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R&C 2009 — Save the Date!

Please mark your calendar for Reunion & Commencement Weekend, May 21–24, 2009!

Highlights

Reunion Committee Volunteers

Are you interested in being a part of your class’ Reunion Committee? This involves brainstorming and proposing ideas for speakers, programs, regalia, class dinner sites, faculty guests, entertainment, and other special Reunion programs while encouraging other classmates to attend your Reunion celebration. If you would like to join the committee or if you have any questions please contact (860) 685-2110 or thecardinal@wesleyan.edu.

Schedule

A preliminary schedule and registration form will be available online and mailed to you in March 2009. In the meantime, here are some highlights (subject to change):

Preliminary Schedule
Tuesday, May 19—Wednesday, May 20
  • Senior Class activities
Thursday, May 21
  • WESeminars
  • Senior Class event
Friday, May 22
  • Breakfast
  • WESeminars all day
  • All-campus lunch
  • Camp Cardinal for kids
  • Campus tours
  • Senior films
  • President’s reception for Donor Associates
  • Champagne reception for seniors and their families
  • President’s dinner in honor of the 50th Reunion Class
  • Welcome receptions for various Reunion classes
  • All-College dinner under the tent on Andrus Field
  • Live music and entertainment
  • Star Gazing at Van Vleck Observatory
  • Senior Class event
Saturday, May 23
  • Breakfast
  • WESeniors (Classes of 1927-1958) breakfast with the President
  • WESeminars all day
  • Open houses hosted by academic departments and programs
  • Camp Cardinal for kids
  • Sports programs
  • Annual family parade
  • Wesleyan Assembly and Annual Meeting
  • Picnic and festival on Foss Hill
  • Grandparents Dessert Reception
  • Senior films
  • Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony
  • Reunion Class dinners
  • All-College Sing on the steps of North College
  • Live music and entertainment
Sunday, May 24
  • Breakfast
  • Baccalaureate (“Senior Voices”)
  • 177th Commencement Ceremony, 11 a.m.
  • All-Campus reception in honor of the graduates

Further Information

Want to get an idea of what the weekend will be like? View the 2008 schedule, which includes a photo gallery and video clips.

Wesleyan welcomes your ideas for events, seminars, and entertainment; send suggestions to rc@wesleyan.edu or call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at (860) 685-2116.