homecoming 2015 march 26 - 29

8:00 – 10:00 pm l Music Faculty & Alumni Performance Come and watch a performance featuring Thursday, March current music faculty and alumni. (If you would like to volunteer to perform, please call 662-329-7295.) Kossen 1:00 - 5:00 pm l Registration Welty Hall, 2nd Fl. Auditorium, Poindexter Hall

Saturday, March

1:00 - 5:00 pm l Registration Welty Hall, 2nd Fl.

8:00 - 10:00 am l Breakfast at Wesley Open to all 5:00 – 7:00 pm l Dinner Party in the Caf* Join alumni, students, and friends! Wesley Foundation alumni and students for a spring fling! Famous fried chicken, live music (TBA), a dance floor, and student 9:00 – 10:00 am l Class Photos for Reunion performances. (Tickets $8.75 each, payable at door) Classes Front Campus Cafeteria, Hogarth Dining Center 10:00 – 11:30 am l Convocation 5:30 – 7:30 pm l Education Alumni and Friends* Open to all alumni, students, and Alumni who majored in any area of education are invited friends to watch the classes’ march, to attend and bring a friend to this event. You also may presentation of awards, singing of sponsor a current MUW student. To learn more or to MUW songs and a special student RSVP, contact the MUW Department of Education at panel you will not want to miss. Rent 662- 329-7365. (Tickets $7.50 each, payable at the door) Auditorium, Whitfield Hall Room 120, Education and Human Sciences Building 11:30 am – 12:30 pm l MUW Alumni Association Friday, March Annual Meeting Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall

12:30 - 2:00 pm l Forward 1:00 - 5:00 pm l Registration Welty Hall, 2nd Fl. 50 Homecoming Lunch* Celebrate the next 50 years 10:00 – 11:00 am l Campus Walk with the of the MUW Foundation with President (Please register for this event.) Meet at the lunch and a presentation on Old Maid’s Gate, College Street Entrance the impact of Foundation scholarships on our students’ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm l Golden Girls lives. ($25 per person) Pope Alumni Lunch* Everyone is invited Banquet Room, Hogarth Dining Center to attend this lunch honoring the Class of 1965. (Tickets for Class of 1965 2:00 – 6:00 pm l Homecoming Novelty Event members are free of charge. All others, Come and get a memento from Homecoming 2015 for $15 per person) Pope Banquet Room, free! One item per person. Hogarth Student Center Hogarth Dining Center

2:00 – 3:00 pm l MUWAA Awards Reception 2:00 – 5:00 pm l Bus Tour of Columbus Board the Honor the 2015 Alumni Award recipients during this CVB’s double decker bus to enjoy a tour of the historic garden reception. Craig Garden, West of Hogarth district and visit an antebellum home! (Please register for this event.) Meet at Puckett House, 11th Street 3:00 - 4:30 pm l Four-Year Social Clubs, Sorority Entrance & Fraternity Reunions 2:00 – 3:00 pm l Senior Celebration Do you 4:00 – 5:30 pm l Open House with the President remember when we used to sing at the gate? This year, Visit the President’s Home and enjoy light refreshments we are singing to honor our senior students. Let’s show with Dr. Borsig. President’s Home our “soon-to-be alumni” how much fun we can have! Meet at the Old Maid’s Gate, College Street Entrance 4:30 - 6:00 pm l Two-Year Social Club Reunions 2:00 – 3:30 pm l MUW Alumni Association Board 6:30 - 8:00 pm l Class of 1965 Reunion Dinner* of Directors Meeting Rose Room, Cochran Hall An evening of great food, great wine, and great friends! Class members of 1965 are invited to attend. ($25 per 3:00 – 6:00 pm l W Outreach Showcase Join us for person) President’s Dining Room, Hogarth Dining a “come and go” reception showcasing The W’s outreach Center programs including local efforts for youth and adults, regional conferences, training for professionals, and 6:30 - 8:00 pm l Reunion Banquet* A dinner in more. Alumni also will have the opportunity for a sneak honor of the Classes of 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, peek at what we hope to accomplish next. Don’t miss this 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1960, 1955, 1950, 1945, and chance to learn more, offer feedback, and get involved. 1940. An evening of great food, great wine, and great Local business and community leaders will be invited to friends! All alumni are invited to attend. ($25 per join us as we celebrate The W. The W Room, Hogarth person) Pope Banquet Room, Hogarth Dining Center Center

4:00 - 6:30 pm l Art Exhibition and Welcome Home Reception Featuring Alumni Showcase Sponsored by the MUWAA Lowndes County Chapter. Artists featured are Aneesha Baldeosingh ’09, Shirley Boudreaux ’11, Cathy Dailey ’90, Jill Hammes ’76, and Jill Shoffiett ’96. Also, check out the additional exhibition entitled Memories of The W, photographs and postcards from the University Archives. Eugenia 7:30 pm l Columbus Choral Society Performance Summer Gallery, Art and Design Building “Chronicles of Blue and Gray” This work weaves

numerous American folk songs, spirituals, rallying and battle cries with tunes and lyrics from the Civil War era. Both community members and W students will be performing along with a full orchestra in conjunction with the 75th annual Spring Pilgrimage in honor of the sesquicentennial of the end of the Civil War. (Free of charge. Registration required.) Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall

5:30 – 7:30 pm l All-Alumni Homecoming Dinner and Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of AKA* Sunday, March Enjoy a great meal, music, and special entertainment by the W’s AKA Pi Zeta Chapter and alumnae who will perform a step routine! ($20 per adult, $10 per child) (All AKA alumnae who wish to participate in the step routine must be registered for Homecoming and will report to Bryan Green Gazebo at 4:00 p.m.) Tent Outside of Bryan Green Gazebo

5:30 – 7:30 pm l Long Blue Line Auction Come and make a bid! All proceeds will benefit the MUWAA Legacy Scholarship and MUWAA Faculty Award. Tent Outside of Bryan Green Gazebo 9:00 am l Sunday Chapel Service End the Homecoming weekend with a wonderful service. There 5:30 – 7:30 pm l Culinary Arts Institute Wine also will be a special commemoration for those we have and Dessert Tasting * Enjoy wine and dessert while lost since last Homecoming. Carrier Chapel making bids at the auction! ($10 per person) Same Tent as Auction - Outside of Bryan Green Gazebo 10:30 am - 11:30 am l Brunch (Tickets available for purchase at the door) Hogarth Dining Center

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Please feel free to use the lounge space in Hogarth’s W Room Friday & Saturday 8:00 - 10:00 pm l W5K Join us for an evening of fun from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and excitement as we LIGHT UP THE NIGHT with the Light refreshments will be provided. 2015 Homecoming Glow 5K Run! Come decked out in your favorite glow gear, and make your way through the historic campus of MUW. Music will be blaring from the Make plans to attend speakers as you make strides to finish strong! You don’t want to miss this event. Each registered participant will Homecoming 2016! receive a t-shirt, race bib, and neon glow accessories. For registration details, please click here. March 31st through April 3rd