University at Albany Alumni

Alumni Weekend 2005
Class of 1965 enjoying their reunion.

Friday, June 2, 2006

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Council for Economic Outreach Community Forum Breakfast
The Fort Orange Club, President's Room

The University at Albany Foundation's Council for Economic Outreach cordially invite you to attend a Community Forum Breakfast featuring remarks by entrepreneur and
UAlbany alumnus Harvey Patashnick ’67 & ’69

“The Road Less Traveled – Building a Successful Technology Company Without Raising Capital”

No Charge

Please RSVP by May 29th by calling 518.442.5373
or emailing events@uamail.albany.edu.
More Information

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Alumni Weekend Registration
Alumni House

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Albany NanoTech Tour
NanoFab 200 Rotunda, 251 Fuller Road
Learn about the latest developments in nanotechnology as you tour the Albany NanoTech complex at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
University at Albany Walking Art Tour
Art Museum
University Art Museum Director Janet Riker will conduct a walking tour of selections from the UAlbany art collection installed in public areas on the podium.

12:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
The Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence
in Cancer Genomics Tour
East Campus – Gen*NY*Sis Center
Join us for a tour of the newly developed Gen*NY*Sis Center, committed to research that will discover the genetic origins of cancer and lead to finding a cure for the disease. Tours will leave at quarter past the hour.

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Living Longer and Better:
The H.O.M.E. Program Age Wave Exemplar
Arthur Levitt Room (formerly the Page Hall Lounge)
Join Dr. Zvi D. Gellis, Director of the School of Social Welfare’s Center for Mental Health and Aging, as he discusses the H.O.M.E. Program - an innovative New York State model that minimizes the effects of disability and uses empirically-supported interventions to improve the quality of life of older persons.

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
All-Alumni Welcoming Reception & Wine Tasting
Alumni House
Please join the Alumni Association for a sampling of New York State wines and hors d’ oeuvres as you meet and mingle with alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University.

Free for reunioning classes
$7.00 for Alumni Association Members
$12.00 for non-members of the Alumni Association

6:00 p.m.
Excellence Awards Gala
The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center
Please join Alumni Association President Jeffrey Luks ’91, ’01 and University at Albany President Kermit L. Hall as we honor your fellow alumni receiving awards for their service to the University and community. Evening attire is appropriate for this event that begins with cocktails and is followed by a formal dinner.
Award recipients being honored are Tino Hernandez ’88; Carl H. Rosner; Louis A. Schiavone Jr. ’75, ’77; Michael Corso ’83, ’84; Patricia A. Caldwell ’75; Carolee Carmello ’83; Gregory Maguire ’76; Robert Matza ’77; Arnold Rothstein ’60, ’62 and Judith K. Rothstein ’64, ’75; Ruth Kellogg, ’72, ’73; Mary Ellen Jukoski, ’74; James R. Butterworth, ’73, ’77, ’79, ’86; Harvey Patashnick ’67, '69; Mayor Gerald D. Jennings ’76;
and William Barnette ’81.
$50.00 per person

Saturday, June 3, 2006

7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Alumni Weekend Registration
Alumni House

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
All-Alumni Breakfast
Alumni House
Alumni, family and friends are invited to join the dean of Undergraduate Studies and vice provost for Undergraduate Education, Sue Faerman, for an all-alumni continental breakfast and discussion of UAlbany’s new Honors College.
$10.00 per person

10:00 a.m.
Beta Zeta Coffee Hour – 90th Anniversary
Alumni House

10:00 a.m.
Chi Sigma Theta Coffee Hour
Alumni House

10:00 a.m.
Gamma Kappa Phi Coffee Hour
Alumni House

10:00 a.m.
Kappa Delta Coffee Hour
Alumni House

10:00 a.m.
Kappa Beta Coffee Hour
Alumni House

10:00 a.m.
UAlbany Uptown & Past Campuses Narrated Bus Tour
Pick – up will be in front of the Alumni House
(Uptown Campus)

10:00 a.m.
Class of 1951 – Albany Aqua Duck Tour
Pick-up will be in front of the Alumni House (Uptown Campus)
$18.00 per person
As space has become available the class of 1951
would like to invite other interested classes to
accompany them on their tour.

10:00 a.m. -Cancelled
“NASA’s Search for Life Beyond the Earth”
Earth Science 232 (Uptown Campus)
Join John Delano, Distinguished UAlbany professor and principal investigator in NASA’s Exobiology Program, as he discusses developing science and technology and how they will be used to explore life beyond earth.

Noon
All-Alumni Luncheon
Tent on the Downtown Campus
Alumni, family and friends are invited to the largest and most festive event of the weekend! Celebrate with the Class of 1956 as they enter the ranks of the Half-Century Club. Reunion class awards and recognition will be made, followed by a brief Alumni Association Annual Meeting and Address by UAlbany President, Kermit L. Hall. Tables will be reserved for reunion classes.
$23.00 per person.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Walking Tour Through the Downtown Campus
Leaving from the tent on the Downtown Campus
See some of your old haunts and reminisce with alumni during this tour through the various buildings on the Downtown Campus.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MYSKANIA Presents: Third Annual Afternoon with Minerva
Science Library, Standish Room
Join MYSKANIA alumni and the University Libraries in a discussion of pivotal years in our rich history and in a viewing of exciting exhibits on the 1940s and 1950s era in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives.

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
School of Education Hospitality Suite
Tent on the Downtown Campus
Come and take a break from all of the reunion activities and catch up with School of Education faculty and students.

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
President’s Club Reception
University Residence
Invitation-only reception for members of the President’s Club hosted by President Kermit L. Hall and Mrs. Phyllis A. Hall.

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ~ Cancelled
Nosh and Network – College of Computing and Information (CCI) Hospitality Event
Milne 200
Join CCI faculty, students, colleagues and friends to talk about your job, your career, your life!

5:30 p.m.
Class of 1956 Reunion Dinner
Dewey Library
$30.00 per person

5:30 p.m.
Class of 1966 Reunion Buffet
Arthur Levitt Room (Page Hall Lounge)
$30.00 per person

6:00 p.m. - Cancelled
Class of 1946 Reunion Dinner
Alumni House
$30.00 per person

6:00 p.m.
Class of 1951 Reunion Buffet
Best Western Sovereign Hotel
$40.00 per person

6:00 p.m.
Class of 1961 Reunion Buffet
The Capital Buffet
$14.00 per person

Sunday, June 4, 2006

10:00 a.m.
Class of 1951 Farewell Brunch
Alumni House
$20.00 per person

Noon - 2:30 p.m.
Champagne Brunch Cruise
Dutch Apple Cruises
$25.00 per person