Video from March Zoom:   video1891248896.mp4

 

50th Reunion 

Alumni Weekend 2022 — May 26-29

https://www.swarthmore.edu/alumni-weekend-2022

 

Thursday, May 26

11 a.m.            50th Reunion Check-In Begins - Parrish Hall

12-4:30 p.m.   Trip to the Barnes Foundation with boxed lunch and complimentary shuttle

                        1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. tours

4:30-6 p.m.     Class of ‘72 Cocktail Party - The Inn at Swarthmore Courtyard

6-8 p.m.          Class of ‘72 Dinner - The Inn at Swarthmore 

8-10 p.m.        50th Reunion Dance Party with Cannon Entertainment DJ - Mertz Tent              

Friday, May 27

7-11 a.m.        50th Reunion Check-In - Parrish Hall

7:30 - 9 a.m.   50th Reunion Breakfast - Sharples 

7 - 8 a.m.        Tai Qi with Kevin Chu ‘72 - Mertz Lawn

9 - 11 a.m.      Testing the Parrish Lawn Chairs

9 - 10 a.m.      Tour of Singer Hall (Science)

9 - 10 a.m.      Birds and Botany Tour of the Crum

10 - 11 a.m.    Guided Campus Tour

10 - 11 a.m.    Tour of Singer Hall (Engineering)

10 - 11 a.m.    Green Roof tour by David Kemp

11 - 5 p.m.       McCabe Library College Film Projection

12-1:30 p.m.   50th Reunion Lunch with President Valerie Smith - Parrish Tent

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Folk Panel Discussion 

2 - 3:30 p.m.   “What’s Next?” Discussion - Dome IC Room 

3 - 4:30 p.m.   All Campus Tour 

3 - 4:30 p.m.   Scott Arboretum Tour

3 - 4:30 p.m.   Singer Building Shops & Labs Tour

3 - 4:30 p.m.   Academic Department Receptions

3 - 4:30 p.m.   Arboretum Open House & Family Scavenger Hunt

3:30 - 4:30       New Spaces for Learning and Living at Swarthmore College (Singer Hall and Sharples Dining Hall & Community Commons) 

4 - 5 p.m.         Underground Railroad Tour 

4:30 - 6 p.m.    All-Alumni Welcome Reception - Science Center Tent 

6 p.m.              All-Alumni Dinner (look for your cohort signs to find your tables!) - Mertz Big Tent

8 p.m.              “The Sixties at Swarthmore - and America” with Bob Putnam ‘63 - LPAC

8:30 p.m.         Robby George & Friends Concert - Olde Club

8:30 p.m.         Movie Night - Sing 2 - Parrish Beach

8:30 p.m.         Musical Soiree - Lang Music 

8:30 - 11p.m.  Informal Reunion Cohort Gatherings

                        50th - after Bob Putnam’s lecture - Mertz Tent                  

Saturday, May 28

7 a.m.    Tai Qi with Kevin Chu ‘72 - Mertz Lawn

7:30 -8:30 a.m. 3 Mile WE-Walk 

7:30 - 9:30a.m. All-alumni breakfast in Sharples

9:30 -10:30 a.m .Parade of Classes

10:45 a.m.       Alumni Collection 

12 p.m.            All Alumni Lunch - Merz Big Tent 

1 - 2:30 p.m.    Office of Gift Planning Ice Cream Social 

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Whose Woods are These? 

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Scott Arboretum Tour: “Late Spring Garden Hilights”

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. 70’s Music Singalong with Dave Scheiber ‘76

1:30 - 3 p.m.    An Inside Look at the College Search and Admissions Process

1:30 -4:30 p.m. Family Carnival & Community Fair

2 - 3 p.m.         Folk Music Open Mic

2 - 3 p.m.        A Meeting for Celebration and Remembrance - Friends Meeting House

2:30-3:30 p.m.  Scott Arboretum Tour: Container Gardening

2:30-3:30 p.m.  Swarthmore and Sustainability presentation

3 - 4:30 p.m.    List Gallery Reception 

3 - 4 p.m.         Storytelling and Environmental Justice - Lecture

3:30-4:30 p.m.  Chester Children’s Chorus Performance/Singalong 

6-8 p.m.          50th Cohort Dinner - Science Center Tent & North Quad Tent

8-11 p.m.        50th Reunion DJ Dance Party - Science Center Tent                     

Sunday, May 29

7:30-10:30a.m.Grab and Go breakfast - Sharples

7:30-8:30a.m.  3-mile WE-Walk

9 - 10 a.m.       Crum Woods Hike

11 a.m.            Alumni Weekend Concludes/Check out