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CANADA’SCANADA’S BESTBEST ALUMNIALUMNI EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE westernhomecoming.uwo.ca Issue 128 >> September 29 – October 1 >> 2006 FREE PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sunday October 1 Concrete Beach 9-11a.m. TIES 2006 HOMECOMINGHOMECOMING• ACTIVITIESACTIVI BRANCH & CHAPTER 2006 EVENTS • HOMECOMING PARADE ALUMNI AWARDS DINNER YMCA AT WESTERN RUN/WALK VS. WINDSOR LANCERS IN FOOTBALL WESTERN MUSTANGS• GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY DINNER • FACULTY & COLLEGE EVENTS C A M P U S TO U R S PRESIDENT’S GARDEN PARTY HOMECOMING HOSPITALITY TENT1878CAN ‘06 [email protected] 519 661 2199 10 a.m. saturday 2 a.m. saturday Homecoming Parade Football at Starting at Centennial Hall. TD Waterhouse Stadium A true Homecoming tradition. Western Mustangs vs. Windsor Lancers Come back to Campus! Dust off those memories of Western. Welcomeelcome Home!Home! Homecoming 2006 is a fabulous opportu- nity to return to Western with your family and friends. Enjoy your breathtaking campus! Partake in the many festivities organized just for you! Take in the Mustang football game! Revisit your Faculty and walk through your favourite building! Reminisce with old friends and meet new friends! Homecoming is about you and your connection with Western. Come and experience it all over again. For those alumni who graduated in a year ending in a ‘1’ or a ‘6’, 2006 marks a milestone reunion year. Reunion gatherings are being planned for many of these classes. Please peruse this brochure to fi nd out what is being planned for you at Western’s Homecoming 2006. Welcome back to Western! Anne Baxter BA’91 Homecoming Chair The 2006 Homecoming Committee recognizes the generous assistance provided by: Book Your Hotel Early! Homecoming’s Annual 5K Fun Run and Walk London and area hotels sell out quickly Homecoming Start your Saturday morning off right with a bit of exercise and some fresh air by joining fellow weekend so reservations are essential. Please contact alumni and their families as they run or walk along the Thames River before looping back through Western’s travel provider, Julie Ruck, at Carlson Wagonlit campus. Register at the Hospitality Tent between 8:30 and 9:15 a.m. Ruse Travel at 1-800-668-0719 ext. 203 or [email protected]. Friday, September 29, 2006 Western – YMCA 5K Fun Run Campus Tours Alumni Awards Dinner and Walk 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 9:15 a.m. warm-up with ymca instructor Depart from the Hospitality Tent Reception 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:30 p.m. FREE! The Great Hall, Somerville House 9:30 a.m. start Tickets: $65, Business attire Participation Fee: $5 A double-decker bus tour of Western is a fun and Registration is required Free for children under 12 easy way to see fi rsthand why Western earned top honours in the parks and grounds category of the This event is a celebration of the accomplish- To help celebrate the YMCA of London’s 150th 2004 Communities in Bloom competition. The ments of Western’s Alumni Award recipients. Anniversary, Western has partnered with the guided tour will also highlight all of the physical The evening includes a three-course meal, YMCA for this year’s Homecoming Fun Run changes and additions to campus. musical entertainment and a cash bar. To receive and Walk! a personalized invitation or reserve a table with Registration for the Fun Run will take place in the Golden Anniversary Dinner friends, please call 519-661-2199 ext. 85739 or Hospitality Tent between 8:30 and 9:15 a.m. The Reception 6:00 p.m., Dinner 7:00 p.m. [email protected]. fi rst 200 registrants will receive a Run Kit. The The Great Hall, Somerville House Alumni to be honoured at the 2006 route is posted on the Homecoming website. Tickets: $45 Registration is required Awards Dinner are: Thank you to the following sponsors: For the classes of 1956 and earlier, the Golden The Alumni Award of Merit Recipients Anniversary Dinner is an elegant evening • Dr. Ivan Smith Award: fi lled with opportunities to reconnect with Dr. Peter Rechnitzer BA’47, MD’48 classmates, relive fond memories and share • Professional Achievement Award: achievements. The evening features a three- Dr. Jim Silcox MD’67, MEd’94, BA’06 course meal, musical entertainment and a visit • Community Service Award: from Dr. Paul Davenport, President and Vice- Ed Holder BA’76 Homecoming Parade Chancellor. • Young Alumni Award: 10:00 a.m. MJ [Margaret Jean] DeSousa MClSc’96 To learn more about the Golden Anniversary What do you get when you combine fl oats, music Dinner or to register for the event, please call Elfrida Berzins Award Recipients (Women’s and a generous amount of purple pride? The Athletic Alumnae) 519-661-2199 ext. 85739 or 1-800-258-6896 annual Homecoming Parade! The parade will (press 4 and enter ext. 85739). Seating will be • Judy AlaszkiewiczAlaszkiewicz BA’75,BA’75, MAMA’80’80 follow its customary route down Richmond arranged by anniversary year. Volleyball and Archery (1971-77) Street from Centennial Hall, arriving on campus • Michele Vesprini BA’95, BEd’96 by noon. If you are interested in taking part in Basketball (1990-95) the parade, contact the USC at 519-661-3574 or Sunday, October 1, 2006 • Sandra Anschuetz BA’86, MA’89 [email protected] Cross Country, Track & Field (1982-87) Farewell Pancake Breakfast • Sabine Nolke BA’78, MA’81, LLB’85 Barbecue Lunch 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Fencing (1976-80), Coach (1981-87) UCC Concrete Beach 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Tickets: FREE! ‘W’ Club Hall of Fame Inductees Homecoming Hospitality Tent Registration is required • Sean Reade HBA’96, Football Tickets: $5 at the Tent Complete your Homecoming experience • Mike Barry BA’80, Wrestling The Faculty of Social Science will host a by joining friends for a delicious pancake • Jeff Lay BA’93BA’93, Rowing barbecue for all Western alumni. Stop by and breakfast. Take this opportunity to say goodbye • Ronald Zanin BA’69, Basketball and Track fi ll up before heading off to the football game or to classmates, stroll through campus – and enjoying an afternoon rediscovering campus. Saturday, September 30, 2006 make plans for next year! Pre-Game South End Zone Homecoming Hospitality Tent Brunch at Windermere Manor Luncheon 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. TD Waterhouse Stadium Parking Lot 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Windermere Manor South End Zone, TD Waterhouse Stadium 200 Collip Circle, Western Research Park The Hospitality Tent is Homecoming Central! Tickets: $10, cash bar Tickets: $25 at the door, cash bar You’ll fi nd: Registration is required (space is limited) For reservations call 519-858-5866. • the Homecoming 2006 registration table Football ticket is also required for entry • refreshments to the stadium President’s Reception • live music Going to the football game? Why not gather 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. • children’s activities presented by the Faculty with your classmates for a pre-game luncheon Gibbons Lodge, 1836 Richmond Street of Social Science in your own class or faculty tent in the South Graduates celebrating reunion years from 1931 • the Western Libraries exhibit highlighting End Zone? Watch the game from your seat in to 1981 are invited to join their classmates for a all of the services available to alumni the stands or hang out in the end zone to cheer garden reception as special guests of President • Faculty displays on your Mustangs. Pick up your luncheon ticket and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Paul Davenport and • the Alumni Association and its affi nity at the Hospitality Tent on Saturday. Mrs. Josette Davenport. partners. Faculty Events School of Physical Therapy 24th Annual Homecoming Sport FACULTY OF LAW Medicine Symposium FACULTY OF ARTS AND Wine and Cheese Reception for Law Alumni All Classes Pre-game Alumni & Friends Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. South End Zone Luncheon HUMANITIES Alumni Hall Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Conron Hall, University College Room 224 Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Guest Speaker: Professor Mark E. Batt, Clinical TD Waterhouse Stadium, South End Zone Building 3rd Floor Director Trauma & Orthopaedics, Consultant Tickets: $10, cash bar Enjoy displays of research and fi nd out what in Sport & Exercise Medicine, Nottingham, Join Dr. Jayne Garland, Director of the Registration and a football game ticket is is new in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. United Kingdom. Keynote Speaker: Cassie School of Physical Therapy, Dean Jim Weese, Enjoy the ambiance of Conron Hall and Campbell, Captain of the Gold Medal Canadian required for entrance. faculty, alumni and friends for a wine and adjoining rooms. Chat with faculty – maybe Women’s Hockey Team at the 2002 Winter Please see Homecoming Brochure cheese reception and tour of the new clinical your favourite professor will be there! Enjoy Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Registration Form to Register. refreshments and receive a gift. education suite. Register online www.schulich.uwo.ca/ Please RSVP to [email protected], or call 519- DON WRIGHT FACULTY OF MUSIC medicine/cme. For more information, please FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES 661-2111 ext. 88840. contact Continuing Medical Education at 519- Shostakovich Centenary Festival School of Nursing School of Communication Sciences 661-2111 ext. 81370 or [email protected]. Go to www.music.uwo.ca or for Nursing Alumni Homecoming and Disorders 2006 Homecoming CME Event complete festival details and ticket Breakfast information. Homecoming Dinner for Alumni & Saturday, 8:00 to 11:30 a.m.