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Reunion Schedule
Week of November 2-9, 2008
Monday through Wednesday
Brown Bag Lunch series (BNAACC)
Speaker(s) on campus networking with students
Thursday
6 PM – 8 PM
Prep for Success
Presentations and networking opportunities for Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Friday
4 PM – 8 PM
Welcome Reception & Registration
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Jam Session & Black Chorus Performance
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Area Businesses dinner and nightlife
9 PM
Comedy Show
Foellinger Auditorium
Hosted by Tony Clements, featuring Tony Sculfield and Alumni Comedian Gene Renfroe
9 PM - Midnight
Hospitality Suites Open @ i-Hotel
Saturday
9 AM – 1 PM
Registration at i-Hotel
9 AM
Book Signing at Foellinger Auditorium - Joy Williamson, author of Black Power on Campus
Commemoration Lecture Foellinger Auditorium
Keynote Speaker Honorable Judge David Atkins followed by a panel discussion w/
Project 500 alumni and administrators of that era
1 PM
Lunch on your own
2 PM
Colleges & Departments Open Houses & Affinity Reunions (Greeks, Athletes, Principal’s Scholars Program, Upward Bound, RAP) at Illini Union and other campus locations
4 PM–6 PM
Registration at I- Hotel
6 PM
Gala Cocktails at I- Hotel
6:30 PM
Dinner and Awards Gala at I- Hotel (Former Black Chorus Directors will lead the Alumni Black Chorus at the Gala celebration)
8:00 PM–Midnight
Dancing at I- Hotel
9:00 PM – Midnight
Hospitality Suites open at I-Hotel
Sunday
9 AM
Book signing with Alumni Authors, including Allen Bryson & James "Cal" McCray at I-Hotel
9 AM
“State of the Yard”…Alumni Where do we go from here?
10 AM
Farewell Brunch & Commemoration Candle lighting ceremony @ I-Hotel
