homecoming weekend
october 20-22, 2011
by
stler The Vanderbilt Hu u Brought to yo
Welcome to Homecoming Weekend at Vanderbilt! Inside you will find a schedule of events from reunion details to football game information. This special issue has everything to guide you through your weekend.
Schedule of events Thursday, October 20
9:30–11:30 a.m. Quinq Brunch—Classes of ’61 and prior
5:30–7 p.m. Class of 1961 50th Reunion Reception Hosted by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Lydia Howarth Vanderbilt University Residence 211 Deer Park Drive Casual dress or Commodore best! Take a shuttle from the Loews or the Marriott at Vanderbilt hotels or valet park at the residence. Reservations required.
10 a.m. Divinity School Cole Lecture “Strong Religion, Weak Religion: Religious Extremism and its Violent Accomplices” R. Scott Appleby Benton Chapel
7–9 p.m. Blair School of Music Alumni/ Student Networking Supper Wilma Ward Courtyard 7 p.m. Divinity School Cole Lecture “The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion as a Source of Violent and Nonviolent Militance” R. Scott Appleby, professor of history, director of Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Benton Chapel 7–9 p.m. Engineering Celebration Dinner Student Life Center Ballroom By invitation only 8 p.m. Homecoming Quake My Morning Jacket Memorial Gym
Friday, October 21
8 a.m.–5 p.m. Reunion Registration/Packet Pickup Sarratt Cinema lobby
10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Admissions Information Session and Campus Tour 2305 West End Ave. Hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for prospective students and their families. Information sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday and at 10 a.m. Saturday. Campus tours follow at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday and at 11 a.m. Saturday. Reservations required. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn: Caring for Aging Parents and Relatives Frist Hall, Room 140 Presentation by Jennifer Kim, VUSN geriatric nursing instructor. Valet parking is available for nursing alumni at Godchaux Hall from 11 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 11:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Undergraduate Reunion Educational Events 11:30 a.m. Peabody Pioneer Lunch Peabody Library, Fireside Reading Room By invitation only 12–3:30 p.m. Vanderbilt Athletics Open House McGugin Center Come visit with McGugin Center for a tour of our athletic facilities and see where our Commodore student-athletes prepare every day
to compete in the SEC. National Commodore Club staff members will be on hand to give insight on the club and ways alumni can help promote Vanderbilt Athletics.
for a detailed list highlights, see page 4
featured event
12:15 p.m. Vanderbilt Catholic Mass Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Chapel 1–2 p.m. Conversation with the Chancellor Sarratt Cinema 2–3:30 p.m. AVBA Alumni/Student Panel: Life as a Vanderbilt Alumnus/a Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Hear from distinguished black Vanderbilt alumni in various professions and learn of their successes and struggles throughout their undergraduate and professional lives.
Conversation with the Chancellor Friday, October 21 1–2 p.m. Sarratt Cinema
2–3:30 p.m. K.C. Potter Center and Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Life Open House K.C. Potter Center, 312 West Side Row 2–4 p.m. Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association Open House Light Hall, third floor student lounge Fun, food and prizes—open to all reuniting Vanderbilt alumni from all schools. 2–4 p.m. The Chemistry Department and Physics & Astronomy Department Alumni Reception Courtyard between buildings 6 and 7 of the Stevenson Center In the case of inclement weather, the reception will be held in the lobby of Stevenson Center building 7. John Russell/
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