reunion information and registration form Carleton’s Reunion weekend has something for everyone! Come back for a weekend of reconnecting with old friends, new friends, faculty members, and current students. See what’s new—and what hasn’t changed—on campus, including the new Weitz Center for Creativity. WHERE TO FIND IT Page 1 Reunion Highlights Page 3 Activities for Children and Teens Page 5 Reunion Essentials Page 8 Schedule of Events Page 11 Registration Form come back to carleton june 20–23 how to register • Register securely online at: go.carleton.edu/reunion or use the registration form at the back of this folder. • For the best chance to be housed with your classmates, please register early. register early to save five percent! • Register by May 1 to receive a five percent discount off your total fee. • Registration deadline is June 1. curious about who’s coming? • Visit go.carleton.edu/reunion for registration updates. • Encourage your friends to attend. Visit the alumni directory online at go.carleton.edu/directory to find contact information, or use the class address directory mailed to you last fall. questions? • Phone: 800-729-2586 or 507-222-4205 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: go.carleton.edu/reunion REUNION HIGHLIGHTS • JUNE 20–23, 2013 ALUMNI COLLEGE ESCAPE TO CARLETON Don’t miss this chance to experience the intellectual Come back to Carleton for Reunion and exercise stimulation of the Carleton classroom again—without your mind, body, and sense of fun! Plan to arrive on tests or grades. Reunion will feature panel discussions Thursday if you can, and stay through Sunday and lectures by faculty members and alumni on cutting- morning to enjoy the weekend fully. There are many edge scholarship, Carleton initiatives, and other timely opportunities to relive your college days and to issues. Hour-long presentations will run from 8:30 a.m. explore what is new at Carleton. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 21. Events include a talk on the new biography of Laurence Gould by author and college archivist Eric Hillemann, a lecture on contemporary GENERAL WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Cuba by political science professor Al Montero, and a presentation by Deborah Appleman, the Hollis L. Caswell TASTE OF NORTHFIELD Professor of Educational Studies, on her experiences of Get reacquainted with the campus and Northfield before teaching and learning with the incarcerated. activities get into full swing on Friday morning. Registration and residence halls open at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. CLASS ACTIVITIES Come early to explore the campus and downtown Class events will range from topical discussions and wine Northfield, including the Taste of Northfield festivities tastings to Ultimate Frisbee challenges. There will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on and around Bridge Square. panels and creative conversations all weekend long—catch Sample local food, enjoy music and other entertainment, up with old friends at class meals and learn from each see a dramatic live reenactment of the James-Younger other during planned dialogues. The preliminary schedule Gang’s 1876 bank raid at 7 p.m., and take advantage of on pages 10–11 includes a few of these activities. Watch special deals at stores along Division Street. You’re also the website at go.carleton.edu/reunion for updates, and invited to enjoy a campus pizza party with Basil’s (Bill’s look for final details from your class this spring. Original) pizza and live bluegrass music in the evening. BICYCLE RENTAL A GREEN REUNION Cycle around campus and town! Bring your own bike or rent Carleton strives to be a model of stewardship for the one at Carleton during Reunion. Helmets are required and environment by incorporating ideals of sustainability into will be available for purchase. There are areas to lock your bike the operations of the College, including Reunion. In an around campus, and maps of bike routes will be available. effort to eliminate bottled water during the weekend, the Class of 1983 is challenging all attendees to BYOB (bring REUNION FITNESS to fill up at water filling stations around your own bottle) Carleton’s Recreation Center, located near Goodhue, will campus. If you don’t bring your own, you will be able be available for your use during Reunion. The center to purchase Carleton water bottles in the Bookstore. features an indoor track; reservable courts for tennis, Posters, bulletin boards, and other means will be used to volleyball, and basketball; three racquetball courts; communicate important information during the weekend. 100 exercise machines; and climbing and bouldering Compostable plates, utensils, cups, and packaging will be walls (some age restrictions apply). Other activities will used for all outdoor meals. The weekend program also include aerobics and yoga classes. will feature information about Carleton’s wind turbines and other sustainability initiatives. ARB SERVICE PROJECT Remember getting away from it all in the Arb? The Arb is still a place for study, recreation, and quiet contemplation, but it needs your help! Help improve the natural habitat of the arboretum on Friday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Past alumni service projects have included tree and shrub planting, buckthorn and honeysuckle removal, and planting wildflower seeds. Wear clothes that can get dirty; long pants and closed toed shoes are advised. Bring your water bottle and pack a pair of work gloves. We will [Page 2] supply gloves for those who do not have them, insect repellent, and additional drinking water. This is a family friendly activity. FACULTY CONNECTIONS Connect with current and retired faculty members at the All-Class Happy Hour on Friday, June 21, in the late afternoon. The Reunion Carnival held at the same time features bouncy gyms, fabulous face painting, and mini-golf. HEYWOOD SOCIETY CELEBRATION The annual luncheon honoring members of the Joseph Bank raid reenactment on Division Street at Taste of Lee Heywood Society will be held on Friday, June 21. Northfield on Thursday evening (Seating opens at 11:15 a.m. and the lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.) A separate invitation to this event will be ALUMNI CONVOCATION mailed to all Heywood Society members in May. People The Saturday morning Alumni Convocation will feature who have established a planned gift for Carleton’s benefit, remarks by Carleton president Steve Poskanzer and the such as making the College a beneficiary of their will or presentation of the Alumni Association Awards by Alumni trust, are members of the Heywood Society. For Association president Frances Spangler ’91. more information, please call 800-492-2275 or visit (Nominations for these awards come from classmates, go.carleton.edu/giftplan. Carleton faculty and staff members, and professional colleagues.) This year’s award recipients are listed on the ‘C’ CLUB HALL OF FAME LUNCHEON Reunion website at go.carleton.edu/reunion. This year the ‘C’ Club will induct new members into the Hall of Fame at a luncheon on Saturday, June 22. Inductees ALUMNI INTERFAITH SERVICE OF are chosen based on their success as student varsity REMEMBRANCE & CELEBRATION athletes. If you wish to attend the luncheon, please sign Join us as we celebrate our time together and honor up for this event on the registration form. This year’s alumni who have died in the past year. This Sunday inductees will be listed on the Reunion website at morning ecumenical service will feature Phil Bredine ’63 go.carleton.edu/reunion. and Kathy Dahl-Bredine ’63, Carleton Chaplain Carolyn Fure-Slocum ’82, alumni speakers from a range of EVENING ENTERTAINMENT classes, and the Alumni Choir, directed by Lawrence The fun doesn’t stop when the sun goes down. Experience Henry ’76. (Family members 16 and older are welcome the ’80s with an ’80s prom, watch the fireworks, or listen to participate in the choir.) to a wide variety of live music—and get your groove on! There also will be plenty of time to reconnect with your SWEET FAREWELLS RECEPTION classmates at evening gatherings in class lounges. Take a last opportunity to trade stories and contact information on Sunday morning as you enjoy a PARADE OF CLASSES delicious treat. The Parade of Classes is a moving Reunion tradition. Alumni and family members are both spectators and participants as a visual display of Carleton’s history unfolds. On Saturday at 9:45 a.m., alumni, guests, and families line up in order of class year around the Bald Spot with the senior classes near Sayles-Hill and the younger classes stretching toward the Chapel. The parade begins as the most senior alumni parade past the cheering younger classes on their way to Alumni Convocation in the Chapel. The next youngest class then falls in behind. [Page 1] ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS • JUNE 20–23, 2013 In addition to the popular Camp Carleton for children ages 5 to 12 and a program for teens, children can enjoy the Reunion bouncy gyms and a mini-golf course at the Reunion Carnival. Check out the Bald Spot area on Friday afternoon. This information and more is available on the Reunion website at go.carleton.edu/reunion. BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY Share Carleton with your family! Many class activities are planned with the whole family in mind, from scavenger hunts and field days to cookie “My son had a great time at Camp Carleton. Barb Howe is decorating and campus tours. However, your wonderful with the kids—so welcoming and conscientious children probably won’t put up with being shown and kind.” off to your classmates all weekend, so check out our special activities especially for children and teens. Activities include a mix of art, music, games, movies, swimming, nature activities, and an Arb walk led by TODDLERS AND INFANTS—WEE CARLS student naturalists.