hour)
- Enjoy the beauty of a morning Arb walk with your friends. We'll meet at the Rec Center Arb kiosk and set out on our adventure.
- Upper Arb
- 50th Reunion Registration Open in Watson (5 hours)
- Watson Hall
- All-Class Breakfast (2 hours)
8:30 am
- Alumni College - Explorations in Sustainable Energy (1 hour)
- Presented by Martha Larson
- Weitz Center Cinema
- Alumni College - Explorations in Sustainable Energy (1 hour)
8:30 am
- Bookstore Open (8 hours, 30 minutes)
- Sayles-Hill
- Bookstore Open (8 hours, 30 minutes)
8:30 am
- '63 Conversation Café Part 1 (1 hour)
- Your chance to make new connections and rediscover old ones.
- Weitz Center for Creativity 236
- Archives Open House (7 hours, 30 minutes)
- Closed 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Gould Library, 1st Floor
- Time to Wake Up! Yoga with Kate Potvin '08 (1 hour)
- Join us in an invigorating morning yoga routine.
- Recreation Center Dance Studio
- Alumni College-A Beacon So Bright: The Life of Laurence McKinley Gould (1 hour)
- Presented by Eric Hillemann
- Olin 149
- '63 Conversation Café Part 1 (1 hour)
9:00 am
- "Carls Help Carls" - Career Center Open House (7 hours)
- "Carls Help Carls" - learn how alumni are vital to the success of the reconceived Career Center.
- Sayles-Hill 050 (lower level)
- "Carls Help Carls" - Career Center Open House (7 hours)
9:00 am
- Alumni Annual Fund (7 hours)
- All-Class Cowling Arboretum Service Project (2 hours)
- Meet in the parking lot for the Lower Arboretum, just east of the West Gym.
- Admissions Open House (7 hours)
- Schedule an interview and tour via the Admissions website or call 800-995-CARL in advance to schedule an interview and tour.
- Johnson House
- Alumni Art Exhibit Drop Off (7 hours)
- Contributing to the Alumni Art Exhibit? Bring your art work to Weitz Center of Creativity room 148 between 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Weitz Center for Creativity 148
9:30 am
- Kids Play Date hosted by '98 (1 hour)
- Not old enough for Camp Carleton? Join '98 kids and parents at Central Park across from Parish House for a play date.
- Central Park, 3rd and Winona Streets
- Kids Play Date hosted by '98 (1 hour)
9:45 am
- Alumni College - Liberal Education behind Bars (1 hour)
- Teaching and Learning with the Incarcerated, presented by Deborah Appleman
- Boliou 104
- Alumni College - The Value of a Carleton Education (1 hour)
- Affording College at Carleton and Beyond: Carleton's Value Proposition, with Bev Nagel '75, Paul Thiboutot, and Don Hasseltine
- Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema
- Alumni College - Panel on China (1 hour)
- Join three veteran diplomats and scholars in a discussion about the future of U.S.-Chinese relations.
- Olin 149
- '63 Conversation Café Part 2 (1 hour)
- Your chance to make new connections and rediscover old ones.
- Weitz Center for Creativity 236
- Alumni College - Liberal Education behind Bars (1 hour)
10:00 am
- Summer Academic Programs Open House (5 hours)
- Open house tour
- Hoppin House
- Gender and Sexuality Center Open House (5 hours)
- GSC Open for drop-by visits and tours and connecting with Out After Carleton (OAC) members.
- Scoville, Lower Level
- Intercultural & International Life Open House (5 hours)
- OIIL open for drop-by visits, touring opportunities, and connections with Multicultural Alumni Network members.
- Scoville, Lower Level
- Summer Academic Programs Open House (5 hours)
10:45 am
- Reception Honoring Roy Grow (1 hour)
- Wish Roy Grow, Frank B. Kellogg Professor of International Relations, well in his retirement
- Olin Lobby
- Reception Honoring Roy Grow (1 hour)
11:00 am
- Alumni College - Realizing a Vision for the Arts (1 hour)
- Panel on the Weitz Center for Creativity with Steve Richardson ’86, Ken Potts ’83, Don Frost ’83, and moderated by Rob Rothblatt ’83
- Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema
- Alumni College: Student/Faculty Research, Carleton, & the Liberal Arts (1 hour)
- with Susannah Ottaway '89, Bryn-Jones Professor of the Humanities, and Associate Professor of Chemistry and CISMI director Joe Chihade
- Leighton 305
- '88 Oral History Program Group Interview (1 hour)
- Gould Library 305
- Alumni College - Joan Baez at Spring Hill College (1 hour)
- Joan Baez at Spring Hill College: Intersecting Histories with Dye Family Professor of Music, Emeritus, Stephen Kelly
- Boliou 104
- Alumni College - Realizing a Vision for the Arts (1 hour)
11:30 am
- Heywood Society Luncheon (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Seating at 11:15 am
- Weitz Center Commons, 3rd & College Sts.
- '83, '88, and '98 Field Games and Picnic Lunch (2 hours, 45 minutes)
- Bell Field
- All-Class Lunch (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Chapel Tent (look for your sign)
- Heywood Society Luncheon (1 hour, 30 minutes)
12:30 pm
- Tour of the Kracum Wind Turbine (1 hour)
- 1 hour Tour with Shuttles departing at 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Led by Martha Larson, Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainability.
- Bus departs from the Chapel, 1st Street entrance
- Tour of the Kracum Wind Turbine (1 hour)
1:00 pm
- Memorial for Alexis White '08 (1 hour)
- Come up to the Hill of Three Oaks to share stories about Alexis. All are welcome to this informal celebration of Alexis White's memory.
- Hill of Three Oaks
- Weitz Center Tour (45 minutes)
- A special '58 only tour of the Weitz Center for Creativity.
- Weitz Center Theater
- Library Art Tour (1 hour)
- Tour led by Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, Curator of Library Art and Exhibitions
- Meet at Gould Library Circulation Desk
- Tour of the Kracum Wind Turbine (1 hour)
- Led by Martha Larson, Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainability. 1 hour tour with Shuttles departing at 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
- Bus departs from the Chapel, 1st Street entrance
- '58 Weitz Center for Creativity Tour with Steve Richardson '86 (1 hour, 45 minutes)
- A special '58 only tour of the Weitz Center for Creativity with Steve Richardson '86, Puzac Family Director of the Arts
- Weitz Center Theatre
- Heywood Ice Cream Cart (3 hours)
- Free ice cream cones distributed to reunion attendees!
- South end of Sayles Porch
- Braucher Gallery Open (3 hours)
- Weitz Center for Creativity Perlman Teaching Museum
- "Carleton Legacy, Out of the Dark" (3 hours)
- Library’s Digitizing Team will showcase Algol Digital Collections and other growing digital collections on campus.
- Gould Library East Wing
- Memorial for Alexis White '08 (1 hour)
1:15 pm
- Common Reading: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker '97 hosted by '78 (1 hour)
- Language and Dining Center 330
- Alumni College - Digital Media, Art and Video Games (1 hour)
- Talk on the evolution of video games with Pat Dwyer '98 and Associate Professor of Computer Science Amy Csizmar Dalal
- Weitz Center Theater
- '88 Oral History Program Group Interview (1 hour)
- Gould Library 305
- Alumni College - Contemporary Cuba: State, Economy, and Society (1 hour)
- Al Montero, professor of political science and chair of the department, will reflect on the current state of affairs of Cuba
- Olin 141
- Alumni College - Cemetery Stories: A Rebel Missionary in South Africa (1 hour, 15 minutes)
- A documentary by Professor of French, Cherif Keita
- Olin 149
- Common Reading: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker '97 hosted by '78 (1 hour)
1:30 pm
- Health Care, Social Equity, and Justice (1 hour)
- Luke Hasskamp '03 will moderate a panel focused on stimulating a greater conversation about health in our country and world
- Weitz Center Theater
- Sustainability in the New Era hosted by '63 (1 hour)
- Leighton 305
- Confessions of a Travel Writer (1 hour)
- Learn how Doug Mack '03, featured in the Summer 2012 Voice, became a travel writer who pursues offbeat stories on the beaten path.
- Health Care, Social Equity, and Justice (1 hour)
1:45 pm
- Reception for post-50th alumni with President Poskanzer (1 hour)
- A reception at Nutting House hosted by President Poskanzer for alumni in post-50th Reunion classes.
- Nutting House, 217 Union Street
- Reception for post-50th alumni with President Poskanzer (1 hour)
2:00 pm
- Library Reception (1 hour)
- Reception for former library student workers, current information professionals and bibliophiles
- Gould Library Lobby
- Rotblatt: '93 versus '08 (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- It's a showdown between '93 and '08 in a Rotblatt challenge! Help lead your class to victory!
- Recreation Center Field
- Weitz Center Guided Tour 1/2 hours 2-3:30 (30 minutes)
- Join student-led tours of the new Weitz Center of Creativity. Leaving every half hour from 2pm to 3:30pm. Meet outside Braucher Gallery
- Braucher Gallery
- Library Reception (1 hour)
2:15 pm
- '98 Video Game Open House with Pat Dwyer '98 (1 hour, 45 minutes)
- Open House to play video games after Pat Dwyer '98 talk on the video game industry
- Weitz Center 235
- '98 Video Game Open House with Pat Dwyer '98 (1 hour, 45 minutes)
2:30 pm
- Walking Tour of the Cowling Arboretum (2 hours)
- Walk with Nancy Braker '81, Puzak Family Director of the Cowling Arboretum. In case of severe weather, enjoy a slideshow in the Arb office.
- Recreation Center
- '98 Cookie Decorating (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Come show off your decorating skills or just create a tasty treat with other '98 classmates and families
- Parish House Basement
- '88 Bocce Ball and Rootbeer Floats (1 hour)
- Enjoy some family -friendly time with '88 classmates on the Burton Patio
- Burton Patio
- '38, '43 and '48 Class Photos
- Nutting House
- Long-term Climate Change Presentation hosted by '68 (1 hour)
- Long-term Climate Change a Key to Understanding Our Environment presented by George Jacobson '68
- Boliou 104
- Common Reading hosted by the Class of '73 (1 hour)
- Kai Bird discusses his recently published Crossing Mandelbaum Gate, Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
- LDC 335
- Walking Tour of the Cowling Arboretum (2 hours)
2:45 pm
- How Do We Get There? Discussion Groups hosted by '63 (1 hour)
- Following the panel, discussion leaders and participants will talk about positive things that can be done and are being done in more detail.
- Leighton
- Election Reflections hosted by '83 (1 hour)
- Get an insider perspective on the 2012 elections.
- Olin 149
- How Do We Get There? Discussion Groups hosted by '63 (1 hour)
2:50 pm
- '53 Class Photo
- Weitz Center Commons
- '53 Class Photo
3:00 pm
- REGISTRATION OPENS (limited overnight service) (7 hours)
- Sayles-Hill Great Space
- REGISTRATION OPENS (limited overnight service) (7 hours)
3:00 pm
- 58 Peter Puchner/Kim Betz Career Center Talk (1 hour)
- Weitz Center Theater
- Global Business - Carls Embracing the Opportunity hosted by '78 (1 hour)
- Leighton 304
- 58 Peter Puchner/Kim Betz Career Center Talk (1 hour)
3:15 pm
- '03 Memorial Tree Planting (1 hour)
- Upper Arboretum in Pigeon Field
- '03 Memorial Tree Planting (1 hour)
3:30 pm
- Carleton Volunteers Reception (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Whether you have volunteered for Carleton or want to become more involved, stop by for refreshments during this celebration of service!
- Gould Library
- Carleton Volunteers Reception (1 hour, 30 minutes)
3:45 pm
- '68 A Career in the Arts - A Conversation with Barbie Rea Pearson '68 (1 hour)
- Barbie will share how her experience with integrated arts at Carleton impacted her career as a dancer and teacher.
- Weitz Center for Creativity 133
- '73 Magical Memory Tour (1 hour)
- Visit the top three locations that influenced us while we were on campus: Nourse Little Theater, the Bald Spot, and Mai Fete Island.
- '68 A Career in the Arts - A Conversation with Barbie Rea Pearson '68 (1 hour)
4:00 pm
- All-Class Happy Hour and Reunion Carnival (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Including faculty and staff reception, children's bouncy gyms, face painting, entertainment, popcorn wagon, and mini golf.
- Bald Spot
- Reunion Piano Recital, Andy Jahn '08 (1 hour)
- Hear Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert, and Chopin pieces played by Andrew Jahn
- Concert Hall
- All-Class Happy Hour and Reunion Carnival (1 hour, 30 minutes)
4:30 pm
- '78 Wine Tasting (pre-registration req) (1 hour)
- Join Frank Peregrine '78 as he guides us through four flights of wines (advance registration required).
- Upstairs at The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street
- '78 Wine Tasting (pre-registration req) (1 hour)
5:00 pm
- Children's Dinner (1 hour)
- Sayles Cafe
- MCAN Reception (1 hour)
- Multicultural Alumni Network Reception
- Weitz Center for Creativity, Lounge Over Main Entrance (LOME)
- Children's Dinner (1 hour)
5:15 pm
- '63 Reception (1 hour)
- Watson Lounge/Tent
- '63 Reception (1 hour)
5:30 pm
- '88 Reception with President Poskanzer (1 hour)
- Nutting House, 217 Union St.
- '68 Class Photo
- Chapel
- '58 Reception (45 minutes)
- Nourse Lounge
- ’78 Reception & Bluegrass Music by Long Time Gone w/ Katryn Conlin '78 (1 hour)
- The Grand
- '48 and Senior Reception and Dinner (30 minutes)
- Dinner begins at 6pm
- Gould Library Athenaeum
- '53 Reception (30 minutes)
- Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- '88 Reception with President Poskanzer (1 hour)
5:45 pm
- '58 Class Photo
- Chapel
- '58 Class Photo
6:00 pm
- '98 Class Dinner
- Johnson House Tent
- Student Workers Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Sayles Cafe
- '83 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Laird Stadium
- '73 Class Dinner
- Hulings Hall
- '53 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- '68 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Severance Tea Room
- '98 Class Dinner
6:30 pm
- '03 Class Dinner
- Bell Field Tent
- '63 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Including "That Was Then, This is Now" - a chance to reflect on changes at Carleton, led by ’63 classmates and current students.
- Great Hall
- '58 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Weitz 236
- '78 Class Dinner (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- The Grand
- '93 Class Dinner
- LDC
- '08 Class Dinner
- Rec Center Tent
- '03 Class Dinner
6:45 pm
- '88 Class Dinner
- Weitz Commons
- '88 Class Dinner
7:30 pm
- '03 Cookie Decorating
- Join us for a fun, kid-friendly activity to end a great first day of Reunion for the little ones.
- Evans Lounge
- '03 Cookie Decorating
7:45 pm
- Charlie Gokey '08 Performance
- Join us for a coffeehouse performance by singer Charlie Gokey
- The Cave
- Charlie Gokey '08 Performance
8:00 pm
- Social Dance hosted by '98 (2 hours)
- Cowling Dance Studio
- 08 Evening Under the Stars
- Hang out with your classmates under the stars!
- Rec Center Tent
- '73 Campfire (2 hours, 30 minutes)
- Mai Fete
- Northfield AA Meeting (2 hours)
- Meet at Willis for a ride at 7:50 p.m.
- 416 Odd Fellows Lane (across from Malt-O-Meal)
- Experimental Role Playing Laboratory Reunion (2 hours)
- Experimental Role Playing Laboratory Reunion, hosted by '03
- LDC 330, 331
- '63 Social Time (3 hours, 30 minutes)
- Watson Lounge/Tent
- 03 Campfire
- Hill of Three Oaks
- '78 Stories Under the Grand Ceiling (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- The Grand
- Late Night Trivia (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- KRLX
- Social Dance hosted by '98 (2 hours)
8:30 pm
- '03 Campfire
- Hill of Three Oaks
- Entertainment Tent (3 hours, 30 minutes)
- Chapel Tent
- Oneg Shabbat (1 hour)
- Page House East
- Parlor Afterglow
- Join your classmates to share in each others company--there might even be a sing-a-long!
- Nourse Lounge
- '03 Campfire
9:00 pm
- Context Clues hosted by '88 (2 hours)
- Traveling from central Texas, Mike Macicak '87 and his indie-pop band Context Clues will perform a fun live show at the Cave.
- Cave
- Context Clues hosted by '88 (2 hours)
10:00 pm
- Fireworks!
- Fireworks! Look up-best views around Goodhue, Goodsell and Boliou
- Fireworks!
10:15 pm
- '88 Conversations and Carltinis (1 hour, 15 minutes)
- Wind down and/or continue conversations on the Burton Patio with 25th Reunion classmates.
- Burton Patio
- Goodsell Observatory Open House (30 minutes)
- Goodsell
- '88 Conversations and Carltinis (1 hour, 15 minutes)
10:30 pm
- '73 Class Hang-Out Time (1 hour)
- Paul Stiegler's "Days Gone By" live album preview
- Cassat Lounge
- '73 Class Hang-Out Time (1 hour)
