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The traditional spring Volunteer Weekend is fast approaching. Events include Alumni Council committee meetings, a plenary session of the Council, poetry by Cornelius Eady, a lecture from Nobel laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz, music and more. The rich slate of events and working meetings follows: 

Friday, April 8                

11:10 a.m.                          Orientation Session  - New Council
                                          Members
                                          Great Room, Philip Spencer House

12:15 p.m.                          Luncheon for Members of the Alumni Council, Former Trustees, Hamilton Today, Parents Advisory Council and members of HALT
Remarks by President Joan Hinde Stewart
Fillius Events Barn, Beinecke Student Activities Village

1:45 p.m.                            Alumni Council Committee Meetings
                                          Nominations Committee Meeting:
                                          Honor Court Room, Bristol Center

                                          Ad Hoc Committee on Multicultural Alumni
                                          Relations:
                                          Afro-Latin Cultural Center

                                          Regional Affairs Committee Meeting:
                                          Assembly Room, Bristol Center

                                          Class Leadership Committee Meeting:
                                          The Hub, Bristol Center

                                          Ad Hoc Committee on the Career
                                          Center:
                                          Career Center Library

3:45 p.m.                            Class and Regional Planning Meetings
                                          The Hub and the Assembly Room

4 p.m.                                Informal Get-together – An opportunity for Alumni Council members to visit with one another before the evening's activities
The Little Pub

4:15 p.m.                            Reunions 2006 Gift and Planning
                                          Chairs Meeting
                                          Penney Room, Bristol Center

5 - 6 p.m.                           Reception with Members of the Class 
                                         of 2005 
                                          Emerson Hall (formerly ELS)

6:15 p.m.                            Dinner for Members of the Alumni Council, Hamilton Today participants, Parents Advisory Council, Reunion Planning Committee members and Other Volunteer Groups
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to
Timothy J. Hicks
Annex, Beinecke Student Activities Village

7 p.m.                                Senior Recital – Tess Giardina,
                                         Mezzo Soprano
                                         Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music
                                         and the Performing Arts

8 p.m.                                Lecture by Joseph Stiglitz
                                         Professor at Columbia University and 
                                         winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize on    
                                         "Globalization and Public Policy"
                                          Chapel

8 p.m.                                Class in Context Series:  Reading by 
                                         Cornelius Eady
                                         Fillius Events Barn
                                         
Beinecke Student Activities Village

10 p.m.                              The Latino Renaissance
                                          Fashion and Talent Show
                                          Hub, Bristol Center

Saturday, April 9

9 a.m.                                 Alumni Council Meeting 
Annex A, Beinecke Student Activities Village

10 a.m.                               Reunions 2006
                                          Committee Meetings
                                          Bristol Center

10:30 a.m.                          A presentation for Alumni Council, Former Trustees, Hamilton Today and Parents Advisory Council members

                                          Advocacy, Activism and Civic Responsibility on College Campuses

                                          Coordinated by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Dean of Faculty

                                          Chapel

11 a.m.                               The Latino Renaissance
                                          Alumni and Student Career Panel
                                          Fillius Events Barn
                                          
Beinecke Student Activities Village

12:30 p.m.                          Annual Fund Review Session for Annual Fund Volunteers
Annex B, Beinecke Student Activities Village

1 p.m.                                Men's Baseball – Hamilton vs. Williams (Doubleheader)
Royce Field

1:30 p.m.                            HOLAC and the Alumni Council's Mission
Presentation led by Dan Nye '88, Chair of the Alumni Council's ad hoc Committee on HOLAC
Kirner-Johnson 144 (Auditorium)

2:30 p.m.                            Emerson Gallery Exhibition Tours:
                                          The Music Stand:
                                          Jazz as a Unifying Social Force
                                          Led by Monk Rowe, Joe Williams
                                          Director of the Jazz Archive

                                          And 
                                          Professor-Printmaker Bruce Muirhead
                                          Led by Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead
                                          Emerson Gallery, Christian A. Johnson Hall

5 p.m.                                The Latino Renaissance
                                          Keynote Speaker
                                          Ms. Sandra Guzman, Associate Editor
                                          NY POST
                                          Fillius Events Barn
                                          
Beinecke Student Activities Village

8 p.m.                                Concert:  The American Piano
                                          Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music
                                          and the Performing Arts

10:30 p.m.                          The Latino Renaissance Carnival
                                          Jimmy Santiago & The Latin Affair
                                           Salsa Band
                                          Fillius Events Barn
                                          Beinecke Student Activities Village

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