Schedule of Events
Welcome home!
Your fellow Beloiters and the Alumni Office have prepared a preliminary schedule of what we hope will be enriching, entertaining, and restful events for you and your family for reunion 2013. There's a little bit of something for everyone! Keep checking back, too, as a few more events will be added soon.
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Alumni Registration and Hospitality Center
Alumni House, 613 College Street, 608-363-2656, 800-331-4943
Friday, June 14, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, June 15, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Sunday, June 16, 8:30-Noon
Help Center in Maurer Link
Friday, Noon-8 p.m.
Saturday, 6:45 a.m.-4 p.m. enjoy complimentary coffee!
Sunday checkout, 6:45 a.m-1 p.m. enjoy complimentary coffee!
Weekend Opportunities
Frisbee Golf Course Open
All weekend throughout campus
Course available at the registration table at the Alumni House
Turtle Creek Bookstore
Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
444 East Grand Avenue
You are invited to stop in and browse the wide variety of new merchandise and Beloit gear all weekend. We'll have alumni book signings too! Interested in scheduling a signing for your book? Email shultzlm@beloit.edu for more information.
Sports Center
Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, 8-10 a.m., 2-4 p.m.
Enjoy Kresge Natatorium, the weight room, and don’t forget your running shoes!
Anthropology and Logan Museum Open House
Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Logan Museum/Godfrey Anthropology Building
Visit the museum, see student project work on display, and check out the museum gift shop.
Wright Museum of Art Open House
Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. 56th Annual Beloit Exhibition
Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
See what is new in one of Beloit College’s most beautiful and artistic venues.
Archives Special Exhibits and Oral Histories Projects
Friday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Morse Library, Lower Level
Students will conduct oral history interviews with alumni who remember earlier eras at Beloit. Added to the archives, your tapes and transcripts will serve as both a priceless legacy and invaluable material for future researchers. Interviews will take 15-20 minutes and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Mugbooks from '68, '73, '78, '83, '88, '93, '98, and '03 will be on display!
Student-led Campus Tours
Friday, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Begin outside the Alumni House
Choose between the historic academic campus or our new downtown facilities each day. The downtown tour includes the Center for Entrepreneurship in Liberal Education at Beloit (CELEB) and the Hendricks Center for the Arts
Friday
Heritage Society Luncheon (by invitation)
Friday, Noon-2 p.m. (11:30 a.m. reception)
Moore, Pearsons Hall
How to Volunteer for Beloit
Friday, 1-4:30 p.m.
Room 150, Center for the Sciences
Beloit College is offering several sessions for our alumni, friends and family on How to Volunteer for Beloit. All are welcome to attend the entire program or stop in for a session or two. There will be time between sessions so that you may come in or leave as you need to. Stop in for one, or stay for all. A full schedule of session topics is available here.
Open Office Hours with Bill Flanagan
Friday, 2-4:30 p.m.
609 College Street 2nd Floor
Drop in to see Beloit’s former Dean of Students and current Executive Advisor to the President. Revisit old stories and find out where the college is headed
Alumni College: "Summer Programs for Alumni, Friends, and Family" with Director of Summer Programs Dan Perusich
Friday, 2-2:30 p.m.
Room 201, Center for the Sciences
Alumni College: "Mindfulness & the Liberal Arts Today" with Director of Spiritual Life Bill Conover
Friday, 2-2:30 p.m.
Weeks Lounge, Pearsons Hall
Intelligence, imagination, curiosity…high achievement, personal responsibility, public contribution…ethical and thoughtful. These are the marks of a Beloit education. To help our students develop their capacities to live so robustly engaged, one powerful tool we can offer is mindfulness. Mindfulness (
Alumni College: "What I believe I am teaching, what I still hope you learn" with Professor of Chemistry Roc Ordman
Friday, 2 p.m.
Room 301, Center for the Sciences
Alumni College: "Inside the Logan: A behind-the-scenes look at collections" with Director Bill Green
Friday, 3-4 p.m.
Logan Museum of Anthropology
Alumni College: "College Search 101: Finding the right college and how to pay for it" with Director of Admissions Jim Zielinski and Director of Student Financial Services Jon Urish
Friday, 3-4 p.m.
Room 349, Center for the Sciences
Alumni Choir Practice
Friday, 4-5:30 p.m.
Eaton Chapel
Warm up your vocal cords! The Alumni Assembly will feature songs led by an alumni choir. Interested in singing? Contact shultzlm@beloit.edu for more information
Alumni College: "Stretch Your Dance Muscles" with Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science Darrah Chavey and Development IT Manager Peggy Weisensel Chavey
Friday, 4-5 p.m.
Java Joint, Pearsons Hall
Edge of the Rock Plein Air Open Reception
Friday, 5 p.m.
Hendricks Center for the Arts
Part of an 11-day extravaganza of art and art-focused activities, stop in to the Edge of the Rock Plein Air reception and see the creations that have been made in Beloit throughout that time.
Golden Hoods Induction Ceremony and Dinner
Friday, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:15 p.m. dinner, $25
Atrium, Center for the Sciences
Alumni celebrating their 50th reunion are inducted into the Order of the Golden Hoods. Beloit’s tradition of bestowing a golden hood on its alumni celebrating 50 years of alumni status began when the class of 1914 was inducted in 1964
Reunion Class Activities
Friday evening, times and locations vary
See your classmates, recapture the energy, adventure, and late-night talks.
1943, 1948, 1953, and 1958 Celebration Dinner
Friday, 5:30 p.m., $25
North Lounge, Morse Library and Richard Black Information Center
Spend an evening reminiscing and sharing stories while enjoying a delicious meal with friends old and new
1963: 50th Golden Hoods Induction Ceremony and Dinner
Friday, 5:30 p.m., $25
Atrium, Center for the Sciences
1968, 1973, 1978 Beloit Plan Reception
Friday, 6 p.m., $15
Courtyard, Wright Museum
Appetizers, cocktails, photos, and reminiscing! Bring your stories of what you've been up to since your Beloit days. We can't wait to see you!
1983 and 1988: 25th and 30th Celebration
Friday, 6 p.m., $15
Moore Lounge, Pearsons Hall 2nd floor
Cocktails, appetizers, photos, reminiscing, fun!
1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2012 Cookout!
Friday, 6 p.m., $15
Pearsons Lawn
Bring your lawn games, Frisbee, families, friends, and appetite for an evening of reconnection and plain, old-fashioned Beloit fun. Classes will have separate areas, but can also mingle with one another out on Pearsons lawn
Dairy Haus Ice Cream
Time and location TBD
Cool off with your favorite ice cream cone from Dairy Haus with your classmates after your class event
Open LARP (Live Action Role Play) hosted by the Class of 2012
Friday, 8-10:30 p.m., weather permitting
Poetry Garden
Coughy Haus is open!
Friday, 8 p.m-2 a.m.
Old friends, new foosball table!
All-Classes/All-Genre Dance Party with the Class of 2008
Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Pearsons Lawn
Saturday
President’s Run
Saturday, 7:30 a.m.
Join President Bierman on a 2-mile run through Beloit's campus to the Rock River and back. Sign up and receive a Reunion T-shirt to sport while you race!
Farmer’s Market-themed Breakfast
Saturday, 8-9:45 a.m.
Chapin Hall, Commons
$8, $6 children under 12
Meet Bon Appetit’s Executive Chef Michael Downey for a sustainable foods Q&A
Farmer's Market with alumni performer, Sean Keith'10
Saturday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Take advantage of the fantastic fruits, veggies, and more at the downtown Farmer's Market then taste locally grown food in Chapin Hall, Commons for Breakfast
2013 Edge of the Rock Plein Air Exhibit
Farmer’s Market Exhibit
Art created during 2013 Edge of the Rock Plein Air will be on display
Alumni College: "Mounds Tour with Bill Green"
Saturday, 8-9 a.m.
Begin outside Godfrey/Logan Museum
Take a guided tour of the 20 Native American Indian mounds built in A.D. 400–1200 on the Beloit College campus grounds. Tours are guided by Bill Green, Director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology
Alumni College: "Wildflower Identification with Sustainability Fellows" and Professor of Biology Yaffa Grossman
Saturday, 8:30-10 a.m.
Botany Lab 147, Center for the Sciences
Stop by any time or stay for the duration, and learn about flowers native to the region.
Alumni College: "Mindfulness 101 with Director of Spiritual Life" Bill Conover
Saturday, 8:45-10 a.m.
Dance 125, Hendricks Center for the Arts
In the past few decades, a fascinating partnership among medical clinicians and researchers, psychotherapists, neuroscientists, and meditation and yoga teachers has emerged, introducing the simple yet profound mind-body medicine called mindfulness. By learning to be mindful--aware in the present moment, intentionally open, accepting, and non-judging--many are developing clearer, more focused, emotionally flexible, and reflective ways to live and manage stress. Based on the pioneering work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction movement, this workshop will introduce you to mindfulness conceptually and experientially. (Note: if possible, please dress in comfortable, loose-fitting clothes)
Alumni College: "The Beloit Plan and Today’s Curriculum" with Provost and Dean Ann Davies
Saturday, 9-10 a.m.
Room 209, Morse Ingersoll Hall
DSC Breakfast
Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m.
President’s House (by invitation)
The 2013 recipients and their families are invited to sit down for a meal with the President prior to receiving their awards
CELEB & Gallery ABBA Open House
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
CELEB, 437 E. Grand Ave
Join Director Brian Morello’85 for an open house reception at the Center for Entrepreneurship in Liberal Education at Beloit (CELEB). Visit Gallery ABBA, a student-run art gallery, for the featured recent work of students of the college
Parade of Classes and the Alumni Assembly–Alumni Choir will perform!
Saturday, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Line up around Chapin Quad on the residential side of campus. During the Alumni Assembly, celebrate with your fellow Beloiters as they receive the Distinguished Service Citation!
Announcing the 2013 recipients:
Tori Key’03—Young Alumni Award
John Hailer’83—At-Large Distinguished Service Citation
Debra Hass’88—Distinguished Service Citation
Thomas Dickinson’73—Distinguished Service Citation
William Boyd’63—Distinguished Service Citation
A choir of alumni will also perform at the Alumni Assembly. Contact shultzlm@beloit.edu if you would like to join!
Alumni Picnic on Campus
Saturday, immediately following the Alumni Assembly on Pearsons Lawn
$15, $6 children under 12
Class Photos
Saturday, Times vary by class. Prints are $5 (please pre-order); all can be in the photo at no cost
Middle College (Rain location: Center for the Sciences)
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your class’ timeslot for line-up
1983 – 1:00 p.m.
1978 – 1:15 p.m.
1943 – 1:30 p.m.
1948 – 1:40 p.m.
1953 – 1:50 p.m.
1958 – 2:00 p.m.
1963 – 2:10 p.m.
1968 – 2:25 p.m.
1973 – 2:35 p.m.
2003 – 2:45 p.m.
2008 – 2:55 p.m.
2012 – 3:05 p.m.
1988 – 3:15 p.m.
1993 – 3:25 p.m.
1998 – 3:35 p.m.
Open Ultimate Frisbee game hosted by the class of ’83
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Karris Field
SPECIAL PRESENTATION! "A Peek at the Powerhouse Plans" with Senior Director of Corporate Relations Dan Schooff
Saturday, 1:30-2 p.m.
Richardson Auditorium, Morse-Ingersoll Hall
'We Lived Civil Rights': Beloit College Greeks Integrate, an alumni panel
Saturday, 1:30-3 p.m.
Center for the Sciences
Were you a Greek? Do you remember when the first African American students were pledged into Greek organizations? Names like Sydney Shaw'63, Harry Hamilton'60, Patty Hamilton'63, Roger Dixon'68, Rudy Scott'68, and Greg George'70 come to mind, right? These events were important to the campus community in the '50s and '60s, and remain important today. Through his honor’s term research, Eric Hetland'12 interviewed dozens of alumni in order to make sure that this history is preserved. And now he is ready to share it with the Beloit community. Please join us for a conversation and reliving of these events. Eric will show portions of his documentary, 'We Lived Civil Rights': Beloit College Greeks Integrate, which features his alumni interviews. After which, an alumni panel will get the conversation started about what these events meant to them, what they learned from it, and what they gained from their Beloit education. We hope you can join us as we revisit a very important time and institution at Beloit.
Alumni College: "Curator’s Tour of the Wright Museum" with Joy Beckman
Saturday, 2-3 p.m.
Courtyard, Wright Museum
Alumni College: "Food Rules: Health, Policy, and Sustainability" with Professor of Biology Marion Fass
Saturday, 2-3 p.m.
Room 349, Center for the Sciences
Alumni College: "ABCs of Nanotechnology" with Chemistry Department Chair George Lisensky
Saturday, 2-3 p.m.
Room 249, Center for the Sciences
Pool Party
Saturday, 2-4 p.m.
Pool, Sports Center
Alumni Book Signing
Saturday, 2-4 p.m.
Turtle Creek Bookstore
444 East Grand Ave.
Alumni authors to be revealed soon!
WBCR Alumni Radio Show
Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Playing live on Pearsons Lawn or listen online at http://wbcr.streamon.fm/
Alumni Presentation: John Thorn’68 Major League Baseball Historian
Saturday, 3-4 p.m.
Richardson Auditorium, Morse-Ingersoll Hall
Alumni College: "Thinking, Fast and Slow: We Actually Have TWO Minds" with Professor of Psychology Larry White
Saturday, 3-4 p.m.
Room 249, Center for the Sciences
Trip to Turtle Creek with the Class of 2012
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Turtle Creek
Shuttle to leave from "the Wall"
Led by Danica Slavish'12 and Aaron Joiner'12
Donor Recognition Reception
Saturday, 4-5:30 p.m. (by invitation)
North Lounge, Morse Library
56th Annual Beloit Exhibition
Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
Courtyard, Wright Museum
All-Class Reunion Celebration
Saturday, 6-9 p.m.
Flood Arena—$30, $15 children under 12; open bar
Rooftop Observatory Open House
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
Center for the Sciences, Rooftop
See the view from Beloit College’s platinum LEED certified Science Center.
All-request Dancing Ball
Saturday, 9 p.m.-midnight
Java Joint
Join Professor Darrah Chavey and Peggy Weisensel Chavey for a night of dancing. All are welcome to attend, all dance styles welcome (semi-formal dress)
Coughy Haus is open!
Saturday, 8 p.m-2 a.m.
Old friends, new foosball table!
Sunday
All-Class Father’s Day Brunch
Sunday, 8-11 a.m., $10, $6 children under 12
Chapin Hall , Commons
Proceeds benefit the senior class of 2014
Beloit Bike Tour
Sunday, 9 a.m.Join Director of Major Gifts and Capital Support Rod Schultz in front of the Alumni House on College St. for a bike tour of Beloit. Bring your bike or borrow one of ours from the student-run Bike Share program.
Residence Hall Checkout
Sunday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Checkout from the residence halls. Bring your keys, your comments and your suggestions to the Maurer Link Help Center or Chapin Hall, Commons
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Monday
Buc Open
Beloit Country Club
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