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