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Questions about
Homecoming 2008?

Please contact:
Loida R. Vera Cruz
Assistant Director
of Alumni Programs

(518) 442-3087
or send email
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SCHEDULE of EVENTS
HOMECOMING AND REUNION WEEKEND


October 24-26, 2008


REGISTRATION FOR HOMECOMING
WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 22

Friday, October 24

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Veterans Wall of Honor Viewing
University Library, 2nd Floor

10:30 a.m.
Campus Walking Tours
University Hall

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Reaching Higher, Achieving More Luncheon

Campus Center, Ballroom

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
School of Social Welfare Scholarship Awardees and Donors Reunion
First Unitarian Universalist Society

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Moot Court Competition
Alumni House

4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Information Center
Alumni House

4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Theatre Department: House Divided
Performing Arts Center

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
WCDB Open House – Open Mic
WCDB Hallway/Station

5:30 p.m.
EOP Welcome Reception
Assembly Hall and Fireside Lounge

6:00 p.m.
Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner
SEFCU Arena Hall

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wine and Cheese Reception for All Alumni
Alumni House

7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Services
Reform - Campus Center 370
Conservative - Campus Center 367
Orthodox - Campus Center 364

7:00 p.m.
WCDB Friday Night Event

Off Campus

7:30 p.m.
Writers Institute – Film Screening and Commentary on
“A Day in the Country”

Page Hall

8:00 p.m.
Shabbat Dinner

Campus Center Ballroom

8:00 p.m.
Gold Goes to Sutter's
Sutter's, 1200 Western Avenue
Drop in and kick off your reunion weekend at Sutters as graduates
of the last decade enjoy drink specials and complimentary hors d’oeuvres
at this favorite UAlbany bar.

 

Saturday, October 25

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Information Center

Alumni House

A.M. Farmer's Market - Go Green Initiative

All day
WCDB Open Mic at Station
WCDB Station – Campus Center

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Alumni Welcome Back Breakfast

Induction of Half Century Club Members
Campus Center Ballroom

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Veterans Wall of Honor Viewing

University Library, 2nd Floor

10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
University Art Museum Tour

Art Museum

10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Empire Commons Tour

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
1844 Society Brunch:  A Celebration of Student Support

Science Library Atrium – By Invitation Only

10:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Admissions Open House for Prospective Students

Lecture Center Concourse and Campus Center

10:30 a.m.
Coffee Hours

Kappa Delta
Chi Sigma Theta
Beta Zeta
Alumni House

10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services

Chapel House

10:45 – 12:15 p.m.
UAlbany Campus Narrated Bus Tour

10:45 – 12:15 p.m.
“How to Develop a Green Home”
College of Arts and Sciences

D'Ambra Auditorium

10:45 – 12:15 p.m.
“The Robots Are Coming!”
College of Computing and Information

TBD

10:45 – 12:45 p.m.
Council of Classes

Campus Center Room 375

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cancer Center Tour  

Dutch Quad Parking Lot - Across from the Alumni House

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Aqua Ducks Tour  

Dutch Quad Parking Lot - Across from the Alumni House  

12:00 p.m.
Shabbat Lunch

Shabbos House – 316 Fuller Road

12:00 p.m.
NCSC Induction

Campus Center Ballroom

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Life Sciences Research Building Tour

Life Sciences Building

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
EOP Luncheon

Campus Center Assemby Hall

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Afternoon Tea: A Celebration of Student Support

By Invitation Only
(Venue TBD)

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
WCDB Panel

TBD

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cornerstone Protestant Ministry Chapel House Cookout

Chapel House Interfaith Center

1:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. Bryant University

1:00 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. Boston University

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Nanotech Tour
Weather Watch Tour

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Little Danes Workshop
Alumni House

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Legacy Reception

Standish Room

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Class of 1948 Reunion Luncheon
Arthur Levitt Room- – Downtown Campus

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Class of 1953 Reunion Luncheon
Milne 200 – Downtown Campus

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
EOP Reunion Alumni Cultural Connections
University Hall or LC 118

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Purple and Gold Basketball Scrimmage

1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
EOP Career Fair/Workshop/Pane
l
University Hall or LC 118

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
EOP Alumni Connection

(University Hall or LC 118 - TBD)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
School of Criminal Justice Open House

Draper Hall

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Purple and Gold Basketball Scrimmage

SEFCU Arena

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Touchdown Tailgate
EOP Tailgate
WCDB Tailgate

Residential Life
Environmental Sustainability Recycling Toss Contest
GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade)Tailgate
SEFCU Parking Lot Area
Join other graduates from the last decade in the GOLD tailgate tent and get ready to root on our UAlbany Great Danes as they take on St. Francis University. Enjoy free beer, free food, music and a special gift for all GOLD alumni who preregister. Parking is $5 in the SEFCU Lot (formerly RACC) and free in the Dutch Lot.

4:00 p.m.
Football Game vs. St. Francis
Red Flash
Fireworks Display - Presented by SEFCU

6:00 p.m.
School of Criminal Justice Anniversary Gala

State Room, 142 State Street - By Invitation Only

7:00 p.m.
Class of 1958 Dinner and Jazz Cruise
JP Cruise Lines
Class of 1968 Reunion Dinner
Italian-American Community Center  
WCDB Reunion Dinner
Dutch Quad Dining Hall
EOP Reunion Dinner                                       
Desmond      
ODK Reunion Dinner
Museum or Nano Rotunda

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Great Danes Great Bash
Washington Tavern

7:30 p.m.
Catholic Mass
Chapel House Interfaith Center

8:00 p.m.
Bridgman/Packer Dance: Trilogy of Dance – Seductive Reasoning,
Under the Skin and Memory Bank

Performing Arts Center - PAC

9:00 p.m.
Comedy Night

Campus Center Ballroom

Sunday, October 26

All Day            
WCDB Open Mic

Campus Center – WCDB Station
WSUA Broadcast from Downtown Campus
Brubacher Hall

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Parents Council Meeting

Campus Center Room 375

9:30 – 1 p.m.
Board Meeting

Alumni House

10:30  – 12:00 p.m.
EOP Brunch/Remembrance/Departure

Assembly Hall – Fireside Lounge

11:00 a.m.
President’s Brunch

Campus Center Ballroom

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Jazz Brunch

All Quads

1:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. UMBC

2:00 p.m.
Women's Volleyball vs. UMBC

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Omnicron Delta Kappa Induction Ceremony

Campus Center Assembly Hall

5:00 p.m.
Cornerstone Protestant Ministry Worship and Sunday Supper

Chapel House Interfaith Center

6:45 p.m.
Catholic Mass

Campus Center Assembly Hall


 
 
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