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Family and Friends Weekend 2007
*** October 19-21 ***

FrIday, October 19

10 am-8 pm
Welcome and Registration Center
Come to the center to receive your official weekend program, late-breaking information, and any meal tickets you may have ordered. You can also sign up for Japanese tea ceremonies, pick up additional brochures on local attractions, and ask questions from helpful MHC student and staff volunteers.
Mary Woolley Hall Lobby, Route 116 and Chapin Road

9 am-4 pm
Plant Sale
Bring a little piece of Mount Holyoke home! Plants from the greenhouse, campus gardens, and grounds will be available. T-shirts and sweatshirts will also be on sale; proceeds benefit the Botanic Garden/Talcott Greenhouse.
Botanic Garden, Talcott Greenhouse, Lower Lake Road

11 am - 5 pm
Art Museum
Stop in to see inspiring exhibitions and selections from the College's comprehensive teaching collection of more than 14,000 objects ranging from antiquity to the present, including strengths in Asian art, nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American paintings and sculpture, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art, Medieval sculpture, early Italian Renaissance paintings, and an extensive collection of prints, drawings, and photographs. This fall's special exhibition, Two by Two: Lines, Rhymes, and Riddles, features the prize-winning Mount Holyoke College poet Brad Leithauser's upcoming book of poetry Toad to a Nightingale: Drawn-Out-Riddles, illustrated by his brother Mark, artist and chief designer at the National Gallery of Art. The installation will feature all the original artwork related to this book and their three previous collaborations.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Lower Lake

 

Noon-1:00 pm
Friday Muslim Lunch and Prayers
Please join Kyla Hakim, chaplain to the College and advisor to the Muslim community, for Friday lunch and prayer time.
Eliot House Lounge and Muslim Prayer Room, Gateway Road

1-2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Prayer for World Peace
Join the Unitarian Universalist community along with their advisor, Leslie Fraser, in worship for world peace. All are welcome.
Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, Gateway Road

1-4 pm
Office Hours for John Body, associate dean of the College for learning skills
Available for individual appointments to talk about learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. It is advisable to make an appointment ahead of time.
Contact 413-538-2504 or jbody@mtholyoke.edu.
Room 101, Safford Hall, Blanchard Circle

2-3 pm
MASTER CLASS
"Sustainability at Mount Holyoke: Doing Well While Doing Good"
How is Mount Holyoke College working to meet its existing needs without compromising the future of our environment? What are we doing to conserve resources now, while creating an environment that enhances our opportunities for the future? Learn how Mount Holyoke is uniquely situated to promote aspects of sustainability, and about the steps we are taking to minimize our ecological footprints.
--Todd Holland, Five College Energy Manager
--Russ Boudreau, Mount Holyoke College Facilities Management
Hooker Auditorium, Gateway Road

3:30-4:30 pm
MASTER CLASS
"Bind Us Together"
On August 21, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was interviewed for an upcoming CNN special entitled God's Warriors. Among other things, Albright said, "In order to effectively conduct foreign policy today, you have to understand the role of God and religion.... Religion is instrumental in shaping ideas and policies. It's an essential part of everyday life in a whole host of countries." In effect, Albright was encouraging a better understanding of the diversity of religious traditions that are present today all over the world. But diversity goes well beyond religious traditions. It includes engaging persons of various cultures, class locations, and countries of origin in order to build and sustain relationships and communities in which difference is not merely tolerated but valued. This master class will give an overview of the ways in which we at Mount Holyoke actively explore and engage all kinds of diversity in order to enhance the critical and moral education of our students and to represent our collective commitment to social justice.
--Reverend Gladys G. Moore,
dean of religious and spiritual life
and director of diversity and inclusion
Hooker Auditorium, Gateway Road

4-5 pm
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Remove your shoes, sit on the floor of our teahouse, and enter the ceremony of tea. Limited seating; preregister at the Welcome Center, Mary Woolley Hall lobby.
--Nobue Socho Yamashita, Japanese tea mistress
Wa-Shin-An Japanese Meditation Garden and Teahouse, Eliot House, Gateway Road

5-6 pm
Shabbat Dinner
Jewish students and their families will begin dinner at 5 pm; all other students and families dining in Wilder are kindly asked to arrive starting at 5:30 pm.
--Amelia Ender, chaplain to the College,
advisor to the Jewish community
Wilder Kosher/Halal Dining Hall

5 and 7 pm
Volleyball Hall of Fame Games
Two tournament games will be played concurrently at 5 and 7 pm. For a complete schedule of the games, please visit the Kendall Information Desk or call 413-538-2284.
Kendall Sports and Dance Complex (by foot, off Park Street; by car, take Dunlap Place)

5:30-7 pm
Dinner
(See above for Shabbat Dinner information.)
Residential Dining Locations

6 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Liberal Shabbat service will be led by the advisor to the Jewish community and Jewish students.
--Amelia Ender, chaplain to the College,
advisor to the Jewish community
Eliot House Lounge and Patio, Gateway Road

7:30 pm
Something Every Friday
"A Cappella Fam' Jam"
Experience a Mount Holyoke tradition! Enjoy a night of talented and diverse a cappella voices.
Chapin Auditorium, Mary Woolley Hall, Woolley Circle

8 pm
The Two Margarets
A reading of a play by author, journalist, and playwright Elaine Kendall '49. Free admission on a first-come, first-served basis.
Rooke Theatre, Lower Lake Road

8-9 pm
Play, Record, Stop
A student-produced event combining dance, theatre, and comedy.
Studio Theatre, Kendall Sports and Dance Complex (by foot, off Park Street; by car, take Dunlap Place)

9-10 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
Open to anyone who would like to share their experience, strength, and hope with others to solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism. (Recovery Retreat Room; see "Facility Open Hours and
Open Houses.")
Room 318, Blanchard Campus Center

9 pm-midnight
Dandiya Night
A night filled with the clattering rhythm of Dandiya Sticks, fanciful colors, bells, dancing, and other celebrational fun derived from Indian and Hindu harvest season and devotional festivals! A social event for everyone. Come to learn, dance, or enjoy watching others. Sponsored by the students of SHRI and Something Every Friday.
Blanchard Campus Center, Great Room

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