May
23, 2003
Happenings
May
Friday 23
Mandatory Commencement Rehearsal, Laurel Chain Rehearsal,
and Breakfast Gymnasium, *Kendall, 7:45 am–noon.
Reunion Registration New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall,
9–11 am.
Career Development Center Individual appointments; previous
registration necessary. *CDC, 10 am– 2 pm.
Back to Classes Faculty- and alumnae-led lectures and
workshops. Preregistration required; see reunion booklet for details.
1–9:30 pm.
Horticultural Walking Tour of Campus With Ellen Shukis,
director, Botanic Garden. *Talcott Greenhouse, 1 pm.
Jumma Prayers Muslim Prayer Room, *Eliot House, 1 pm.
Sycamores Open House An opportunity to view
this historic home built in 1788. Route 116 at 28 Woodbridge Street,
1–4 pm.
Canoe Sing Rehearsal Canoe House, 1:30 pm.
Emily Dickinson Homestead Guided Tour Space is limited;
sign up at registration. Tour departs Mary Woolley Hall at 2:30
pm.
Class Presidents Meeting Warbeke Room, *Pratt Hall, 3:30
pm.
Shabbat Services—Kiddush For alumnae, seniors,
and guests. *Eliot House, 5 pm.
Talcott Greenhouse Celebration Reception Enjoy refreshments
and a stroll in soft evening light. *Talcott Greenhouse, 7–9
pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony With Nobue Yamashita. Reservations
required; sign up at registration. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30
pm.
Commencement Concert *Abbey Memorial Chapel, 8 pm.
Welcome Reception For seniors, families, and
guests. Willits–Hallowell Center, 9–11 pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Room 618, *Williston Library,
9 pm.
Alumnae Choir Rehearsal *Abbey Chapel, 9:15 pm.
Senior Slide Show Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley
Hall, 11 pm.
Saturday 24
Reunion RegistrationNew
York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 8 am.
Alumnae Parade Please wear white. Lineup begins at 8
am; parade starts at 9 am. Abbey/Buckland Circle.
Laurel Chain Ceremony Mary Lyon's grave, 9:45
am.
Alumnae Association Annual Meeting Gettell Amphitheater,
10:15–11:30 am. (Rain location: Chapin Auditorium, Mary
Woolley Hall.)
Medal of Honor Recipients Reception *Eliot House lounge,
11:30 pm.
Old-Fashioned Community Picnic For alumnae, seniors,
families, and guests. Skinner Green tent, 11:30 am–1:00
pm.
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation and Reception For Phi Beta
Kappa seniors, alumnae, and guests. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley
Hall, 1 pm.
Alumna Book Signing Donna Albino '83 signs Mount
Holyoke College: Postcard History Series. Odyssey Bookshop,
Village Commons, 1 pm.
Alumnae Daughter Program Preregistration required. First
floor, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.
Sycamores Open House An opportunity to view this historic
home built in 1788. Route 116 at 28 Woodbridge Street, 1–4
pm.
Exhibition of Alumnae Memorabilia and Photographs Archives lobby,
lower level, *Dwight Hall, 1–5 pm.
Book Signing Commencement speaker Judy Blume, author
of Summer Sisters, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,
and Double Fudge, signs her books. Odyssey Bookshop,
Village Commons, 2–3 pm.
State of the College Address President Joanne V. Creighton
discusses the present and future of the College. Hooker Auditorium,
*Clapp Laboratory, 1:30–2:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony With Nobue Yamashita. Reservations
required; sign up at registration. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 1:30
and 2:30 pm.
Faculty and Alumnae Book Signings Professor of English
Christopher Benfey, author of Degas in New Orleans, signs
The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and
the Opening of Old Japan; Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer
in the Humanities and poet Mary Jo Salter, prize-winning author
of Kiss in Space, signs Open Shutters: Poems;
Professor of Sociology Richard Moran signs Executioner's
Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention
of the Electric Chair; Professor of Jewish Studies Lawrence
Fine signs Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac
Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship; Gale S. McClung '45
signs The Book of Distinguished American Women; and Olivia
J. Boler '93 signs her first novel, Year of the Smoke
Girl. Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, 3:30–4:30
pm.
Dance Department Commencement Concert Studio Theatre,
*Kendall, 2 pm. Reception follows in Streeter Lounge, 3 pm.
Historic Walking
Tour With
Peter Carini, director of archives and special collections. Sign
up at registration. Library court, *Williston Library, 2 pm.
Crew Gathering Field house lounge, *Kendall, 2 pm.
Emily Dickinson
Homestead Guided Tour Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Tour departs Mary Woolley Hall at 2:30 pm.
Tea with
Classes of 1953
and 2003
*Willits-Hallowell Center, 2:30 pm.
Solar Observing Williston Observatory, 2:30–4
pm.
Tour of Pratt
Hall View the recently renovated music building. Pratt
Hall, 2:30 pm.
Dance Reception Streeter Lounge, *Kendall, 3 pm.
Magic Show With magician "The Incredible Jonathan
Ice-Bird Nelson." Room 101, Dwight Hall, 3 pm.
Career Development Center Tour *CDC, 3 pm.
Lesbian Alumnae Reception Jeannette Marks House,
5 Faculty Lane, 3 pm.
Walking Tour of Campus Meet on the first floor
of Mary Woolley Hall, 3 pm.
Reception for Seniors and Guests Given by President Joanne
V. Creighton. Backyard, President's House, 3:30 pm. (Rain
location: Chapin Auditorium, *MaryWoolley Hall.)
Roman Catholic Mass *Abbey Memorial Chapel,
4 pm.
Alumnae Women of Color Reception Betty Shabazz Cultural
Center, 4 pm.
Recovery Gratitude Meeting Room 618, *Williston Library,
4:30 pm.
Protestant Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
5 pm.
Late Night
for Bibliophiles The Odyssey Bookshop in the Village
Commons remains open until 10 pm.
One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Baccalaureate *Abbey Memorial
Chapel, 9 pm; senior lineup and seating begin at 8:30 pm.
Fireworks
Extravaganza Lower Lake, 10 pm.
Canoe Sing
Upper Lake, 10:30 pm.
Sunday 25
Bird Walk Led by Susan Smith, professor of biological
sciences.
Sign up at registration. Please bring binoculars. Talcott Greenhouse,
7 am.
Alumnae Choir Rehearsal *Abbey Chapel, 8 am.
Alumnae Interfaith Service *Abbey Chapel, 9 am.
Plant Sale Plants from the greenhouse, campus gardens,
and Botanic Garden will be available. *Talcott Greenhouse, 9 am–3
pm.
One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement Tickets required
for amphitheater (or, in case of rain, Kendall Field House) seating,
but there will be a closed-circuit telecast to Hooker Auditorium
and Dwight 101 (open seating). Richard Glenn Gettell Amphitheater,
10:30 am.
Celebratory Commencement Reception For seniors, families,
and guests (no tickets required). Skinner Green, 12:30–2
pm.
Friday 30
Reunion Registration
New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am.
Back to Classes Faculty- and alumnae-led lectures and
workshops. preregistration required; see reunion booklet for details.
1–9 pm.
Exhibition
of Alumnae Memorabilia and Photographs Archives lobby,
lower level, *Dwight Hall, 1–5 pm.
Sycamores
Open House
An opportunity to view this historic home built in 1788. Route
116 at 28 Woodbridge Street, 1–4 pm.
Horticultural Walking Tour of Campus With Ellen Shukis,
director, Botanic Garden. *Talcott Greenhouse, 1 pm.
Jumma Prayers Muslim Prayer Room, *Eliot House, 1 pm.
Japanese
Tea Ceremony
With Nobue Yamashita. Reservations required; sign up at registration.
Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 2:30 and 7:30 pm.
Emily Dickinson Homestead Guided Tour Space is limited;
sign up at registration. Tour departs Mary Woolley Hall at 2:30
pm.
Class Presidents and Reunion Chairs Meeting Warbeke Room, *Pratt
Hall, 4 pm.
Shabbat Services—Kiddush
*Eliot House, 5 pm.
Talcott Greenhouse
Celebration Reception Enjoy refreshments and a stroll
in soft evening light. *Talcott Greenhouse, 7–9 pm.
President's Cornerstone Reception President's
House,
8 pm.
Coffeehouse/M & Cs Living room, Willits Hallowell
Center,
9 pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Room 618, *Williston Library,
9 pm.
Saturday 31
Reunion Registration New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall,
8 am.
Alumnae Parade Please wear white. Blanchard Campus Center
to Mary Woolley Hall, 10:15 am.
Alumnae Association Annual Meeting Chapin Auditorium,
*Mary Woolley Hall, 11 am.
Medal of Honor Recipients Reception Warbeke Room, *Pratt
Hall, noon.
Sycamores Open House An opportunity to view
this historic home built in 1788. Route 116 at 28 Woodbridge Street,
1–4 pm.
Exhibition of Alumnae Memorabilia and Photographs Archives
lobby, lower level, *Dwight Hall, 1–5 pm.
Alumnae Daughter Program Preregistration required.
First floor, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.
Herrell's
Ice Cream Truck Skinner Green, 1 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony
With Nobue Yamashita. Reservations required; sign up at registration.
Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 1:30 and 2:30 pm.
Alumna Book Signing Donna Albino '83 signs
Mount Holyoke College: Postcard History Series. Odyssey
Bookshop, Village Commons, 2 pm.
Historic Walking
Tour With Peter Carini, director of archives and special
collections. Sign up at registration. Library court, *Williston
Library, 2 pm.
Campus Tour
Meet on the first floor of Mary Woolley Hall at
2:30 pm.
Tour of Pratt Hall View the recently renovated music
building. Pratt Hall, 2:30 pm.
Faculty and Alumnae Book Signings Emily Dickinson Senior
Lecturer in the Humanities and poet Mary Jo Salter, prize-winning
author of Kiss in Space, signs Open Shutters: Poems;
Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer in the Humanities and poet/novelist
Brad Leithauser, author of A Few Corrections, signs Darlington's
Fall: A Novel in Verse; Professor of Sociology Richard Moran
signs Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse,
and the Invention of the Electric Chair; Mary Augusta Thomas
'73 signs An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian
Libraries. Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, 3–4 pm.
Magic Show With magician "The Incredible
Jonathan Ice-Bird Nelson." Room 101, Dwight Hall, 3 pm.
Career Development Center Tour *CDC, 3 pm.
Lesbian Alumnae Reception Jeannette Marks House, 5 Faculty
Lane, 3 pm.
State of the College Address President Joanne
V. Creighton discusses the present and future of the College.
Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Laboratory, 3:30–4:30 pm.
Roman Catholic
Mass *Abbey Memorial Chapel, 4 pm.
Recovery Gratitude Meeting Room 618, *Williston
Library,
4:30 pm.
Alumnae Women of Color Reception Betty Shabazz Cultural
Center, 4 pm.
Protestant Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith
Sanctuary, 5 pm.
Fireworks
Extravaganza Lower Lake, 9:30 pm.
June
Sunday 1
Bird Walk
Led by Susan Smith, professor of biological sciences. Sign up
at registration. Please bring binoculars. Talcott Greenhouse,
7 am.
Alumnae Choir Rehearsal *Abbey Chapel, 8:15 am.
Plant Sale Plants from the greenhouse, campus gardens,
and Botanic Garden will be available. *Talcott Greenhouse, 9 am–3
pm.
Alumnae Interfaith Service *Abbey Chapel, 10 am.
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